Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Birthday: 1936-05-27

Deathday: 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

imdb_id: nm0001283

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.

Played in movies:

Benny's Place

Score: 10.0

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Score: 10.0

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Score: 8.1

Love Songs

Score: 8.0

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Score: 8.0

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Score: 8.0

Breaking Brooklyn

Score: 7.8

The Reason

Score: 7.8

A Raisin in the Sun

Score: 7.7

Sidney

Score: 7.7

King of the Dancehall

Score: 7.6

The Grace Card

Score: 7.3

The Perfect Game

Score: 7.1

Foster Boy

Score: 7.0

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

Score: 7.0

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

Score: 7.0

IF

Score: 7.0

The Color Purple

Score: 7.0

Three Months

Score: 7.0

An Officer and a Gentleman

Score: 7.0

Daddy's Little Girls

Score: 6.9

Enemy Mine

Score: 6.9

Carolina Skeletons

Score: 6.8

Roots: The Gift

Score: 6.8

The River Niger

Score: 6.8

A Father for Charlie

Score: 6.7

Not to Forget

Score: 6.7

It's Good to Be Alive

Score: 6.6

Skin Game

Score: 6.6

The White Dawn

Score: 6.6

The Black List: Volume One

Score: 6.5

Hal

Score: 6.5

Sudie and Simpson

Score: 6.5

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Score: 6.5

The Principal

Score: 6.5

Toy Soldiers

Score: 6.5

Diggstown

Score: 6.3

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Score: 6.2

The Laughing Policeman

Score: 6.2

Blue Chips

Score: 6.1

Amazing Racer

Score: 6.0

Zooman

Score: 6.0

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Score: 6.0

Strange Justice

Score: 6.0

Miracle at Gate 213

Score: 6.0

Sidekicks

Score: 6.0

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

Score: 6.0

The Bushbaby

Score: 6.0

A Gathering of Old Men

Score: 6.0

The Deep

Score: 6.0

Smitty

Score: 5.9

The Inspectors

Score: 5.9

Travels with My Aunt

Score: 5.9

Jasper, Texas

Score: 5.8

The Punisher

Score: 5.8

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

Score: 5.8

The Landlord

Score: 5.8

Lackawanna Blues

Score: 5.7

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Score: 5.7

The Josephine Baker Story

Score: 5.7

J.D.'s Revenge

Score: 5.7

Undercover Grandpa

Score: 5.6

Iron Eagle

Score: 5.6

El Diablo

Score: 5.5

Miracle in East Texas

Score: 5.5

Outlaw Johnny Black

Score: 5.5

A Fighting Man

Score: 5.4

Y2K

Score: 5.4

The Choirboys

Score: 5.3

Firewalker

Score: 5.3

Finders Keepers

Score: 5.3

Supervized

Score: 5.2

Boiling Pot

Score: 5.2

Solar Attack

Score: 5.2

Cover

Score: 5.0

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

Score: 5.0

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Score: 5.0

The Least Among You

Score: 5.0

Freeman

Score: 5.0

A Good Man in Africa

Score: 4.9

The Cuban

Score: 4.8

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

Score: 4.8

Momentum

Score: 4.8

I Forgive

Score: 4.7

Jaws 3-D

Score: 4.5

Iron Eagle II

Score: 4.5

Delgo

Score: 4.5

Monolith

Score: 4.4

Managua

Score: 4.3

All In

Score: 4.3

Inside

Score: 4.3

The Guardian

Score: 4.2

Deceived

Score: 4.2

Left Behind: World at War

Score: 4.1

Iron Eagle III

Score: 4.1

Keeper of the City

Score: 4.0

Companions in Nightmare

Score: 4.0

Flashfire

Score: 4.0

Legend of the Mummy

Score: 4.0

The Lazarus Syndrome

Score: 4.0

Dog Jack

Score: 4.0

Stories USA

Score: 3.9

Cover-Up

Score: 3.9

The Highwayman

Score: 3.8

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Score: 3.8

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Score: 3.8

Curse of the Starving Class

Score: 3.8

Double Play

Score: 3.5

In His Father's Shoes

Score: 3.5

Black Bart

Score: 3.4

The Dependables

Score: 3.1

Little Ladies of the Night

Score: 2.8

The Undershepherd

Score: 2.0

For Love of Olivia

Score: 1.0

Sin

Score: 0.0

The Wall That Heals

Score: 0.0

Dr. Lucille

Score: 0.0

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Score: 0.0

To Kill a Cop

Score: 0.0

Forget to Remember

Score: 0.0

Crimes of Violence

Score: 0.0

A Special Kind of Love

Score: 0.0

A Love Story of Today

Score: 0.0

The Gang Activists

Score: 0.0

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

Score: 0.0

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Score: 0.0

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Score: 0.0

Zora is My Name!

Score: 0.0

Lawman Without a Gun

Score: 0.0

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Score: 0.0

Straight Up

Score: 0.0

To Dance with Olivia

Score: 0.0

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

Score: 0.0

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Score: 0.0

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

Score: 0.0

The Father Clements Story

Score: 0.0

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

Score: 0.0

Gridiron Gang

Score: 0.0

Club Soda

Score: 0.0

I Love Liberty

Score: 0.0

The New Girl

Score: 0.0

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Stargate SG-1

Score: 8.3

Half & Half

Score: 8.3

The Batman

Score: 8.0

Good Times

Score: 8.0

Little House on the Prairie

Score: 7.9

Psych

Score: 7.9

ER

Score: 7.8

Hawaii Five-0

Score: 7.8

Watchmen

Score: 7.6

The Rockford Files

Score: 7.6

The Rockford Files

Score: 7.6

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

The Good Fight

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Picket Fences

Score: 7.4

Roots

Score: 7.4

Family Guy

Score: 7.4

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Score: 7.3

Early Edition

Score: 7.3

The Jeffersons

Score: 7.3

The Dead Zone

Score: 7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

Score: 7.3

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Daktari

Score: 7.2

Petrocelli

Score: 7.2

Petrocelli

Score: 7.2

McCloud

Score: 7.1

Sadat

Score: 7.0

Madam Secretary

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 6.9

American Experience

Score: 6.9

Hercules

Score: 6.9

Police Story

Score: 6.9

Return to Lonesome Dove

Score: 6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

Score: 6.9

The Partridge Family

Score: 6.8

The Invaders

Score: 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

The Rookies

Score: 6.8

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Score: 6.8

The Book of Negroes

Score: 6.5

Extant

Score: 6.3

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Score: 6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Score: 6.3

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.2

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.2

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.2

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

Ellen

Score: 6.1

Promised Land

Score: 6.1

The Spoils Before Dying

Score: 6.0

Please Turn the Page

Score: 6.0

Backstairs at the White House

Score: 5.9

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

Score: 5.5

Gideon Oliver

Score: 5.5

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

The Bill Cosby Show

Score: 5.4

Cowboy in Africa

Score: 5.0

Cowboy in Africa

Score: 5.0

The Lazarus Syndrome

Score: 5.0

The Powers of Matthew Star

Score: 5.0

Harry O

Score: 4.6

The Young Rebels

Score: 4.5

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Score: 4.0

The Critical List

Score: 0.0

Black in the 80s

Score: 0.0