Louis Gossett Jr.
Known for Acting · 210 credits
- Born
- 1936-05-27
- Died
- 2024-03-29
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. · Louis Gossett, Jr. · Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. · Lou Gossett · ルイス・ゴセット・ジュニア · لوئیس گوست، جونیور
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (65)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Drill Sargent (voice)
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Gerak
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Lou's father
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
ER
1994
as Leo Malcolm
Psych
2006
as Lloyd Marr
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Buck Walter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Audience Member / Self - Presenter / Self - Host / Self - Nominee / Presenter
Love, American Style
1969
as Freddy
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Henry Hill
The Good Fight
2017
as Carl Reddick
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Anderson Walker
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as O'Flaherty
Madam Secretary
2014
as Laurent Vasseur
The Rockford Files
1974
as Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien / Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes
Early Edition
1996
as Jim Matthews
The Dead Zone
2002
as Pastor David Lewis
Ellen
1994
as Sgt. Timko
Hercules
1998
as Chiron (voice)
The Batman
2004
as Lucius Fox (voice)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Jeffersons
1975
The Rookies
1972
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Commander Clash (voice)
The Invaders
1967
as Ollie
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
McCloud
1970
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Lt. Carl Fellows
Roots
1977
as Fiddler
The Partridge Family
1970
as Sam Simon
Picket Fences
1992
as Rick Jennings
Good Times
1974
The Mod Squad
1968
as Smitty / Lloyd / Charley Jameson
Half & Half
2002
as Ray Willis
Harry O
1974
as Cleon Jackson
Watchmen
2019
as Old Man / Will Reeves
Extant
2014
as Quinn
Police Story
1973
Petrocelli
1974
as Kurt Olson, DA / District Attorney Kurt Olson
Promised Land
1996
as Anderson Walker
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Dr. Karnes
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Hurricane Smith
Daktari
1966
as Mkono
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
as Isom Pickett
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Duke Webster
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982
as Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)
Cowboy in Africa
1967
as Fulah / Joseph Hemera
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
The Book of Negroes
2015
as Daddy Moses
The Young Rebels
1970
Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Levi Mercer, Houseman
To Kill a Cop
1978
as Everett Walker
Movies (145)
IF
2024
as Lewis (voice)
The Punisher
1989
as Jake Berkowitz
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
as Sergeant Emil Foley
Enemy Mine
1985
as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
Jaws 3-D
1983
as Calvin Bouchard
Iron Eagle
1986
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
The Deep
1977
as Henri Cloche
The Color Purple
2023
as Ol' Mister
Diggstown
1992
as "Honey" Roy Palmer
Firewalker
1986
as Leo Porter
Toy Soldiers
1991
as Dean Parker
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
as Willie
Sidney
2022
as Self
The Landlord
1970
as Copee Johnson
Skin Game
1971
as Jason O'Rourke
The Principal
1987
as Jake Phillips
The Perfect Game
2009
as Cool Papa Bell
Stories USA
2007
as Doc (segment "Club Soda")
The Inspectors
1998
as Inspector Frank Hughes
Smitty
2012
as Mr. Smith
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Amazing Racer
2009
as Max Donovan
Solar Attack
2006
as President Ryan Gordon
Y2K
1999
as Morgan
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
as Porter
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Ol'lem Taylor
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Iron Eagle III
1992
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
Blue Chips
1994
as Father Dawkins (uncredited)
El Diablo
1990
as Van Leek
I Forgive
2021
as God (voice)
Cover
2007
as Detective Hicks
Three Months
2022
as Benny
Club Soda
2006
as Doc
Foster Boy
2019
as Judge George Taylor
The Choirboys
1977
as Calvin Motts
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as George Murchison
Cover-Up
1991
as Lou Jackson
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Self
Left Behind: World at War
2005
as President Geral Fitzhugh
Monolith
1993
as Capt. MacCandless
Delgo
2008
as King Zahn (voice)
Undercover Grandpa
2017
as Mother
Iron Eagle II
1988
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
Hal
2019
as Self
A Fighting Man
2014
as Cubby
Miracle in East Texas
2020
as Irving Tanner Jr.
Flashfire
1994
as Ben Durand
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Supervized
2019
as Pendle
Finders Keepers
1984
as Century
The Laughing Policeman
1973
as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
Breaking Brooklyn
2018
as Miles Bryant
Momentum
2003
as Raymond Addison
Double Play
2017
as Coco
Breaking at the Edge
2013
as Floyd
To Kill a Cop
1978
as Everett Walker
The Reason
2020
as Pastor Jim
The Black List: Volume One
2008
as Self
The Highwayman
2000
as Phil Bishop
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
as Ray Alexander
Boiling Pot
2015
as Detective Haven
Managua
1996
as Paul
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
as Ray Alexander
Carolina Skeletons
1991
as James Bragg
The River Niger
1976
as Dr. Dudley Stanton
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
A Good Man in Africa
1994
as Prof. Sam Adekunle
All In
2006
as Caps
Legend of the Mummy
1998
as Corbeck
Travels with My Aunt
1972
as Wordsworth
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000
as Frank
Roots: The Gift
1988
as Fiddler
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
as James Mink
Little Ladies of the Night
1977
as Russ Garfield
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
as Sidney Williams
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
as Self
Inside
1996
as Questioner
The White Dawn
1974
as Portagee
Companions in Nightmare
1968
as Lt. Adam McKay
The Bushbaby
1969
as Tembo
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993
as Leonard Clay
Miracle at Gate 213
2013
as Roy Peddington
Zooman
1995
as Rueben Tate
To Dance with Olivia
1997
as Daniel Stewart
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
2002
as Dr. Barnes
Jasper, Texas
2003
as R.C. Horn
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
as Self
Deceived
2002
as Col. David Garrett
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980
as Leo Garcia
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
Sidekicks
1974
as Jason O'Rourke
A Father for Charlie
1995
as Walter Osgood
Black Bart
1975
as Black Bart
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975
as Otis James
Strange Justice
1999
as Vernon Jordan
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
as Big John Creed
The Grace Card
2011
as George Wright
The Father Clements Story
1987
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
as Mathu
The Dependables
2014
as Lou Jones
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979
as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
The Undershepherd
2012
as Bishop Redford
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
as Ellis
The Guardian
1984
as John Mack
The Cuban
2020
as Luis Garcia
In His Father's Shoes
1997
as Frank Crosby / Richard
It's Good to Be Alive
1974
as Sam Brockington
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Tom Hayward
Keeper of the City
1991
as Det. James Dela
Unplugged
as Amos Burton (voice)
Dog Jack
2011
as Grown up Jed
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
as Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
as Self
Zora is My Name!
1990
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
as narrator
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
as Lou Hastings
Freeman
1977
as Rex
About Louis Gossett Jr.
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. With 210 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Louis Gossett Jr. has appeared in 145 films and 65 TV shows.
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Most Popular Louis Gossett Jr. Movies
- IF (2024) — as Lewis (voice)
- The Punisher (1989) — as Jake Berkowitz
- An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) — as Sergeant Emil Foley
- Enemy Mine (1985) — as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
- Jaws 3-D (1983) — as Calvin Bouchard
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