Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. was an American actor. He made his stage debut at the age of 17. Shortly thereafter, he successfully auditioned for the Broadway play Take a Giant Step. Gossett continued acting onstage in critically acclaimed plays including A Raisin in the Sun (1959), The Blacks (1961), Tambourines to Glory (1963), and The Zulu and the Zayda (1965). In 1977, Gossett appeared in the popular miniseries Roots, for which he won Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series at the Emmy Awards.

27 May 1936

Born on the same birth date (27 May 1936): Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer) • Marcel Masse

Born on the same birth day (27 May): Anna Cervin • Antonio Freeman • Bernard Fresson • Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine • Eneli Kutter • Girolamo Mei • Gonzalo Rubalcaba • Harry Hibbs (footballer) • Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale • Laurence Vincent Lapointe • Lionel Sosa • Marty Kristian • Michele Bartoli • Mile Sterjovski • Nick Anstee • Yoán Moncada

Born in the same month (May 1936): Bobby Darin • Charles Kimbrough • Dennis Hopper • Guillermo Endara • Günter Blobel • Harold Budd • Karl Lehmann • Marcel Masse • Mart Laga • Michael Sandle • Natalya Gorbanevskaya • Sandy Baron • Tom Snyder • Türker İnanoğlu