Louis Gossett Jr.
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.
Filmography (211)
Sin
IF
The Color Purple
Outlaw Johnny Black
Three Months
Sidney
Not to Forget
I Forgive
The Reason
The Cuban
Miracle in East Texas
Watchmen
Foster Boy
Hal
Supervized- The Gang Activists
Breaking Brooklyn
King of the Dancehall
The Good Fight
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Undercover Grandpa
Double Play
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
The Book of Negroes
The Spoils Before Dying
Boiling Pot
Madam Secretary
Extant
A Fighting Man
The Dependables
Miracle at Gate 213
Breaking at the Edge
The Undershepherd
Smitty
The Grace Card
Dog Jack
Hawaii Five-0
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Celebrity Ghost Stories
The Perfect Game
Amazing Racer- The Least Among You
The Black List: Volume One
Delgo- Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
A Love Story of Today
A Special Kind of Love
Daddy's Little Girls
Cover
Stories USA
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Psych
Solar Attack
All In
Club Soda
Lackawanna Blues
Left Behind: World at War
Black in the 80s
The Batman
Jasper, Texas
Momentum
Half & Half
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
The Dead Zone
Deceived
Dr. Lucille
For Love of Olivia
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
The Highwayman
Love Songs
Family Guy
Strange Justice
Y2K
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
The Wall That Heals
Hercules
The Inspectors
Legend of the Mummy
Stargate SG-1
To Dance with Olivia
In His Father's Shoes- Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
Early Edition
Promised Land
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Managua
Inside
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies- Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
A Father for Charlie
Zooman
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
ER
Touched by an Angel
Blue Chips
Ellen
A Good Man in Africa
Curse of the Starving Class
Flashfire
Return to Lonesome Dove
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Monolith- Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Picket Fences
Diggstown
Iron Eagle III
Gridiron Gang
Carolina Skeletons
Toy Soldiers
The Josephine Baker Story
Keeper of the City
Cover-Up
Zora is My Name!
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sudie and Simpson
El Diablo- Gideon Oliver
The Punisher
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Roots: The Gift
American Experience
Iron Eagle II- Straight Up
The Father Clements Story
The Principal
A Gathering of Old Men
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Iron Eagle
Firewalker
Enemy Mine
The Guardian
Finders Keepers- Sadat
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Jaws 3-D
Benny's Place
An Officer and a Gentleman
American Playhouse
The Powers of Matthew Star
I Love Liberty
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
Lawman Without a Gun
The Lazarus Syndrome
Backstairs at the White House
The Lazarus Syndrome- The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
The Critical List
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop
Roots
The Deep
Freeman- Please Turn the Page
The Choirboys
Little Ladies of the Night
The River Niger
J.D.'s Revenge
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
The Jeffersons
Saturday Night Live
Black Bart
Good Times
Little House on the Prairie
The Rockford Files
It's Good to Be Alive
The Six Million Dollar Man
Petrocelli
The White Dawn
Sidekicks
Harry O
Police Story
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Laughing Policeman
The Rookies
Travels with My Aunt
Alias Smith and Jones
Skin Game
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
McCloud
The Partridge Family
The Landlord
The Young Rebels
The Bushbaby
Love, American Style
The Bill Cosby Show
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Mod Squad
Companions in Nightmare
The Invaders
Cowboy in Africa
Daktari
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
A Raisin in the Sun
The Mike Douglas Show- The New Girl
Bonanza
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Golden Globe Awards- Crimes of Violence
- Forget to Remember
Unplugged