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Louis Gossett Jr.

Actor | * 05/27/1936 († 87, 03/29/2024) | Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Louis Gossett Jr. is 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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Fole ...

An Officer and a Gentleman

R

1982 | 3.5/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive o ...

Enemy Mine

PG-13

1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Science Fiction
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This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that ...

Jaws 3-D

PG

1983 | 2.2/5 | 1h 39min
Thriller, Horror
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The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of a ...

Roots

NR

1977 | 3.7/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Louis Gossett Jr.

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Mary Pickford Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 3x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 4x NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
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Movies with Louis Gossett Jr. as Actor(133)

2024 IF
as Ol' Mister2023 The Color Purple
2023 Forget to Remember
as Lou Adams2023 Capture the Flag
as Self - Host2023 Crimes of Violence
2023 The Last Rifleman
as Benny2022 Three Months
as himself2022 Sidney
as God (voice)2021 I Forgive
as Pastor John2021 Not to Forget
as Luis Garcia2020 The Cuban
as Pastor Jim2020 The Reason
as Irving Tanner Jr.2020 Miracle in East Texas
as himself2019 Hal
as himself2019 The Gang Activists
as Judge George Taylor2019 Foster Boy
as Pendle2019 Supervized
as Miles Bryant2018 Breaking Brooklyn
as himself2017 Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Coco2017 Double Play
as Mother2017 Undercover Grandpa
as The Bishop2017 King of the Dancehall
as himself2016 Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Detective Haven2015 Boiling Pot
as Cubby2014 A Fighting Man
as Lou Jones2014 Pride of Lions
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Roy Peddington2013 Miracle at Gate 213
as Mr. Smith2012 Smitty
as Bishop Redford2012 The Undershepherd
as Grown up Jed2011 Dog Jack
as George Wright2011 The Grace Card
as Porter2010 Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Cool Papa Bell2009 The Perfect Game
as himself2009 Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Samuel Benton2009 The Least Among You
as himself2008 A Love Story of Today
as himself2008 A Special Kind of Love
as himself2008 The Black List: Volume One
as King Zahn (voice)2008 Delgo
as himself2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Willie2007 Daddy's Little Girls
as Detective Hicks2007 Cover
as Doc (segment "Club Soda")2007 Stories USA
as Caps2006 All In
as President Ryan Gordon2006 Solar Attack
as Ol'lem Taylor2005 Lackawanna Blues
as President Geral Fitzhugh2005 Left Behind: World at War
as R.C. Horn2003 Jasper, Texas
as Raymond Addison2003 Momentum
as Dr. Barnes2002 What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
as Col. David Garrett2002 Deceived
as Daniel Stewart2001 For Love of Olivia
as Lou Hastings2000 The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Phil Bishop2000 The Highwayman
as Frank2000 The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
as Vernon Jordan1999 Strange Justice
as Morgan1999 Y2K
1999 Love Songs
as Inspector Frank Hughes1998 The Inspectors
as Corbeck1998 Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy
as himself1998 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Frank Crosby / Richard1997 In His Father's Shoes
as Daniel Stewart1997 To Dance With Olivia
as James Mink1996 Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as Bob Kersee1996 Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
as Paul1996 Managua
as Questioner1996 Inside
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair1995 Iron Eagle IV
as Ray Alexander1995 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as Narrator1995 Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
as Walter Osgood1995 A Father for Charlie
as himself1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Rueben Tate1995 Zooman
as Prof. Sam Adekunle1994 A Good Man in Africa
as Ray Alexander1994 Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
as Ellis1994 Curse of the Starving Class
as Ben Durand1994 Flashfire
as Father Dawkins (uncredited)1994 Blue Chips
1993 Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as Capt. MacCandless1993 Monolith
as 'Honey' Roy Palmer1992 Diggstown
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair1992 Iron Eagle III
as Reader1992 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
as Lou Jackson1991 Cover-Up
as Det. James Dela1991 Keeper of the City
as Dean Parker1991 Toy Soldiers
as James Bragg1991 Carolina Skeletons
as Sidney Williams1991 The Josephine Baker Story
as Van Leek1990 El Diablo
1990 Zora is My Name!
as Simpson1990 Sudie and Simpson
as Jake Berkowitz1989 The Punisher
as Sam1988 Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
as Big John Creed1988 Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair1988 Iron Eagle II
as Fiddler1988 Roots: The Gift
1987 The Father Clements Story
as Mathu1987 A Gathering of Old Men
as Jake Phillips1987 The Principal
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair1986 Iron Eagle
as Leo Porter1986 Firewalker
as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan1985 Enemy Mine
as John Mack1984 The Guardian
as Century1984 Finders Keepers
as Calvin Bouchard1983 Jaws 3-D
as Narrator1983 The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
as Sergeant Emil Foley1982 An Officer and a Gentleman
as Benny Moore1982 Benny's Place
as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Leo Garcia1980 It Rained All Night the Day I Left
as Tom Hayward1978 Lawman Without a Gun
as Everett Walker1978 To Kill a Cop
as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair1978 The Lazarus Syndrome
as Calvin Motts1977 The Choirboys
as Henri Cloche1977 The Deep
as Rex1977 Freeman
as Russ Garfield1977 Little Ladies of the Night
as Rev. Elija Bliss1976 J.D.'s Revenge
as Dr. Dudley Stanton1976 The River Niger
as Otis James1975 Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
as Black Bart1975 Black Bart
as Jason O'Rourke1974 Sidekicks
as Sam Brockington1974 It's Good to Be Alive
as Portagee1974 The White Dawn
as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD1973 The Laughing Policeman
as Wordsworth1972 Travels with My Aunt
as Jason O'Rourke1971 Skin Game
as Copee Johnson1970 The Landlord
as Tembo1969 The Bushbaby
as Lt. Adam McKay1968 Companions in Nightmare
as George Murchison1961 A Raisin in the Sun
as Mary's Brother1960 The New Girl

