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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

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1936-05-27

Died: 2024-03-29

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	The New Girl	Mary's Brother	0
2	1961	A Raisin in the Sun	George Murchison	77
3	1968	Companions in Nightmare	Lt. Adam McKay	40
4	1969	The Bushbaby	Tembo	60
5	1970	The Landlord	Copee Johnson	59
6	1971	Skin Game	Jason O'Rourke	66
7	1972	Travels with My Aunt	Wordsworth	59
8	1973	The Laughing Policeman	Insp. James Larrimore SFPD	62
9	1974	It's Good to Be Alive	Sam Brockington	66
10	1974	Sidekicks	Jason O'Rourke	60
11	1974	The White Dawn	Portagee	65
12	1975	Black Bart	Black Bart	37
13	1975	Delancey Street: The Crisis Within	Otis James	0
14	1976	The River Niger	Dr. Dudley Stanton	68
15	1976	J.D.'s Revenge	Rev. Elija Bliss	58
16	1977	Little Ladies of the Night	Russ Garfield	33
17	1977	The Deep	Henri Cloche	60
18	1977	The Choirboys	Calvin Motts	53
19	1977	Freeman	Rex	50
20	1978	The Lazarus Syndrome	Dr. MacArthur St. Clair	46
21	1979	Lawman Without a Gun	Tom Hayward	0
22	1980	It Rained All Night the Day I Left	Leo Garcia	48
23	1982	I Love Liberty	Self	0
24	1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	Sergeant Emil Foley	70
25	1983	Jaws 3-D	Calvin Bouchard	45
26	1984	Finders Keepers	Century	54
27	1984	The Guardian	John Mack	42
28	1985	Enemy Mine	Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan	69
29	1986	Iron Eagle	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	56
30	1986	Firewalker	Leo Porter	53
31	1987	A Gathering of Old Men	Mathu	60
32	1987	The Principal	Jake Phillips	65
33	1987	The Father Clements Story		0
34	1988	Sam Found Out: A Triple Play	Sam	0
35	1988	Iron Eagle II	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	45
36	1988	Goodbye, Miss 4th of July	Big John Creed	0
37	1988	Roots: The Gift	Fiddler	68
38	1989	The Punisher	Jake Berkowitz	58
39	1990	Zora is My Name!		0
40	1990	El Diablo	Van Leek	56
41	1990	Sudie and Simpson	Simpson	65
42	1991	Cover-Up	Lou Jackson	39
43	1991	The Josephine Baker Story	Sidney Williams	60
44	1991	Toy Soldiers	Dean Parker	65
45	1991	Carolina Skeletons	James Bragg	68
46	1992	Iron Eagle III	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	41
47	1992	Diggstown	"Honey" Roy Palmer	63
48	1992	Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II	Reader	50
49	1993	Father & Son: Dangerous Relations		60
50	1993	Monolith	Capt. MacCandless	43
51	1994	Blue Chips	Father Dawkins (uncredited)	61
52	1994	A Good Man in Africa	Prof. Sam Adekunle	51
53	1994	Curse of the Starving Class	Ellis	41
54	1994	Flashfire	Ben Durand	43
55	1995	A Father for Charlie	Walter Osgood	66
56	1995	Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing	Narrator	0
57	1995	The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	Self	81
58	1995	Iron Eagle on the Attack	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair	38
59	1996	Managua	Paul	43
60	1996	Captive Heart: The James Mink Story	James Mink	38
61	1996	Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story	Bob Kersee	0
62	1996	Inside	Questioner	46
63	1997	To Dance with Olivia	Daniel Stewart	0
64	1997	In His Father's Shoes	Frank Crosby / Richard	35
65	1998	Legend of the Mummy	Corbeck	41
66	1998	The Inspectors	Inspector Frank Hughes	59
67	1999	Y2K	Morgan	53
68	2000	The Highwayman	Phil Bishop	45
69	2000	The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence	Frank	54
70	2000	The Color of Love: Jacey's Story	Lou Hastings	70
71	2001	For Love of Olivia	Daniel Stewart	10
72	2002	Deceived	Col. David Garrett	42
73	2003	Momentum	Raymond Addison	48
74	2004	The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made	Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage)	46
75	2005	Lackawanna Blues	Ol'lem Taylor	59
76	2005	Left Behind: World at War	President Geral Fitzhugh	41
77	2006	All In	Caps	43
78	2006	Solar Attack	President Ryan Gordon	52
79	2006	Club Soda	Doc	0
80	2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self	0
81	2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Willie	69
82	2007	Cover	Detective Hicks	52
83	2008	Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth	Self	0
84	2008	Delgo	King Zahn (voice)	45
85	2009	Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Self	80
86	2009	The Least Among You	Samuel Benton	50
87	2009	The Perfect Game	Cool Papa Bell	71
88	2010	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Porter	65
89	2011	Dog Jack	Grown up Jed	40
90	2012	Smitty	Mr. Smith	59
91	2013	Miracle at Gate 213	Roy Peddington	60
92	2014	A Fighting Man	Cubby	54
93	2014	The Dependables	Lou Jones	31
94	2017	Undercover Grandpa	Mother	56
95	2018	Breaking Brooklyn	Miles Bryant	78
96	2020	Miracle in East Texas	Irving Tanner Jr.	10
97	2021	I Forgive	God (voice)	47
98	2022	Three Months	Benny	70
99		Gridiron Gang	Host	0
100	2022	Sidney	Self	75
101	2023	The Color Purple	Ol' Mister	71
102		Everbrook (The Home)		0
103	2015	Boiling Pot	Detective Haven	52
104	2023	Outlaw Johnny Black	Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)	57
105		Straight Up	Cosmo	0
106	1978	To Kill a Cop	Everett Walker	0
107	1981	Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige	Leroy 'Satchel' Paige	60
108	1982	Benny's Place	Benny Moore	100
109	1983	The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die	narrator	50
110	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
111	1991	Keeper of the City	Det. James Dela	55
112	1994	Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice	Ray Alexander	0
113	1995	Zooman	Rueben Tate	60
114	1995	Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder	Ray Alexander	0
115	1998	Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood	Self	0
116	1999	Love Songs	Reuben	80
117	1999	Strange Justice	Vernon Jordan	60
118	2001	Dr. Lucille		0
119	2002	What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away	Dr. Barnes	70
120	2003	Jasper, Texas	R.C. Horn	58
121	2007	Stories USA	Doc (segment "Club Soda")	39
122	2008	The Black List: Volume One	Himself	65
123	2008	A Love Story of Today	Self	0
124	2008	A Special Kind of Love	Self	0
125	2009	Amazing Racer	Max Donovan	60
126	2011	The Grace Card	George Wright	72
127	2012	The Undershepherd	Bishop Redford	20
128	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
129	2016	A.C. Green: Iron Virgin	Himself	0
130	2016	Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise	Self	80
131	2017	King of the Dancehall	The Bishop	76
132	2017	Double Play	Coco	38
133	2017	Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart	Self	62
134	2019	Hal	Self	65
135	2019	The Gang Activists	Self	0
136	2019	Supervized	Pendle	51
137	2019	Foster Boy	Judge George Taylor	69
138	2020	The Cuban	Luis Garcia	52
139	2020	The Reason	Pastor Jim	76
140		Crimes of Violence	Self - Host	0
141		Forget to Remember		0
142	2021	Not to Forget	Pastor John	67
143	2024	IF	Lewis (voice)	71

