Louis Gossett Jr.

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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

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D.O.B: 1936-05-27
D.O.D: 2024-03-29
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Profession: Acting

Credits

2024 - IF actor - Lewis (voice)

2022 - Sidney actor - Self

2022 - Three Months actor - Benny

2021 - I Forgive actor - God (voice)

2021 - Not to Forget actor - Pastor John

2020 - The Reason actor - Pastor Jim

2019 - Supervized actor - Pendle

2019 - The Cuban actor - Luis Garcia

2019 - Foster Boy actor - Judge George Taylor

2018 - Breaking Brooklyn actor - Miles Bryant

2017 - Undercover Grandpa actor - Mother

2017 - Double Play actor - Coco

2016 - King of the Dancehall actor - The Bishop

2015 - Boiling Pot actor - Detective Haven

2015 - The Book of Negroes actor - Daddy Moses

2014 - A Fighting Man actor - Cubby

2012 - Smitty actor - Mr. Smith

2010 - The Grace Card actor - George Wright

2010 - Why Did I Get Married Too? actor - Porter

2010 - Dog Jack actor - Grown up Jed

2008 - Delgo actor - King Zahn (voice)

2007 - Daddy's Little Girls actor - Willie

2007 - Cover actor - Detective Hicks

2006 - Solar Attack actor - President Ryan Gordon

2005 - Left Behind III: World at War actor - President Geral Fitzhugh

2005 - Lackawanna Blues actor - Ol'lem Taylor

2003 - Momentum actor - Raymond Addison

2003 - Jasper, Texas actor - R.C. Horn

2000 - The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence actor - Frank

2000 - The Highwayman actor - Phil Bishop

1999 - Y2K actor - Morgan

1998 - The Inspectors actor - Inspector Frank Hughes

1998 - Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy actor - Corbeck

1996 - Captive Heart: The James Mink Story actor - James Mink

1996 - Inside actor - Questioner

1995 - A Father for Charlie actor - Walter Osgood

1995 - Zooman actor - Rueben Tate

1995 - Iron Eagle IV actor - Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

1994 - A Good Man in Africa actor - Prof. Sam Adekunle

1994 - Curse of the Starving Class actor - Ellis

1994 - Flashfire actor - Ben Durand

1993 - Monolith actor - Capt. MacCandless

1993 - Father & Son: Dangerous Relations actor -

1992 - Diggstown actor - "Honey" Roy Palmer

1992 - Iron Eagle III actor - Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

1991 - Toy Soldiers actor - Dean Parker

1991 - Cover-Up actor - Lou Jackson

1991 - Keeper of the City actor - Det. James Dela

1991 - The Josephine Baker Story actor - Sidney Williams

1990 - El Diablo actor - Van Leek

1989 - The Punisher actor - Jake Berkowitz

1988 - Iron Eagle II actor - Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

1988 - Roots: The Gift actor - Fiddler

1987 - The Principal actor - Jake Phillips

1987 - The Father Clements Story actor -

1987 - A Gathering of Old Men actor - Mathu

1986 - Firewalker actor - Leo Porter

1986 - Iron Eagle actor - Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

1985 - Enemy Mine actor - Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

1984 - Finders Keepers actor - Century

1984 - The Guardian actor - John Mack

1983 - Jaws 3-D actor - Calvin Bouchard

1982 - An Officer and a Gentleman actor - Sergeant Emil Foley

1979 - The Lazarus Syndrome actor - MacArthur St. Clair

1978 - The Lazarus Syndrome actor - Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

1978 - The Critical List actor - Lem Harper

1978 - Lawman Without a Gun actor - Tom Hayward

1977 - The Deep actor - Henri Cloche

1977 - Freeman actor - Rex

1977 - The Choirboys actor - Calvin Motts

1976 - J.D.'s Revenge actor - Rev. Elija Bliss

1973 - The Laughing Policeman actor - Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

1972 - Travels with My Aunt actor - Wordsworth

1971 - Skin Game actor - Jason O'Rourke

1970 - The Landlord actor - Copee Johnson

1969 - The Bushbaby actor - Tembo

1961 - A Raisin in the Sun actor - George Murchison

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