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.
210 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 210
Family Guy
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Stargate SG-1
1997
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Psych
2006
ER
1994
Saturday Night Live
1975
Bonanza
1959
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Love, American Style
1969
American Experience
1988
The Good Fight
2017
The Rockford Files
1974
Madam Secretary
2014
Early Edition
1996
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
The Dead Zone
2002
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Hercules
1998
Ellen
1994
The Batman
2004
The Rookies
1972
The Invaders
1967
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
McCloud
1970
Roots
1977
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Jeffersons
1975
The Mod Squad
1968
Harry O
1974
Half & Half
2002
Good Times
1974
The Partridge Family
1970
Picket Fences
1992
Watchmen
2019
Extant
2014
Police Story
1973
Petrocelli
1974
IF
2024
Promised Land
1996
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
Daktari
1966
The Punisher
1989
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
Please Turn the Page
1977
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982
Enemy Mine
1985
Jaws 3-D
1983
The Young Rebels
1970
Firewalker
1986
The Deep
1977
The Book of Negroes
2015
The Color Purple
2023
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
The Perfect Game
2009
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Cowboy in Africa
1967
Iron Eagle
1986
The Critical List
1978
Toy Soldiers
1991
Gideon Oliver
1989
Black in the 80s
2005
The Principal
1987
Diggstown
1992
Blue Chips
1994
Iron Eagle III
1992
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
Amazing Racer
2009
I Forgive
2021
Sidney
2022
The Reason
2020
To Kill a Cop
1978
Iron Eagle II
1988
Sadat
1983
Y2K
1999
Skin Game
1971
Cover
2007
El Diablo
1990
Delgo
2008
Stories USA
2007
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
Monolith
1993
Roots: The Gift
1988
Cover-Up
1991
Supervized
2019
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
To Kill a Cop
1978
Finders Keepers
1984
Undercover Grandpa
2017
The Grace Card
2011
The Landlord
1970
Solar Attack
2006
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Lackawanna Blues
2005
Hal
2019
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
The Choirboys
1977
A Good Man in Africa
1994
The White Dawn
1974
Momentum
2003
Three Months
2022
All In
2006
Zooman
1995
Legend of the Mummy
1998
The Laughing Policeman
1973
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Smitty
2012
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
Strange Justice
1999
Double Play
2017
Left Behind: World at War
2005
Miracle in East Texas
2020
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
2002
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
Foster Boy
2019
The Inspectors
1998
Managua
1996
Inside
1996
The River Niger
1976
Travels with My Aunt
1972
Carolina Skeletons
1991
Keeper of the City
1991
A Fighting Man
2014
Not to Forget
2021
The Dependables
2014
The Black List: Volume One
2008
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000
I Love Liberty
1982
Breaking Brooklyn
2018
Club Soda
2006
Flashfire
1994
King of the Dancehall
2017
It's Good to Be Alive
1974
The Undershepherd
2012
Unplugged
—
The Least Among You
2009
Breaking at the Edge
2013
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
In His Father's Shoes
1997
Deceived
2002
Jasper, Texas
2003
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993
The Highwayman
2000
Sudie and Simpson
1990
The Guardian
1984
Black Bart
1975
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
Sidekicks
1974
Boiling Pot
2015
J.D.'s Revenge
1976
Miracle at Gate 213
2013
Zora is My Name!
1990
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
The Cuban
2020
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
The Father Clements Story
1987
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980
A Father for Charlie
1995
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
1996
To Dance with Olivia
1997
The Bushbaby
1969
Love Songs
1999
Companions in Nightmare
1968
The New Girl
1960
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
Little Ladies of the Night
1977
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
Freeman
1977
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975
A Special Kind of Love
2008
Dog Jack
2011
For Love of Olivia
2001
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992
Sin
2025
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016
A Love Story of Today
2008
Forget to Remember
—
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
1995
Straight Up
1988
Gridiron Gang
1992
The Wall That Heals
1998
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
1978
The Gang Activists
2019
Dr. Lucille
2001
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988
Benny's Place
1982
Crimes of Violence
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