Louis Gossett Jr.
Actor,
86 years old
Biography
Louis Gossett Jr. adalah salah satu yang paling dihormati dan dicintai aktor di atas panggung, layar dan televisi dan juga seorang penulis dicapai, produser dan direktur. Off-layar dia adalah seorang aktivis sosial, pendidik dan penulis yang berdedikasi untuk memperkaya kehidupan orang lain. Gossett adalah pertama Afrika-Amerika untuk memenangkan Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik untuk performa yang tak terlupakan sebagai drill Sersan Emil Foley di "seorang perwira dan seorang pria."Di antara penghargaan lainnya adalah Emmy untuk peran utama aktor yang luar biasa untuk menggambarkan Fiddler dalam seri ABC yang inovatif "akar," sebuah Golden Globe untuk penampilan terbaik dari aktor pemeran pendukung film "Josephine Baker Story" dan emas untuk "seorang perwira dan pria terhormat di dunia."Dia dinominasikan untuk tujuh Primetime Emmy Awards, tiga Golden Globes, satu Academy Awards, lima Penghargaan gambar, dua penghargaan siang hari dan pada tahun 1992 menerima bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gossett juga menerima sejumlah kehormatan lain sepanjang karirnya. Debut filmnya di film klasik tahun 1961 "kismis di matahari" bersama Sidney Poitier. Kredit film lainnya termasuk " The Deep," "Blue Chips, ""Daddy little Girls," Tyler Perry " kenapa aku menikah juga?, ""Firewalker," Jaws-3D," tambang musuh "dan" Iron Eagle "1-4, di antara banyak orang. Kredit televisi termasuk "Extant," "Ibu Sekretaris, """ Boardwalk Empire," "Family Guy" dan "ER," diantara puluhan orang lain. Gossett adalah penulis otobiografi laris "seorang aktor dan seorang pria," di mana ia mencatat tantangan dan kemenangan karirnya 50 tahun. Gossett diakui sebanyak karena upaya kemanusiaan dia untuk prestasinya sebagai seorang aktor. Pada tahun 2006, Gossett mendirikan The Eracism Foundation yang merupakan 501 (c) (3) organisasi nirlaba didedikasikan untuk memberantas rasisme. Yayasan menyediakan orang dewasa muda dengan alat untuk hidup secara rasial yang beragam dan budaya termasuk dalam kehidupan. Program fokus pada keanekaragaman budaya yang berbusa memperkaya sejarah, pendidikan dan inisiatif anti-kekerasan. Gossett lahir di Brooklyn dan membuat debut panggung ketika ia berusia 17 di "Take a Giant Step," yang dipilih sebagai salah satu dari 10 Terbaik Broadway menunjukkan tahun 1953 oleh New York Times. Dia memiliki dua anak dewasa dan tinggal di Malibu, California.
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