Louis Gossett Jr.

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Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (27 Mei 1936 – 29 Maret 2024) adalah seorang aktor Amerika. Lahir di Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, ia melakukan debut panggungnya pada usia 17 tahun. Tak lama kemudian, ia berhasil mengikuti audisi untuk Broadway play Take a Giant Step. Gossett terus berakting di atas panggung dalam drama yang mendapat pujian kritis termasuk A Raisin in the Sun (1959), The Blacks (1961), Tambourines to Glory (1963), dan The Zulu and the Zayda (1965). Pada tahun 1977, Gossett muncul dalam miniseri Roots, yang mana ia memenangkan Aktor Utama Luar Biasa untuk Penampilan Tunggal dalam Serial Drama atau Komedi di Emmy Awards.

Louis Gossett Jr.
Gossett pada 2017
LahirLouis Cameron Gossett Jr.
(1936-05-27)27 Mei 1936
Brooklyn, New York, A.S.
Meninggal29 Maret 2024(2024-03-29) (umur 87)
Santa Monica, California, A.S.
Pekerjaan
  • Actor
Tahun aktif1953–2024
Suami/istri
  • Hattie Glascoe
    (m. 1967; ann. 1968)
  • Christina Mangosing
    (m. 1973; c. 1975)
  • Cyndi James-Reese
    (m. 1987; c. 1992)
Anak2
KerabatRobert Gossett (sepupu pertama)
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Gossett terus berakting dalam film, televisi, drama, dan video game terkenal. Pada tahun 1982, untuk perannya sebagai Sersan Gunnery Emil Foley dalam An Officer and a Gentleman, ia memenangkan Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik dan menjadi aktor kulit hitam pertama yang menang dalam kategori ini. Di Emmy Awards, Gossett terus menerima pengakuan, dengan nominasi untuk The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978), Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1981), Sadat (1983), A Gathering of Old Men (1987), Touched by an Angel (1997), dan Penjaga (2019). Dia menang dan dinominasikan di upacara lain termasuk Golden Globe Awards, Black Reel Awards, dan NAACP Image Awards. Gossett juga terkenal karena perannya sebagai Kolonel Chappy Sinclair dalam serial film Iron Eagle (1986-1995).

Penampilan film Gossett lainnya termasuk The Landlord karya Hal Ashby (1970), Skin Game karya Paul Bogart (1971), Travels with My Aunt karya George Cukor (1972) karya Stuart Rosenberg The Laughing Policeman (1974), The White Dawn (1974), Peter Yates's The Deep (1977), Enemy Mine (1985), Christopher Cain's ' 'The Principal (1987), Mark Goldblatt The Punisher (1989), Daniel Petrie Toy Soldiers (1991), dan Jasper, Texas (2003), dan penampilan di televisi termasuk Bonanza (1971), The Jeffersons (1975), American Playhouse (1990), Stargate SG-1' ' (2005), Boardwalk Empire (2013), dan The Book of Negroes (2015).

Filmografi

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Penghargaan

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Academy Awards
1983 Menang Aktor Pendukung Terbaik (Oscar) lewat film An Officer and a Gentleman
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
1986 Nominasi Best Actor (Saturn Award) lewat film Enemy Mine
Black Reel Awards
2000 Menang Network/Cable - Best Director (Black Reel Award) lewat film Love Songs
2000 Nominasi Network/Cable - Best Actor (Black Reel Award) lewat film Love Songs
CableACE Awards
1997 Nominasi Children's Special - 7 and Older (CableACE) lewat film In His Father’s Shoes berbagi dengan Hillard Elkins, Dan Redler, Patrick Whitley
1985 Nominasi Actor in a Movie or Miniseries (ACE) lewat film The Guardian
Daytime Emmy Awards
2003 Nominasi Outstanding Special Class Special (Daytime Emmy) lewat film Opening Ceremony Salt Lake Paralympic Winter Games berbagi dengan Joedy Lister, Heather Boyd-Meugniot, Christopher Laue
1998 Menang Outstanding Children's Special (Daytime Emmy) lewat film In His Father’s Shoes berbagi dengan Hillard Elkins, Dan Redler, Patrick Whitley
1998 Nominasi Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special (Daytime Emmy) lewat film In His Father’s Shoes
Emmy Awards
2020 Nominasi Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (Emmy) lewat film Watchmen
1997 Nominasi Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Emmy) lewat film Touched by an Angel
1987 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (Emmy) lewat film A Gathering of Old Men
1984 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Emmy) lewat film Sadat
1981 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Emmy) lewat film Palmerstown, U.S.A. untuk episode "Future City"
1979 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Emmy) lewat film Backstairs at the White House
1978 Nominasi Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music (Emmy) lewat film The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
1977 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series (Emmy) lewat film Roots untuk episode "Part II"
Golden Globe Awards
1992 Menang Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Golden Globe) lewat film The Josephine Baker Story
1984 Nominasi Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Golden Globe) lewat film Sadat
1983 Menang Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Golden Globe) lewat film An Officer and a Gentleman
Image Awards
2004 Nominasi Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special (Image Award) lewat film Jasper, Texas
1998 Menang Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Image Award) lewat film Touched by an Angel
1997 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series (Image Award) lewat film Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1982 Nominasi Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Image Award) lewat film An Officer and a Gentleman
Razzie Awards
1984 Nominasi Worst Supporting Actor (Razzie Award) lewat film Jaws 3-D
Satellite Awards
2001 Nominasi Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Golden Satellite Award) lewat film The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
ShoWest Convention, USA
1983 Menang Best Supporting Actor (Special Award)
TV Land Awards
2007 Menang (Anniversary Award) lewat film Roots berbagi dengan LeVar Burton, Leslie Uggams, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Todd Bridges, Cicely Tyson, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole
Taos Talking Picture Festival
1997 Menang (Maverick Award)
Temecula Valley International Film Festival
2004 Menang (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Walk of Fame
1992 Menang On 20 May 1992. At 7000 Hollywood Blvd. (Star on the Walk of Fame)

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