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