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My Take
Moses Gunn is the kind of actor I deeply respect even if casual viewers do not always know the name. An Obie Award winner and an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company, he came up through serious theater, debuting off-Broadway in Jean Genet's The Blacks and on Broadway in A Hand Is on the Gate. That grounding in stage and African-American poetry tells me everything about his craft. He moved across stage, television and film with a gravitas that felt earned rather than manufactured. When I watch performers built on that kind of theatrical foundation, I trust them. He carried real weight, and I think the screen was lucky to have him.
Overview
Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC). His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and his Broadway debut was in A Hand Is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Moses Gunn
- Name (Japanese)
- モーゼス・ガン
- Reading
- もーぜす・がん
- Born
- October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / television actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Kansas
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.