Robert Gossett
ROBERT GOSSETT
(Captain Taylor)
Gossett was born in The Bronx, New York. After high school, he landed his first professional gig in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the Mercer Arts Center in Greenwich Village.
Gossett performed in Lloyd Richard's Broadway production of "Fences," Hal Scott's "A Raisin in the Sun" and Donald McKayle's "The Last Minstrel Show." Other notable theatre performances include "Manhattan Made Me," "Sons and Fathers of Sons," "A Soldier's Play" and "Colored Peoples Time," all of which were performed with the famed Negro Ensemble Company of New York.
His awards include an NAACP Theater Award for Best Performance by a Male and a Drama Logue Best Actor Award for his performance in "Indigo Blues," directed by his wife, Michele Gossett.
In film, Gossett has starred with Jeff Bridges in "Arlington Road" and with John Travolta in "White Man's Burden."
