Robert Gossett stars as Commander Taylor on TNT's "The Closer."
Robert Gossett was born in the Bronx, New York, and, after high school, landed his first professional gig in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the Mercer Arts Center in Greenwich Village.
Robert Gossett went on to perform 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 theater performances include "Manhattan Made Me," "Sons and Fathers of Sons," "A Soldier's Play" and "Colored People's Time," all of which were performed with the famed Negro Ensemble Company of New York.
Robert Gossett's awards include the NAACP Theater Award for Best Performance by a Male and the Dramalogue Best Actor Award for his performance in "Indigo Blues," directed by his wife, Michele Gossett. Robert Gossett also earned the LA Weekly Theater award for "Washington Square Moves."
In film, Robert Gossett has starred in Irwin Winkler's "The Net," alongside Sandra Bullock; Time Hunter's "The Maker," with Matthew Modine; "Arlington Road," with Jeff Bridges; "White Man's Burden," with John Travolta; and "The Spring in Her Step."
Robert Gossett will next appear with Heather Locklear and Billy Ray Cyrus in the film "Flying By," which is slated to be released in 2009.
Robert Gossett was born in the Bronx, New York, and, after high school, landed his first professional gig in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the Mercer Arts Center in Greenwich Village.
Robert Gossett went on to perform 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 theater performances include "Manhattan Made Me," "Sons and Fathers of Sons," "A Soldier's Play" and "Colored People's Time," all of which were performed with the famed Negro Ensemble Company of New York.
Robert Gossett's awards include the NAACP Theater Award for Best Performance by a Male and the Dramalogue Best Actor Award for his performance in "Indigo Blues," directed by his wife, Michele Gossett. Robert Gossett also earned the LA Weekly Theater award for "Washington Square Moves."
In film, Robert Gossett has starred in Irwin Winkler's "The Net," alongside Sandra Bullock; Time Hunter's "The Maker," with Matthew Modine; "Arlington Road," with Jeff Bridges; "White Man's Burden," with John Travolta; and "The Spring in Her Step."
Robert Gossett will next appear with Heather Locklear and Billy Ray Cyrus in the film "Flying By," which is slated to be released in 2009.