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Gus Johnson Biography

Birth Name:Augustus Cornelius Johnson

Birth Place:Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • Covered the 1998 Winter Olympics while at CBS
  • Covered the 2011 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley on Showtime pay-per-view
  • Spent 15 seasons with CBS before moving to FOX Sports as its lead football announcer in 2011
  • Graduated from Howard University in 1990 with a degree in political science
  • First job came as a weekend anchor and weekday reporter at KXXV-TV in Waco, Texas
  • Considered becoming a lawyer or priest
  • Cameo role in "He Got Game" with Denzel Washington and Milla Jovovich