Louis Gossett Jr., a prolific Hollywood trailblazer who became the first Black performer to win Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars for his role in 1982's An Officer and a Gentleman, has died at age 87.
路易斯·戈塞特去世,享年87歲。他是一位多產的好萊塢開拓者,憑借1982年《軍官與紳士》中的角色成為第一位獲得奧斯卡最佳男配角的黑人演員。
The Emmy-winning Roots actor reportedly died Thursday night in Santa Monica, Calif., his nephew told the Associated Press. The cause of death was not revealed.
據他的侄子向美聯(lián)社透露,這位曾獲艾美獎的《根》男星周四晚在加州圣莫尼卡去世。死亡原因沒有透露。
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Gossett Jr. for more information.
《娛樂周刊》聯(lián)系了小戈塞特的經紀人以獲取更多信息。
In addition to his history-making turn opposite Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman and the monumental 1977 miniseries Roots, Gossett Jr. sustained his on screen career for decades. This included recent appearances as comic book character Hooded Justice in the popular HBO series Watchmen, and in a supporting role in last year's The Color Purple musical movie.
除了在《軍官與紳士》和1977年具有里程碑意義的迷你劇《根》中與理查德·基爾演對手戲,小戈塞特的銀幕生涯持續(xù)了幾十年。這包括最近在HBO熱門劇集《守望者》中扮演漫畫人物“兜帽正義”,以及在去年的音樂電影《紫色》中擔任配角。
Born in New York City, Gossett Jr. was a high school athlete who later went to New York University on a basketball and drama scholarship, which led to his eventual Broadway debut in a 1953 production of Take a Giant Step.
小戈塞特出生在紐約市,是一名高中運動員,后來憑借籃球和戲劇獎學金進入紐約大學,這使他最終在1953年的百老匯舞臺劇《邁出一大步》中首次亮相。
He later appeared opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in a 1959 adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun, before making his Hollywood debut starring in the 1961 movie version of the stage project.
后來,他在1959年改編的《太陽下的葡萄干》中與西德尼·波蒂埃、魯比·迪和戴安娜·桑茲演對手戲。1961年,他出演了這部舞臺劇的電影版,這是他在好萊塢的首次亮相。
In later years, he opened up about racism he experienced as he rose to prominence in the entertainment industry, which led him to establish the Eracism Foundation to combat racial bias in the culture at large.
后來,隨著他在娛樂圈聲名鵲起,他公開了自己所經歷的種族主義,這促使他建立了種族主義基金會,以打擊整個文化中的種族偏見。
In 2010, Gossett Jr. announced that he had early-stage prostate cancer and in 2020 he was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19.
2010年,小戈塞特宣布自己患有早期前列腺癌,并于2020年因感染COVID-19而住院。
Gossett Jr. is survived by his cousin, The Closer actor Robert Gossett, and two sons: Satie, a producer-director he had with his second wife, Christina Mangosing, and Sharron, a chef whom he adopted when Sharron was 7 years old.
小戈塞特留下了他的堂兄、《Closer》演員羅伯特·戈塞特和兩個兒子:薩蒂和第二任妻子克里斯蒂娜·曼戈辛所生的制片人兼導演,以及莎倫,他在莎倫7歲時收養(yǎng)了她,她是一名廚師。