TV Shows/Series with Louis Gossett Jr. as Actor(47)

as Old Man / Will Reeves2019 Watchmen
as Carl Reddick2017 The Good Fight
as Daddy Moses2015 The Book of Negroes
as Duke Webster2015 The Spoils Before Dying
as Quinn2014 Extant
as Father Laurent Vasseur2014 Madam Secretary
as himself2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Lloyd Marr2006 Psych
as Lucius Fox (voice)2004 The Batman
2002 Half & Half
2002 The Dead Zone
as Drill Sargent (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Gerak1997 Stargate SG-1
as Anderson Walker1996 Promised Land
1996 Early Edition
as Leo Malcolm1994 ER
as Isom Pickett1993 Return to Lonesome Dove
1990 Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1989 Gideon Oliver
as Anwar al-Sadat1983 Sadat
as Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)1982 The Powers of Matthew Star
1980 Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as Levi Mercer, Houseman1979 Backstairs at the White House
as MacArthur St. Clair1979 The Lazarus Syndrome
as Lem Harper1978 The Critical List
as himself1977 Bitte umblättern
as Fiddler1977 Roots
1975 The Jeffersons
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
1974 Harry O
as Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien1974 The Rockford Files
as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes1974 The Rockford Files
1974 Good Times
1974 Petrocelli
1974 Little House on the Prairie
as himself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 Police Story
1972 The Rookies
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
1970 McCloud
1970 The Young Rebels
as Hurricane Smith1969 The Bill Cosby Show
1968 The Mod Squad
as Ollie1967 The Invaders
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Buck Walter1959 Bonanza
as Self - America Be Seated Cast1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Louis Gossett Jr. as Crew(7)

Crew/In Memory Of2024 IF
Production/Executive Producer2001 For Love of Olivia
Directing/Director1999 Love Songs
Production/Executive Producer1997 In His Father's Shoes
Production/Executive Producer1997 To Dance With Olivia
Production/Executive Producer1996 Inside
Production/Executive Producer1995 A Father for Charlie

TV Shows/Series with Louis Gossett Jr. as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1982 The Powers of Matthew Star

Additional Information

Official websites:
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Full Name: Louis Gossett
Born: Wednesday, 05/27 1936 (May) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 03/29 2024 (March) in Santa Monica (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language), Korean (KO)
Educated at: Abraham Lincoln High School, New York University
Other names for Louis Gossett Jr. (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr."
"Louis Gossett, Jr."
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John Viener (38x, Actor)
Ralph Garman (32x, Actor)
Alec Sulkin (31x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (30x, Actor)
Andy Samberg (29x, Actor)
Alexandra Breckenridge (29x, Actress)
Steve Callaghan (29x, Actor)
Danny Smith (29x, Actor)
Mae Whitman (22x, Actress)
Sidney J. Furie (8x, Crew)
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