Louis Gossett Jr.
Date of birth: 1936-05-27
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr., Louis Gossett, Jr., Louis Cameron Gossett Jr., Lou Gossett, ルイス・ゴセット・ジュニア, لوئیس گوست، جونیور
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.
Movie Credits
Iron Eagle III
1992-01-09
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some vi
Freeman
1977-12-31
This 1977 drama by Phillip Hayes Dean, deals with the sad division between what a man hopes for and
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007-02-03
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra
The Principal
1987-09-18
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latime
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982-07-28
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp
Toy Soldiers
1991-04-24
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms
Momentum
2003-03-26
A trio of men with telekinetic powers led by Adrian Geiger rob an armored car. However the skeptical
The Deep
1977-06-17
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they dis
Iron Eagle
1986-01-17
When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern s
Finders Keepers
1984-05-18
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a co
Delgo
2008-12-12
In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing
Skin Game
1971-09-30
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Norther
Travels with My Aunt
1972-12-17
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentri
The White Dawn
1974-07-21
In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000-03-12
Postal inspectors investigate a con man who uses the identities of others to falsify credit card pur
Iron Eagle II
1988-11-11
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a su
Enemy Mine
1985-12-12
A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he enco
The Punisher
1989-10-05
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure
Firewalker
1986-11-21
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
The New Girl
1960-01-01
In pursuance of a lucrative government contract, a private company hires its first Black female empl
Solar Attack
2006-05-25
When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, interna
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995-12-01
While Chappy Sinclair is saddled with a bunch of misfits and delinquents for his flight school, he t
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010-04-02
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing the
I Love Liberty
1982-03-21
An all-star variety special saluting America.
The Laughing Policeman
1973-12-20
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, alo
A Raisin in the Sun
1961-05-28
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009-01-01
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of th
J.D.'s Revenge
1976-08-25
Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit rema
Daddy's Little Girls
2007-02-14
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the co
Left Behind: World at War
2005-10-21
A year and a half ago, the globe was hit with the biggest catastrophe it had ever seen. Without warn
The Landlord
1970-05-20
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying
Y2K
1999-07-01
On the eve of the new millennium, a nervous military leader assembles a team to help him deal with a
Club Soda
2006-09-22
A young man's dream to become a successful actor is threatened by the poor decisions he makes until
Jaws 3-D
1983-07-22
A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of p
The Least Among You
2009-01-12
Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two s
Miracle in East Texas
2020-02-07
Two creative con men romance widows to invest in their worthless oil well during the Great Depressio
The Choirboys
1977-12-23
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in va
All In
2006-03-14
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Diggstown
1992-08-14
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns
El Diablo
1990-07-22
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to
Dog Jack
2011-12-02
"Dog Jack" is the story of a slave boy and his dog who escape the master's plantation, join the unio
Cover
2007-05-08
When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-m
Three Months
2022-02-23
Caleb, a South Florida teen, loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high
Managua
1996-04-09
When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels, special
The Perfect Game
2009-11-09
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to
The River Niger
1976-04-14
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet,
A Gathering of Old Men
1987-05-10
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot i
Smitty
2012-04-10
SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it t
Cover-Up
1991-02-22
Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in je
The Josephine Baker Story
1991-03-16
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s an
Roots: The Gift
1988-12-11
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold int
Gridiron Gang
A documentary focusing on a juvenile detention center that encourages sports as a form of correction
Deceived
2002-03-26
In a remote space observatory perched high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a needle frantically scra
Monolith
1993-09-16
Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become involved in a very secret project involving
The Color Purple
2023-12-25
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie fac
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979-09-04
An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into inv
Little Ladies of the Night
1977-01-16
The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the st
Carolina Skeletons
1991-09-30
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, h
Black Bart
1975-01-01
A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story
It's Good to Be Alive
1974-02-22
This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life i
Sudie and Simpson
1990-09-11
A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black
Lackawanna Blues
2005-02-12
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cas
In His Father's Shoes
1997-06-05
A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the hea
Legend of the Mummy
1998-03-30
Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Karn, and Amy Locane star in this supernatural horror tale about a mummy
Flashfire
1994-09-15
Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a cor
The Bushbaby
1969-09-01
The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must
IF
2024-05-08
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to
Curse of the Starving Class
1994-09-13
Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tra
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
1996-06-16
The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Grav
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993-04-19
An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condi
A Father for Charlie
1995-01-01
Set in the heart of America in the 1930s. Walter Osgood (Louis Gosset Jr) is the only black man left
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000-03-19
Georgia Potter, an old-fashioned widow who lives in a small Southern town, whose life changes drasti
Sidekicks
1974-03-21
Travelling through the West right after the Civil War, two con men hatch a scheme to try to collect
The Guardian
1984-10-20
The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgula
I Forgive
2021-10-01
Shot five times by a Los Angeles gang, leaving ten bullet holes through his body, Tony died for thir
The Father Clements Story
1987-12-13
In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catho
The Inspectors
1998-09-20
U.S Postal Inspectors are called in when a suburban couple are killed by a mail bomb. Suspicion imme
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995-06-05
Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is th
The Dependables
2014-06-03
Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last ex
Sidney
2022-09-10
This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil ri
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988-05-31
Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975-04-19
The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-conv
Blue Chips
1994-02-18
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cann
Inside
1996-08-25
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten
For Love of Olivia
2001-03-18
To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young
Miracle at Gate 213
2013-12-10
It's Christmas Eve and an unexpected delay at the airport has left everyone stranded. Young Joy (Sa
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980-08-05
A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008-02-12
Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to
A Good Man in Africa
1994-07-14
Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man tha
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023-09-15
Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becom
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988-12-03
The inspiring true-life drama of 17-year-old Niki Janus. After fleeing persecution in Greece, Niki a
Boiling Pot
2015-09-29
On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as "issues of the past" e
Companions in Nightmare
1968-11-23
One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996-04-14
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a wh
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992-11-11
An account of Black American soldiers in World War II who combated racism in the segregated military
A Fighting Man
2014-04-24
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
To Dance with Olivia
1997-03-09
A lawyer trying to cope with his son's accidental death takes on a case where a farmer is charged wi
Straight Up
Anti drug series from the 1980s where a young man is transported to a place where he's tempted left
Double Play
2017-01-27
Double Play is about anolder man named Ostrik who returns to Curaçao and his childhood after many ye
The Highwayman
2000-01-01
Road trips have never been this killer! Jason Priestley stars as Breakfast, a psychotic jewelry stor
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
1995-01-01
This comprehensive HBO presentation documents the history of heavyweight boxing through the 20th cen
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016-10-14
A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs a
Lawman Without a Gun
1979-05-30
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern t
Undercover Grandpa
2017-07-07
When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and Grandpa's former speci
Breaking Brooklyn
2018-05-25
A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old sh
Zora is My Name!
1990-01-01
A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and gr
King of the Dancehall
2017-01-13
Nick Cannon directs and stars in this high-energy musical about a young man from Brooklyn who gets c
Hal
2019-03-28
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Ha
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017-10-14
On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the fac
The Black List: Volume One
2008-01-22
As a new chapter begins in this country, THE BLACK LIST offers a dynamic and never-before-heard pers
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994-05-13
Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995-03-20
Ray investigates the murder of a judge.
Keeper of the City
1991-12-20
A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police
Strange Justice
1999-08-29
In this historical drama, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement. The
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
2002-05-31
A rare original movie offering from the UPN network, What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away focus
Supervized
2019-07-16
Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016-05-13
He played in a record 1,192 consecutive NBA games. As a power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, he
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981-05-31
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s,
The Gang Activists
2019-07-04
Well known activists the Sherrills brothers address the gang violence in the birth place of the Crip
Zooman
1995-03-19
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The kill
The Cuban
2020-07-31
When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friends
Jasper, Texas
2003-06-08
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of thei
Love Songs
1999-04-25
Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, al
Benny's Place
1982-05-31
Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work
The Grace Card
2011-02-25
Everything can change in an instant ... and take a lifetime to unravel. When Mac McDonald loses his
Foster Boy
2019-10-03
A lawyer finds himself at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a know
The Reason
2020-09-12
The film, based on the William Sirls book, follows a small-town pastor, his wife and their sick chil
A Love Story of Today
2008-02-12
A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, feat
A Special Kind of Love
2008-02-12
A follow-up of A LOVE STORY OF TODAY, where actors and crew discuss GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983-07-15
Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and
Stories USA
2007-11-10
Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception
Crimes of Violence
Portrait of six criminals responsible of diverse agressions.
Forget to Remember
An emotionally vulnerable young man gets tricked into fulfilling a mysterious young woman’s dying wi
Not to Forget
2021-11-26
A judge sentences a self-centered millennial to take care of his grandmother, who's affected by Alzh
To Kill a Cop
1978-04-10
Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying
The Undershepherd
2012-02-15
Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church u
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998-02-10
Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achi
Amazing Racer
2009-04-23
After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
Dr. Lucille
2001-01-01
TV Drama starring Marina Orsini, Massimo Ghini, Louis Gossett Jr.
The Wall That Heals
1998-05-06
Hosted by Louis Gossett, Jr., this film examines the struggle it took to create the Vientnam Veteran
Sin
2025-08-01
Substance-dependent single mother Sin is trapped in a toxic relationship and must find a way to end