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'''Joseph Kosala''' (c. 1947 - March 22, 2015), also known as '''Joe Kosala'''<ref name=book/><ref>{{cite web|last=Toloken|first=Steve|title=Police Find That Being Movie Extras Often Proves, Well, Kind Of Arresting|date=6 September 1993|publisher=''[[Chicago Tribune]]''|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-09-06/news/9309060163_1_police-officers-chicago-police-gene-kelly|accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> was an American retired sergeant of the [[Chicago Police Department]].  He also worked as an occasional character actor and was best known for portraying Detective Rosetti in the [[Andrew Davis (director)|Andrew Davis]] film ''[[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]]'' (1993).<ref name=suntimes>{{cite web|last=McGavin|first=Patrick Z.|title=Joe Kosala, Chicago police sergeant, film actor, dead at 68|date=27 March 2015|publisher=''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/joe-kosala-chicago-police-sergeant-film-actor-dead-at-68/|accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref>

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.<ref  name=suntimes/>  Kosala served in the [[U.S. Navy]] during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=suntimes/><ref name=tribune>{{cite web|title=Joseph Kosala|date=5 April 2015|publisher=''[[Chicago Tribune]]''|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?pid=174554777|accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref>  In 1971, he graduated from the police academy and served in the Chicago Police Department for thirty-four years until his retirement in 2006.<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLcfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=joseph+kosala&source=bl&ots=GbzdCSh45K&sig=aVTBwPscRZsAloSQ-_bRG75AsTU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM9u2VtOfMAhVIvRQKHWsJAhI4FBDoAQgpMAM#v=onepage&q=joseph%20kosala&f=false|last=Lentz III|first=Harris M.|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015|year=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786476671}} page 191</ref><ref name=suntimes/>  He was father of three children: Tammy, Jennifer and Colleen.<ref name=tribune/>  He was known by his peers as "Sergeant Joe."<ref name=suntimes/>

Of the eight films Kosala appeared in, six of them were directed by Chicago native Andrew Davis.<ref name=suntimes/>  The first of these six movies was ''[[Code of Silence (film)|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.”<ref name=suntimes/>  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).<ref name=book/><ref name=suntimes/> The other three Davis films he appeared in are ''[[Above the Law (film)|Above the Law]]'' (1988), ''[[Steal Big Steal Little]]'' (1995) and ''[[Chain Reaction (film)|Chain Reaction]]'' (1996).<ref name=book/><ref name=suntimes/>

The other two films Kosala appeared in are ''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]'' (1996) and ''[[Novocaine (film)|Novocaine]]'' (2001), the latter film being his last acting credit.<ref name=suntimes/>  He also appeared on television in episodes of ''[[Early Edition]]'' and ''[[ER (TV Series)|ER]]''.<ref name=book/>  In addition to acting, Kosala also worked as a technical advisor in such films as ''Code of Silence'' (as mentioned by Davis above), ''Above the Law'', ''[[The Package (1989 film)|The Package]]'' (1989; also directed by Davis) and ''[[U.S. Marshals (film)|U.S. Marshals]]'' (1998; the sequel to ''The Fugitive'').<ref name=book/>

Kosala died on March 22, 2015 at the age of 68.<ref name=book/><ref name=suntimes/><ref name=tribune/>  The cause of death was from complications of congenital [[liver failure]].<ref name=suntimes/>

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