
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman and Fiddler in the 1970's television miniseries Roots. Gossett has also starred in numerous film productions such as The Deep, Jaws 3-D (as SeaWorld manager Calvin Bouchard), Wolfgang Peterson's Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher. He has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Award's in an acting career that spans over five decades.
Series | Watchmen | 2019-10-20 | |
Movie | Hal | Himself | 2019-03-28 |
Movie | Double Play | Coco | 2017-01-27 |
Movie | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | 2017-10-14 | |
Movie | Undercover Grandpa | Mother | 2017-07-07 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | 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 | 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 | 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 | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
Movie | The Perfect Game | Cool Papa Bell | 2009-11-09 |
Movie | Delgo | King Zahn (voice) | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Willie | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | Cover | Detective Hicks | 2007-05-08 |
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 |
Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
Series | Black in the 80s | 2005-02-01 | |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Movie | Momentum | Raymond Addison | 2003-03-26 |
Series | The Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
Movie | Deceived | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
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 | Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | The Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
Movie | Managua | Paul | 1996-04-09 |
Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Movie | Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing | Narrator | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | A Father for Charlie | Walter Osgood | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Iron Eagle IV | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1995-12-01 |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995-06-05 | |
Movie | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins | 1994-02-18 |
Movie | A Good Man in Africa | 1994-07-14 | |
Movie | Curse of the Starving Class | Ellis | 1994-09-13 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Flashfire | Ben Durand | 1994-09-15 |
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 | Iron Eagle III | Charlos Chappy Snclair | 1992-01-09 |
Movie | Diggstown | 'Honey' Roy Palmer | 1992-08-14 |
Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
Movie | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Toy Soldiers | Dean Edward Parker | 1991-04-24 |
Movie | Keeper of the City | Detective James Dela | 1991-12-20 |
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 | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | Big John Creed | 1988-12-03 |
Movie | Iron Eagle II | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1988-11-11 |
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 | Iron Eagle | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1986-01-17 |
Movie | Firewalker | Leo Porter | 1986-11-21 |
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 | Jaws 3-D | Calvin Bouchard | 1983-07-22 |
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 |
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 | Houseman Levi Mercer | 1979-01-29 |
Series | The Lazarus Syndrome | 1979-09-04 | |
Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1978-01-01 |
Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
Movie | The Deep | Henri Cloche | 1977-06-17 |
Movie | The Choirboys | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
Movie | The River Niger | Dr. Dudley Stanton | 1976-04-14 |
Movie | J.D.'s Revenge | Rev. Elija Bliss | 1976-08-25 |
Movie | Black Bart | Black Bart | 1975-01-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | The White Dawn | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
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 |
Movie | The Landlord | Copee Johnson | 1970-05-20 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Series | The Young Rebels | 1970-09-20 | |
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 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |