Louis Gossett Jr.
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
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday
5/27/1936
Iron Eagle III
4.1
Freeman
5
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
0
The Principal
6.5
An Officer and a Gentleman
7
Toy Soldiers
6.5
Momentum
4.8
The Deep
6
Iron Eagle
5.5
Delgo
4.5
Finders Keepers
5.3
Skin Game
6.6
Travels with My Aunt
5.9
The White Dawn
6.5
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
5.3
Iron Eagle II
4.4
Enemy Mine
6.9
The Punisher
5.7
Firewalker
5.3
The New Girl
0
Solar Attack
5.4
Iron Eagle on the Attack
3.3
Why Did I Get Married Too?
6.5
I Love Liberty
0
The Laughing Policeman
6.2
A Raisin in the Sun
7.6
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
8
J.D.'s Revenge
5.9
Daddy's Little Girls
6.8
Left Behind: World at War
4
The Landlord
5.8
Y2K
5.3
Club Soda
0
Jaws 3-D
4.5
The Least Among You
5
Miracle in East Texas
0
The Choirboys
5.3
All In
4.6
Diggstown
6.3
Dog Jack
4
El Diablo
5.6
Cover
4.9
Three Months
7
Managua
4.3
The Perfect Game
7
The River Niger
7.3
A Gathering of Old Men
6
Smitty
6.1
Cover-Up
4
The Josephine Baker Story
6.3
Roots: The Gift
7.3
Deceived
4.2
Monolith
4.4
The Color Purple
7.1
The Lazarus Syndrome
4.6
Little Ladies of the Night
3.3
Carolina Skeletons
6.8
Black Bart
3.7
It's Good to Be Alive
6.6
Sudie and Simpson
6.5
Lackawanna Blues
6.3
In His Father's Shoes
6
Legend of the Mummy
4.4
Flashfire
5.7
The Bushbaby
6
IF
7.2
Curse of the Starving Class
4.1
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
0
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
6
A Father for Charlie
7
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
7
Sidekicks
6
The Guardian
4.2
I Forgive
4.7
The Father Clements Story
0
The Inspectors
5.9
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.6
The Dependables
3.1
Sidney
7.7
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
0
Blue Chips
6.1
Inside
4.6
For Love of Olivia
0
Miracle at Gate 213
6
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
4.8
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
0
A Good Man in Africa
5.2
Outlaw Johnny Black
6
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
0
Boiling Pot
5.8
Companions in Nightmare
5.5
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
3.2
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
5
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
4.6
A Fighting Man
5.6
To Dance with Olivia
0
Double Play
4
The Highwayman
4.7
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
7.9
Lawman Without a Gun
0
Undercover Grandpa
5.6
Breaking Brooklyn
7.8
Zora is My Name!
0
King of the Dancehall
8.4
Hal
6.5
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
6.2
The Black List: Volume One
6.5
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
0
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
0
Keeper of the City
5.5
Strange Justice
6
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
7
Supervized
5
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
0
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
6
The Gang Activists
0
And the Oscar Goes To...
7
Zooman
6
The Cuban
5.2
Jasper, Texas
6.1
Love Songs
8
Benny's Place
10
The Grace Card
7.2
Foster Boy
7
The Reason
7.4
A Love Story of Today
0
A Special Kind of Love
0
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
5
Stories USA
4.3
Not to Forget
6.7
To Kill a Cop
0
The Undershepherd
2
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
0