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