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
27 May 1936
The Principal
6.492
Iron Eagle III
4.1
An Officer and a Gentleman
7.015
Toy Soldiers
6.446
The Deep
6.1
Iron Eagle
5.477
Skin Game
6.6
Delgo
4.6
Momentum
4.8
Travels with My Aunt
5.7
Finders Keepers
5.5
The White Dawn
6.4
Enemy Mine
6.944
Iron Eagle II
4.42
The Punisher
5.763
Firewalker
5.261
Solar Attack
5.4
Iron Eagle on the Attack
3.379
Why Did I Get Married Too?
6.517
A Raisin in the Sun
7.585
The Laughing Policeman
6.2
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
8
J.D.'s Revenge
5.9
Daddy's Little Girls
6.926
Left Behind: World at War
4
The Landlord
5.683
Y2K
6.4
The Least Among You
5
Jaws 3-D
4.451
The Choirboys
5.2
Diggstown
6.3
All In
4.6
El Diablo
5.5
Dog Jack
4
Cover
4.9
Managua
4.3
The Perfect Game
7.034
The River Niger
7.3
A Gathering of Old Men
6
Smitty
5.9
Cover-Up
3.855
Roots: The Gift
7.3
The Josephine Baker Story
6.3
Deceived
4.2
Monolith
4.3
Little Ladies of the Night
3.3
The Lazarus Syndrome
4.6
Carolina Skeletons
6.8
Black Bart
3.7
It's Good to Be Alive
6.6
Sudie and Simpson
6.5
Lackawanna Blues
6.2
Legend of the Mummy
4.4
Flashfire
5.7
In His Father's Shoes
6
The Bushbaby
6
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
0
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
6
A Father for Charlie
7
Sidekicks
6
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
7
The Inspectors
5.7
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.5
The Guardian
4.25
Pride of Lions
2.8
Blue Chips
6.04
Curse of the Starving Class
4.083
Inside
4.6
Miracle at Gate 213
6
A Good Man in Africa
5
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
0
Boiling Pot
5.8
Companions in Nightmare
5.5
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
5
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
3.2
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
5
A Fighting Man
5.597
To Dance With Olivia
0
Double Play
4
The Highwayman
4.7
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
0
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
4.8
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
7.9
Breaking Brooklyn
7.8
Lawman Without a Gun
0
Undercover Grandpa
5.6
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 Menu for Murder
0
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
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
The Gang Activists
0
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
6
And the Oscar Goes To...
7
Zooman
6
The Cuban
5.2
Jasper, Texas
5.8
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
4.5
Not to Forget
6.8
To Kill a Cop
0
The Undershepherd
2
Freeman
5
The New Girl
0
Three Months
6.948
The Color Purple
7.096
I Forgive
4.7
The Father Clements Story
0
Sidney
7.7
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
0
For Love of Olivia
0
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
0
I Love Liberty
0
Club Soda
0
Miracle in East Texas
0
IF
7.9
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
0
Outlaw Johnny Black
5.643