birthday: 1936-05-27

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

deathday: 2024-03-29

Louis Gossett Jr.

Biography

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.

Iron Eagle III

1992 . movie

Freeman

1977 . movie

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007 . movie

The Principal

1987 . movie

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982 . movie

Toy Soldiers

1991 . movie

Momentum

2003 . movie

The Deep

1977 . movie

Iron Eagle

1986 . movie

Finders Keepers

1984 . movie

Delgo

2008 . movie

Skin Game

1971 . movie

Travels with My Aunt

1972 . movie

The White Dawn

1974 . movie

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

2000 . movie

Iron Eagle II

1988 . movie

Enemy Mine

1985 . movie

The Punisher

1989 . movie

Firewalker

1986 . movie

The New Girl

1960 . movie

Solar Attack

2006 . movie

Iron Eagle on the Attack

1995 . movie

Why Did I Get Married Too?

2010 . movie

I Love Liberty

1982 . movie

The Laughing Policeman

1973 . movie

A Raisin in the Sun

1961 . movie

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

2009 . movie

J.D.'s Revenge

1976 . movie

Daddy's Little Girls

2007 . movie

Left Behind: World at War

2005 . movie

The Landlord

1970 . movie

Y2K

1999 . movie

Club Soda

2006 . movie

The Least Among You

2009 . movie

Jaws 3-D

1983 . movie

Miracle in East Texas

2020 . movie

The Choirboys

1977 . movie

All In

2006 . movie

Diggstown

1992 . movie

Dog Jack

2011 . movie

El Diablo

1990 . movie

Cover

2007 . movie

Three Months

2022 . movie

Managua

1996 . movie

The Perfect Game

2009 . movie

The River Niger

1976 . movie

A Gathering of Old Men

1987 . movie

Smitty

2012 . movie

Cover-Up

1991 . movie

The Josephine Baker Story

1991 . movie

Roots: The Gift

1988 . movie

Gridiron Gang

. movie

Deceived

2002 . movie

Monolith

1993 . movie

The Color Purple

2023 . movie

The Lazarus Syndrome

1978 . movie

Little Ladies of the Night

1977 . movie

Carolina Skeletons

1991 . movie

Black Bart

1975 . movie

It's Good to Be Alive

1974 . movie

Sudie and Simpson

1990 . movie

Lackawanna Blues

2005 . movie

In His Father's Shoes

1997 . movie

Legend of the Mummy

1998 . movie

Flashfire

1994 . movie

The Bushbaby

1969 . movie

IF

2024 . movie

Curse of the Starving Class

1994 . movie

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996 . movie

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993 . movie

A Father for Charlie

1995 . movie

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000 . movie

Sidekicks

1974 . movie

The Guardian

1984 . movie

I Forgive

2021 . movie

The Father Clements Story

1987 . movie

The Inspectors

1998 . movie

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 . movie

The Dependables

2014 . movie

Sidney

2022 . movie

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

1988 . movie

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

1975 . movie

Blue Chips

1994 . movie

Inside

1996 . movie

For Love of Olivia

2001 . movie

Miracle at Gate 213

2013 . movie

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980 . movie

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008 . movie

A Good Man in Africa

1994 . movie

Everbrook (The Home)

. movie

Outlaw Johnny Black

2023 . movie

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

1988 . movie

Boiling Pot

2015 . movie

Companions in Nightmare

1968 . movie

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996 . movie

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

1992 . movie

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004 . movie

A Fighting Man

2014 . movie

To Dance with Olivia

1997 . movie

Straight Up

. movie

Double Play

2017 . movie

The Highwayman

2000 . movie

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

1995 . movie

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016 . movie

Lawman Without a Gun

1979 . movie

Undercover Grandpa

2017 . movie

Breaking Brooklyn

2018 . movie

Zora is My Name!

1990 . movie

King of the Dancehall

2017 . movie

Hal

2019 . movie

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017 . movie

The Black List: Volume One

2008 . movie

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994 . movie

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995 . movie

Keeper of the City

1991 . movie

Strange Justice

1999 . movie

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

2002 . movie

Supervized

2019 . movie

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016 . movie

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

1981 . movie

The Gang Activists

2019 . movie

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014 . movie

Zooman

1995 . movie

The Cuban

2020 . movie

Jasper, Texas

2003 . movie

Love Songs

1999 . movie

Benny's Place

1982 . movie

The Grace Card

2011 . movie

Foster Boy

2019 . movie

The Reason

2020 . movie

A Special Kind of Love

2008 . movie

A Love Story of Today

2008 . movie

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

1983 . movie

Stories USA

2007 . movie

Crimes of Violence

. movie

Forget to Remember

. movie

Not to Forget

2021 . movie

To Kill a Cop

1978 . movie

The Undershepherd

2012 . movie

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998 . movie

Amazing Racer

2009 . movie

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987 . movie

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990 . tv

Good Times

1974 . tv

The Rookies

1972 . tv

Half & Half

2002 . tv

Family Guy

1999 . tv

The Dead Zone

2002 . tv

Little House on the Prairie

1974 . tv

The Batman

2004 . tv

Early Edition

1996 . tv

The Jeffersons

1975 . tv

Alias Smith and Jones

1971 . tv

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 . tv

The Bill Cosby Show

1969 . tv

Stargate SG-1

1997 . tv

Return to Lonesome Dove

1993 . tv

Backstairs at the White House

1979 . tv

ER

1994 . tv

Gideon Oliver

1989 . tv

Police Story

1973 . tv

McCloud

1970 . tv

The Young Rebels

1970 . tv

The Powers of Matthew Star

1982 . tv

Roots

1977 . tv

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

1980 . tv

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 . tv

The Oscars

1953 . tv

The Lazarus Syndrome

1979 . tv

Black in the 80s

2005 . tv

Saturday Night Live

1975 . tv

Madam Secretary

2014 . tv

Psych

2006 . tv

Extant

2014 . tv

Hawaii Five-0

2010 . tv

The Book of Negroes

2015 . tv

The Spoils Before Dying

2015 . tv

The Good Fight

2017 . tv

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 . tv

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974 . tv

Sadat

1983 . tv

Bonanza

1959 . tv

Promised Land

1996 . tv

The Rockford Files

1974 . tv

The Rockford Files

1974 . tv

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009 . tv

American Experience

1988 . tv

Hercules

1998 . tv

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971 . tv

The Partridge Family

1970 . tv

Petrocelli

1974 . tv

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969 . tv

Petrocelli

1974 . tv

Love, American Style

1969 . tv

Cowboy in Africa

1967 . tv

The Mod Squad

1968 . tv

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 . tv

The Mod Squad

1968 . tv

Daktari

1966 . tv

Cowboy in Africa

1967 . tv

The Mod Squad

1968 . tv

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 . tv

The Invaders

1967 . tv

The Critical List

1978 . tv

Please Turn the Page

1977 . tv

Ellen

1994 . tv

Touched by an Angel

1994 . tv

Watchmen

2019 . tv

Golden Globe Awards

1944 . tv

Golden Globe Awards

1944 . tv

Golden Globe Awards

1944 . tv

Golden Globe Awards

1944 . tv

Golden Globe Awards

1944 . tv

Harry O

1974 . tv