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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 27, 1936
Died
March 29, 2024
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
Louis Gossett Jr.
1.2 Popularity
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
Credits
Sin
as Elijah
2025
0.0
IF
as Lewis (voice)
2024
7.0
The Color Purple
as Ol' Mister
2023
7.0
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
2023
5.5
Sidney
as Self
2022
7.6
Three Months
as Benny
2022
7.0
Not to Forget
as Pastor John
2021
6.7
I Forgive
as God (voice)
2021
4.7
The Reason
as Pastor Jim
2020
7.8
The Cuban
as Luis Garcia
2020
4.8
Miracle in East Texas
as Irving Tanner Jr.
2020
5.5
Watchmen
as Old Man / Will Reeves
2019
7.6
Foster Boy
as Judge George Taylor
2019
7.0
Supervized
as Pendle
2019
5.2
🎬
The Gang Activists
as Self
2019
0.0
Hal
as Self
2019
6.5
Breaking Brooklyn
as Miles Bryant
2018
7.8
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017
6.2
Undercover Grandpa
as Mother
2017
5.6
The Good Fight
as Carl Reddick
2017
7.5
Double Play
as Coco
2017
3.5
King of the Dancehall
as The Bishop
2017
7.6
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016
8.0
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
as Himself
2016
0.0
Boiling Pot
as Detective Haven
2015
5.2
The Spoils Before Dying
as Duke Webster
2015
6.0
The Book of Negroes
as Daddy Moses
2015
6.5
Madam Secretary
as Laurent Vasseur
2014
7.0
Extant
as Quinn
2014
6.3
The Dependables
as Lou Jones
2014
3.1
A Fighting Man
as Cubby
2014
5.4
Miracle at Gate 213
as Roy Peddington
2013
6.0
Smitty
as Mr. Smith
2012
5.9
The Undershepherd
as Bishop Redford
2012
2.0
Dog Jack
as Grown up Jed
2011
4.0
The Grace Card
as George Wright
2011
7.3
Hawaii Five-0
as Lou's father
2010
7.8
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Porter
2010
6.5
The Perfect Game
as Cool Papa Bell
2009
7.1
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Amazing Racer
as Max Donovan
2009
6.0
🎬
The Least Among You
as Samuel Benton
2009
5.0
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009
8.0
Delgo
as King Zahn (voice)
2008
4.5
A Love Story of Today
as Self
2008
0.0
🎬
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
as Self
2008
0.0
A Special Kind of Love
as Self
2008
0.0
The Black List: Volume One
as Self
2008
6.5
Stories USA
as Doc (segment "Club Soda")
2007
3.9
Cover
as Detective Hicks
2007
5.0
Daddy's Little Girls
as Willie
2007
6.9
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007
0.0
Club Soda
as Doc
2006
0.0
Psych
as Lloyd Marr
2006
7.9
Solar Attack
as President Ryan Gordon
2006
5.2
All In
as Caps
2006
4.3
Left Behind: World at War
as President Geral Fitzhugh
2005
4.1
Lackawanna Blues
as Ol'lem Taylor
2005
5.7
Black in the 80s
2005
0.0
The Batman
as Lucius Fox (voice)
2004
8.0
Jasper, Texas
as R.C. Horn
2003
5.8
Momentum
as Raymond Addison
2003
4.8
Half & Half
as Ray Willis
2002
8.2
The Dead Zone
as Pastor David Lewis
2002
7.3
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
as Dr. Barnes
2002
7.0
Deceived
as Col. David Garrett
2002
4.2
For Love of Olivia
as Daniel Stewart
2001
1.0
Dr. Lucille
2001
0.0
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Lou Hastings
2000
7.0
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
as Frank
2000
5.8
The Highwayman
as Phil Bishop
2000
3.8
Strange Justice
as Vernon Jordan
1999
6.0
Y2K
as Morgan
1999
5.4
Love Songs
as Reuben
1999
8.0
Family Guy
as Drill Sargent (voice)
1999
7.4
The Inspectors
as Inspector Frank Hughes
1998
5.9
Hercules
as Chiron (voice)
1998
6.9
The Wall That Heals
as Self - Host
1998
0.0
Legend of the Mummy
as Corbeck
1998
4.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
1998
0.0
Stargate SG-1
as Gerak
1997
8.3
In His Father's Shoes
as Frank Crosby / Richard
1997
3.5
To Dance with Olivia
as Daniel Stewart
1997
0.0
Early Edition
as Jim Matthews
1996
7.3
Promised Land
as Anderson Walker
1996
6.1
Inside
as Questioner
1996
4.3
🎬
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
as Bob Kersee
1996
0.0
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as James Mink
1996
3.8
Managua
as Paul
1996
4.3
Iron Eagle on the Attack
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1995
3.8
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995
7.8
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as Ray Alexander
1995
0.0
Zooman
as Rueben Tate
1995
6.0
A Father for Charlie
as Walter Osgood
1995
6.7
🎬
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
as Narrator
1995
0.0
Touched by an Angel
as Anderson Walker
1994
7.2
ER
as Leo Malcolm
1994
7.8
Flashfire
as Ben Durand
1994
4.0
Curse of the Starving Class
as Ellis
1994
3.8
A Good Man in Africa
as Prof. Sam Adekunle
1994
4.9
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
as Ray Alexander
1994
0.0
Ellen
as Sgt. Timko
1994
6.1
Blue Chips
as Father Dawkins (uncredited)
1994
6.1
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Isom Pickett
1993
6.9
Monolith
as Capt. MacCandless
1993
4.4
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as Leonard Clay
1993
6.0
🎬
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
as Reader
1992
5.0
Picket Fences
as Rick Jennings
1992
7.4
Diggstown
as "Honey" Roy Palmer
1992
6.3
Iron Eagle III
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1992
4.1
Keeper of the City
as Det. James Dela
1991
4.0
Carolina Skeletons
as James Bragg
1991
6.8
Toy Soldiers
as Dean Parker
1991
6.5
The Josephine Baker Story
as Sidney Williams
1991
5.7
Cover-Up
as Lou Jackson
1991
3.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Commander Clash (voice)
1990
6.8
🎬
Sudie and Simpson
as Simpson
1990
6.5
El Diablo
as Van Leek
1990
5.5
Zora is My Name!
1990
0.0
The Punisher
as Jake Berkowitz
1989
5.8
🎬
Gideon Oliver
1989
5.5
Roots: The Gift
as Fiddler
1988
6.8
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
as Big John Creed
1988
10.0
Iron Eagle II
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1988
4.5
American Experience
as Self - Narrator
1988
6.9
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
as Sam
1988
0.0
The Father Clements Story
1987
0.0
The Principal
as Jake Phillips
1987
6.5
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
A Gathering of Old Men
as Mathu
1987
6.0
Firewalker
as Leo Porter
1986
5.3
Iron Eagle
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1986
5.6
Enemy Mine
as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
1985
6.9
The Guardian
as John Mack
1984
4.2
Finders Keepers
as Century
1984
5.3
🎬
Sadat
as Anwar al-Sadat
1983
7.0
Jaws 3-D
as Calvin Bouchard
1983
4.5
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
as narrator
1983
5.0
The Powers of Matthew Star
as Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)
1982
5.0
An Officer and a Gentleman
as Sergeant Emil Foley
1982
7.0
Benny's Place
as Benny Moore
1982
10.0
I Love Liberty
as Self
1982
0.0
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
1981
6.0
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
as Leo Garcia
1980
4.8
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
5.5
The Lazarus Syndrome
as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
1979
4.0
The Lazarus Syndrome
as MacArthur St. Clair
1979
5.0
Lawman Without a Gun
as Tom Hayward
1979
0.0
Backstairs at the White House
as Levi Mercer, Houseman
1979
5.9
The Critical List
as Lem Harper
1978
0.0
To Kill a Cop
as Everett Walker
1978
0.0
Freeman
as Rex
1977
5.0
The Choirboys
as Calvin Motts
1977
5.3
The Deep
as Henri Cloche
1977
6.0
🎬
Please Turn the Page
as Self
1977
6.0
Roots
as Fiddler
1977
7.4
Little Ladies of the Night
as Russ Garfield
1977
2.8
J.D.'s Revenge
as Rev. Elija Bliss
1976
5.7
The River Niger
as Dr. Dudley Stanton
1976
6.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
as Otis James
1975
0.0
The Jeffersons
1975
7.3
Black Bart
as Black Bart
1975
3.4
The Rockford Files
as Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes
1974
7.6
Harry O
as Cleon Jackson
1974
4.6
Little House on the Prairie
as Henry Hill
1974
7.9
Petrocelli
as Kurt Olson, DA
1974
7.2
Petrocelli
as District Attorney Kurt Olson
1974
7.2
The White Dawn
as Portagee
1974
6.6
Sidekicks
as Jason O'Rourke
1974
6.0
It's Good to Be Alive
as Sam Brockington
1974
6.6
Good Times
1974
8.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as O'Flaherty
1974
7.3
The Laughing Policeman
as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
1973
6.2
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Police Story
1973
6.9
Travels with My Aunt
as Wordsworth
1972
5.9
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Skin Game
as Jason O'Rourke
1971
6.6
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Lt. Carl Fellows
1971
6.3
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
The Partridge Family
as Sam Simon
1970
6.8
The Young Rebels
1970
4.5
The Landlord
as Copee Johnson
1970
5.8
McCloud
1970
7.1
Love, American Style
as Freddy
1969
6.1
The Bill Cosby Show
as Hurricane Smith
1969
5.4
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Dr. Karnes
1969
4.0
The Bushbaby
as Tembo
1969
6.0
Companions in Nightmare
as Lt. Adam McKay
1968
4.0
The Mod Squad
as Smitty
1968
6.2
The Mod Squad
as Lloyd
1968
6.2
The Mod Squad
as Charley Jameson
1968
6.2
Cowboy in Africa
as Fulah
1967
5.0
Cowboy in Africa
as Joseph Hemera
1967
5.0
The Invaders
as Ollie
1967
6.8
Daktari
as Mkono
1966
7.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
A Raisin in the Sun
as George Murchison
1961
7.7
🎬
The New Girl
as Mary's Brother
1960
0.0
Bonanza
as Buck Walter
1959
7.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
7.2
🎬
Gridiron Gang
as Host
N/A
0.0
🎬
Forget to Remember
N/A
0.0
🎬
Crimes of Violence
as Self - Host
N/A
0.0
🎬
Straight Up
as Cosmo
N/A
0.0