Louis Gossett Jr.
ActingBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Directed by Louis
Starring Louis
Family Guy
★ 7.4TV
1999
Hawaii Five-0
★ 7.8TV
2010
Stargate SG-1
★ 8.3TV
1997
Psych
★ 7.9TV
2006
ER
★ 7.8TV
1994
Bonanza
★ 7.5TV
1959
The Invaders
★ 6.8TV
1967
The Good Fight
★ 7.5TV
2017
Little House on the Prairie
★ 7.9TV
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
★ 7.3TV
1974
The Rockford Files
★ 7.6TV
1974The Rockford Files
★ 7.6TV
1974
Touched by an Angel
★ 7.2TV
1994
Madam Secretary
★ 7.0TV
2014
Love, American Style
★ 6.1TV
1969
The Dead Zone
★ 7.3TV
2002
Iron Eagle
★ 5.6Film
1986
Ellen
★ 6.1TV
1994
Hercules
★ 6.9TV
1998
Early Edition
★ 7.3TV
1996
The Batman
★ 8.0TV
2004
Extant
★ 6.3TV
2014
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
★ 6.3TV
1971
Watchmen
★ 7.6TV
2019
Inside
★ 4.3Film
1996
Smitty
★ 5.9Film
2012
IF
★ 7.0Film
2024
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
★ 6.8TV
1990
Picket Fences
★ 7.4TV
1992
Blue Chips
★ 6.1Film
1994
Diggstown
★ 6.3Film
1992
The Color Purple
★ 7.0Film
2023
Firewalker
★ 5.3Film
1986
Delgo
★ 4.5Film
2008
Amazing Racer
★ 6.0Film
2009
Roots
★ 7.4TV
1977
Petrocelli
★ 7.2TV
1974Petrocelli
★ 7.2TV
1974
The Mod Squad
★ 6.2TV
1968The Mod Squad
★ 6.2TV
1968The Mod Squad
★ 6.2TV
1968
Iron Eagle III
★ 4.1Film
1992
Harry O
★ 4.6TV
1974
Supervized
★ 5.2Film
2019
Undercover Grandpa
★ 5.6Film
2017
The Spoils Before Dying
★ 6.0TV
2015
The Partridge Family
★ 6.8TV
1970
Half & Half
★ 8.2TV
2002
Double Play
★ 3.5Film
2017
Y2K
★ 5.4Film
1999
The White Dawn
★ 6.6Film
1974
Flashfire
★ 4.0Film
1994
Managua
★ 4.3Film
1996
The Bill Cosby Show
★ 5.4TV
1969
Stories USA
★ 3.9Film
2007
Return to Lonesome Dove
★ 6.9TV
1993
Jasper, Texas
★ 5.8Film
2003
King of the Dancehall
★ 7.6Film
2017
Outlaw Johnny Black
★ 5.2Film
2023
Cover-Up
★ 3.9Film
1991
The Book of Negroes
★ 6.5TV
2015
Foster Boy
★ 7.0Film
2019
Promised Land
★ 6.1TV
1996
Iron Eagle II
★ 4.5Film
1988
Daktari
★ 7.3TV
1966
The Punisher
★ 5.8Film
1989
The Perfect Game
★ 7.1Film
2009
An Officer and a Gentleman
★ 7.0Film
1982
Skin Game
★ 6.6Film
1971
Enemy Mine
★ 6.9Film
1985
Black Bart
★ 3.4Film
1975
Monolith
★ 4.4Film
1993
Jaws 3-D
★ 4.5Film
1983
Toy Soldiers
★ 6.5Film
1991
Cover
★ 5.0Film
2007
The Powers of Matthew Star
★ 5.0TV
1982
The Deep
★ 6.0Film
1977
Daddy's Little Girls
★ 6.9Film
2007
Why Did I Get Married Too?
★ 6.5Film
2010
The Principal
★ 6.5Film
1987
Left Behind: World at War
★ 4.2Film
2005
The Grace Card
★ 7.3Film
2011
The Reason
★ 7.8Film
2020
Iron Eagle on the Attack
★ 3.8Film
1995
El Diablo
★ 5.5Film
1990
Solar Attack
★ 5.2Film
2006
A Raisin in the Sun
★ 7.7Film
1961
All In
★ 4.3Film
2006
A Good Man in Africa
★ 4.9Film
1994
Legend of the Mummy
★ 4.0Film
1998
Finders Keepers
★ 5.3Film
1984
Three Months
★ 7.0Film
2022
The Laughing Policeman
★ 6.2Film
1973
Travels with My Aunt
★ 5.9Film
1972
The Choirboys
★ 5.3Film
1977
The Dependables
★ 3.1Film
2014
The Landlord
★ 5.8Film
1970
Lackawanna Blues
★ 5.7Film
2005
A Fighting Man
★ 5.4Film
2014
Not to Forget
★ 6.7Film
2021
Momentum
★ 4.8Film
2003
The Inspectors
★ 5.9Film
1998
Roots: The Gift
★ 6.8Film
1988
Carolina Skeletons
★ 6.8Film
1991
The Josephine Baker Story
★ 5.7Film
1991
J.D.'s Revenge
★ 5.7Film
1976
A Gathering of Old Men
★ 6.0Film
1987
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
★ 5.8Film
2000
The Cuban
★ 4.8Film
2020
Breaking Brooklyn
★ 7.8Film
2018
A Father for Charlie
★ 6.7Film
1995
Curse of the Starving Class
★ 3.8Film
1994
The Lazarus Syndrome
★ 4.0Film
1979