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Louis Gossett Jr.
Born: 1936-05-27 in 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.
Rated Filmography (125)
Sorted by Score10.0
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988
10.0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975
10.0
Zora is My Name!
1990
10.0
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
10.0
Benny's Place
1982
9.0
The Father Clements Story
1987
9.0
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
9.0
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
9.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998
8.7
Love Songs
1999
8.0
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
8.0
To Dance with Olivia
1997
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
8.0
The Wall That Heals
1998
7.8
Breaking Brooklyn
2018
7.8
The Reason
2020
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
7.6
King of the Dancehall
2017
7.5
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
2002
7.3
The Perfect Game
2009
7.3
Roots: The Gift
1988
7.3
It's Good to Be Alive
1974
7.2
The Grace Card
2011
7.2
Carolina Skeletons
1991
7.1
Three Months
2022
7.0
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
7.0
Sidney
2022
7.0
The Color Purple
2023
7.0
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
7.0
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
7.0
Strange Justice
1999
7.0
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016
7.0
Dr. Lucille
2001
7.0
Enemy Mine
1985
6.9
IF
2024
6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
6.9
Sudie and Simpson
1990
6.8
Not to Forget
2021
6.8
A Father for Charlie
1995
6.7
Foster Boy
2019
6.7
The River Niger
1976
6.7
The White Dawn
1974
6.6
Skin Game
1971
6.6
Hal
2019
6.6
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
6.5
Toy Soldiers
1991
6.5
The Bushbaby
1969
6.5
Sidekicks
1974
6.5
The Black List: Volume One
2008
6.5
The Principal
1987
6.3
Diggstown
1992
6.2
The Laughing Policeman
1973
6.2
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
6.2
Zooman
1995
6.2
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993
6.1
Blue Chips
1994
6.1
The Deep
1977
6.0
Freeman
1977
6.0
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000
6.0
In His Father's Shoes
1997
6.0
Miracle at Gate 213
2013
6.0
Jasper, Texas
2003
6.0
The Undershepherd
2012
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
6.0
The Landlord
1970
6.0
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
6.0
Travels with My Aunt
1972
5.9
Amazing Racer
2009
5.9
Lackawanna Blues
2005
5.9
J.D.'s Revenge
1976
5.9
Smitty
2012
5.9
The Inspectors
1998
5.8
The Punisher
1989
5.7
Undercover Grandpa
2017
5.6
El Diablo
1990
5.6
Iron Eagle
1986
5.5
A Fighting Man
2014
5.5
Finders Keepers
1984
5.5
The Guardian
1984
5.4
The Choirboys
1977
5.4
Firewalker
1986
5.4
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
5.3
Companions in Nightmare
1968
5.3
Keeper of the City
1991
5.3
The Cuban
2020
5.2
Supervized
2019
5.2
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980
5.2
Boiling Pot
2015
5.2
Solar Attack
2006
5.1
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996
5.1
Cover
2007
5.1
Momentum
2003
5.0
Managua
1996
5.0
Deceived
2002
5.0
For Love of Olivia
2001
5.0
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983
4.9
Y2K
1999
4.9
A Good Man in Africa
1994
4.9
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979
4.8
Inside
1996
4.7
Breaking at the Edge
2013
4.7
I Forgive
2021
4.6
Curse of the Starving Class
1994
4.6
Monolith
1993
4.6
Delgo
2008
4.5
Iron Eagle II
1988
4.5
All In
2006
4.5
Flashfire
1994
4.5
Jaws 3-D
1983
4.3
The Highwayman
2000
4.3
Legend of the Mummy
1998
4.2
Left Behind: World at War
2005
4.2
Little Ladies of the Night
1977
4.1
Iron Eagle III
1992
4.0
Miracle in East Texas
2020
4.0
Dog Jack
2011
4.0
Cover-Up
1991
3.9
Stories USA
2007
3.9
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995
3.8
Black Bart
1975
3.5
Double Play
2017
3.1
The Dependables
2014