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
★ 7.02024
The Punisher
★ 5.81989
An Officer and a Gentleman
★ 7.01982
Enemy Mine
★ 7.01985
Jaws 3-D
★ 4.51983
Iron Eagle
★ 5.61986
The Deep
★ 6.01977
The Color Purple
★ 7.02023
Diggstown
★ 6.31992
Firewalker
★ 5.41986
Toy Soldiers
★ 6.51991
Daddy's Little Girls
★ 6.92007
Sidney
★ 7.32022
The Landlord
★ 5.91970
Skin Game
★ 6.61971
The Principal
★ 6.51987
The Perfect Game
★ 7.12009
Stories USA
★ 3.92007
The Inspectors
★ 5.91998
Smitty
★ 5.92012
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
★ 8.01995
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
★ 0.02007
Amazing Racer
★ 6.02009
Solar Attack
★ 5.22006
Y2K
★ 5.61999
Why Did I Get Married Too?
★ 6.52010
Lackawanna Blues
★ 5.92005
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
★ 6.01987
Iron Eagle III
★ 4.21992
Blue Chips
★ 6.11994
El Diablo
★ 5.61990
I Forgive
★ 4.72021
Cover
★ 5.02007
Three Months
★ 7.02022
Club Soda
★ 0.02006
Foster Boy
★ 6.72019
The Choirboys
★ 5.51977
A Raisin in the Sun
★ 7.71961
Cover-Up
★ 4.01991
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
★ 8.02009
Left Behind: World at War
★ 4.22005
Monolith
★ 4.61993
Delgo
★ 4.52008
Undercover Grandpa
★ 5.62017
Iron Eagle II
★ 4.51988
Outlaw Johnny Black
★ 5.42023
Hal
★ 6.62019
A Fighting Man
★ 5.52014
Miracle in East Texas
★ 4.02020
Flashfire
★ 4.51994
I Love Liberty
★ 0.01982
Supervized
★ 5.22019
Finders Keepers
★ 5.41984
The Laughing Policeman
★ 6.21973
Breaking Brooklyn
★ 7.82018
Momentum
★ 5.12003
Double Play
★ 3.52017
Breaking at the Edge
★ 4.72013
TV Shows
Saturday Night Live
★ 6.91975
ER
★ 7.81994
Psych
★ 7.92006
The Mike Douglas Show
★ 5.81961
Bonanza
★ 7.51959
Golden Globe Awards
★ 7.21944
Love, American Style
★ 6.11969
Little House on the Prairie
★ 7.91974
The Good Fight
★ 7.52017
American Experience
★ 6.61988
Touched by an Angel
★ 7.21994
The Merv Griffin Show
★ 6.61962
The Six Million Dollar Man
★ 7.31974
Madam Secretary
★ 7.02014
The Rockford Files
★ 7.61974
Early Edition
★ 7.31996
The Dead Zone
★ 7.32002
Ellen
★ 6.11994
Hercules
★ 6.91998
The Batman
★ 8.02004
The Ed Sullivan Show
★ 6.81948
The Jeffersons
★ 7.31975
The Rookies
★ 6.91972
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
★ 6.91990
The Invaders
★ 6.81967
Celebrity Ghost Stories
★ 7.32009
McCloud
★ 7.21970
The Oscars
★ 7.01953
Alias Smith and Jones
★ 7.01971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
★ 6.51971
Roots
★ 7.41977
The Partridge Family
★ 6.91970
Picket Fences
★ 7.51992
Good Times
★ 8.01974
The Mod Squad
★ 6.11968
Half & Half
★ 8.32002
Harry O
★ 5.21974
Watchmen
★ 7.62019
Extant
★ 6.32014
Police Story
★ 7.01973
Petrocelli
★ 7.21974
Promised Land
★ 6.51996
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
★ 4.81969
The Bill Cosby Show
★ 5.51969
Daktari
★ 7.21966
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
★ 6.31973
Return to Lonesome Dove
★ 7.01993
The Spoils Before Dying
★ 6.02015
The Powers of Matthew Star
★ 5.71982
Cowboy in Africa
★ 6.01967
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
★ 6.31980
The Book of Negroes
★ 6.52015
The Young Rebels
★ 5.71970
Backstairs at the White House
★ 6.11979
To Kill a Cop
★ 8.01978
Black in the 80s
★ 0.02005
The Critical List
★ 9.01978
The Lazarus Syndrome
★ 7.01979
More Movies
To Kill a Cop
★ 0.01978
The Reason
★ 7.82020
The Black List: Volume One
★ 6.52008
The Highwayman
★ 4.32000
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
★ 10.01994
Boiling Pot
★ 5.22015
Managua
★ 5.01996
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
★ 7.01995
Carolina Skeletons
★ 7.21991
The River Niger
★ 7.41976
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
★ 6.61981
A Good Man in Africa
★ 5.01994
All In
★ 4.52006
Legend of the Mummy
★ 4.21998
Travels with My Aunt
★ 6.01972
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
★ 6.02000
Roots: The Gift
★ 7.11988
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
★ 5.11996
Little Ladies of the Night
★ 4.21977
The Josephine Baker Story
★ 5.91991
Inside
★ 4.81996
The White Dawn
★ 6.71974
Companions in Nightmare
★ 5.31968
The Bushbaby
★ 6.51969
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
★ 6.21993
Miracle at Gate 213
★ 6.02013
Zooman
★ 6.31995
To Dance with Olivia
★ 8.01997
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
★ 7.52002
Jasper, Texas
★ 6.02003
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
★ 8.02016
Deceived
★ 5.02002
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
★ 5.21980
Iron Eagle on the Attack
★ 3.91995
Sidekicks
★ 6.51974
A Father for Charlie
★ 6.81995
Black Bart
★ 3.81975
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
★ 10.01975
Strange Justice
★ 7.01999
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
★ 9.01988
The Grace Card
★ 7.32011
The Father Clements Story
★ 9.01987
A Gathering of Old Men
★ 6.21987
The Dependables
★ 3.12014
The Lazarus Syndrome
★ 4.91979
The Undershepherd
★ 2.02012
Curse of the Starving Class
★ 4.41994
The Guardian
★ 5.51984
The Cuban
★ 5.12020
In His Father's Shoes
★ 5.71997
It's Good to Be Alive
★ 7.31974
Lawman Without a Gun
★ 9.01979
Keeper of the City
★ 5.21991
Unplugged
★ 0.0
Dog Jack
★ 4.02011
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
★ 6.22017
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
★ 9.01998
Zora is My Name!
★ 10.01990
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
★ 5.01983
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
★ 7.02000
Freeman
★ 6.01977
Not to Forget
★ 6.82021
King of the Dancehall
★ 7.62017
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
★ 0.02016
J.D.'s Revenge
★ 5.71976
Sudie and Simpson
★ 6.91990
Love Songs
★ 8.71999
For Love of Olivia
★ 5.02001
Dr. Lucille
★ 7.02001
A Love Story of Today
★ 0.02008
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
★ 10.01988
A Special Kind of Love
★ 0.02008
The Wall That Heals
★ 8.01998
Gridiron Gang
★ 0.01992
Benny's Place
★ 10.01982
Sin
★ 0.02025