Louis Gossett Jr.
Acting · Born 1936-05-27 · age 87 at death · 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.
Titles
Family Guy
Hawaii Five-0
Stargate SG-1
IF
Watchmen
Jaws 3-D
An Officer and a Gentleman
Enemy Mine
Little House on the Prairie
Psych
ER
The Punisher
The Batman
Bonanza
The Six Million Dollar Man
Toy Soldiers
The Color Purple
Extant
Iron Eagle
The Good Fight
Madam Secretary
Hercules
The Principal
The Deep
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Roots
Firewalker
Blue Chips
Touched by an Angel
The Perfect Game
The Dead Zone
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Early Edition
A Raisin in the Sun
Daddy's Little Girls
The Rockford Files
Diggstown
The Jeffersons
Iron Eagle II
Good Times
Undercover Grandpa
Left Behind: World at War
Three Months
The Laughing Policeman
Delgo
Iron Eagle III
The Invaders
Ellen
Picket Fences
The Grace Card
McCloud
The Landlord
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Breaking at the Edge
Solar Attack
A Good Man in Africa
A Fighting Man
Cover-Up
Travels with My Aunt
Outlaw Johnny Black