Bobby hosea biography
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Hosea, Bobby
PERSONAL
Original name, Willie Samuel Hosea, Jr.; father, an Air Force sergeant; mother, a nurse; married Marcia Hairston, 1980; children: Ranae, Steven. Education: Attended University of California at Los Angeles.
Addresses:
Agent—Metropolitan Talent Agency, 4500 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90010.
Career:
Actor. Previously played professional football in the United States Football League and the Canadian Football League.
CREDITS
Film Appearances:
Tom Dellerton, Jack's Back, Paramount, 1988.
The Runnin' Kind, 1989.
Hutch, Rock-A-Die Baby, 1989.
Why Colors?, 1992.
The Colors of Love, 1992.
Steve, Boiling Point (also known as L'extreme limite), Warner Bros., 1993.
Major Danowitz, Independence Day (also known as ID4), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.
Rickles, Judas Kiss, Moonlight Films, 1998.
Going Back, 2001.
Greg, All About You, 2001.
Detective, The Dead Girl, First Look International, 2006.
Television Appear
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Bobby Hosea (bornDecember 5, 1955; age 69) played Dr. Bob Cornell in Season 7 of 24.
Biography and career[]
Hosea was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He studied at UCLA, where he also played football.
Hosea started his acting career in 1984, with a small appearance as a football player in the TV film Her Life as a Man. After that, he appeared in other TV shows like Knots Landing (with William Devane) and The Twilight Zone (with Chris Mulkey).
Hosea also had a recurring role from 1988 to 1990 in China Beach, along with Jeff Kober. Other shows in which he has had recurring roles are Pensacola: Wings of Gold, The Cape, and Lincoln Heights.
Aside from TV shows, Hosea has appeared in films like Independence Day (with Raphael Sbarge, Tim Kelleher, Leland Orser, Bill Smitrovich, Greg Collins and Devon Gummersall) and Boiling Point. In 1995, he played O.J. Simpson in the TV film The O.J. Simpson Story.
24 credits[]
Selected filmography[]
- Deadly Ri
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Bobby Hosea Biography
Date of Birth:
Dec 5, 1955Biography
A former professional football player turned TV star, Bobby Hosea parlayed his athletic looks into a fruitful career as a character actor, first appearing in muscle-bound roles in popular action-adventure series before gracefully aging into a character actor. Tennessee native Hosea took his athletic talents to UCLA, turning pro upon graduation and playing in both the Canadian and American football leagues. When physical injury sidelined his football career, Hosea turned to acting, appearing in numerous bit parts on 1980s sitcoms and dramas, including a breakout role as Private "Sweetness" Elroy in the Vietnam War crama "China Beach." He drew on his sports background to turn in a believably memorable performance as fallen football star O.J. Simpson in the timely 1995 made-for-TV spelfilm "The O.J. Simpson Story" before co-starring in syndicated action series like the aviation teaterpjäs "The Cape." Hosea fryst vatten often cast as