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Fan Casting Louis Gossett Jr. as Ellis Boyd Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (1984)

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Louis Gossett Jr. as Ellis Boyd Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (1984)

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Louis Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936 - March 29, 2024) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" an...
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Ellis Boyd Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (1984)
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Louis Gossett Jr.

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Ellis Boyd Redding (Red)

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The Shawshank Redemption (1984)

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The Shawshank Redemption (1984)

The Shawshank Redemption (1984)

What if The Shawshank Redemption was made 10 years earlier?
by Columbia Pictures
Andy Dufresne, a successful banker, is arrested for the murders of his wife and her lover, and is sentenced to life imprisonment at the Shawshank State Prison. There, he becomes the most unconventi...
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Louis Gossett Jr. is known for his roles in Jaws 3-D, Enemy Mine, and An Officer and a Gentleman. He has been suggested by fans for 369 roles on myCast, including Lucius Fox in Ben 10/Justice League: The Series. Similar actors include Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, and Samuel L. Jackson. Louis Gossett Jr. was suggested to play Ellis Boyd Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (1984) by loverofmovies. Other actors sugggested to play this role include James Earl Jones, Sidney Poitier, and Moses Gunn. The Shawshank Redemption (1984) has 18 roles, including Byron Hadley, Andrew Dufresne, and Warden Samuel Norton.

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