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Thom Gossom Jr.
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Thom Gossom Jr.

· Active 1985–2022

Thom Gossom Jr. appears in Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) as part of a cast that navigates the eerie landscape of a rural bus stranded in the grips of a relentless creature. Known for his ability to embody complex characters, Gossom Jr.'s performance contributes to the film's unsettling atmosphere, enhancing its cult status within the horror genre. His work in this film reflects a commitment to exploring the darker corners of storytelling, making him a notable figure in the realm of cult cinema.

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Jeepers Creepers 2

Jeepers Creepers 2

2003 ★ 6.0
as Coach Charlie Hanna

On its twenty-second day of feeding, the Creeper abducts a young Billy Taggart in front of his father Jack and older brother Jack Jr. The next day, a school bus carrying a high school basketball team and cheerleaders suffers a blowout, after one of the tires is hit by a hand-crafted shuriken made of bone fragments. Later, cheerleader Minxie Hayes has a vision of Billy Taggart and Darry Jenner, another victim of the Creeper, who attempt to warn her about the Creeper, before he blows out another tire, disabling the bus. With the team stranded, the Creeper abducts bus driver Betty Borman and coaches Charlie Hanna and Dwayne Barnes. When the Creeper returns, he singles out six of the students: Dante Belasco, Jake Spencer, Minxie Hayes, Scotty Braddock, Andy "Bucky" Buck, and Deaundre "Double D" Davis. Minxie has another vision in which Darry says the Creeper emerges every twenty-third spring, for twenty-three days to eat humans, and she tells the other students. After hearing several police reports, the Taggarts go hunting for the Creeper and soon make radio contact with the school bus. The Creeper attacks Bucky, but Rhonda stabs it through the head with a javelin. Dante begins prodding the Creeper's wing, only for it to grab and decapitate him. The Creeper tears off its injured head and uses Dante's severed head to replace its own. The students decide to leave the bus to find help, but the Creeper returns and chases them into a field, where it kills Jake and takes Scotty. When the Creeper attacks Jonny, Chelsea, and Bucky on the bus again, the Taggarts arrive and Jack shoots it with a home-made harpoon, which the Creeper fights him off, managing to escape after flipping over the bus. Rhonda, Izzy Cohen, and Double D find a truck and attempt to escape but are chased by the Creeper again. Izzy pushes Rhonda out of the truck before causing the vehicle to crash, injuring both Double D and the Creeper, who loses an arm, a leg, and a wing, although Izzy crawls from the wreckage before the truck explodes. The Creeper continues to pursue Double D by leaping towards him and, when it has Double D pinned down, Jack shows up and shoots the Creeper in the head with the harpoon. He repeatedly stabs the Creeper in the chest but it goes into a hibernation state before it can die. Twenty-three years later, a group of teenagers drives to the Taggart farm, where the Creeper is a sideshow attraction, called "The Bat Out of Hell", and the middle-aged Jack Jr. is charging entrance fees. They see an elderly Jack watching it with the harpoon at his side, and when they ask him if he is waiting for something, he looks up at the Creeper and says: "about three more days, give or take a day or two".

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Filmography

25 credits
2020s 1 credit
2022
Black Balsam as Sheriff Bensen
Movie ★ 3.7
2010s 4 credits
2019
Do Not Reply as Doctor Hunts
Movie ★ 5.7
2019
Queen & Slim as Slim's Father
Movie ★ 7.1
2017
The Quad as Bucky Douglas
TV ★ 5.2
2011
Movie ★ 10.0
2000s 9 credits
2005
Close to Home as Judge Hanophy
TV ★ 5.9
2004
TV ★ 7.3
2004
Boston Legal as Judge Winters
TV ★ 7.9
2003
Jeepers Creepers 2 as Coach Charlie Hanna
Movie ★ 6.2
2003
Cold Case as Mike Odoms (2005)
TV ★ 7.8
2002
TV ★ 10.0
2002
Without a Trace as Pharmacist
TV ★ 7.3
2001
TV ★ 7.4
2000
TV ★ 7.6
1990s 10 credits
1999
Fight Club as Detective Stern
Movie ★ 8.4
1999
Providence as Albert Clemmons
TV ★ 6.7
1999
The West Wing as Ted Mitchell
TV ★ 8.3
1998
Becker as Mr. Rainey
TV ★ 7.2
1997
Miss Evers' Boys as Ben Washington
Movie ★ 6.5
1996
Profiler as Sheriff
TV ★ 7.0
1994
Chicago Hope as Carl Thorner
TV ★ 7.3
1994
ER as Mr. Davis
TV ★ 7.8
1994
Touched by an Angel as Dr. Winston
TV ★ 7.2
1990
Murder in Mississippi as Charlie Parham (as Thom Gossom)
Movie ★ 6.9
1980s 1 credit
1985
Rebel Love as Pompeii
Movie ★ 7.0