Elliott Gould
| Elliott Gould | |
|---|---|
 Gould in 1986 | |
| Born |
Elliott Goldstein August 29, 1938 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Barbra Streisand (m. 1963; div. 1971) Jennifer Bogart (m. 1973–1975; 1978–1979; twice divorced) |
| Children | 3, including Jason Gould |
Elliott Gould (born Elliott Goldstein; August 29, 1938) is an American actor. He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s. In addition to his performance in the comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gould is perhaps best known for his significant roles in Robert Altman films, starring in M*A*S*H (1970), The Long Goodbye (1973), and California Split (1974). He starred in a recurring role as Jack Geller on Friends (1994–2003), as Reuben Tishkoff in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), and as Ezra Goldman in the Showtime series Ray Donovan.
Early life
Gould was born in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Lucille (née Raver), sold artificial flowers to beauty shops, and his father, Bernard Goldstein, worked in the garment business as a textiles buyer.[1][2] His family was Jewish, and his grandparents were immigrants from Ukraine, Poland, and Russia.[3][4][5] He graduated from the Professional Children's School.
Career
Gould began acting in the Broadway theatre in the late 1950s, eventually landing a starring role in I Can Get It for You Wholesale (where he met Barbra Streisand) in 1962. Other credits include Irma La Douce, Say, Darling, Drat! The Cat!, and Little Murders. He purchased the screen rights to Little Murders, and in addition to acting in the film version, served as uncredited executive producer.
As a film actor, Gould's performance in Paul Mazursky's 1969 comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice proved to be his breakout role. Indeed, he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He is perhaps best known for playing Trapper John in Robert Altman's satirical 1970 film MASH. Time magazine placed him on one of its covers in 1970, when he was at the brief height of his long career, calling him a "star for an uptight age".[6]
Gould played the detective Philip Marlowe in Altman's 1973 film noir The Long Goodbye. The role had previously been played by such distinguished actors as Humphrey Bogart and Dick Powell, and would later be essayed by Robert Mitchum, but Gould's naturalistic performance represented Altman's modern, somewhat controversial revision of the material. He soon collaborated with Altman again, as a gambling addict alongside George Segal in California Split (1974). He later cameoed as himself in the Altman films Nashville (1975) and The Player (1992).
He hosted Saturday Night Live six times, his final time being the first episode of the disastrous Jean Doumanian season (season 6) in November 1980, where he was shocked to find that the original cast and producer had left and a new cast and producer had taken their place. He has never hosted after that, but appeared in a season 16 (1990–1991) episode hosted by Tom Hanks where Hanks is welcomed into the Five-Timers club, a society for celebrities who have hosted SNL five times or more. Also in 1980, Gould filmed two movies for Disney studios, The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980) and The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), in which he co-starred with Bill Cosby.
Other notable roles during this time include performances in A Bridge Too Far (1977), Capricorn One (1978), and a remake of The Lady Vanishes (1979).
His career slowed down after a series of critical and commercial flops in the mid-to-late 1970s, but he has still appeared in a number of supporting and character roles in prominent television shows and movies. He starred in a sitcom called E/R in 1984–1985, and had a notable recurring guest role on Friends as Jack Geller, the father of Monica and Ross Geller. More recently he has had a prominent recurring role on Ray Donovan and had a regular role in the sitcom Mulaney.[7]
Gould received critical praise for his performances as an aging mobster in Warren Beatty's 1991 film Bugsy and as the boyfriend of the protagonist's mother in American History X (1998). He also co-starred as Reuben Tishkoff in the popular "caper" film Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels: Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). Other recent films roles include supporting turns in Contagion (2011) and Ruby Sparks (2012).
In 2005 he was the guest star in a feature-length episode of the UK TV series Poirot, The Mystery of the Blue Train[8] and he has recently guest starred on a number of television series including Law & Order and CSI. He has also loaned his voice to several animated series, most notable among them, the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible and the 2006 video game Scarface: The World Is Yours.
Gould currently serves on the Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors.
Personal life
Gould has said that he has a "very deep Jewish identity".[9] He has been married three times, twice to the same woman:
- Barbra Streisand (March 21, 1963 – July 9, 1971; divorced; 1 child, actor Jason Gould)
- Jennifer Bogart (December 8, 1973 – 1975; June 9, 1978 – 1979). They were divorced twice. The couple had two children. Jennifer's father was director Paul Bogart.
