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.
Movie | Hal | Himself | 2019-03-28 |
Movie | Breaking Brooklyn | Miles Bryant | 2018-05-25 |
Movie | Double Play | Coco | 2017-01-27 |
Series | The Good Fight | Carl Reddick | 2017-02-19 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | The Bishop | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | Undercover Grandpa | Mother | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | 2017-10-14 | |
Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Himself | 2016-10-14 |
Series | The Book of Negroes | Daddy Moses | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | Boiling Pot | Detective Haven | 2015-09-29 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | 2015-07-08 | |
Movie | A Fighting Man | Cubby | 2014-04-24 |
Movie | Pride of Lions | Lou Jones | 2014-06-03 |
Series | Extant | Quinn | 2014-07-09 |
Series | Madam Secretary | Father Laurent Vasseur | 2014-09-21 |
Movie | Miracle at Gate 213 | Roy Peddington | 2013-12-10 |
Movie | Smitty | Mr. Smith | 2012-04-10 |
Movie | Dog Jack | Grown up Jed | 2011-12-02 |
Movie | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Porter | 2010-04-02 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Perfect Game | Cool Papa Bell | 2009-11-09 |
Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
Movie | Delgo | King Zahn (voice) | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Willie | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | Cover | Detective Hicks | 2007-05-08 |
Movie | Solar Attack | President Ryan Gordon | 2006-05-25 |
Movie | All In | Caps | 2006-03-14 |
Series | Psych | Lloyd Marr | 2006-07-07 |
Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
Movie | Left Behind: World at War | President Geral Fitzhugh | 2005-10-21 |
Movie | Deceived | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Series | The Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
Movie | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Frank | 2000-03-12 |
Movie | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Lou Hastings | 2000-03-19 |
Movie | Y2K | Morgan | 1999-07-01 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-03-30 |
Movie | The Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
Movie | To Dance with Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 1997-03-09 |
Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
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 |
Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
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 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995-06-05 | |
Movie | Iron Eagle on the Attack | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1995-12-01 |
Movie | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins | 1994-02-18 |
Movie | A Good Man in Africa | 1994-07-14 | |
Movie | Curse of the Starving Class | Ellis | 1994-09-13 |
Movie | Flashfire | Ben Durand | 1994-09-15 |
Movie | Monolith | Capt. MacCandless | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | 1993-04-19 | |
Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Isom Pickett | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | Diggstown | 'Honey' Roy Palmer | 1992-08-14 |
Movie | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Reader | 1992-11-11 |
Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
Movie | Toy Soldiers | Dean Edward Parker | 1991-04-24 |
Movie | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Keeper of the City | Detective James Dela | 1991-12-20 |
Movie | Zora is My Name! | 1990-01-01 | |
Movie | El Diablo | Van Leek | 1990-07-22 |
Movie | Sudie and Simpson | Simpson | 1990-09-11 |
Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Unknown | 1990-09-15 |
Series | Gideon Oliver | 1989-02-20 | |
Movie | The Punisher | Jake Berkowitz | 1989-10-05 |
Movie | Iron Eagle II | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1988-11-11 |
Movie | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | Big John Creed | 1988-12-03 |
Movie | The Principal | Jake Phillips | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | A Gathering of Old Men | Mathu | 1987-05-10 |
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 |
Movie | Sadat | Anwar al-Sadat | 1983-10-30 |
Movie | An Officer and a Gentleman | Sergeant Emil Foley | 1982-07-28 |
Series | The Powers of Matthew Star | Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai) | 1982-09-17 |
Movie | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Leo Garcia | 1980-08-05 |
Series | Backstairs at the White House | Houseman Levi Mercer | 1979-01-29 |
Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | Tom Hayward | 1979-05-30 |
Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
Movie | The Deep | Henri Cloche | 1977-06-17 |
Movie | The Choirboys | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
Movie | The River Niger | Dr. Dudley Stanton | 1976-04-14 |
Movie | J.D.'s Revenge | Rev. Elija Bliss | 1976-08-25 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Black Bart | Black Bart | 1975-01-01 |
Series | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
Movie | The White Dawn | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Wordsworth | 1972-12-17 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Movie | Skin Game | Jason O'Rourke | 1971-09-30 |
Movie | The Landlord | Copee Johnson | 1970-05-20 |
Series | The Young Rebels | 1970-09-20 | |
Movie | The Bushbaby | Tembo | 1969-09-01 |
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 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
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