Louis Gossett Jr.
Acting
Born 1936-05-27 · Brooklyn, 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.
Known for
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982 · TV
The Young Rebels
1970 · TV
Stargate SG-1
1997 · TV
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979 · TV
Watchmen
2019 · TV
Family Guy
1999 · TV
The Book of Negroes
2015 · TV
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
Extant
2014 · TV
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993 · TV
The Batman
2004 · TV
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · TV
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · TV
Roots
1977 · TV
Psych
2006 · TV
ER
1994 · TV
Good Times
1974 · TV
Half & Half
2002 · TV
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · TV
The Oscars
1953 · TV
Police Story
1973 · TV
The Critical List
1978 · TV
Bonanza
1959 · TV
To Kill a Cop
1978 · TV
Black in the 80s
2005 · TV
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV
The Good Fight
2017 · TV
Early Edition
1996 · TV
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV
Madam Secretary
2014 · TV
Love, American Style
1969 · TV
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · TV
American Experience
1988 · TV
The Dead Zone
2002 · TV
The Invaders
1967 · TV
Hercules
1998 · TV
The Jeffersons
1975 · TV
Ellen
1994 · TV
The Rookies
1972 · TV
McCloud
1970 · TV
Picket Fences
1992 · TV
The Partridge Family
1970 · TV
Petrocelli
1974 · TV
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · TV
The Mod Squad
1968 · TV
Daktari
1966 · TV
Promised Land
1996 · TV
Harry O
1974 · TV
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980 · TV
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · TV
Cowboy in Africa
1967 · TV
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · TV
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · TV