Gould became one of the many celebrity producers of The 1 Second Film collaboration in June 2009 and is known for his association to charitable causes such as Save Ellis Island.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Quick, Let's Get Married | The Mute | |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Billy Minsky | |
| 1969 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Ted Henderson | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated - Laurel Awards for Male New Face Nominated - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1970 | Move | Hiram Jaffe | |
| I Love My Wife | Richard Burrows | ||
| Getting Straight | Harry Bailey | ||
| M*A*S*H | Capt. "Trapper" John Francis Xavier McIntyre | Laurel Awards for Comedy Performance, Male Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
| 1971 | The Touch | David Kovac | |
| Little Murders | Alfred Chamberlain | ||
| 1973 | Who? | Sean Rogers | |
| The Long Goodbye | Philip Marlowe | ||
| 1974 | California Split | Charlie Waters | |
| Busting | Vice Detective Michael Keneely | ||
| S*P*Y*S | Griff | ||
| 1975 | Mean Johnny Barrows | The Professor | |
| Nashville | Himself | Cameo | |
| Whiffs | Dudley Frapper | ||
| 1976 | I Will, I Will... for Now | Les Bingham | |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York | Walter Hill | ||
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Col. Bobby Stout | |
| 1978 | Matilda | Bernie Bonnelli | |
| The Silent Partner | Miles Cullen | ||
| Capricorn One | Robert Caulfield | ||
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | Charlie Dane | |
| The Lady Vanishes | Robert Condon | ||
| The Muppet Movie | Beauty Contest master of ceremonies | Cameo | |
| 1980 | Falling in Love Again | Harry Lewis | |
| The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Noah Dugan | ||
| 1981 | The Devil and Max Devlin | Max Devlin | |
| Dirty Tricks | Prof. Colin Chandler | ||
| 1983 | Tramps | Willie Zobel | |
| 1984 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Cop in Pete's | Cameo |
| The Naked Face | Angeli | ||
| Over the Brooklyn Bridge | Alby Sherman | ||
| 1986 | Inside Out | Jimmy Morgan | |
| 1987 | Lethal Obsession | Serge Gart | |
| My First Forty Years | Nino Ranuzzi | ||
| The Telephone | Rodney | ||
| 1988 | Dangerous Love | Rick | |
| 1989 | Night Visitor | Ron Devereaux | |
| The Big Picture | Lawyer | ||
| Massacre Play | Theo Steiner | ||
| 1990 | I'll Be Going Now | Alcide | |
| The Lemon Sisters | Fred Frank | ||
| 1991 | Dead Men Don't Die | Barry Barron | |
| Bugsy | Harry Greenberg | ||
| 1992 | The Player | Himself | Cameo |
| Wet and Wild Summer! | Mike McCain | ||
| Beyond Justice | Lawyer | ||
| Judgement | Judge Callow | Video | |
| 1993 | Amore! | George Levine | |
| Hoffman's Hunger | Felix Hoffman | ||
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Himself | Cameo |
| The Glass Shield | Greenspan | ||
| The Dangerous | Levine | ||
| Bleeding Hearts | Mr. Baum | ||
| 1995 | A Boy Called Hate | Richard | |
| Cover Me | Capt. Richards | ||
| Kicking and Screaming | Grover's Dad | ||
| The Feminine Touch | Kahn | Video | |
| 1996 | johns | Manny Gold | |
| Busted | TV Show Host | ||
| 1997 | Inside Out | Aaron's Father | Short film |
| City of Industry | Gangster | ||
| Camp Stories | Older David Katz | ||
| 1998 | Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | Coogan | |
| The Big Hit | Morton Shulman | ||
| Getting Personal | Jack Kacmarczyk | ||
| American History X | Murray | ||
| 2000 | Picking Up the Pieces | Father LaCage | |
| Boys Life 3 | Aaron's Father | Segment: Inside Out | |
| Playing Mona Lisa | Bernie Goldstein | ||
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Reuben Tishkoff | |
| The Experience Box | Dr. Keith Huber | ||
| 2002 | Puckoon | Dr. Goldstein | |
| The Cat Returns | Toto | English dub Voice role | |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Reuben Tishkoff | |
| 2006 | Open Window | John | |
| 2007 | Saving Sarah Cain | Bill | |
| Ocean's Thirteen | Reuben Tishkoff | ||
| The Ten Commandments | God | Voice role | |
| 2008 | The Deal | Rabbi Seth Gutterman | |
| The Caller | Frank Turlotte | ||
| Little Hercules in 3-D | Socrates | ||
| 2009 | Noah's Ark: The New Beginning | God | Voice role |
| Morning | Male Doctor Goodman | ||
| 2010 | Expecting Mary | Horace Weitzel | |
| 2011 | The Encore of Tony Duran | Jerry Braill | |
| Contagion | Dr. Ian Sussman | ||
| 2012 | Ruby Sparks | Dr. Rosenthal | |
