LOS ANGELES, March 29 — Louis Gossett Jr, the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed on Friday without revealing the cause of death.to a no-nonsense drill sergeant in, he had the title role, playing the Egyptian leader who made peace with Israel.
Gossett’s long and distinguished career began in the 1950s in the theatre and spanned television and films. He was nominated for seven Emmys and won in 1977 in the groundbreaking TV production“I knew it was historical for African-American actors — that finally on prime-time TV our story was going to be told. We didn’t think anybody was going to watch it,” Gossett said in an interview with AARP in 2013.
Always athletic, he excelled in sports. When he was sidelined with an injury, he took an acting class and impressed his teacher, who encouraged him to try out for a stage play. Gossett was chosen for the part over 400 others and made his Broadway debut while still a teenager in 1953 inHe attended New York University and with his 6-foot 4-inch frame seemed destined for a basketball career after graduation. He was invited to the New York Knicks’ rookie camp but decided to pursue acting.
“If you get a hit with one type of role, then you should try a different type next. It’s about always stretching your instruments, constantly growing, constantly sharpening,” Gossett said in an interview with, Gossett opted to play a lizard-like alien in the 1985 sci-fi thriller“Nobody wanted it because you couldn’t see your face or your eyes.
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