Elliott Gould began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s.
49 Facts About Elliott Gould
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Elliott Gould continued working with Altman in The Long Goodbye and California Split.
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Elliott Gould starred as Reuben Tishkoff in the Ocean's film series.
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Elliott Gould is known for his work in television as well, including as a multiple time host of Saturday Night Live.
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Elliott Gould is a member of SNL's Five Timer's Club, having hosted 6 times from 1976 to 1980, and is known for his role as Jack Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, his recurring roles in the Fox sitcom Mulaney, and the Showtime series Ray Donovan.
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Elliott Gould has appeared on the Netflix shows Grace and Frankie and The Kominsky Method.
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Elliott Gould's family was Jewish, and his grandparents were from Ukraine, Poland, and Russia.
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Elliott Gould began acting on Broadway in the late 1950s, making his professional debut in a minor role in the musical Rumple.
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Elliott Gould followed this with small parts in successful productions such as the Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical Say, Darling featuring Robert Morse, David Wayne, and Vivian Blaine.
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Elliott Gould appeared in the French musical Irma La Douce with Elizabeth Seal and Clive Revill.
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Elliott Gould was cast in A Way of Life by Murray Schisgal but walked out prior to the play making it to Broadway.
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Elliott Gould made his feature film debut in the William Dieterle comedy Quick, Let's Get Married starring Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, and Barbara Eden.
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In January 1969, Elliott Gould announced he had formed his own film production company with Jack Brodsky, Brodsky-Elliott Gould Productions.
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Elliott Gould would make two films: The Assistant, based on a novel by Bernard Malamud, and Little Murders.
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Elliott Gould had turned down the lead in Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs.
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Elliott Gould was the first Hollywood star to appear in a Bergman film.
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Elliott Gould was reportedly offered the lead role in Pocket Money, but turned it down because he did not want to work with director Stuart Rosenberg again after his experience making Move.
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Elliott Gould continued developing projects in a behind-the-scenes capacity, including a failed adaptation of the novel A Glimpse of Tiger.
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Elliott Gould reemerged with one of his most iconic roles in 1973's The Long Goodbye, Robert Altman's adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel.
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Additionally, Elliott Gould made a brief cameo appearance as himself in the Altman film Nashville.
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Elliott Gould joined the ensemble cast of Richard Attenborough's World War II drama film A Bridge Too Far.
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Elliott Gould went to Canada to star in the highly regarded thriller The Silent Partner starring Christopher Plummer before working again with Grade on Escape to Athena.
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Elliott Gould starred in the much-maligned remake of The Lady Vanishes.
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Also in 1979, Elliott Gould appeared as Cher's dance partner at the end of the music video for her Top 10 disco hit "Take Me Home".
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Elliott Gould returned in season 47 in a similar skit welcoming John Mulaney into the club.
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In 1980, Elliott Gould starred in the romantic comedy film Falling in Love Again, alongside Susannah York.
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Elliott Gould made two films for Disney, The Last Flight of Noah's Ark and The Devil and Max Devlin.
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Elliott Gould chose to return to Broadway with The Guys in the Truck in 1983 but left the production after the first week of previews, replaced by Harris Laskawy.
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Elliott Gould appeared in 1986 The Twilight Zone episode: "The Misfortune Cookie".
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Elliott Gould starred in the HBO television film Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 playing criminal defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass.
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Elliott Gould continued acting in guest star roles on shows such as Murder, She Wrote.
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Elliott Gould continued to act in film, though his roles tended to be less impactful than those from preceding decades: he had leading roles in films such as Inside Out and Dangerous Love and he played a supporting role to Whoopi Goldberg in The Telephone.
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Over time, Elliott Gould began to act more frequently in supporting roles.
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Elliott Gould received critical praise for his performance as an aging mobster in Warren Beatty's 1991 film Bugsy and performed a cameo as "himself" in Robert Altman's The Player.
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Elliott Gould became known to a new generation of viewers thanks to a recurring role as Jack Geller, the father of Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer's characters Monica and Ross, on the NBC sitcom Friends, first appearing in 1994 and in twenty total episodes over the course of the show's run.
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In 2001, Elliott Gould co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's heist film Ocean's Eleven, a 2001 remake of the classic Rat Pack caper film.
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Elliott Gould played their wealthy friend, a former casino owner Reuben Tishkoff.
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Elliott Gould reprised the role for its sequels, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007.
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Elliott Gould has loaned his voice to several animated series, including the role of Mr Stoppable, Ron Stoppable's dad in the Disney Channel Animated series Kim Possible.
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In 2011, Elliott Gould appeared in a supporting role in Soderbergh's ensemble thriller Contagion about virus outbreak leading to a worldwide pandemic.
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In 2018, Elliott Gould reprised his role of Reuben in Ocean's 8.
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Elliott Gould appeared in a recurring role as Ezra Goldman in the Showtime crime series Ray Donovan starring Liev Schrieber and Jon Voight.
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Elliott Gould played John Mulaney's neighbor in the sitcom Mulaney.
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Elliott Gould appeared in guest roles in Maron, The Kominsky Method, and Grace and Frankie.
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Elliott Gould briefly appeared in Friends: The Reunion along with Christina Pickles and the rest of the Friends cast.
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Elliott Gould has said that he has a "very deep Jewish identity".
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Elliott Gould has been married three times, twice to the same woman:.
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Elliott Gould serves on the Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors.
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Elliott 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.