Louis Gossett Jr.

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 203

Gender Male

Birthday May 27, 1936

Day of Death March 29, 2024 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr.
Lou Gossett
ルイス・ゴセット・ジュニア

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

—		Forget to Remember
—		Crimes of Violence as Self - Host
—		Straight Up as Cosmo
—		Everbrook (The Home)
—		Gridiron Gang as Host

2024

as Lewis (voice)

2023		The Color Purple as Ol' Mister
2023		Outlaw Johnny Black as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)

2022		Sidney as Self
2022		Three Months as Benny

2021		Not to Forget as Pastor John
2021		I Forgive as God (voice)

2020		The Reason as Pastor Jim
2020		The Cuban as Luis Garcia
2020		Miracle in East Texas as Irving Tanner Jr.

2019		Watchmen (7 episodes) as Old Man / Will Reeves
2019		Foster Boy as Judge George Taylor
2019		Supervized as Pendle
2019		The Gang Activists as Himself
2019		Hal as Self

2018

as Miles Bryant

2017		Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart as Self
2017		Undercover Grandpa as Mother
2017		The Good Fight (1 episode) as Carl Reddick
2017		Double Play as Coco
2017		King of the Dancehall as The Bishop

2016		Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Himself
2016		A.C. Green: Iron Virgin as Himself

2015		Boiling Pot as Detective Haven
2015		The Spoils Before Dying (6 episodes) as Duke Webster
2015		The Book of Negroes (6 episodes) as Daddy Moses

2014		Madam Secretary (1 episode) as Father Laurent Vasseur
2014		Extant (4 episodes) as Quinn
2014		Pride of Lions as Lou Jones
2014		A Fighting Man as Cubby
2014		And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2013

as Roy Peddington

2012		Smitty as Mr. Smith
2012		The Undershepherd as Bishop Redford

2011		Dog Jack as Grown up Jed
2011		The Grace Card as George Wright

2010		Hawaii Five-0 (1 episode) as Lou's father
2010		Why Did I Get Married Too? as Porter

2009		The Perfect Game as Cool Papa Bell
2009		Celebrity Ghost Stories (1 episode) as Self
2009		The Least Among You as Samuel Benton
2009		Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self

2008		Delgo as King Zahn (voice)
2008		A Special Kind of Love as Self
2008		A Love Story of Today as Self
2008		Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
2008		The Black List: Volume One as Himself

2007		Stories USA as Doc (segment "Club Soda")
2007		Cover as Detective Hicks
2007		Daddy's Little Girls as Willie
2007		The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self

2006		Club Soda as Doc
2006		Psych (1 episode) as Lloyd Marr
2006		Solar Attack as President Ryan Gordon
2006		All In as Caps

2005		Left Behind: World at War as President Geral Fitzhugh
2005		Lackawanna Blues as Ol'lem Taylor
2005		Black in the 80s (3 episodes)

2004		The Batman (3 episodes) as Lucius Fox (voice)
2004		The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage)

2003		Jasper, Texas as R.C. Horn
2003		Momentum as Raymond Addison

2002		Half & Half (2 episodes) as Ray Willis
2002		The Dead Zone (1 episode)
2002		What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away as Dr. Barnes
2002		Deceived as Col. David Garrett

2001

as Daniel Stewart

2000		The Color of Love: Jacey's Story as Lou Hastings
2000		The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Frank
2000		The Highwayman as Phil Bishop

1999		Strange Justice as Vernon Jordan
1999		Y2K as Morgan
1999		Love Songs as Reuben
1999		Family Guy (1 episode) as Drill Sargent (voice)

1998		The Inspectors as Inspector Frank Hughes
1998		Hercules (1 episode) as Chiron (voice)
1998		Legend of the Mummy as Corbeck
1998		Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood as Self

1997		Stargate SG-1 (5 episodes) as Gerak
1997		In His Father's Shoes as Frank Crosby / Richard
1997		To Dance with Olivia as Daniel Stewart

1996		Early Edition (1 episode)
1996		Promised Land (1 episode) as Anderson Walker
1996		Inside as Questioner
1996		Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story as Bob Kersee
1996		Captive Heart: The James Mink Story as James Mink
1996		Managua as Paul

1995		Iron Eagle on the Attack as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1995		The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1995		Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Ray Alexander
1995		Zooman as Rueben Tate
1995		Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing as Narrator
1995		A Father for Charlie as Walter Osgood

1994		Touched by an Angel (1 episode) as Anderson Walker
1994		ER (1 episode) as Leo Malcolm
1994		Flashfire as Ben Durand
1994		Curse of the Starving Class as Ellis
1994		A Good Man in Africa as Prof. Sam Adekunle
1994		Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Ray Alexander
1994		Ellen (1 episode) as Sgt. Timko
1994		Blue Chips as Father Dawkins (uncredited)

1993		Return to Lonesome Dove (4 episodes) as Isom Pickett
1993		Monolith as Capt. MacCandless
1993		Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1992		Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II as Reader
1992		Diggstown as "Honey" Roy Palmer
1992		Iron Eagle III as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

1991		Keeper of the City as Det. James Dela
1991		Carolina Skeletons as James Bragg
1991		Toy Soldiers as Dean Parker
1991		The Josephine Baker Story as Sidney Williams
1991		Cover-Up as Lou Jackson

1990		Captain Planet and the Planeteers (2 episodes) as Commander Clash (voice)
1990		Sudie and Simpson as Simpson
1990		El Diablo as Van Leek
1990		Zora is My Name!

1989		The Punisher as Jake Berkowitz
1989		Gideon Oliver (5 episodes)

1988		Roots: The Gift as Fiddler
1988		Goodbye, Miss 4th of July as Big John Creed
1988		Iron Eagle II as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1988		American Experience (1 episode) as Self - Narrator
1988		Sam Found Out: A Triple Play as Sam

1987		The Father Clements Story
1987		The Principal as Jake Phillips
1987		A Gathering of Old Men as Mathu

1986		Firewalker as Leo Porter
1986		Iron Eagle as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

1985

as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

1984		The Guardian as John Mack
1984		Finders Keepers as Century

1983		Sadat (2 episodes) as Anwar al-Sadat
1983		Jaws 3-D as Calvin Bouchard
1983		The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die as narrator

1982		The Powers of Matthew Star (22 episodes) as Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)
1982		An Officer and a Gentleman as Sergeant Emil Foley
1982		Benny's Place as Benny Moore
1982		I Love Liberty as Self

1981

as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

1980		It Rained All Night the Day I Left as Leo Garcia
1980		Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1 episode)

1979		The Lazarus Syndrome (10 episodes) as MacArthur St. Clair
1979		Lawman Without a Gun as Tom Hayward
1979		Backstairs at the White House (4 episodes) as Levi Mercer, Houseman

1978		The Critical List (2 episodes) as Lem Harper
1978		To Kill a Cop as Everett Walker
1978		The Lazarus Syndrome as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

1977		Freeman as Rex
1977		The Choirboys as Calvin Motts
1977		The Deep as Henri Cloche
1977		Bitte umblättern (1 episode) as Self
1977		Roots (3 episodes) as Fiddler
1977		Little Ladies of the Night as Russ Garfield

1976		J.D.'s Revenge as Rev. Elija Bliss
1976		The River Niger as Dr. Dudley Stanton

1975		Saturday Night Live (1 episode) as Self - Host
1975		Delancey Street: The Crisis Within as Otis James
1975		The Jeffersons (1 episode)
1975		Black Bart as Black Bart

1974		The Rockford Files (1 episode) as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes (1 episode) as Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien
1974		Harry O (1 episode)
1974		Petrocelli (1 episode) as Kurt Olson, DA (1 episode) as District Attorney Kurt Olson
1974		Little House on the Prairie (1 episode)
1974		The White Dawn as Portagee
1974		Sidekicks as Jason O'Rourke
1974		It's Good to Be Alive as Sam Brockington
1974		Good Times (2 episodes)
1974		The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode) as O'Flaherty

1973		The Laughing Policeman as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1 episode) as Self
1973		Police Story (2 episodes)

1972		Travels with My Aunt as Wordsworth
1972		The Rookies (1 episode)

1971		Skin Game as Jason O'Rourke
1971		Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1 episode) as Lt. Carl Fellows
1971		Alias Smith and Jones (1 episode)

1970		The Partridge Family (1 episode) as Sam Simon
1970		The Young Rebels (15 episodes)
1970		The Landlord as Copee Johnson
1970		McCloud (1 episode)

1969		Love, American Style (1 episode) as Freddy
1969		The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1 episode) as Dr. Karnes
1969		The Bill Cosby Show (1 episode) as Hurricane Smith
1969		The Bushbaby as Tembo

1968		Companions in Nightmare as Lt. Adam McKay
1968		The Mod Squad (1 episode) as Lloyd (1 episode) as Charley Jameson (1 episode) as Smitty

1967		Cowboy in Africa (1 episode) as Fulah (1 episode) as Joseph Hemera
1967		The Invaders (1 episode) as Ollie

1966

(1 episode) as Mkono

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (2 episodes) as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show (1 episode) as Self

1961		The Mike Douglas Show (1 episode) as Self
1961		A Raisin in the Sun as George Murchison

1960

as Mary's Brother

1959

(1 episode) as Buck Walter

1953

(2 episodes) as Self

1948

(1 episode) as Self - America Be Seated Cast

1944

(1 episode) as Self - Winner

Production

2001

… Executive Producer

2000

… Executive Producer

1997		In His Father's Shoes … Executive Producer
1997		To Dance with Olivia … Executive Producer

1996

… Executive Producer

1995

… Executive Producer

Directing

1999

… Director

1982

(1 episode) … Director

Crew

2024

… In Memory Of

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