Thomas "Thom" Gossom Jr. (born May 2, 1952) is an American
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...
.
Gossom played
college football for the
Auburn Tigers
The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year coeducational university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Assoc ...
.
He was a cast member of the
TV series
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''
In the Heat of the Night''. He has appeared in multiple movies, including the 2003 sequel ''
Jeepers Creepers 2
''Jeepers Creepers 2'' is a 2003 American horror film written and directed by Victor Salva. A sequel to the 2001 film '' Jeepers Creepers'', the film finds the Creeper, a demonic creature and mysterious serial killer who pursues a school bus fi ...
'', as well as guest roles in ''CSI'' and other TV shows. He portrayed Slim's father in ''
Queen & Slim
''Queen & Slim'' is a 2019 American romantic road crime drama film directed by Melina Matsoukas (in her feature directorial debut) and with a screenplay by Lena Waithe from a story by James Frey and Waithe. The film's story centers on a young cou ...
''.
Filmography
References
External links
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1952 births
Auburn Tigers football players
Living people
American male television actors
American male film actors
20th-century American male actors
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