Moses Gunn

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.

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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

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation

stage actor / television actor / film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

University

University of Kansas

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20Gunn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766783

Tags

• Missouri
• stage actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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