---
name: "Robert Gossett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-gossett"
fi1m_id: "robert-gossett"
imdb_id: "nm0331666"
tmdb_id: 15251
wikidata_id: "Q2486833"
roles: []
born: "3 March 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:49:43.666642+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Gossett

## Identity

Robert Gossett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-gossett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-gossett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0331666
- **TMDB ID:** 15251
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2486833
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gossett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2486833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331666/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15251

Actor. Born 3 March 1954 in The Bronx - New York - USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 March 1954, The Bronx - New York - USA
- **Active:** 1992–2012
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2010s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gossett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2486833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331666/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15251

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Major Crimes*](https://film.one/tv/major-crimes.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robert Gossett is an American actor born on 3 March 1954 in The Bronx, New York. He began his career in theatre, appearing in productions including a Broadway staging of August Wilson's Fences and works with the Negro Ensemble Company such as A Soldier's Play and Colored People's Time.

Gossett is best known for playing Commander Russell Taylor on the TNT series The Closer (2005–2012) and its successor Major Crimes (2012–2017), in which the character was promoted to Assistant Chief. His other television credits include a recurring role as Marshall Ashford on General Hospital (from 2021) and guest appearances on series such as Bones, Chicago Med and NYPD Blue. Film roles include parts in Arlington Road (1999), The Net (1995) and Batman Returns (1992). He is a first cousin of actor Louis Gossett Jr.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Major Crimes* (2012), Fi1m 66, as Assistant Chief Taylor — [page](https://film.one/tv/major-crimes.md)
- *Batman Returns* (1992), Fi1m 81, as TV Anchorman — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Seven Days* (2022), as Darryl
- *All American: Homecoming* (2022), series, as Grandpa Raymond
- *A Jenkins Family Christmas* (2021), as James
- *The Enemy Within* (2019), series, as Thomas Heffron
- *How to Get Rid of a Body And Still Be Friends* (2018), as Mr. Morris
- *The Oath* (2018), series, as Charles Ryder
- *The Sky Princess* (2018), as Elder Mosi
- *The Climb* (2017), series, as Gossett
- *Greenleaf* (2016), series, as DA Price
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Reggie Dixon
- *Revelation Road 3: The Black Rider* (2014), as The Shepherd
- *Major Crimes* (2012), series, as Assistant Chief Taylor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/major-crimes.md)
- *Tied to a Chair* (2011), Actor
- *Flying By* (2009), as Michael
- *The Sarah Silverman Program* (2007), series, as Judge Willie Joe Blackwell
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Mr. Taylor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Russell Taylor
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Actor
- *Devious Beings* (2002), as Damone
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Jack Hayes
- *The Warden* (2001), as Jerry Marshall
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, as James McGinnis
- *A Crime of Passion* (1999), as Det. Peter Lipton
- *Jimmy Zip* (1999), as Horace Metcalf
- *Arlington Road* (1999), as FBI Agent Whit Carver
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Mr. Franklin
- *Working* (1997), series, as Executive Storyteller
- *The Maker* (1997), as Partner
- *Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy* (1997), as Cummings
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Doctor
- *White Man's Burden* (1995), as John
- *The Net* (1995), as Ben Phillips
- *Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder* (1995), Actor
- *Phoenix* (1995), as Barker
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Paul Stettling
- *One West Waikiki* (1994), series, Actor
- *Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills* (1994), as Detective Lukes
- *Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice* (1994), Actor
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, as Eddie
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Dr. Max Frye, Jimmy Christopher
- *Donato and Daughter* (1993), as Det. Bobbins
- *Hangin' with Mr. Cooper* (1992), series, as John Lee
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Det. Smith
- *Batman Returns* (1992), as TV Anchorman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md)
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, as Lt. Hudson
- *Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage* (1991), Actor
- *Man of the People* (1991), series, as Chuck
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Det. Woods — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Common Ground* (1990), as Arnold Walker
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Charles Griffin
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, as Stage Manager
- *Over the Brooklyn Bridge* (1984), as Eddie
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Customer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *General Hospital* (1963), series, as Marshall Ashford

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