Louis Gossett Jr.

Actor

Louis Gossett Jr. (born 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 has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spans over five decades.

Born: May 27, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: March 29, 2024 (Age 87)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Fighting Man Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.3	Actor	Cubby	2014
A Good Man in Africa Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	4.9	Actor	Prof. Sam Adekunle	1994
A Raisin in the Sun Movie	7.9	Actor	George Murchison	1961
Iron Eagle III Movie	4	Actor	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	1992
All In Movie	3.6	Actor	Caps	2006
An Officer and a Gentleman Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Sergeant Emil Foley	1982
Blue Chips Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Father Dawkins (uncredited)	1994
Boiling Pot Movie	4.5	Actor	Detective Haven	2015
Breaking Brooklyn Movie	5.2	Actor	Miles Bryant	2018
Cover Movie	5.1	Actor	Detective Hicks	2007
Cover-Up Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	4.5	Actor	Lou Jackson	1991
Curse of the Starving Class Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	5.3	Actor	Ellis	1994
Daddy's Little Girls Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Willie	2007
Delgo Movie	4.5	Actor	King Zahn (voice)	2008
Diggstown Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actor	"Honey" Roy Palmer	1992
Dog Jack Movie	5.2	Actor	Grown up Jed	2011
Double Play Movie	6.4	Actor	Coco	2017
Enemy Mine Movie	6.9	Actor	Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan	1985
Finders Keepers Movie	5.1	Actor	Century	1984
Firewalker Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	5.3	Actor	Leo Porter	1986
Flashfire Movie	4.3	Actor	Ben Durand	1994
Hal Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7	Actor	Self	2019
Iron Eagle Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	5.7	Actor	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	1986
Iron Eagle II Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	4.1	Actor	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	1988
Iron Eagle on the Attack Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	3.5	Actor	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	1995
It Rained All Night the Day I Left Movie	3.9	Actor	Leo Garcia	1980
J.D.'s Revenge Movie	6.2	Actor	Rev. Elija Bliss	1976
Jaws 3-D Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	3.9	Actor	Calvin Bouchard	1983
Left Behind: World at War Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	4.6	Actor	President Geral Fitzhugh	2005
Legend of the Mummy Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	2.8	Actor	Corbeck	1998
The Punisher Movie	5.4	Actor	Jake Berkowitz	1989
Toy Soldiers Movie	6.7	Actor	Dean Parker	1991
The Deep Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6	Actor	Henri Cloche	1977
Why Did I Get Married Too? Movie	4.9	Actor	Porter	2010
The Principal Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Jake Phillips	1987
The Perfect Game Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7	Actor	Cool Papa Bell	2009
The Grace Card Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	George Wright	2011
The Laughing Policeman Movie	6.5	Actor	Insp. James Larrimore SFPD	1973
The Landlord Movie	6.7	Actor	Copee Johnson	1970
Travels with My Aunt Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Wordsworth	1972
The Choirboys Movie	5.8	Actor	Calvin Motts	1977
Skin Game Movie	6.8	Actor	Jason O'Rourke	1971
Undercover Grandpa Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Mother	2017
Monolith Movie	4.3	Actor	Capt. MacCandless	1993
The White Dawn Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Portagee	1974
Y2K Movie	4	Actor	Morgan	1999
Smitty Movie	5.2	Actor	Mr. Smith	2012
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Himself	2016
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Movie	7	Actor	Self	2009
Pride of Lions Movie	3.5	Actor	Lou Jones	2014
The River Niger Movie	5.8	Actor	Dr. Dudley Stanton	1976
The Least Among You Movie	4.3	Actor	Samuel Benton	2009
The Black List: Volume One Movie	7.2	Actor	Himself	2008
Managua Movie	4.2	Actor	Paul	1996
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart Movie	8.2	Actor	Self	2017
The Bushbaby Movie	6.4	Actor	Tembo	1969
Supervized Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.3	Actor	Pendle	2019
The Highwayman Movie	4.2	Actor	Phil Bishop	2000
The Cuban Movie	6.1	Actor	Luis Garcia	2020
Foster Boy Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Judge George Taylor	2019
Stories USA Movie	2.5	Actor	Doc (segment "Club Soda")	2007
The Reason Movie	5.9	Actor	Pastor Jim	2020
Forget to Remember Movie		Actor
Not to Forget Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.2	Actor	Pastor John	2021
The Undershepherd Movie	6.3	Actor	Bishop Redford	2012
IF Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Lewis (voice)	2024
Zora is My Name! Movie	6.6	Actor		1990
Deceived Movie	3.7	Actor	Col. David Garrett	2002
A Special Kind of Love Movie	7.6	Actor	Self	2008
A Love Story of Today Movie	7.7	Actor	Self	2008
Three Months Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7	Actor	Benny	2022
The Color Purple Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7	Actor	Ol' Mister	2023
I Forgive Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	God (voice)	2021
Sidney Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Self	2022
King of the Dancehall Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	4.8	Actor	The Bishop	2017
Miracle in East Texas Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	3.1	Actor	Irving Tanner Jr.	2020
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth Movie	7.2	Actor	Self
Everbrook (The Home) Movie		Actor
Outlaw Johnny Black Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)	2023
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	4.9	Actor	Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage)	2004
The Powers of Matthew Star TV Show	5.8	Actor	Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai) 22 Episodes	1982-1983
Sadat Limited Series	6.2	Actor	Anwar al-Sadat 2 Episodes	1983-1983
The Young Rebels TV Show	7.4	Actor	15 Episodes	1970-1971
Police Story TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	2 Episodes	1973-1980
Gideon Oliver TV Show	6	Actor	5 Episodes	1989-1989
Celebrity Ghost Stories TV Show Available on 6 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Self 1 Episode	2008
Watchmen Limited Series Available on 11 streaming services.	8	Actor	Old Man / Will Reeves 7 Episodes	2019-2019
Good Times TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	2 Episodes	1974-1979
Captain Planet and the Planeteers TV Show	6.8	Actor	Commander Clash (voice) 2 Episodes	1990-1996
Half & Half TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7	Actor	Ray Willis 2 Episodes	2002-2006
The Jeffersons TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	1975-1985
Stargate SG-1 TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.5	Actor	Gerak 5 Episodes	1997-2007
The Good Fight TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Carl Reddick 1 Episode	2017-2022
The Rookies TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	1 Episode	1972-1976
Family Guy TV Show Available on 10 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Drill Sargent (voice) 1 Episode	1999
The Dead Zone TV Show Available on 6 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	2002-2007
Early Edition TV Show	7.5	Actor	1 Episode	1996-2000
Little House on the Prairie TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	1 Episode	1974-1983
The Batman TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Lucius Fox (voice) 3 Episodes	2004-2008
Alias Smith and Jones TV Show	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	1971-1973
The Bill Cosby Show TV Show	5.9	Actor	Hurricane Smith 1 Episode	1969-1971
Mod Squad TV Show	6.9	Actor	Charley Jameson 1 Episode	1968-1973
McCloud TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	1 Episode	1970-1977
Harry O TV Show	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1973-1976
Petrocelli TV Show	6.9	Actor	District Attorney Kurt Olson 1 Episode	1974-1976
Palmerstown, U.S.A. TV Show	7.1	Actor	1 Episode	1980-1981
AFI Life Achievement Award Limited Series	5.8	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1973
Psych TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8.3	Actor	Lloyd Marr 1 Episode	2006-2014
Madam Secretary TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Father Laurent Vasseur 1 Episode	2014-2019
Extant TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Quinn 4 Episodes	2014-2015
Promised Land TV Show	6.7	Actor	Anderson Walker 1 Episode	1996-1999
The Rockford Files TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actor	Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes 1 Episode	1974-1980
The Invaders TV Show	7.8	Actor	Ollie 1 Episode	1967-1968
Bitte umblättern TV Show	6.7	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1977-1993
The Merv Griffin Show TV Show	6.4	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1962-1986
The Ed Sullivan Show TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Self - America Be Seated Cast 1 Episode	1948-1971
Bonanza TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Buck Walter 1 Episode	1959-1973
The Lazarus Syndrome TV Show	5.9	Actor	MacArthur St. Clair 10 Episodes	1979
ER TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8	Actor	Leo Malcolm 1 Episode	1994-2009
Saturday Night Live TV Show Available on 15 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Self - Host 1 Episode	1975
Hawaii Five-0 TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Lou's father 1 Episode	2010-2020
The Six Million Dollar Man TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	O'Flaherty 1 Episode	1974-1978
The Oscars TV Show	7	Actor	Self 2 Episodes	1953
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.3	Actor	Self 2 Episodes	1962-1992
American Experience TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Self - Narrator 1 Episode	1987
The Mike Douglas Show TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1961-1982
Love, American Style TV Show	6.6	Actor	Freddy 1 Episode	1969-1974
The Partridge Family TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Sam Simon 1 Episode	1970-1974
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors TV Show	6.7	Actor	Dr. Karnes 1 Episode	1969-1973
Cowboy in Africa TV Show	7.1	Actor	Joseph Hemera 1 Episode	1967-1968
Mod Squad TV Show	6.9	Actor	Lloyd 1 Episode	1968-1973
Mod Squad TV Show	6.9	Actor	Smitty 1 Episode	1968-1973
Hercules TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Chiron (voice) 1 Episode	1998-1999
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law TV Show	6.7	Actor	Lt. Carl Fellows 1 Episode	1971-1974
Daktari TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Mkono 1 Episode	1966-1969
Petrocelli TV Show	6.9	Actor	Kurt Olson, DA 1 Episode	1974-1976
Touched by an Angel TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Anderson Walker 1 Episode	1994-2003
Ellen TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Sgt. Timko 1 Episode	1994-1998
The Rockford Files TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actor	Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien 1 Episode	1974-1980
Cowboy in Africa TV Show	7.1	Actor	Fulah 1 Episode	1967-1968
Golden Globe Awards TV Show		Actor	Self - Audience Member 1 Episode	1944
Golden Globe Awards TV Show		Actor	Self - Winner 1 Episode	1944
The New Girl Short Film	8.2	Actor	Mary's Brother	1960
Club Soda Short Film	6.5	Actor	Doc	2006
Lackawanna Blues Movie	8	Actor	Ol'lem Taylor	2005
Solar Attack Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	4.2	Actor	President Ryan Gordon	2006
Momentum Movie	4.5	Actor	Raymond Addison	2003
El Diablo Movie	6	Actor	Van Leek	1990
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence Movie	5.8	Actor	Frank	2000
The Inspectors Movie	5.7	Actor	Inspector Frank Hughes	1998
The Guardian Movie	6.2	Actor	John Mack	1984
Carolina Skeletons Movie	6	Actor	James Bragg	1991
A Father for Charlie Movie	6.8	Actor	Walter Osgood	1995
Inside Movie	6	Actor	Questioner	1996
In His Father's Shoes Movie	6.2	Actor	Frank Crosby / Richard	1997
Black Bart Movie	3.5	Actor	Black Bart	1975
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Movie	7	Actor	James Mink	1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	1995
Keeper of the City Movie	4.7	Actor	Det. James Dela	1991
Sudie and Simpson Movie	6.7	Actor	Simpson	1990
Little Ladies of the Night Movie	5.7	Actor	Russ Garfield	1977
To Dance with Olivia Movie	6.2	Actor	Daniel Stewart	1997
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July Movie	6.7	Actor	Big John Creed	1988
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations Movie	5	Actor		1993
The Lazarus Syndrome Movie	4.8	Actor	Dr. MacArthur St. Clair	1979
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story Movie	6.1	Actor	Bob Kersee	1996
Sidekicks Movie	6.7	Actor	Jason O'Rourke	1974
Strange Justice Movie	5.5	Actor	Vernon Jordan	1999
Lawman Without a Gun Movie	5.9	Actor	Tom Hayward	1978
Companions in Nightmare Movie	7.5	Actor	Lt. Adam McKay	1968
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder Movie	6.1	Actor	Ray Alexander	1995
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing Movie	7.8	Actor	Narrator	2000
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II Movie	4.4	Actor	Reader	1992
Miracle at Gate 213 Movie	6.2	Actor	Roy Peddington	2013
Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice Movie	5.3	Actor	Ray Alexander	1994
What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway Movie	5.6	Actor	Dr. Barnes	2002
The Gang Activists Movie		Actor	Self	2019
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige Movie	6.7	Actor	Leroy 'Satchel' Paige	1981
And the Oscar Goes to... Movie	7	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2014
Zooman Movie	5.2	Actor	Rueben Tate	1995
Jasper, Texas Movie	6.2	Actor	R.C. Horn	2003
Roots: The Gift Movie	6.4	Actor	Fiddler	1988
Love Songs Movie	6.2	Actor	Reuben	1999
Benny's Place Movie	6.1	Actor	Benny Moore	1982
The Making of 'Jaws 3-D': Sharks Don't Die Movie	6.5	Actor	narrator	1983
Freeman Movie	7.9	Actor	Rex	1977
The Josephine Baker Story Movie	7.3	Actor	Sidney Williams	1991
The Father Clements Story Movie	7	Actor		1987
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play Movie	7.5	Actor	Sam	1988
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within Movie	6.7	Actor	Otis James	1975
For Love of Olivia Movie	6.7	Actor	Daniel Stewart	2001
To Kill a Cop Movie	6.8	Actor	Everett Walker	1978
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Movie	6.5	Actor	Self	2007
The Critical List Movie	6.1	Actor	Lem Harper 2 Episodes	1978
A Gathering of Old Men Movie	6.3	Actor	Mathu	1987
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood Movie	6.6	Actor	Self	1998
It's Good to Be Alive Movie	6.4	Actor	Sam Brockington	1974
Return to Lonesome Dove Limited Series Available on 15 streaming services.	7	Actor	Isom Pickett 4 Episodes	1993-1993
The Book of Negroes Limited Series	7.9	Actor	Daddy Moses 6 Episodes	2015-2015
The Spoils Before Dying Limited Series	6.3	Actor	Duke Webster 6 Episodes	2015-2015
Backstairs at the White House Limited Series	8.1	Actor	Levi Mercer, Houseman 4 Episodes	1979-1979
Crimes of Violence Movie		Actor	Self - Host	1988
Roots Limited Series	8.2	Actor	Fiddler 3 Episodes	1977-1977
I Love Liberty TV Special	6.1	Actor	Self	1982
IF Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.7	Crew	In Memory Of	2024
The Powers of Matthew Star TV Show	5.8	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1982-1983
A Father for Charlie Movie	6.8	Production	Executive Producer	1995
In His Father's Shoes Movie	6.2	Production	Executive Producer	1997
Inside Movie	6	Production	Executive Producer	1996
To Dance with Olivia Movie	6.2	Production	Executive Producer	1997
Love Songs Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1999
For Love of Olivia Movie	6.7	Production	Executive Producer	2001
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