| Divorce Invitation | Paul Lipnicks | ||
| Dorfman | Burt Dorfman | ||
| Fred Won't Move Out | Fred | ||
| Switchmas | Sam Finkelstein | ||
| 2013 | Live at the Foxes Den | Paul Munchak | |
| 2016 | The History of Love | Bruno Leibovitch |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Once Upon a Mattress | Jester | TV Movie |
| 1972 | The Special London Bridge Special | The Villain | TV special |
| 1975-1980 | Saturday Night Live | Juror/Host/Himself | TV series 8 episodes |
| 1982 | The Rules of Marriage | Michael Hagen | TV movie |
| 1983 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Giant | Episode: "Jack and the Beanstalk" |
| 1983-1985 | E/R | Dr. Howard Sheinfeld | TV series 23 episodes |
| 1986 | Vanishing Act | Lieutenant Rudameyer | TV movie |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Harry Folger | "The Misfortune Cookie" |
| 1986 | Tall Tales and Legends | Casey | TV series One episode |
| 1987 | Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | Leonard Weinglass | TV movie |
| Frog | Bill Anderson | TV movie | |
| 1988 | Act of Betrayal | Callaghan | TV movie |
| 1989 | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. J. T. Hanna | TV series One episode |
| 1990 | Stolen: One Husband | Martin Slade | TV movie |
| 1991 | Frogs! | Bill Anderson | TV movie |
| 1992 | Somebody's Daughter | Hindeman | TV movie |
| 1993 | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Stewart Woodman | TV movie |
| 1993 | L.A. Law | Ed Morrison | TV series 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Vincent Winninger | TV series One episode |
| 1994-2003 | Friends | Jack Geller | TV series 20 episodes |
| 1995 | Cybill | Himself | |
| 1995 | P.C.H | Randy's Father | TV movie |
| 1997 | The Shining | Stuart Ullman | TV miniseries |
| Hotel Shanghai | Hutchinson | TV miniseries | |
| Hey Arnold! | Rabbi Goldberg | TV series Two episodes | |
| 1998 | Diagnosis: Murder Episode 100 | Peyton Cartwright | TV series One episode |
| 1999 | Mentors | Albert Einstein | TV series One episode |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | The Professor | TV series One episode |
| 2003-2006 | Kim Possible | Mr. Don Stoppable | TV series Voice role 6 episodes |
| 2004 | Bad Apple | Buddha Stanzione | TV movie |
| 2005 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Rufus Van Aldin | TV series One episode |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | Barney | TV series One episode |
| 2010 | The Life & Times of Tim | Dr. Fishman | TV series One episode Voice role |
| Uncorked | Paul Browning | TV movie | |
| 2011 | The Cape | Samuel | TV series 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Walter Thompkins | TV series One episode |
| 2013-2015 | Ray Donovan | Ezra Goldman | TV series 17 episodes |
| 2014 | Sensitive Skin | Dr. H. Cass | TV series 3 episodes |
| 2014-2015 | Mulaney | Oscar | TV series regular 13 episodes |
| 2015 | Maron | Himself | TV series One episode |
| 2015 | Hawaii 5-0 |
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures | Sir Loin (voice) |
References
- ↑ "Show Business: Elliott Gould: The Urban Don Quixote". Time. September 7, 1970. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ↑ James Mottram (2012-07-22). "Elliott Gould: 'I didn't have a drug problem. I had a problem with reality' – Profiles – People". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ Elliott Gould: Reel to real
- ↑ "Elliott Gould Biography – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ "Gould, 'centered and grateful,' to accept award at festival | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". Jweekly.com. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ↑ Walters, Ben (12 August 2008). "It's okay by him". Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
In 1970, Time magazine put Gould on its cover, declaring him a "Star for an Uptight Age"....
- ↑ "Nasim Pedrad, Elliott Gould Join Fox's "Mulaney"". Hollywood Reporter. December 5, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
- ↑ Agatha Christie Poirot: The mystery of the Blue Train (IMDB) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465569/
- ↑ "Elliott Gould: An Actor's Life". Aish.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elliott Gould. |
- Elliott Gould at the Internet Movie Database
- Elliott Gould at the Internet Broadway Database
- Elliott Gould at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Village Voice article