Robert Gossett

• Name — Robert Gossett • Born — 3 March 1954 • Occupation — Actor • Relatives — Louis Gossett Jr. (first cousin) • Years Active — 1984–present

Gossett landed his first professional job after he graduated from high school in a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He went on to act in a Broadway production of August Wilson's Fences directed by Lloyd Richards, as well as Hal Scott's A Raisin in the Sun and Donald McKayle's The Last Minstrel Show. He also performed in the Negro Ensemble Company's productions of Manhattan Made Me, Sons & Fathers of Sons, A Soldier's Play and Colored People's Time.He also performed in the Negro Ensemble Company's productions of Manhattan Made Me, Sons and Fathers of Sons, A Soldier's Play, and Colored People's Time. He has extensive television experience with guest-starring roles on Crossing Jordan, NYPD Blue, and Black Angel. In film, Gossett appeared in the Jeff Bridges/Tim Robbins film Arlington Road and the Sandra Bullock movie The Net. On the October 18, 2021, episode of the ABC daytime drama General Hospital, Gossett made his debut as a mysterious man taking a special interest in former private eye and present club owner Curtis Ashford. This character was subsequently revealed to be Curtis' long lost dad, Marshall Ashford, a character with schizophrenia.

Gossett is a first cousin of actor Louis Gossett Jr.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1987 — The Cosby Show — Stage Manager — Episode: "Dance Mania" • 1988 — Heartbeat — Dixon — 2 episodes • 1990 — Quantum Leap — Charles Griffin — Episode: "Pool Hall Blues - September 4, 1954" • 1992 — Cheers — Customer #3 — Episode: "License to Hill" • 1992 — Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — John Lee — Episode: "Miracle in Oaktown" • 1992 — Silk Stalkings — Lt. Hudson — Main role • 1993 — NYPD Blue — Lonnie Edwards — Episode: "Oscar, Meyer, Wiener" • 1995 — Melrose Place — Detective Smith — Episode: "Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" • 1995 — Diagnosis Murder — Dr. Max Frye — Episode: "My Baby is Out of This World" • 1996 — Diagnosis Murder — Jimmy Christopher — Episode: "The Murder Trade" • 1996 — Second Noah — Lyle — Episode: "Dreamboat" • 1996 — Touched by an Angel — Paul Stettling — Episode: "The Journalist" • 1997 — Promised Land — Robert Dixon — 2 episodes • 1997 — Pacific Palisades — Adam Winfield — 4 episodes • 1997 — Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy — Cummings — TV film • 1997 — Beverly Hills, 90210 — Detective Woods — 4 episodes • 1997 — 7th Heaven — Doctor — Episode: "Do Something" • 1998 — Sister, Sister — Eddie — Episode: "The Domino Effect" • 1999 — Working — Executive Storyteller #1 — Episode: "Romeo and Juliet" • 1999 — Charmed — Mr. Franklin — Episode: "Secrets and Guys" • 2000 — That's Life — Photography Professor — 2 episodes • 2000 — Dark Angel — James McGinnis — 4 episodes • 2001 — Judging Amy — Dan Matson — Episode: "Everybody Falls Down" • 2001 — Yes, Dear — John — Episode: "Mr. Fix It" • 2001–2004 — Passions — Woody Stumper — Recurring role • 2002 — Philly — Malik Clay — 2 episodes • 2003 — Dragnet — Howard Sykes — Episode: "The Big Ruckus" • 2003 — NYPD Blue — Ken Gross — Episode: "Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax" • 2004 — Crossing Jordan — Jack Hayes — Episode: "Most Likely" • 2005-2012 — The Closer — Commander Russell Taylor — Main role • 2005 — Bones — Mr. Taylor — Episode: "The Man in the Wall" • 2007 — The Young and the Restless — Incident Commander — 3 episodes • 2008 — ER — Dr. Everett Daniels — 2 episodes • 2010 — The Sarah Silverman Program — Judge Willie Joe Blackwell — Episode: "A Slip Slope" • 2012-2017 — Major Crimes — Assistant Chief Russell Taylor — Main role • 2016 — Chicago Med — Reggie Dixon — Episode: "Inherent Bias" • 2018 — The Oath — Charles Ryder — Recurring role • 2018 — Greenleaf — District Attorney Price — 3 episodes • 2019 — The Enemy Within — Thomas Heffron — 3 episodes • 2021–present — General Hospital — Marshall Ashford