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Audience Member	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
4	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Host	72
5	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee / Presenter	72
6	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
7	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
8	1959	Bonanza	Buck Walter	75
9	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
10	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
11	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
12	1966	Daktari	Mkono	69
13	1967	The Invaders	Ollie	68
14	1967	Cowboy in Africa	Joseph Hemera	50
15	1967	Cowboy in Africa	Fulah	50
16	1968	The Mod Squad	Smitty	63
17	1968	The Mod Squad	Charley Jameson	63
18	1968	The Mod Squad	Lloyd	63
19	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Hurricane Smith	54
20	1969	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Dr. Karnes	40
21	1969	Love, American Style	Freddy	61
22	1970	McCloud		71
23	1970	The Young Rebels		45
24	1970	The Partridge Family	Sam Simon	67
25	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
26	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Lt. Carl Fellows	63
27	1972	The Rookies		68
28	1973	Police Story		69
29	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
30	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	O'Flaherty	73
31	1974	Good Times		80
32	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
33	1974	Petrocelli	District Attorney Kurt Olson	71
34	1974	Petrocelli	Kurt Olson, DA	71
35	1974	Harry O	Cleon Jackson	46
36	1974	The Rockford Files	Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien	75
37	1974	The Rockford Files	Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes	75
38	1975	The Jeffersons		73
39	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
40	1977	Roots	Fiddler	74
41	1977	Please Turn the Page	Self	60
42	1978	The Critical List	Lem Harper	0
43	1979	Backstairs at the White House	Levi Mercer, Houseman	59
44	1979	The Lazarus Syndrome	MacArthur St. Clair	50
45	1980	Palmerstown, U.S.A.		55
46	1982	The Powers of Matthew Star	Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)	56
47	1983	Sadat	Anwar al-Sadat	70
48	1988	American Experience	Self - Narrator	74
49	1989	Gideon Oliver		55
50	1990	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Commander Clash (voice)	68
51	1993	Return to Lonesome Dove	Isom Pickett	69
52	1994	Ellen	Sgt. Timko	62
53	1994	ER	Leo Malcolm	78
54	1994	Touched by an Angel	Anderson Walker	72
55	1996	Promised Land	Anderson Walker	66
56	1996	Early Edition	Jim Matthews	73
57	1997	Stargate SG-1	Gerak	83
58	1998	Hercules	Chiron (voice)	68
59	1999	Family Guy	Drill Sargent (voice)	74
60	2002	The Dead Zone	Pastor David Lewis	72
61	2002	Half & Half	Ray Willis	83
62	2004	The Batman	Lucius Fox (voice)	80
63	2005	Black in the 80s		0
64	2006	Psych	Lloyd Marr	79
65	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
66	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Lou's father	78
67	2014	Extant	Quinn	63
68	2014	Madam Secretary	Father Laurent Vasseur	70
69	2015	The Book of Negroes	Daddy Moses	63
70	2015	The Spoils Before Dying	Duke Webster	60
71	2017	The Good Fight	Carl Reddick	76
72	2019	Watchmen	Old Man / Will Reeves	77