🎭 Actor
Louis Gossett Jr.
🎂 Born 27 May 1936 (age 87)✝ 29 March 2024📍 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Popularity Score
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Directed
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.
Known For
Directed Films(1)
Full Filmography(133 films)
YearTitleRating
2024IF★ 7.01983Jaws 3-D★ 4.51989The Punisher★ 5.81982An Officer and a Gentleman★ 7.01986Firewalker★ 5.42023The Color Purple★ 7.01977The Deep★ 6.11985Enemy Mine★ 7.01986Iron Eagle★ 5.61991Toy Soldiers★ 6.51994Blue Chips★ 6.12021I Forgive★ 4.72007Daddy's Little Girls★ 6.92007Stories USA★ 3.91987The Principal★ 6.52010Why Did I Get Married Too?★ 6.51990El Diablo★ 5.62019Foster Boy★ 6.72020The Reason★ 7.81988Iron Eagle II★ 4.51994Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice★ 10.01970The Landlord★ 5.91992Iron Eagle III★ 4.22006Solar Attack★ 5.32008Delgo★ 4.61992Diggstown★ 6.31977The Choirboys★ 5.51996Captive Heart: The James Mink Story★ 5.12022Three Months★ 7.02023Outlaw Johnny Black★ 5.41991Cover-Up★ 4.01995Iron Eagle on the Attack★ 3.92006All In★ 4.51984Finders Keepers★ 5.42009The Perfect Game★ 7.12017Undercover Grandpa★ 5.62003Jasper, Texas★ 6.02009Amazing Racer★ 6.01988Roots: The Gift★ 7.12007Cover★ 5.11971Skin Game★ 6.62020The Cuban★ 5.11974The White Dawn★ 6.72007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas—1961A Raisin in the Sun★ 7.72003Momentum★ 5.12005Lackawanna Blues★ 5.91978To Kill a Cop—2022Sidney★ 7.01976The River Niger★ 7.41973The Laughing Policeman★ 6.21998The Inspectors★ 5.91995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies★ 8.02005Left Behind: World at War★ 4.22017Double Play★ 3.51994A Good Man in Africa★ 5.01972Travels with My Aunt★ 6.01991The Josephine Baker Story★ 6.01987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood★ 6.01999Y2K★ 5.61974Sidekicks★ 6.51998Legend of the Mummy★ 4.22006Club Soda—2015Boiling Pot★ 5.22019Hal★ 6.62011The Grace Card★ 7.31993Monolith★ 4.61984The Guardian★ 5.52014A Fighting Man★ 5.51996Inside★ 4.81995Zooman★ 6.31991Carolina Skeletons★ 7.21995A Father for Charlie★ 6.81982I Love Liberty—1990Zora is My Name!★ 10.01999Love Songs★ 8.71975Black Bart★ 3.82013Breaking at the Edge★ 4.71969The Bushbaby★ 6.52000The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence★ 6.02019Supervized★ 5.21987A Gathering of Old Men★ 6.21981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige★ 6.62017King of the Dancehall★ 7.62016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise★ 8.02020Miracle in East Texas★ 4.01999Strange Justice★ 7.02009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy★ 8.02018Breaking Brooklyn★ 7.82000The Color of Love: Jacey's Story★ 7.02008The Black List: Volume One★ 6.52021Not to Forget★ 6.82014The Dependables★ 3.11993Father & Son: Dangerous Relations★ 6.22012Smitty★ 5.91976J.D.'s Revenge★ 5.91994Flashfire★ 4.52012The Undershepherd★ 2.01995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder★ 7.01979Lawman Without a Gun★ 9.01991Keeper of the City★ 5.21977Little Ladies of the Night★ 4.22000The Highwayman★ 4.31997In His Father's Shoes★ 6.02011Dog Jack★ 4.02016A.C. Green: Iron Virgin—2013Miracle at Gate 213★ 6.01982Benny's Place★ 10.01990Sudie and Simpson★ 6.91974It's Good to Be Alive★ 7.32002Deceived★ 5.01968Companions in Nightmare★ 5.31998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood★ 9.02002What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away★ 7.51979The Lazarus Syndrome★ 4.92001Dr. Lucille★ 7.02025Sin—1983The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die★ 5.01996Managua★ 5.02001For Love of Olivia★ 5.01997To Dance with Olivia★ 8.01988Goodbye, Miss 4th of July★ 9.02017Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart★ 6.21987The Father Clements Story★ 9.01975Delancey Street: The Crisis Within★ 10.01998The Wall That Heals★ 8.02008A Love Story of Today—1977Freeman★ 6.02008A Special Kind of Love—1992Gridiron Gang—1980It Rained All Night the Day I Left★ 5.21994Curse of the Starving Class★ 4.61988Sam Found Out: A Triple Play★ 10.0