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1953 to 1977: music career and early roles to breakthrough

In 1953, Gos­sett acted in the Broad­way play Take a Giant Step. He re­placed Bill Gunn as Spencer Scott. The play was se­lected by The New York Times drama crit­ics as one of the 10 best shows of the year. He was 17, and still a stu­dent at Abra­ham Lin­coln High School, with no for­mal drama training.[citation needed] 1955, Gos­sett acted in the Broad­way play The Desk Set. In 1959, con­tin­u­ing his Broad­way the­atre ca­reer, Gos­sett played the role of George Murchi­son in A Raisin in th...

1978 to 1997: subsequent success

On March 2, 1978, the tele­vi­sion spe­cial The Sen­try Col­lec­tion Pre­sents Ben Vereen: His Roots pre­miered. Actor Ben Vereen show­cases key el­e­ments of his life through dance and music. Gos­sett was among the guest stars. At the Emmy Awards, Gos­sett was nom­i­nated for "Out­stand­ing con­tin­u­ing or sin­gle per­for­mance by a sup­port­ing actor in va­ri­ety or music". On April 10, the two part tele­vi­sion pro­gram To Kill a Cop pre­miered. In it Gos­sett is paired with Joe Don Baker...

1998 to present day: following roles and current works

In 1998, Gos­sett acted Bram Stoker's Leg­end of the Mummy. In 2004, Gos­sett voiced the Vor­ti­gaunts in the video game Half-Life 2.[citation needed] In the 2005 film Left Be­hind: World at War, he played the role of the U.S. Pres­i­dent. That year on tele­vi­sion, he played Free Jaffa Leader Gerak in sev­eral episodes of Sea­son 9 of the sci-fi tele­vi­sion se­ries Star­gate SG-1. In 2007, he acted in Tyler Perry's Daddy's Lit­tle Girls. That year, he pro­vided the voice of Lu­cius Fox in T...

Gos­sett has been mar­ried three times and fa­thered one son and adopted one son. His first mar­riage was to Hat­tie Glas­coe; it was an­nulled. His sec­ond, to Christina Man­gos­ing, took place on Au­gust 21, 1973. Their son Satie was born in 1974. Gos­sett and Man­gos­ing di­vorced in 1975. His third mar­riage, to Star Searchcham­pion Cyndi James...