Gus Johnson
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
- Cameo role in "He Got Game" with Denzel Washington and Milla Jovovich
- Considered becoming a lawyer or priest