Personal Info
Birthday
May 27, 1936
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Louis Gossett Jr.
Biography
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.
Directed Movies (2)
Acting Filmography (197)
0.0
Sin
Movie2025
6.9
IF
Movie2024
7.0
The Color Purple
Movie2023
5.4
Outlaw Johnny Black
Movie2023
7.0
Sidney
Movie2022
7.1
Three Months
Movie2022
6.8
Not to Forget
Movie2021
4.7
I Forgive
Movie2021
7.8
The Reason
Movie2020
5.1
The Cuban
Movie2020
4.0
Miracle in East Texas
Movie2020
7.6
Watchmen
TV Series2019
6.7
Foster Boy
Movie2019
5.2
Supervized
Movie2019
6.6
Hal
Movie2019
7.8
Breaking Brooklyn
Movie2018
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Movie2017
5.6
Undercover Grandpa
Movie2017
7.6
The Good Fight
TV Series2017
3.5
Double Play
Movie2017
7.6
King of the Dancehall
Movie2017
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
Movie2016
5.2
Boiling Pot
Movie2015
6.0
The Spoils Before Dying
TV Series2015
6.5
The Book of Negroes
TV Series2015
7.0
Madam Secretary
TV Series2014
6.3
Extant
TV Series2014
3.1
The Dependables
Movie2014
5.5
A Fighting Man
Movie2014
No Backdrop
6.0
Miracle at Gate 213
Movie2013
4.7
Breaking at the Edge
Movie2013
5.9
Smitty
Movie2012
6.0
The Undershepherd
Movie2012
No Backdrop
4.0
Dog Jack
Movie2011
7.2
The Grace Card
Movie2011
7.7
Hawaii Five-0
TV Series2010
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Movie2010
7.1
The Perfect Game
Movie2009
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV Series2009
6.2
Amazing Racer
Movie2009
8.0
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Movie2009
4.6
Delgo
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
A Love Story of Today
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
A Special Kind of Love
Movie2008
6.5
The Black List: Volume One
Movie2008
No Backdrop
3.9
Stories USA
Movie2007
5.1
Cover
Movie2007
6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
Movie2007
0.0
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
Club Soda
Movie2006
7.9
Psych
TV Series2006
5.3
Solar Attack
Movie2006
4.5
All In
Movie2006
4.2
Left Behind: World at War
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
Black in the 80s
TV Series2005
5.9
Lackawanna Blues
Movie2005
8.0
The Batman
TV Series2004
6.0
Jasper, Texas
Movie2003
5.1
Momentum
Movie2003
8.3
Half & Half
TV Series2002
7.3
The Dead Zone
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
7.5
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
Movie2002
5.0
Deceived
Movie2002
No Backdrop
5.0
For Love of Olivia
Movie2001
No Backdrop
7.0
Dr. Lucille
Movie2001
7.0
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Movie2000
6.0
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
Movie2000
No Backdrop
4.3
The Highwayman
Movie2000
No Backdrop
7.0
Strange Justice
Movie1999
5.2
Y2K
Movie1999
No Backdrop
8.7
Love Songs
Movie1999
7.4
Family Guy
TV Series1999
5.9
The Inspectors
Movie1998
6.9
Hercules
TV Series1998
No Backdrop
8.0
The Wall That Heals
Movie1998
4.2
Legend of the Mummy
Movie1998
No Backdrop
9.0
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Movie1998
8.3
Stargate SG-1
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
6.0
In His Father's Shoes
Movie1997
No Backdrop
8.0
To Dance with Olivia
Movie1997
7.3
Early Edition
TV Series1996
No Backdrop
6.5
Promised Land
TV Series1996
No Backdrop
4.8
Inside
Movie1996
5.1
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Movie1996
No Backdrop
5.0
Managua
Movie1996
3.9
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Movie1995
No Backdrop
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie1995
No Backdrop
7.0
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Movie1995
No Backdrop
6.2
Zooman
Movie1995
No Backdrop
6.8
A Father for Charlie
Movie1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
TV Series1994
7.8
ER
TV Series1994
4.5
Flashfire
Movie1994
No Backdrop
4.6
Curse of the Starving Class
Movie1994
4.9
A Good Man in Africa
Movie1994
No Backdrop
10.0
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Movie1994
6.1
Ellen
TV Series1994
6.1
Blue Chips
Movie1994
7.0
Return to Lonesome Dove
TV Series1993
4.6
Monolith
Movie1993
6.2
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Movie1993
7.5
Picket Fences
TV Series1992
No Backdrop
0.0
Gridiron Gang
Movie1992
6.3
Diggstown
Movie1992
4.1
Iron Eagle III
Movie1992
No Backdrop
5.2
Keeper of the City
Movie1991
7.2
Carolina Skeletons
Movie1991
6.5
Toy Soldiers
Movie1991
6.0
The Josephine Baker Story
Movie1991
4.0
Cover-Up
Movie1991
6.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
6.9
Sudie and Simpson
Movie1990
5.6
El Diablo
Movie1990
No Backdrop
10.0
Zora is My Name!
