Louis Gossett Jr.
Acting
🎂 1936-05-27
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.
Cast credits(215)
Self
1962
Self
1962
Drill Sargent (voice)
1999
1974
Anderson Walker
1994
Lt. Carl Fellows
1971
Lou's father
2010
Sam Simon
1970
Gerak
1997
O'Flaherty
1974
Carl Reddick
2017
Self
1948
Self
1961
Lloyd Marr
2006
Freddy
1969
Buck Walter
1959
1972
Self - Winner
1944
Self - Audience Member
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Host
1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien
1974
Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes
1974
Pastor David Lewis
2002
Mkono
1966
Quinn
2014
Dr. Karnes
1969
Leo Malcolm
1994
Commander Clash (voice)
1990
Sgt. Timko
1994
Ollie
1967
Father Laurent Vasseur
2014
Anderson Walker
1996
Self - Host
1975
Smitty
1968
Charley Jameson
1968
Lloyd
1968
1974
Fiddler
1977
Ray Willis
2002
1973
Lucius Fox (voice)
2004
Self
1953
District Attorney Kurt Olson
1974
Kurt Olson, DA
1974
1980
Chiron (voice)
1998
Old Man / Will Reeves
2019
1970
Self - Narrator
1988
Cleon Jackson
1974
Hurricane Smith
1969
Joseph Hemera
1967
Fulah
1967
Duke Webster
2015
Self
1977
Lewis (voice)
2024
Isom Pickett
1993
Jim Matthews
1996
Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)
1982
Self
1973
Self
2009
1970
1971
1975
2005
Daddy Moses
2015
MacArthur St. Clair
1979
Ol' Mister
2023
Calvin Bouchard
1983
Lem Harper
1978
Sergeant Emil Foley
1982
Dean Parker
1991
Jake Berkowitz
1989
Rueben Tate
1995
Willie
2007
Levi Mercer, Houseman
1979
Leo Porter
1986
Calvin Motts
1977
James Bragg
1991
Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1986
Porter
2010
1989
Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
1985
Cool Papa Bell
2009
Father Dawkins (uncredited)
1994
George Wright
2011
"Honey" Roy Palmer
1992
Henri Cloche
1977
Jake Phillips
1987
Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1988
President Geral Fitzhugh
2005
Self
2022
Self (archive footage)
2014
Anwar al-Sadat
1983
Van Leek
1990
Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1992
Benny
2022
George Murchison
1961
Self
1987
Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
2023
Prof. Sam Adekunle
1994
Mr. Smith
2012
Corbeck
1998
Inspector Frank Hughes
1998
Raymond Addison
2003
Max Donovan
2009
Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage)
2004
Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
1973
Copee Johnson
1970
1990
Lou Jackson
1991
Mother
2017
Morgan
1999
Caps
2006
Daniel Stewart
1997
King Zahn (voice)
2008
Detective Hicks
2007
Judge George Taylor
2019
Col. David Garrett
2002
Cubby
2014
Century
1984
Grown up Jed
2011
Questioner
1996
Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1995
Self
1995
Frank
2000
President Ryan Gordon
2006
Rev. Elija Bliss
1976
Jason O'Rourke
1971
Ben Durand
1994
The Bishop
2017
Pendle
2019
Everett Walker
1978
James Mink
1996
Self
2009
Capt. MacCandless
1993
Ol'lem Taylor
2005
Lou Jones
2014
R.C. Horn
2003
Luis Garcia
2020
Tom Hayward
1979
Self
2017
Wordsworth
1972
Pastor John
2021
Irving Tanner Jr.
2020
Dr. Dudley Stanton
1976
Big John Creed
1988
Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
1978
Fiddler
1988
Bishop Redford
2012
Doc (segment "Club Soda")
2007
Paul
1996
Self
2019
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
1981
1993
Reuben
1999
Jason O'Rourke
1974
Mathu
1987
Ray Alexander
1994
Phil Bishop
2000
Self
2007
Simpson
1990
Lt. Adam McKay
1968
Samuel Benton
2009
Sam Brockington
1974
Self
2016
Sidney Williams
1991
Vernon Jordan
1999
Daniel Stewart
2001
Himself
2016
Dr. Barnes
2002
Self
1982
1987
Ellis
1994
Det. James Dela
1991
Pastor Jim
2020
Portagee
1974
Ray Alexander
1995
Walter Osgood
1995
Self
2008
Otis James
1975
Self
2008
Russ Garfield
1977
Black Bart
1975
Frank Crosby / Richard
1997
Lou Hastings
2000
Tembo
1969
narrator
1983
Leo Garcia
1980
Bob Kersee
1996
Himself
2008
John Mack
1984
God (voice)
2021
Coco
2017
Self
1998
Detective Haven
2015
Self
2008
Mary's Brother
1960
Miles Bryant
2018
Self
2019
Rex
1977
Roy Peddington
2013
Doc
2006
Cosmo
Narrator
1995
Benny Moore
1982
2001
Reader
1992
Sam
1988
Self - Host
Host