Robert Gossett's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Closer Commander T… Silk Stalkings Lt. Hudson

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Flying By 1999 - Arlington Road 1995 - The Net 1995 - White Man's Burden 1992 - Batman Returns

BIOGRAPHY:

Robert Gossett (born March 3, 1954) is an American television, theater, and film actor. Gossett landed his first professional job after he graduated from high school in a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He went on to act in the Broadway production of Lloyd Richard's of Fences, Hal Scott's A Raisin in the Sun and Donald McKayle's The Last Minstrel Show. He also performed in the Negro Ensemble Company's productions of Manhattan Made Me, Sons & Fathers of Sons, A Soldier's Play and Colored People's Time. Gossett has extensive experience in television, with guest starring roles on Crossing Jordan, NYPD Blue, and Dark Angel. In film, Gosset has acted in the Jeff Bridges/Tim Robbins film Arlington Road and the Sandra Bullock movie The Net.

Gossett is the cousin of actor Louis Gossett, Jr. He is married to theater director Michele Gossett and currently stars as Commander Taylor on the TNT crime drama The Closer.

Awards
* NAACP Theater Award for Best Performance by a Male, Indigo Blues (1993)
* Dramalogue Best Actor Award, Indigo Blues (1993)
* LA Weekly Theater Award, Washington Square Moves (1995)
* Dramalogue Best Actor Award, Washington Square Moves (1995)



TRIVIA:

• Was once a contestant on _"Wheel of Fortune" (1975)_ (qv).
• First cousin of 'Louis Gossett Jr.' (qv)