Louis Gossett Jr.
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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
6.7
Good Times
7.956
The Rookies
6.8
Half & Half
8.3
Family Guy
7.39
The Dead Zone
7.2
Little House on the Prairie
7.938
The Batman
8
Early Edition
7.3
The Jeffersons
7.326
Alias Smith and Jones
6.9
The Merv Griffin Show
6.222
The Bill Cosby Show
5.417
Stargate SG-1
8.288
Return to Lonesome Dove
6.9
Backstairs at the White House
5.9
ER
7.824
Gideon Oliver
5.5
Police Story
6.9
McCloud
7.1
The Young Rebels
4.5
The Powers of Matthew Star
5.6
Roots
7.4
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
5.5
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
The Oscars
7.056
The Lazarus Syndrome
5
Black in the 80s
0
Saturday Night Live
7
Psych
7.893
Extant
6.319
Hawaii Five-0
7.753
The Book of Negroes
6.4
The Spoils Before Dying
5.967
The Good Fight
7.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
The Six Million Dollar Man
7.257
Sadat
7
Bonanza
7.512
Promised Land
6.6
The Rockford Files
7.522
The Rockford Files
7.522
Celebrity Ghost Stories
7.3
Hercules
6.849
American Experience
7.4
Petrocelli
7.1
Petrocelli
7.1
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
6.3
The Partridge Family
6.707
Love, American Style
6.056
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
4
The Mod Squad
6.208
The Mod Squad
6.208
The Mod Squad
6.208
Cowboy in Africa
5
Cowboy in Africa
5
Daktari
6.935
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.459
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Invaders
6.807
The Critical List
0
Please Turn the Page
6
Ellen
6.2
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Watchmen
7.657
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Harry O
4.6
Madam Secretary
6.979
Movies
Iron Eagle III
4.1
Freeman
5
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
0
The Principal
6.5
An Officer and a Gentleman
7.022
Toy Soldiers
6.497
Momentum
4.8
The Deep
6.033
Iron Eagle
5.584
Finders Keepers
5.3
Delgo
4.5
Skin Game
6.6
Travels with My Aunt
5.9
The White Dawn
6.5
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
5.769
Iron Eagle II
4.45
Enemy Mine
6.949
The Punisher
5.8
Firewalker
5.3
The New Girl
0
Solar Attack
5.233
Iron Eagle on the Attack
3.8
Why Did I Get Married Too?
6.516
I Love Liberty
0
The Laughing Policeman
6.242
A Raisin in the Sun
7.7
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
8
J.D.'s Revenge
5.774
Daddy's Little Girls
6.9
Left Behind: World at War
4.1
The Landlord
5.9
Y2K
5.3
Club Soda
0
Jaws 3-D
4.458
The Least Among You
5
Miracle in East Texas
1
The Choirboys
5.45
All In
4.273
Diggstown
6.3
El Diablo
5.6
Dog Jack
4
Cover
5.243
Three Months
7.048
Managua
4.3
The Perfect Game
7.1
The River Niger
6.75
A Gathering of Old Men
6
Smitty
5.9
Cover-Up
3.9
The Josephine Baker Story
6
Roots: The Gift
6.8
Gridiron Gang
0
Deceived
4.2
Monolith
4.3
The Color Purple
7.07
The Lazarus Syndrome
4.6
Little Ladies of the Night
3.3
Carolina Skeletons
6.8
Black Bart
3.7
It's Good to Be Alive
6.6
Sudie and Simpson
6.5
Lackawanna Blues
5.907
In His Father's Shoes
3.5
Legend of the Mummy
4.1
Flashfire
4.3
The Bushbaby
6
IF
7.04
Curse of the Starving Class
4.1
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
0
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
6
A Father for Charlie
6.6
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
7
Sidekicks
6
The Guardian
4.2
I Forgive
4.7
The Father Clements Story
0
The Inspectors
5.875
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.143
The Dependables
3.1
Sidney
7.514
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
0
Blue Chips
6.073
Inside
4.6
For Love of Olivia
1
Miracle at Gate 213
6
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
4.8
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
0
A Good Man in Africa
5.026
Everbrook (The Home)
0
Outlaw Johnny Black
5.774
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
10
Boiling Pot
5.2
Companions in Nightmare
4
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
3.833
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
5
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
4.621
A Fighting Man
5.438
To Dance with Olivia
0
Straight Up
0
Double Play
3.8
The Highwayman
4.5
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
8
Lawman Without a Gun
0
Undercover Grandpa
5.6
Breaking Brooklyn
7.8
Zora is My Name!
0
King of the Dancehall
7.556
Hal
6.5
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
6.2
The Black List: Volume One
6.5
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
0
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
0
Keeper of the City
5.5
Strange Justice
6
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
7
Supervized
5.1
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
0
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
6
The Gang Activists
0
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.991
Zooman
6
The Cuban
5.2
Jasper, Texas
5.813
Love Songs
8
Benny's Place
10
The Grace Card
7.2
Foster Boy
6.9
The Reason
7.6
A Love Story of Today
0
A Special Kind of Love
0
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
5
Stories USA
3.9
Crimes of Violence
0
Forget to Remember
0
Not to Forget
6.7
To Kill a Cop
0
The Undershepherd
2
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
0
Amazing Racer
6
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
5.667
Dr. Lucille
0