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