‘80s action stars: Where are they now?
By Patrick Day and Deborah Netburn, Los Angles Times Staff Writers
Louis Gossett Jr.
He kicked off the 80s with an Oscar for best supporting actor in An Officer and a Gentlemen and followed it up with a series of action flicks of varying degrees of quality, from the Indiana Jones knockoff Firewalker (1986) to the cult hit Iron Eagle series. He also got to perform a live birth as the alien Jeriba Jerry Shigan in Enemy Mine (1985).
Post-80s highlight: He had a recurring role on the hit series Stargate SG-1.
Post-80s lowlight: Hosting Foxs When Animals Attack 3.
Where are they now? Doing voice-over work for animated series and video games, including the hit Half-Life series, and appearing in mostly low-budget films. His latest role, though, was in Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married, Too?”
Louis Gossett Jr.
He kicked off the 80s with an Oscar for best supporting actor in An Officer and a Gentlemen and followed it up with a series of action flicks of varying degrees of quality, from the Indiana Jones knockoff Firewalker (1986) to the cult hit Iron Eagle series. He also got to perform a live birth as the alien Jeriba Jerry Shigan in Enemy Mine (1985).
Post-80s highlight: He had a recurring role on the hit series Stargate SG-1.
Post-80s lowlight: Hosting Foxs When Animals Attack 3.
Where are they now? Doing voice-over work for animated series and video games, including the hit Half-Life series, and appearing in mostly low-budget films. His latest role, though, was in Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married, Too?”
