Cosby Show’ actor Geoffrey Owens spotted bagging groceries at NJ Trader Joe’s
“Cosby Show” alum Geoffrey Owens, who played Elvin Tibideaux, the young doctor who married into the Cosby family on the famous sitcom, was photographed working at a Trader Joe’s in New Jersey.
The actor, who was on the sitcom from 1985 to 1992, was spotted by a local shopper at the Clifton, N.J. store, standing behind one of the checkout counters and wearing a Trader Joe’s staff shirt with a name tag that read, “Geoffrey.”
The actor who played Elvin in The Cosby Show is now working as a cashier at Trader Joeâs, exclusive photos reveal. See story NYCOSBY. A shopper spotted Geoffrey Owens, 57, sitting behind a till at the discount store in Clifton, New Jersey, where staff earn around $11 an hour. Wearing an ID badge bearing his name, the former star wore a Trader Joeâs t-shirt with stain marks on the front as he weighed a bag of potatoes. Karma Lawrence, 50, was grocery shopping with her wife, security manager Yanelle, 40, when she saw Owens at around 7.30pm on Saturday and snapped some photos. The medical secretary, from Clifton, said: âI was just in Trader Joeâs and I said to my wife, I said, ââWait a minute, thatâs the guy from The Cosby Show.â âShe looked at him and said, âIt looks like him. Heâs a little heavier.ââI pulled up a site on the internet to look at a picture of him and said, âThat is him.â âI have never seen him at Trader Joeâs before. I was getting a bunch of groceries and he wasnât really looking at anybody, but he said, âHave a nice day.â âHe looked bloated and fat and unhappy. I guess with the whole Cosby thingâ¦â Owens played Elvin Tibideaux, the husband of Sondra Huxtable, on the final five seasons of NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, between 1985 and 1992.
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The shopper who spotted the actor told the Daily Mail that she was grocery shopping with her wife, the store’s security manager, around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening when she recognized Owens and took some photos.
“I was just in Trader Joe’s and I said to my wife, I said, ‘Wait a minute, that’s the guy from The Cosby Show,'” Karma Lawrence told the outlet.
Convinced it was the actor, Lawrence proceeded to look up photos of the actor online.
“I pulled up a site on the Internet to look at a picture of him and said, ‘That is him,'” she confirmed. “I have never seen him at Trader Joe’s before. I was getting a bunch of groceries and he wasn’t really looking at anybody, but he said, ‘Have a nice day.'”
The 57-year-old actor played Sondra Huxtable’s doctor husband on the final five seasons of the hit sitcom.
Pictured: (l-r) Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux, Geoffrey Owens as Elvin Tibideaux.
Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux, Geoffrey Owens as Elvin Tibideaux. (NBC via Getty Images)
Owens continued to act and appeared in guest spots on TV shows such as “Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “That’s So Raven” and most recently starred in an episode of “Lucifer” in 2017.
“The Cosby Show” ran for eight seasons from 1984 to 1992.
Cosby, who played the show’s main character, Cliff Huxtable, was convicted of sex assault in April after being accused of sexual abuse by more than 60 women.
“He looked bloated and fat”
These people are so effing insensitive . The man ah work! Damn! All these actors commitng suicide and this man finds the strength to get up and show up and work and he’s getting dragged . Wtf
Well since nutten nah gwaan fe him inna de acting department, him do de right ting by doing a decent job inna de Supermarket department. Ain’t nothing wrong with that!!!! At least him nah sell nuh drugs nor pimp out nuh women, nor rob/scam nuh body. Do you ting Geoffrey, do yu ting!!!!!!
So what’s wrong with Pimpin women? At least we be creating jobs n sh*t – plus hoes have a choice. Stop hatin on the industry plz.
At least in pimpin, hoes name their prices up front fi di front unlike the others who expect a weekly/monthly salary.
Heathen….
Yuh see this thing called today for me tomorrow for you…aka LIFE!!!¡!
What’s the problem? He’s “working”. Not homeless on the street begging. Some would rather commit suicide, when the acting job dried up, but he decide to work any job.
I can tell you that it took a lot of courage for him to take that position. He “graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1983”. Acting (like musician, artist, etc.) is a high risk career and people should make sure you have marketable skills when pursuing these career options. Not many people with his background would take that job…it’s a pride thing. Some would rather died.
At least him have employment and contributing to the society. A lot homeless and/or on drugs or have committed suicide. I have never seen him in anything much after the Cosby show so I don’t know what people expect. At least him maintaining a honest employment.
Everything happens for a reason, if that lady wasn’t so dam nuff him wouldn’t get a better job now because tyler perry just offered him a job.