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 | Dog Jack | Grown up Jed | 2011-12-02 |
Movie | The Grace Card | George Wright | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | Why Did I Get Married Too? | Porter | 2010-04-02 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
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 |
Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
Series | Black in the 80s | 2005-02-01 | |
Movie | Left Behind: World at War | President Geral Fitzhugh | 2005-11-16 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Movie | Momentum | Raymond Addison | 2003-03-26 |
Movie | Deceived | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
Series | The Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
Series | Half & Half | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Movie | The Highwayman | Phil Bishop | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence | Frank | 2000-03-12 |
Movie | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Lou Hastings | 2000-03-19 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Y2K | Morgan | 1999-07-01 |
Movie | The Inspectors | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
Movie | Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-03-30 |
Movie | To Dance With Olivia | Daniel Stewart | 1997-03-09 |
Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
Series | Stargate SG-1 | Gerak | 1997-07-27 |
Movie | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | James Mink | 1996-04-14 |
Movie | Managua | Paul | 1996-04-09 |
Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
Series | Promised Land | Anderson Walker | 1996-09-17 |
Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
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 | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Ray Alexander | 1995-03-20 |
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 | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | Ray Alexander | 1994-05-13 |
Movie | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins | 1994-02-18 |
Movie | A Good Man in Africa | 1994-07-14 | |
Series | Touched by an Angel | Anderson Walker | 1994-09-21 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Flashfire | Ben Durand | 1994-09-15 |
Movie | Curse of the Starving Class | Ellis | 1994-09-13 |
Movie | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | 1993-04-19 | |
Movie | Monolith | Capt. MacCandless | 1993-05-27 |
Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Isom Pickett | 1993-11-14 |
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 | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
Movie | Toy Soldiers | Dean Edward Parker | 1991-04-24 |
Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Keeper of the City | Detective James Dela | 1991-12-20 |
Movie | Zora is My Name! | 1990-01-01 | |
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 |
Series | Gideon Oliver | 1989-02-20 | |
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 |
Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
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 |
Series | The Lazarus Syndrome | 1979-09-04 | |
Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Lawman Without a Gun | Tom Hayward | 1978-12-04 |
Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
Movie | The Deep | Henri Cloche | 1977-06-17 |
Movie | The Choirboys | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
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 |
Movie | Black Bart | Black Bart | 1975-01-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
Movie | The White Dawn | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
Series | Petrocelli | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | The Rockford Files | Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Movie | Travels with My Aunt | Wordsworth | 1972-12-17 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Movie | Skin Game | Jason O'Rourke | 1971-09-30 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Series | The Young Rebels | 1970-09-20 | |
Movie | The Landlord | Copee Johnson | 1970-05-20 |
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 |