Movie1990
5.8
The Punisher
Movie1989
7.3
Roots: The Gift
Movie1988
9.0
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Movie1988
4.5
Iron Eagle II
Movie1988
6.5
American Experience
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
10.0
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
Movie1988
No Backdrop
9.0
The Father Clements Story
Movie1987
6.4
The Principal
Movie1987
No Backdrop
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie1987
6.2
A Gathering of Old Men
Movie1987
5.4
Firewalker
Movie1986
5.6
Iron Eagle
Movie1986
7.0
Enemy Mine
Movie1985
5.5
The Guardian
Movie1984
5.4
Finders Keepers
Movie1984
4.5
Jaws 3-D
Movie1983
No Backdrop
5.0
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Movie1983
No Backdrop
5.7
The Powers of Matthew Star
TV Series1982
7.0
An Officer and a Gentleman
Movie1982
No Backdrop
10.0
Benny's Place
Movie1982
0.0
I Love Liberty
Movie1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
6.6
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Movie1981
No Backdrop
5.2
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
Movie1980
No Backdrop
6.3
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV Series1980
No Backdrop
4.9
The Lazarus Syndrome
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.0
The Lazarus Syndrome
TV Series1979
9.0
Lawman Without a Gun
Movie1979
6.1
Backstairs at the White House
TV Series1979
No Backdrop
9.0
The Critical List
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
0.0
To Kill a Cop
Movie1978
No Backdrop
8.0
To Kill a Cop
TV Series1978
No Backdrop
6.0
Freeman
Movie1977
5.5
The Choirboys
Movie1977
6.1
The Deep
Movie1977
7.4
Roots
TV Series1977
No Backdrop
4.2
Little Ladies of the Night
Movie1977
5.9
J.D.'s Revenge
Movie1976
No Backdrop
7.4
The River Niger
Movie1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
10.0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Movie1975
7.3
The Jeffersons
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
3.8
Black Bart
Movie1975
7.6
The Rockford Files
TV Series1974
5.2
Harry O
TV Series1974
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
TV Series1974
7.2
Petrocelli
TV Series1974
6.7
The White Dawn
Movie1974
No Backdrop
6.5
Sidekicks
Movie1974
7.3
It's Good to Be Alive
Movie1974
8.0
Good Times
TV Series1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV Series1974
6.2
The Laughing Policeman
Movie1973
No Backdrop
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV Series1973
7.0
Police Story
TV Series1973
6.0
Travels with My Aunt
Movie1972
6.9
The Rookies
TV Series1972
6.6
Skin Game
Movie1971
No Backdrop
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV Series1971
7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
TV Series1971
6.8
The Partridge Family
TV Series1970
5.7
The Young Rebels
TV Series1970
6.0
The Landlord
Movie1970
7.2
McCloud
TV Series1970
6.2
Love, American Style
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
5.5
The Bill Cosby Show
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
4.8
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
6.5
The Bushbaby
Movie1969
No Backdrop
5.3
Companions in Nightmare
Movie1968
6.1
The Mod Squad
TV Series1968
6.0
Cowboy in Africa
TV Series1967
6.9
The Invaders
TV Series1967
7.3
Daktari
TV Series1966
No Backdrop
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
TV Series1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie1961
7.5
Bonanza
TV Series1959
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944
No Backdrop
0.0
Unplugged
MovieN/A