Joseph F. Kosala (August 22, 1946 â€" March 22, 2015), also known as
Joe Kosala was an American character actor and retired sergeant of the
Chicago Police Department. He was also best known for portraying
Detective Rosetti in the Andrew Davis film The Fugitive (1993).His
father Walter was a decorated U.S. Army tank commander who served in
the European theater in World War II and his mother was a political
refugee who met her father at a displaced persons' camp. Kosala served
in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War era. In 1971, he graduated
from the police academy and served in the Chicago Police Department
for thirty-four years until his retirement in 2006. He was father of
three daughters: Tammy, Jennifer and Colleen. He was known by his
peers as "Sergeant Joe."Of the eight films Kosala appeared in, six of
them were directed by Chicago native Andrew Davis. The first of these
six movies was Code of Silence (1985) and according to Davis, "I first
met Joe in probably 1984 or 1985 during location scouting for Code of
Silence, and he helped us a lot on our films. He worked as the
technical supervisor, and he did a lot for the film. That famous scene
in the film where the two guys try to rob the cop bar, that's a true
story that Joe told me and we worked it into the film." Kosala would
often portray police officers, detectives or lieutenants in the films
he appeared in, though he did portray an engineering specialist in
Davis's Under Siege (1992). The other three Davis films he appeared in
are Above the Law (1988), Steal Big Steal Little (1995) and Chain
Reaction (1996).The other two films Kosala appeared in are Primal Fear
(1996) and Novocaine (2001), the latter film being his last acting
credit. He also appeared on television in episodes of Early Edition
and ER. In addition to acting, Kosala also worked as a technical
advisor in such films as Code of Silence (as previously mentioned by
Davis), Above the Law, The Package (1989; also directed by Davis) and
U.S. Marshals (1998; the spinoff to The Fugitive).
Joe Kosala was an American character actor and retired sergeant of the
Chicago Police Department. He was also best known for portraying
Detective Rosetti in the Andrew Davis film The Fugitive (1993).His
father Walter was a decorated U.S. Army tank commander who served in
the European theater in World War II and his mother was a political
refugee who met her father at a displaced persons' camp. Kosala served
in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War era. In 1971, he graduated
from the police academy and served in the Chicago Police Department
for thirty-four years until his retirement in 2006. He was father of
three daughters: Tammy, Jennifer and Colleen. He was known by his
peers as "Sergeant Joe."Of the eight films Kosala appeared in, six of
them were directed by Chicago native Andrew Davis. The first of these
six movies was Code of Silence (1985) and according to Davis, "I first
met Joe in probably 1984 or 1985 during location scouting for Code of
Silence, and he helped us a lot on our films. He worked as the
technical supervisor, and he did a lot for the film. That famous scene
in the film where the two guys try to rob the cop bar, that's a true
story that Joe told me and we worked it into the film." Kosala would
often portray police officers, detectives or lieutenants in the films
he appeared in, though he did portray an engineering specialist in
Davis's Under Siege (1992). The other three Davis films he appeared in
are Above the Law (1988), Steal Big Steal Little (1995) and Chain
Reaction (1996).The other two films Kosala appeared in are Primal Fear
(1996) and Novocaine (2001), the latter film being his last acting
credit. He also appeared on television in episodes of Early Edition
and ER. In addition to acting, Kosala also worked as a technical
advisor in such films as Code of Silence (as previously mentioned by
Davis), Above the Law, The Package (1989; also directed by Davis) and
U.S. Marshals (1998; the spinoff to The Fugitive).
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