{"id":579,"date":"2018-09-02T21:56:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/?p=579"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:26:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:26:14","slug":"geoffrey-owens-actor-known-as-haitian-american-elvin-tibideaux-on-the-cosby-show-takes-a-job-at-trader-joes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/geoffrey-owens-actor-known-as-haitian-american-elvin-tibideaux-on-the-cosby-show-takes-a-job-at-trader-joes\/","title":{"rendered":"Geoffrey Owens, Actor, Known as Caribbean American Elvin Tibideaux on the Cosby Show, Takes a Job at Trader Joe’s… AND?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fellow actors and fans have taken to Twitter and social media to defend Geoffrey Owens decision to take a job at Trader Joes.<\/p>\n

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Geoffrey Owens and the Cast of the Cosby Show in 1984<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Owens is best known to most as Caribbean American medical school student and husband to Sandra Huxtable from the Cosby Show, Elvin Tibideaux.<\/strong> Remember when he and Sandra decided that they would take their Princeton educations and open a wilderness store in Brooklyn instead of going to medical school and law school? Not exactly life imitating art since Owens has been in several movies and TV shows since the Cosby show, and is clearly STILL an actor, but still.<\/p>\n

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Lauren German, Geoffrey Owens, and Kevin Alejandro in Lucifer in 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fun Fact:<\/strong> Dennis Scott was the actor who played Elvin’s father on the show. The Jamaican icon was not only an actor, but he also a poet and a professor at UWI and Yale. True, his side gig wasn’t a job as a cashier, but he still had a regular job outside of being an actor.<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Owens, a cum laude graduate of his Ivy League institution where his fictional father taught (in real life, Dennis Scott taught in the Yale drama department until his death), teaches acting. You can find his impressive resume and information on his classes here – https:\/\/www.geoffreyowens.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jamaican Actor, Professor, and Poet Dennis Scott on the Cosby Show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So how does a regular on a popular 80’s sitcom end up bagging groceries?<\/strong> I mean, people change jobs and switch careers all the time… AND actors are known for taking other jobs to support themselves between projects.<\/p>\n

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So, 26 years after one TV job, this guy looks differently (shock) and is earning an honest living at a Trader Joe\u2019s. The people taking his picture and passing judgment are trash. https:\/\/t.co\/OUbOORk6jW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) September 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n