Elliott Gould Biography (3)

Elliott Gould is one of this generation's most accomplished actors. Gould, who can currently be seen in the Fox series Getting Personal, first came to prominence in The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and then in the 1969 groundbreaking comedy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1970, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as Trapper John in Robert Altman's film of the novel M.A.S.H.

Altman later cast Gould as private eye Phillip Marlowe in 1973's The Long Goodbye. Gould also appears in cameos in Altman's Nashville and The Player. Among his more than 60 films are memorable roles in Getting Straight, California Split, Harry and Walter Go To New York, The Devil and Max Devlin, and as a dim-witted hood in Bugsy. Most recently, he appeared in The Big Hit, Johns, City of Industry, and the television miniseries of Stephen King's The Shining. For the last couple of years he has appeared on the hit series Friends as the father of Monica and Ross.

A native of Brooklyn, Gould started working in his first Broadway chorus line when he was 18. By 1962, he captured the lead in the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale. In 1996 he returned to the stage in Deathtrap, which made a national tour to 25 cities.

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