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
Jaws 3-D
★ 4.51983
Enemy Mine
★ 7.01985
An Officer and a Gentleman
★ 7.01982
The Color Purple
★ 7.02023
Diggstown
★ 6.31992
Stories USA
★ 3.92007
The Deep
★ 6.11977
Firewalker
★ 5.41986
Toy Soldiers
★ 6.51991
Iron Eagle
★ 5.61986
Solar Attack
★ 5.22006
Daddy's Little Girls
★ 6.92007
The Perfect Game
★ 7.12009
Why Did I Get Married Too?
★ 6.52010
The Principal
★ 6.51987
Y2K
★ 5.61999
El Diablo
★ 5.61990
Boiling Pot
★ 5.22015
Blue Chips
★ 6.11994
Three Months
★ 7.02022
The Cuban
★ 5.12020
I Forgive
★ 4.72021
Iron Eagle II
★ 4.51988
Cover-Up
★ 4.01991
Sidney
★ 7.32022
Amazing Racer
★ 6.02009
The Reason
★ 7.82020
A Raisin in the Sun
★ 7.71961
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
★ 5.11996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
★ 8.01995
The Landlord
★ 5.91970
Monolith
★ 4.61993
The Highwayman
★ 4.32000
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
★ 0.02007
Iron Eagle III
★ 4.11992
The Dependables
★ 3.12014
Lackawanna Blues
★ 5.92005
Hal
★ 6.62019
Delgo
★ 4.52008
Double Play
★ 3.52017
Undercover Grandpa
★ 5.62017
Cover
★ 5.12007
Foster Boy
★ 6.72019
Managua
★ 5.01996
Freeman
★ 6.01977
Finders Keepers
★ 5.41984
Smitty
★ 5.92012
The Laughing Policeman
★ 6.21973
The Inspectors
★ 5.91998
Carolina Skeletons
★ 7.21991
The Choirboys
★ 5.51977
Skin Game
★ 6.61971
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
★ 6.61981
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
★ 6.01987
Outlaw Johnny Black
★ 5.42023
Momentum
★ 5.12003
TV Shows
ER
★ 7.81994
Saturday Night Live
★ 6.91975
Bonanza
★ 7.51959
Psych
★ 7.92006
The Mike Douglas Show
★ 5.81961
Golden Globe Awards
★ 7.21944
Little House on the Prairie
★ 7.91974
American Experience
★ 6.61988
The Good Fight
★ 7.52017
The Rockford Files
★ 7.61974
Touched by an Angel
★ 7.21994
Love, American Style
★ 6.11969
The Merv Griffin Show
★ 6.61962
Madam Secretary
★ 7.02014
The Six Million Dollar Man
★ 7.31974
Early Edition
★ 7.41996
The Dead Zone
★ 7.32002
Ellen
★ 6.11994
The Batman
★ 8.02004
The Ed Sullivan Show
★ 6.81948
The Invaders
★ 6.81967
Hercules
★ 6.91998
The Jeffersons
★ 7.31975
The Rookies
★ 6.91972
Alias Smith and Jones
★ 7.01971
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
★ 6.91990
Celebrity Ghost Stories
★ 7.32009
McCloud
★ 7.21970
The Oscars
★ 7.01953
Watchmen
★ 7.62019
Good Times
★ 8.01974
Picket Fences
★ 7.51992
Half & Half
★ 8.32002
The Mod Squad
★ 6.11968
The Partridge Family
★ 6.91970
Extant
★ 6.32014
Roots
★ 7.41977
Harry O
★ 5.21974
Promised Land
★ 6.51996
Police Story
★ 7.01973
Petrocelli
★ 7.21974
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
★ 6.51971
Daktari
★ 7.21966
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
★ 4.81969
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
★ 6.31973
The Bill Cosby Show
★ 5.51969
The Powers of Matthew Star
★ 5.71982
The Book of Negroes
★ 6.52015
Return to Lonesome Dove
★ 7.01993
The Spoils Before Dying
★ 6.02015
The Young Rebels
★ 5.71970
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
★ 6.31980
Backstairs at the White House
★ 6.11979
Cowboy in Africa
★ 6.01967
Black in the 80s
★ 0.02005
The Critical List
★ 9.01978
To Kill a Cop
★ 8.01978
The Lazarus Syndrome
★ 7.01979
More Movies
Travels with My Aunt
★ 6.01972
To Kill a Cop
★ 0.01978
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
★ 8.02009
The Grace Card
★ 7.32011
Club Soda
★ 0.02006
Inside
★ 4.81996
The Undershepherd
★ 2.02012
A Fighting Man
★ 5.52014
Left Behind: World at War
★ 4.22005
The Josephine Baker Story
★ 5.91991
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
★ 6.02000
Legend of the Mummy
★ 4.31998
Deceived
★ 5.02002
The River Niger
★ 7.41976
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
★ 10.01994
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
★ 6.21993
Flashfire
★ 4.51994
Companions in Nightmare
★ 5.31968
Miracle in East Texas
★ 4.02020
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
★ 8.02016
Iron Eagle on the Attack
★ 3.91995
All In
★ 4.52006
The Father Clements Story
★ 9.01987
Zooman
★ 6.31995
Not to Forget
★ 6.82021
A Good Man in Africa
★ 5.01994
King of the Dancehall
★ 7.62017
I Love Liberty
★ 0.01982
To Dance with Olivia
★ 8.01997
The Lazarus Syndrome
★ 4.91979
Supervized
★ 5.22019
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
★ 10.01975
Roots: The Gift
★ 7.11988
The White Dawn
★ 6.71974
Black Bart
★ 3.81975
It's Good to Be Alive
★ 7.31974
Curse of the Starving Class
★ 4.61994
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
★ 0.02016
Jasper, Texas
★ 6.02003
Strange Justice
★ 7.01999
Miracle at Gate 213
★ 6.02013
Breaking at the Edge
★ 4.72013
The Guardian
★ 5.51984
A Gathering of Old Men
★ 6.21987
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
★ 7.01995
Sudie and Simpson
★ 6.91990
A Father for Charlie
★ 6.81995
Breaking Brooklyn
★ 7.82018
The Bushbaby
★ 6.51969
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
★ 6.22017
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
★ 5.21980
The Black List: Volume One
★ 6.52008
Sin
★ 0.02025
Lawman Without a Gun
★ 9.01979
Keeper of the City
★ 5.21991
For Love of Olivia
★ 5.02001
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
★ 7.02000
In His Father's Shoes
★ 5.71997
Little Ladies of the Night
★ 4.21977
Unplugged
★ 0.0
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
★ 7.52002
Sidekicks
★ 6.51974
Zora is My Name!
★ 10.01990
J.D.'s Revenge
★ 5.71976
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
★ 5.01983
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
★ 9.01988
Love Songs
★ 8.71999
Gridiron Gang
★ 0.01992
Dog Jack
★ 4.02011
Benny's Place
★ 10.01982
A Love Story of Today
★ 0.02008
The Wall That Heals
★ 8.01998
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
★ 10.01988
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
★ 9.01998
A Special Kind of Love
★ 0.02008
Dr. Lucille
★ 7.02001