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 | Hal | Himself | 2019-03-28 |
Series | Watchmen | 2019-10-20 | |
Movie | Breaking Brooklyn | Miles Bryant | 2018-05-25 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | The Bishop | 2017-01-13 |
Series | The Good Fight | Carl Reddick | 2017-02-19 |
Movie | Double Play | Coco | 2017-01-27 |
Movie | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | 2017-10-14 | |
Movie | Undercover Grandpa | Mother | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | Himself | 2016-10-14 |
Series | The Book of Negroes | Daddy Moses | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | Boiling Pot | Detective Haven | 2015-09-29 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | 2015-07-08 | |
Movie | Pride of Lions | Lou Jones | 2014-06-03 |
Movie | A Fighting Man | Cubby | 2014-04-24 |
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 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Porter | 2010-04-02 |
Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Perfect Game | Cool Papa Bell | 2009-11-09 |
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 | Cover | Detective Hicks | 2007-05-08 |
Movie | All In | Caps | 2006-03-14 |
Movie | Solar Attack | President Ryan Gordon | 2006-05-25 |
Series | Psych | Lloyd Marr | 2006-07-07 |
Series | Black in the 80s | 2005-02-01 | |
Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
Movie | Left Behind: World at War | President Geral Fitzhugh | 2005-10-21 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Movie | Momentum | Raymond Addison | 2003-03-26 |
Movie | Deceived | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Series | The Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
Movie | The Highwayman | Phil Bishop | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | 2000-03-19 | |
Movie | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Frank | 2000-03-12 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Y2K | Morgan | 1999-07-01 |
Movie | Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-03-30 |
Movie | The Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
Movie | To Dance with Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 1997-03-09 |
Series | Stargate SG-1 | Gerak | 1997-07-27 |
Movie | Managua | Paul | 1996-04-09 |
Movie | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | James Mink | 1996-04-14 |
Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
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 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995-06-05 | |
Movie | Iron Eagle on the Attack | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1995-12-01 |
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 | 1993-09-16 |
Movie | Iron Eagle III | Charlos Chappy Snclair | 1992-01-09 |
Movie | Diggstown | 'Honey' Roy Palmer | 1992-08-14 |
Movie | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Reader | 1992-11-11 |
Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
Movie | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
Movie | Toy Soldiers | Dean Edward Parker | 1991-04-24 |
Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Keeper of the City | Detective James Dela | 1991-12-20 |
Movie | El Diablo | Van Leek | 1990-07-22 |
Movie | Sudie and Simpson | Simpson | 1990-09-11 |
Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Unknown | 1990-09-15 |
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 | 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 |
Series | Sadat | Anwar al-Sadat | 1983-10-31 |
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 | 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 |
Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | Tom Hayward | 1979-05-30 |
Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
Movie | The Choirboys | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
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 | The Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
Movie | The White Dawn | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Wordsworth | 1972-12-17 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
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 | 1953-03-19 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |