Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Gossett Jr. is 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.
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- Born:
- May 27, 1936 In Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 132
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Ed Sullivan Show 1948-06-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie IF 2024-05-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | IF | Lewis (voice) | 2024-05-08 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Ol' Mister | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | Sidney | Self | 2022-09-10 |
| Movie | Not to Forget | Pastor John | 2021-11-26 |
| Movie | Miracle in East Texas | Irving Tanner Jr. | 2020-02-07 |
| Movie | Hal | Self | 2019-03-28 |
| Movie | Breaking Brooklyn | Miles Bryant | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | The Bishop | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Double Play | Coco | 2017-01-27 |
| Movie | Undercover Grandpa | Mother | 2017-07-07 |
| Series | The Good Fight | Carl Reddick | 2017-02-19 |
| Movie | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | 2017-10-14 |
| Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Self | 2016-10-14 |
| Series | The Book of Negroes | Daddy Moses | 2015-01-07 |
| Movie | Boiling Pot | Detective Haven | 2015-09-29 |
| Series | The Spoils Before Dying | 2015-07-08 | |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | A Fighting Man | Cubby | 2014-04-24 |
| Series | Madam Secretary | Father Laurent Vasseur | 2014-09-21 |
| Series | Extant | Quinn | 2014-07-09 |
| Movie | The Dependables | Lou Jones | 2014-06-03 |
| Movie | Miracle at Gate 213 | Roy Peddington | 2013-12-10 |
| Movie | Smitty | Mr. Smith | 2012-04-10 |
| Movie | The Undershepherd | Bishop Redford | 2012-02-15 |
| Movie | Dog Jack | Grown up Jed | 2011-12-02 |
| Movie | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Porter | 2010-04-02 |
| Movie | The Perfect Game | Cool Papa Bell | 2009-11-09 |
| Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Self | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Amazing Racer | Max Donovan | 2009-04-23 |
| Movie | Delgo | King Zahn (voice) | 2008-12-12 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Willie | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Cover | Detective Hicks | 2007-05-08 |
| Movie | Stories USA | Doc (segment "Club Soda") | 2007-11-10 |
| Movie | All In | Caps | 2006-03-14 |
| Movie | Solar Attack | President Ryan Gordon | 2006-05-25 |
| Series | Psych | Lloyd Marr | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
| Movie | Left Behind: World at War | President Geral Fitzhugh | 2005-10-21 |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| Movie | Jasper, Texas | R.C. Horn | 2003-06-08 |
| Series | The Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
| Movie | Deceived | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
| Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Frank | 2000-03-12 |
| Movie | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Lou Hastings | 2000-03-19 |
| Movie | Love Songs | Reuben | 1999-04-25 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Y2K | Morgan | 1999-07-01 |
| Movie | Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-03-30 |
| Movie | The Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
| Movie | To Dance with Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 1997-03-09 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Gerak | 1997-07-27 |
| Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
| Movie | Managua | Paul | 1996-04-09 |
| Movie | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | James Mink | 1996-04-14 |
| Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
| Series | Promised Land | Anderson Walker | 1996-09-17 |
| Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
| Movie | Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing | Narrator | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | A Father for Charlie | Walter Osgood | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle on the Attack | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins (uncredited) | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | A Good Man in Africa | Prof. Sam Adekunle | 1994-07-14 |
| Movie | Flashfire | Ben Durand | 1994-09-15 |
| Movie | Curse of the Starving Class | Ellis | 1994-09-13 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Anderson Walker | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | 1993-04-19 | |
| Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Isom Pickett | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | Monolith | Capt. MacCandless | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle III | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1992-01-09 |
| Movie | Diggstown | "Honey" Roy Palmer | 1992-08-14 |
| Movie | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Reader | 1992-11-11 |
| Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
| Movie | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
| Movie | Toy Soldiers | Dean Parker | 1991-04-24 |
| Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | Keeper of the City | Det. James Dela | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Zora is My Name! | 1990-01-01 | |
| Movie | El Diablo | Van Leek | 1990-07-22 |
| Movie | Sudie and Simpson | Simpson | 1990-09-11 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Unknown | 1990-09-15 |
| Series | Gideon Oliver | 1989-02-20 | |
| Movie | The Punisher | Jake Berkowitz | 1989-10-05 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle II | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1988-11-11 |
| Movie | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | Big John Creed | 1988-12-03 |
| Movie | The Principal | Jake Phillips | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | A Gathering of Old Men | Mathu | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1986-01-17 |
| Movie | Firewalker | Leo Porter | 1986-11-21 |
| Movie | Enemy Mine | Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan | 1985-12-12 |
| Movie | Finders Keepers | Century | 1984-05-18 |
| Movie | The Guardian | John Mack | 1984-10-20 |
| Movie | The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die | narrator | 1983-07-15 |
| Movie | Jaws 3-D | Calvin Bouchard | 1983-07-22 |
| Movie | An Officer and a Gentleman | Sergeant Emil Foley | 1982-07-28 |
| Series | The Powers of Matthew Star | Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai) | 1982-09-17 |
| Movie | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Leo Garcia | 1980-08-05 |
| Series | Backstairs at the White House | Houseman Levi Mercer | 1979-01-29 |
| Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | Tom Hayward | 1979-05-30 |
| Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
| Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
| Movie | The Choirboys | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
| Movie | The Deep | Henri Cloche | 1977-06-17 |
| Movie | The River Niger | Dr. Dudley Stanton | 1976-04-14 |
| Movie | J.D.'s Revenge | Rev. Elija Bliss | 1976-08-25 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Black Bart | Black Bart | 1975-01-01 |
| Series | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
| Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
| Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
| Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
| Movie | The White Dawn | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
| Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
| Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Wordsworth | 1972-12-17 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | Skin Game | Jason O'Rourke | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Landlord | Copee Johnson | 1970-05-20 |
| Series | The Young Rebels | 1970-09-20 | |
| Movie | The Bushbaby | Tembo | 1969-09-01 |
| Series | The Bill Cosby Show | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
| Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Movie | Companions in Nightmare | Lt. Adam McKay | 1968-11-23 |
| Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | George Murchison | 1961-05-28 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |