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.
Known For
Movies
- Iron Eagle III
1992
- Freeman
1977
- The 50 Greatest Televis...
2007
- The Principal
1987
- An Officer and a Gentle...
1982
- Toy Soldiers
1991
- Momentum
2003
- The Deep
1977
- Iron Eagle
1986
- Delgo
2008
- Finders Keepers
1984
- Skin Game
1971
- Travels with My Aunt
1972
- The White Dawn
1974
- The Inspectors 2: A Shr...
2000
- Iron Eagle II
1988
- Enemy Mine
1985
- The Punisher
1989
- Firewalker
1986
- The New Girl
1960
- Solar Attack
2006
- Iron Eagle IV
1995
- Why Did I Get Married T...
2010
- I Love Liberty
1982
- The Laughing Policeman
1973
- A Raisin in the Sun
1961
- Why We Laugh: Black Com...
2009
- J.D.'s Revenge
1976
- Daddy's Little Girls
2007
- Left Behind: World at W...
2005
- The Landlord
1970
- Y2K
1999
- Club Soda
2006
- Jaws 3-D
1983
- The Least Among You
2009
- Miracle in East Texas
2020
- The Choirboys
1977
- All In
2006
- Diggstown
1992
- Dog Jack
2011
- El Diablo
1990
- Cover
2007
- Three Months
2022
- Managua
1996
- The Perfect Game
2009
- The River Niger
1976
- A Gathering of Old Men
1987
- Smitty
2012
- Cover-Up
1991
- The Josephine Baker Sto...
1991
- Roots: The Gift
1988
- Gridiron Gang
- Deceived
2002
- Monolith
1993
- The Color Purple
2023
- The Lazarus Syndrome
1978
- Little Ladies of the Ni...
1977
- Carolina Skeletons
1991
- Black Bart
1975
- It's Good to Be Alive
1974
- Sudie and Simpson
1990
- Lackawanna Blues
2005
- In His Father's Shoes
1997
- Legend of the Mummy
1998
- Flashfire
1994
- The Bushbaby
1969
- IF
2024
- Curse of the Starving C...
1994
- Run for the Dream: The ...
1996
- Father & Son: Dangerous...
1993
- A Father for Charlie
1995
- The Color of Love: Jace...
2000
- Sidekicks
1974
- The Guardian
1984
- I Forgive
2021
- The Father Clements Sto...
1987
- The Inspectors
1998
- The First 100 Years: A ...
1995
- The Dependables
2014
- Sidney
2022
- Sam Found Out: A Triple...
1988
- Delancey Street: The Cr...
1975
- Blue Chips
1994
- Inside
1996
- For Love of Olivia
2001
- Miracle at Gate 213
2013
- It Rained All Night the...
1980
- Stanley Kramer: A Man's...
2008
- A Good Man in Africa
1994
- Everbrook (The Home)
- Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
- Goodbye, Miss 4th of Ju...
1988
- Boiling Pot
2015
- Companions in Nightmare
1968
- Captive Heart: The Jame...
1996
- Liberators: Fighting on...
1992
- The 50 Worst Movies Eve...
2004
- A Fighting Man
2014
- To Dance with Olivia
1997
- Straight Up
- Double Play
2017
- The Highwayman
2000
- Kings of the Ring: Four...
1995
- Maya Angelou: And Still...
2016
- Lawman Without a Gun
1979
- Undercover Grandpa
2017
- Breaking Brooklyn
2018
- Zora is My Name!
1990
- King of the Dancehall
2017
- Hal
2019
- Lorraine Hansberry: Sig...
2017
- The Black List: Volume ...
2008
- Ray Alexander: A Taste ...
1994
- Ray Alexander: A Menu f...
1995
- Keeper of the City
1991
- Strange Justice
1999
- What About Your Friends...
2002
- Supervized
2019
- A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016
- Don't Look Back: The St...
1981
- The Gang Activists
2019
- And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
- Zooman
1995
- The Cuban
2020
- Jasper, Texas
2003
- Love Songs
1999
- Benny's Place
1982
- The Grace Card
2011
- Foster Boy
2019
- The Reason
2020
- A Love Story of Today
2008
- A Special Kind of Love
2008
- The Making of Jaws 3-D:...
1983
- Stories USA
2007
- Crimes of Violence
- Forget to Remember
- Not to Forget
2021
- To Kill a Cop
1978
- The Undershepherd
2012
- Small Steps, Big Stride...
1998
- Amazing Racer
2009
- Happy 100th Birthday, H...
1987
- Dr. Lucille
2001
TV Shows
- Captain Planet and the ...
1990
- Good Times
1974
- The Rookies
1972
- Half & Half
2002
- Family Guy
1999
- The Dead Zone
2002
- Little House on the Pra...
1974
- The Batman
2004
- Early Edition
1996
- The Jeffersons
1975
- Alias Smith and Jones
1971
- The Merv Griffin Show
1962
- The Bill Cosby Show
1969
- Stargate SG-1
1997
- Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
- Backstairs at the White...
1979
- ER
1994
- Gideon Oliver
1989
- Police Story
1973
- McCloud
1970
- The Young Rebels
1970
- The Powers of Matthew S...
1982
- Roots
1977
- Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
- The American Film Insti...
1973
- The Oscars
1953
- The Lazarus Syndrome
1979
- Black in the 80s
2005
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- Psych
2006
- Extant
2014
- Hawaii Five-0
2010
- The Book of Negroes
2015
- The Spoils Before Dying
2015
- The Good Fight
2017
- The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
- The Six Million Dollar ...
1974
- Sadat
1983
- Bonanza
1959
- Promised Land
1996
- The Rockford Files
1974
- The Rockford Files
1974
- Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
- American Experience
1988
- Hercules
1998
- Owen Marshall: Counselo...
1971
- The Partridge Family
1970
- Petrocelli
1974
- The Bold Ones: The New ...
1969
- Petrocelli
1974
- Love, American Style
1969
- Cowboy in Africa
1967
- The Mod Squad
1968
- The Mike Douglas Show
1961
- The Mod Squad
1968
- Daktari
1966
- Cowboy in Africa
1967
- The Mod Squad
1968
- The Tonight Show Starri...
1962
- The Invaders
1967
- The Critical List
1978
- Bitte umblättern
1977
- Ellen
1994
- Touched by an Angel
1994
- Watchmen
2019
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- Harry O
1974
- Madam Secretary
2014