Louis Gossett Jr.
Born May 27, 1936 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Louis Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" and as Fiddler in the television miniseries "Roots". He won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spanned over five decades.
Movies
IF
The Color Purple
An Officer and a Gentleman
The Punisher
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Jaws 3-D
Enemy Mine
The Deep
Sidney
Firewalker
The Principal
Iron Eagle
Daddy's Little Girls
Toy Soldiers
Blue Chips
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The Perfect Game
Cover-Up
A Raisin in the Sun
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Diggstown
Legend of the Mummy
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Iron Eagle II
A Good Man in Africa
Amazing Racer
Undercover Grandpa
I Forgive
Iron Eagle III
A Fighting Man
Three Months
Left Behind: World at War
J.D.'s Revenge
Breaking at the Edge
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
El Diablo
Stories USA
Lawman Without a Gun
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Travels with My Aunt
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
The Choirboys
Lackawanna Blues
Zora is My Name!
Miracle in East Texas
The Josephine Baker Story
Finders Keepers
The Laughing Policeman
Outlaw Johnny Black
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
I Love Liberty
Skin Game
Iron Eagle on the Attack
The Undershepherd
Delgo
To Kill a Cop
The Black List: Volume One
Y2K
TV Shows
Hawaii Five-0
Stargate SG-1
Psych
Golden Globe Awards
Bonanza
ER
Love, American Style
The Merv Griffin Show
Touched by an Angel
American Playhouse
Madam Secretary
American Experience
The Rockford Files
The Good Fight
Little House on the Prairie
The Dead Zone
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Batman
Ellen
Early Edition
Hercules
The Oscars
The Rookies
Celebrity Ghost Stories
The Invaders
The Ed Sullivan Show
McCloud
The Jeffersons
The Partridge Family
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Police Story
The Mod Squad
Picket Fences
Alias Smith and Jones
Good Times
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Harry O
Half & Half
Extant
Watchmen
Petrocelli
Roots
Promised Land
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Bill Cosby Show
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Daktari
The Spoils Before Dying
Return to Lonesome Dove
The Powers of Matthew Star
Backstairs at the White House
Cowboy in Africa
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Black in the 80s
The Book of Negroes
The Young Rebels
To Kill a Cop
The Critical List
The Lazarus Syndrome
More Movies
A Gathering of Old Men
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
A Father for Charlie
Little Ladies of the Night
Monolith
King of the Dancehall
Supervized
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Foster Boy
Unreleased
Unplugged
In His Father's Shoes
Roots: The Gift
The Landlord
Curse of the Starving Class
Zooman
Keeper of the City
Cover
The Father Clements Story
It's Good to Be Alive
All In
Solar Attack
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Sidekicks
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Jasper, Texas
To Dance with Olivia
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
Hal
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Momentum
Love Songs
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
Sin
Miracle at Gate 213
The Dependables
The White Dawn
The Inspectors
The Grace Card
Club Soda
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
The Cuban
Boiling Pot
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Dog Jack
For Love of Olivia
Flashfire
Not to Forget
A Special Kind of Love
A Love Story of Today
Smitty
Strange Justice
Managua
Carolina Skeletons
Breaking Brooklyn
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
The Highwayman
The River Niger
The Wall That Heals
Double Play
Freeman
The Reason
Benny's Place
The Guardian
Black Bart
Inside
Companions in Nightmare
Deceived
Sudie and Simpson
The Lazarus Syndrome
Gridiron Gang
The Bushbaby
Dr. Lucille
