Elliott Gould Overview

Born to a textiles buyer and a seller of artificial flowers, Elliot Gould was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. With immigrant grandparents from the Ukraine, Poland and Russia, Gould identifies himself as having a very deep Jewish identity. The actor graduated from the Professional Children's School, a college preparatory institution. Gould began acting in the early 1960s, when he landed his first role in the small film The Confession. This was followed by another job playing the Jester in... See All