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Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr. (born 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 has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spans over five decades.

Personal information

Birthday

1936-05-27

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Father for Charlie

1995

7.0

A Fighting Man

2014

5.6

A Gathering of Old Men

1987

6.0

A Good Man in Africa

1994

5.0

A Love Story of Today

2008

0.0

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

7.6

A Special Kind of Love

2008

0.0

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016

0.0

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

6.9

All In

2006

4.6

American Experience

1988

7.5

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

7.0

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

7.0

Backstairs at the White House

1979

5.9

Benny's Place

1982

10.0

poster

Bitte umblättern

1977

6.0

Black Bart

1975

3.7

poster

Black in the 80s

2005

0.0

Blue Chips

1994

6.1

Boiling Pot

2015

5.8

Bonanza

1959

7.5

Breaking Brooklyn

2018

7.8

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

6.8

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996

3.2

Carolina Skeletons

1991

6.8

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

7.3

Club Soda

2006

0.0

Companions in Nightmare

1968

5.5

Cover

2007

4.9

Cover-Up

1991

3.9

Cowboy in Africa

1967

5.0

Crimes of Violence

Crimes of Violence

0.0

Curse of the Starving Class

1994

4.1

Daddy's Little Girls

2007

6.9

Daktari

1966

7.0

Deceived

2002

4.2

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

1975

0.0

Delgo

2008

4.6

Diggstown

1992

6.2

Dog Jack

2011

4.0

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

1981

6.0

Double Play

2017

4.0

Early Edition

1996

7.3

El Diablo

1990

5.5

Enemy Mine

1985

6.9

ER

1994

7.8

Everbrook (The Home)

0.0

Extant

2014

6.3

Family Guy

1999

7.3

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993

6.0

Finders Keepers

1984

5.4

Firewalker

1986

5.3

Flashfire

1994

5.7

For Love of Olivia

2001

0.0

Forget to Remember

Forget to Remember

0.0

Foster Boy

2019

7.0

Freeman

1977

5.0

Gideon Oliver

1989

5.5

Good Times

1974

7.9

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

1988

0.0

Gridiron Gang

Gridiron Gang

0.0

Hal

2019

6.5

Half & Half

2002

8.2

Harry O

1974

4.6

Hawaii Five-0

2010

7.7

Hercules

1998

6.8

I Forgive

2021

4.7

I Love Liberty

1982

0.0

IF

2024

7.4

In His Father's Shoes

1997

6.0

Inside

1996

4.6

Iron Eagle

1986

5.5

Iron Eagle II

1988

4.4

Iron Eagle III

1992

4.1

Iron Eagle on the Attack

1995

3.4

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980

4.8

It's Good to Be Alive

1974

6.6

J.D.'s Revenge

1976

5.9

Jasper, Texas

2003

5.8

Jaws 3-D

1983

4.4

Keeper of the City

1991

5.5

King of the Dancehall

2017

8.4

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

1995

0.0

Lackawanna Blues

2005

6.2

Lawman Without a Gun

1979

0.0

Left Behind: World at War

2005

4.0

Legend of the Mummy

1998

4.4

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

1992

5.0

Little House on the Prairie

1974

8.0

Little Ladies of the Night

1977

3.3

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017

6.2

Love Songs

1999

8.0

Love, American Style

1969

5.8

Madam Secretary

2014

7.0

Managua

1996

4.3

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016

7.9

McCloud

1970

7.1

Miracle at Gate 213

2013

6.0

Miracle in East Texas

2020

0.0

Momentum

2003

4.8

Monolith

1993

4.3

Not to Forget

2021

6.7

Outlaw Johnny Black

2023

5.6

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971

6.3

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

1980

5.5

Petrocelli

1974

6.8

Police Story

1973

7.0

Pride of Lions

2014

2.8

Promised Land

1996

6.6

Psych

2006

7.8

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995

0.0

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994

0.0

Return to Lonesome Dove

1993

6.8

Roots

1977

7.4

Roots: The Gift

1988

7.3

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

0.0

poster

Sadat

1983

0.0

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

1988

0.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

Sidekicks

1974

6.0

Sidney

2022

7.6

Skin Game

1971

6.6

Smitty

2012

5.9

Solar Attack

2006

5.4

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

0.0

Stargate SG-1

1997

8.2

Stories USA

2007

4.5

Strange Justice

1999

6.0

Sudie and Simpson

Sudie and Simpson

1990

6.5

Supervized

2019

5.0

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

0.0

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

4.8

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

4.5

The Batman

2004

7.8

The Bill Cosby Show

1969

4.9

The Black List: Volume One

2008

6.5

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969

4.0

The Book of Negroes

2015

6.7

The Bushbaby

1969

6.0

The Choirboys

1977

5.2

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000

7.0

The Color Purple

2023

7.0

The Critical List

1978

0.0

The Cuban

2020

5.2

The Dead Zone

2002

7.2

The Deep

1977

6.1

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.5

The Father Clements Story

1987

0.0

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

8.5

The Gang Activists

The Gang Activists

2019

0.0

The Good Fight

2017

7.6

The Grace Card

2011

7.2

The Guardian

1984

4.3

The Highwayman

2000

4.7

The Inspectors

1998

5.7

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

2000

5.0

The Invaders

1967

6.8

The Jeffersons

1975

7.3

The Josephine Baker Story

1991

6.3

The Landlord

1970

5.7

The Laughing Policeman

1973

6.2

The Lazarus Syndrome

1978

4.6

poster

The Lazarus Syndrome

1979

5.0

The Least Among You

The Least Among You

2009

5.0

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

1983

5.0

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

5.3

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

4.8

The Mod Squad

1968

6.3

The New Girl

The New Girl

1960

0.0

The Oscars

1953

6.9

The Partridge Family

1970

6.7

The Perfect Game

2009

7.0

The Powers of Matthew Star

1982

5.6

The Principal

1987

6.5

The Punisher

1989

5.8

The Reason

2020

7.4

The River Niger

1976

7.3

The Rockford Files

1974

7.4

The Rookies

1972

6.9

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974

7.2

The Spoils Before Dying

2015

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.3

The Undershepherd

2012

2.0

The White Dawn

1974

6.4

The Young Rebels

1970

4.5

Three Months

2022

7.0

To Dance with Olivia

1997

0.0

To Kill a Cop

1978

0.0

Toy Soldiers

1991

6.4

Travels with My Aunt

1972

5.7

Undercover Grandpa

2017

5.6

Watchmen

2019

7.7

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

2002

7.0

Why Did I Get Married Too?

2010

6.5

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

2009

8.0

Y2K

1999

6.4

Zooman

1995

6.0

Zora is My Name!

1990

0.0