Louis Gossett Jr.
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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- Born:
- May 27, 1936 In Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 171
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Forget to Remember
- Latest Project:
- Movie IF 2024-05-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Everbrook (The Home) | 2025 | |
| Movie | Forget to Remember | 2025 | |
| Movie | IF | Lewis (voice) | 2024-05-08 |
| Movie | Outlaw Johnny Black | Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited) | 2023-09-15 |
| Movie | The Color Purple | Ol' Mister | 2023-12-25 |
| Movie | Three Months | Benny | 2022-02-23 |
| Movie | Not to Forget | Pastor John | 2021-11-26 |
| Movie | The Reason | Pastor Jim | 2020-09-12 |
| Movie | Miracle in East Texas | Irving Tanner Jr. | 2020-02-07 |
| Movie | The Cuban | Luis Garcia | 2020-07-31 |
| Movie | Hal | Self | 2019-03-28 |
| Movie | The Gang Activists | Self | 2019-07-04 |
| Movie | Foster Boy | Judge George Taylor | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | Supervized | Pendle | 2019-07-16 |
| Series | Watchmen | Old Man / Will Reeves | 2019-10-20 |
| Movie | Breaking Brooklyn | Miles Bryant | 2018-05-25 |
| Movie | King of the Dancehall | The Bishop | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Double Play | Coco | 2017-01-27 |
| Series | The Good Fight | Carl Reddick | 2017-02-19 |
| Movie | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | 2017-10-14 |
| Movie | Undercover Grandpa | Mother | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | Himself | 2016-05-13 |
| Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Self | 2016-10-14 |
| Movie | Boiling Pot | Detective Haven | 2015-09-29 |
| Series | The Book of Negroes | Daddy Moses | 2015-01-07 |
| Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Duke Webster | 2015-07-08 |
| Series | Madam Secretary | Father Laurent Vasseur | 2014-09-21 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | A Fighting Man | Cubby | 2014-04-24 |
| Movie | The Dependables | Lou Jones | 2014-06-03 |
| Series | Extant | Quinn | 2014-07-09 |
| Movie | Miracle at Gate 213 | Roy Peddington | 2013-12-10 |
| Movie | Smitty | Mr. Smith | 2012-04-10 |
| Movie | The Undershepherd | Bishop Redford | 2012-02-15 |
| Movie | The Grace Card | George Wright | 2011-02-25 |
| Movie | Dog Jack | Grown up Jed | 2011-12-02 |
| Movie | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Porter | 2010-04-02 |
| Movie | The Perfect Game | Cool Papa Bell | 2009-11-09 |
| Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Unknown | 2009-10-03 |
| Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Self | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Delgo | King Zahn (voice) | 2008-12-12 |
| Movie | The Black List: Volume One | Himself | 2008-01-22 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Willie | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Cover | Detective Hicks | 2007-05-08 |
| Movie | Stories USA | Doc (segment "Club Soda") | 2007-11-10 |
| Series | Psych | Lloyd Marr | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | All In | Caps | 2006-03-14 |
| Movie | Solar Attack | President Ryan Gordon | 2006-05-25 |
| Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
| Movie | Left Behind: World at War | President Geral Fitzhugh | 2005-10-21 |
| Series | Black in the 80s | 2005-02-01 | |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
| Movie | Momentum | Raymond Addison | 2003-03-26 |
| Movie | Jasper, Texas | R.C. Horn | 2003-06-08 |
| Series | The Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
| Movie | Deceived | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
| Movie | What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away | Dr. Barnes | 2002-05-31 |
| Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | For Love of Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 2001-03-18 |
| Movie | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Lou Hastings | 2000-03-19 |
| Movie | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Frank | 2000-03-12 |
| Movie | The Highwayman | Phil Bishop | 2000-01-01 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Y2K | Morgan | 1999-07-01 |
| Movie | Strange Justice | Vernon Jordan | 1999-08-29 |
| Movie | The Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
| Movie | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | Self | 1998-02-10 |
| Movie | Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-03-30 |
| Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
| Movie | To Dance with Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 1997-03-09 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Gerak | 1997-07-27 |
| Movie | Managua | Paul | 1996-04-09 |
| Movie | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | James Mink | 1996-04-14 |
| Series | Promised Land | Anderson Walker | 1996-09-17 |
| Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
| Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
| Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
| Movie | Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing | Narrator | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | A Father for Charlie | Walter Osgood | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle on the Attack | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Ray Alexander | 1995-03-20 |
| Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
| Movie | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins (uncredited) | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | Ray Alexander | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | Flashfire | Ben Durand | 1994-09-15 |
| Movie | A Good Man in Africa | Prof. Sam Adekunle | 1994-07-14 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | Curse of the Starving Class | Ellis | 1994-09-13 |
| Series | Touched by an Angel | Anderson Walker | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | Monolith | Capt. MacCandless | 1993-09-16 |
| Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Isom Pickett | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | 1993-04-19 | |
| Movie | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Reader | 1992-11-11 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle III | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1992-01-09 |
| Movie | Diggstown | "Honey" Roy Palmer | 1992-08-14 |
| Movie | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
| Movie | Toy Soldiers | Dean Parker | 1991-04-24 |
| Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | Keeper of the City | Det. James Dela | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
| Movie | Zora is My Name! | 1990-01-01 | |
| Movie | El Diablo | Van Leek | 1990-07-22 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Unknown | 1990-09-15 |
| Movie | Sudie and Simpson | Simpson | 1990-09-11 |
| Series | Gideon Oliver | 1989-02-20 | |
| Movie | The Punisher | Jake Berkowitz | 1989-10-05 |
| Movie | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | Big John Creed | 1988-12-03 |
| Movie | Roots: The Gift | Fiddler | 1988-12-11 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle II | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1988-11-11 |
| Movie | The Father Clements Story | 1987-12-13 | |
| Movie | A Gathering of Old Men | Mathu | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | The Principal | Jake Phillips | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | Iron Eagle | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1986-01-17 |
| Movie | Firewalker | Leo Porter | 1986-11-21 |
| Movie | Enemy Mine | Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan | 1985-12-12 |
| Movie | Finders Keepers | Century | 1984-05-18 |
| Movie | The Guardian | John Mack | 1984-10-20 |
| Movie | Jaws 3-D | Calvin Bouchard | 1983-07-22 |
| Series | Sadat | Anwar al-Sadat | 1983-10-31 |
| Movie | An Officer and a Gentleman | Sergeant Emil Foley | 1982-07-28 |
| Movie | I Love Liberty | Self | 1982-03-21 |
| Movie | Benny's Place | Benny Moore | 1982-05-31 |
| Series | The Powers of Matthew Star | Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai) | 1982-09-17 |
| Movie | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | 1981-05-31 |
| Movie | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Leo Garcia | 1980-08-05 |
| Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
| Series | Backstairs at the White House | Levi Mercer, Houseman | 1979-01-29 |
| Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | Tom Hayward | 1979-05-30 |
| Series | The Lazarus Syndrome | MacArthur St. Clair | 1979-09-04 |
| Series | The Critical List | Lem Harper | 1978-09-11 |
| Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | To Kill a Cop | Everett Walker | 1978-04-10 |
| Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
| Movie | The Choirboys | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
| Movie | Freeman | Rex | 1977-12-31 |
| Movie | The Deep | Henri Cloche | 1977-06-17 |
| Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
| Movie | J.D.'s Revenge | Rev. Elija Bliss | 1976-08-25 |
| Movie | The River Niger | Dr. Dudley Stanton | 1976-04-14 |
| Series | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Black Bart | Black Bart | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
| Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
| Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | The White Dawn | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
| Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Wordsworth | 1972-12-17 |
| Movie | Skin Game | Jason O'Rourke | 1971-09-30 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | The Landlord | Copee Johnson | 1970-05-20 |
| Series | The Young Rebels | 1970-09-20 | |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Movie | The Bushbaby | Tembo | 1969-09-01 |
| Series | The Bill Cosby Show | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
| Movie | Companions in Nightmare | Lt. Adam McKay | 1968-11-23 |
| Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | George Murchison | 1961-05-28 |
| Movie | The New Girl | Mary's Brother | 1960-01-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |