
Louis Gossett Jr. is 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.
Movie | Three Months | Benny | 2022-02-23 |
Movie | Sidney | Self | 2022-09-10 |
Movie | The Cuban | Luis Garcia | 2020-07-31 |
Movie | Hal | Self | 2019-03-28 |
Movie | Supervized | Pendle | 2019-07-16 |
Series | Watchmen | Will Reeves | 2019-10-20 |
Movie | Foster Boy | Judge George Taylor | 2019-10-03 |
Movie | Breaking Brooklyn | Miles Bryant | 2018-05-25 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | The Bishop | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | 2017-10-14 |
Movie | Double Play | Coco | 2017-01-27 |
Series | The Good Fight | Carl Reddick | 2017-02-19 |
Movie | Undercover Grandpa | Mother | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | Himself | 2016-05-13 |
Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Himself | 2016-10-14 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Duke Webster | 2015-07-08 |
Series | The Book of Negroes | Daddy Moses | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | Boiling Pot | Detective Haven | 2015-09-29 |
Movie | A Fighting Man | Cubby | 2014-04-24 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Pride of Lions | Lou Jones | 2014-06-03 |
Series | Extant | Quinn | 2014-07-09 |
Series | Madam Secretary | Father Laurent Vasseur | 2014-09-21 |
Movie | Miracle at Gate 213 | Roy Peddington | 2013-12-10 |
Movie | The Undershepherd | Bishop Redford | 2012-02-15 |
Movie | Smitty | Mr. Smith | 2012-04-10 |
Movie | The Grace Card | George Wright | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | Dog Jack | Grown up Jed | 2011-12-02 |
Movie | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Porter | 2010-04-02 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Self | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Perfect Game | Cool Papa Bell | 2009-11-09 |
Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
Movie | The Black List: Volume One | Himself | 2008-01-22 |
Movie | Delgo | King Zahn (voice) | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Willie | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
Movie | Cover | Detective Hicks | 2007-05-08 |
Movie | Stories USA | Doc (segment "Club Soda") | 2007-11-10 |
Movie | Solar Attack | President Ryan Gordon | 2006-05-25 |
Movie | All In | Caps | 2006-03-14 |
Series | Psych | Lloyd Marr | 2006-07-07 |
Movie | Left Behind: World at War | President Geral Fitzhugh | 2005-01-01 |
Series | Black in the 80s | 2005-02-01 | |
Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Movie | Momentum | Raymond Addison | 2003-03-26 |
Movie | Jasper, Texas | R.C. Horn | 2003-06-08 |
Movie | Deceived | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
Movie | What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away | Dr. Barnes | 2002-05-31 |
Series | The Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Movie | For Love of Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 2001-03-18 |
Movie | The Highwayman | Phil Bishop | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Frank | 2000-03-12 |
Movie | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Lou Hastings | 2000-03-19 |
Movie | Y2K | Morgan | 1999-07-01 |
Movie | Strange Justice | Vernon Jordan | 1999-08-29 |
Movie | The Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
Movie | Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | To Dance With Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 1997-03-09 |
Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
Series | Stargate SG-1 | Gerak | 1997-07-27 |
Movie | Managua | Paul | 1996-04-09 |
Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
Movie | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | James Mink | 1996-04-14 |
Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Series | Promised Land | Anderson Walker | 1996-09-17 |
Movie | A Father for Charlie | Walter Osgood | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing | Narrator | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Ray Alexander | 1995-03-20 |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
Movie | Iron Eagle IV | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1995-12-01 |
Movie | Curse of the Starving Class | Ellis | 1994-09-13 |
Movie | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins (uncredited) | 1994-02-18 |
Movie | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | Ray Alexander | 1994-05-13 |
Movie | A Good Man in Africa | Prof. Sam Adekunle | 1994-07-14 |
Movie | Flashfire | Ben Durand | 1994-09-15 |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Anderson Walker | 1994-09-21 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | 1993-04-19 | |
Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Isom Pickett | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | Monolith | Capt. MacCandless | 1993-05-27 |
Movie | Diggstown | 'Honey' Roy Palmer | 1992-08-14 |
Movie | Iron Eagle III | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1992-01-09 |
Movie | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Reader | 1992-11-11 |
Movie | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
Movie | Toy Soldiers | Dean Parker | 1991-04-24 |
Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Keeper of the City | Det. James Dela | 1991-12-20 |
Movie | Zora is My Name! | 1990-01-01 | |
Movie | El Diablo | Van Leek | 1990-07-22 |
Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Unknown | 1990-09-15 |
Movie | Sudie and Simpson | Simpson | 1990-09-11 |
Series | Gideon Oliver | 1989-02-20 | |
Movie | The Punisher | Jake Berkowitz | 1989-10-05 |
Movie | Iron Eagle II | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1988-11-11 |
Movie | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | Big John Creed | 1988-12-03 |
Movie | Roots: The Gift | Fiddler | 1988-12-11 |
Movie | A Gathering of Old Men | Mathu | 1987-05-10 |
Movie | The Principal | Jake Phillips | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | Firewalker | Leo Porter | 1986-11-21 |
Movie | Iron Eagle | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1986-01-17 |
Movie | Enemy Mine | Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan | 1985-12-12 |
Movie | Finders Keepers | Century | 1984-05-18 |
Movie | The Guardian | John Mack | 1984-10-20 |
Movie | The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die | narrator | 1983-07-15 |
Movie | Jaws 3-D | Calvin Bouchard | 1983-07-22 |
Series | Sadat | Anwar al-Sadat | 1983-10-31 |
Movie | Benny's Place | Benny Moore | 1982-05-31 |
Movie | An Officer and a Gentleman | Sergeant Emil Foley | 1982-07-28 |
Series | The Powers of Matthew Star | Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai) | 1982-09-17 |
Movie | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | 1981-05-31 |
Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
Movie | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Leo Garcia | 1980-08-05 |
Series | Backstairs at the White House | Levi Mercer, Houseman | 1979-01-29 |
Series | The Lazarus Syndrome | MacArthur St. Clair | 1979-09-04 |
Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | Tom Hayward | 1978-12-04 |
Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | To Kill a Cop | Everett Walker | 1978-04-10 |
Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
Movie | The Choirboys | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
Movie | The Deep | Henri Cloche | 1977-06-17 |
Movie | The River Niger | Dr. Dudley Stanton | 1976-04-14 |
Movie | J.D.'s Revenge | Rev. Elija Bliss | 1976-08-25 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Black Bart | Black Bart | 1975-01-01 |
Series | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
Movie | The White Dawn | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | The Rockford Files | Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Wordsworth | 1972-12-17 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Movie | Skin Game | Jason O'Rourke | 1971-09-30 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Series | The Young Rebels | 1970-09-20 | |
Movie | The Landlord | Copee Johnson | 1970-05-20 |
Movie | The Bushbaby | Tembo | 1969-09-01 |
Series | The Bill Cosby Show | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Companions in Nightmare | Lt. Adam McKay | 1968-11-23 |
Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | George Murchison | 1961-05-28 |
Movie | The New Girl | Mary's Brother | 1960-01-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |