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Louis Gossett Jr.

Born: 1936-05-27

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.

Family Guy
Family Guy
1999★ 7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962★ 7.5
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0
2010★ 7.7
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
1997★ 8.3
ER
ER
1994★ 7.8
Psych
Psych
2006★ 7.9
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
1961★ 5.8
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
1975★ 6.9
Bonanza
Bonanza
1959★ 7.5
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
1944★ 7.1
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
1944★ 7.1
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
1944★ 7.1
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
1944★ 7.1
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
1944★ 7.1
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
1962★ 6.6
Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary
2014★ 7.0
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
1974★ 8.0
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
1969★ 6.2
The Good Fight
The Good Fight
2017★ 7.6
American Experience
American Experience
1988★ 6.5
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
1974★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
1974★ 7.6
Ellen
Ellen
1994★ 6.1
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
1994★ 7.2
The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family
1970★ 6.8
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974★ 7.3
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone
2002★ 7.3
Early Edition
Early Edition
1996★ 7.3
American Playhouse
American Playhouse
1982★ 6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948★ 6.8
The Invaders
The Invaders
1967★ 6.9
The Oscars
The Oscars
1953★ 7.0
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009★ 7.3
The Batman
The Batman
2004★ 8.0
The Rookies
The Rookies
1972★ 6.9
Hercules
Hercules
1998★ 6.9
Picket Fences
Picket Fences
1992★ 7.5
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990★ 6.9
McCloud
McCloud
1970★ 7.2
The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons
1975★ 7.3
Extant
Extant
2014★ 6.3
Watchmen
Watchmen
2019★ 7.6
Half & Half
Half & Half
2002★ 8.3
Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones
1971★ 7.0
Good Times
Good Times
1974★ 8.0
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
1968★ 6.1
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
1968★ 6.1
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
1968★ 6.1
Police Story
Police Story
1973★ 7.0
Petrocelli
Petrocelli
1974★ 7.2
Petrocelli
Petrocelli
1974★ 7.2
Harry O
Harry O
1974★ 5.2
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971★ 6.5
Daktari
Daktari
1966★ 7.3
Promised Land
Promised Land
1996★ 6.5
Roots
Roots
1977★ 7.4
IF
IF
2024★ 6.9
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969★ 4.8
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973★ 6.3
The Bill Cosby Show
The Bill Cosby Show
1969★ 5.5
Please Turn the Page
Please Turn the Page
1977★ 6.0
The Punisher
The Punisher
1989★ 5.8
An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982★ 7.0
Jaws 3-D
Jaws 3-D
1983★ 4.5
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
2023★ 7.0
Cowboy in Africa
Cowboy in Africa
1967★ 6.0
Cowboy in Africa
Cowboy in Africa
1967★ 6.0
Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine
1985★ 7.0
Unplugged
Unplugged
NR
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980★ 6.3
Return to Lonesome Dove
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993★ 7.0
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes
2015★ 6.6
The Powers of Matthew Star
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982★ 5.7
The Spoils Before Dying
The Spoils Before Dying
2015★ 6.0
Firewalker
Firewalker
1986★ 5.4
The Deep
The Deep
1977★ 6.1
Daddy
Daddy's Little Girls
2007★ 6.9
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers
1991★ 6.5
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle
1986★ 5.6
The Young Rebels
The Young Rebels
1970★ 5.7
Black in the 80s
Black in the 80s
2005NR
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House
1979★ 6.1
Gideon Oliver
Gideon Oliver
1989★ 7.0
The Principal
The Principal
1987★ 6.4
The Perfect Game
The Perfect Game
2009★ 7.1
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010★ 6.5
Blue Chips
Blue Chips
1994★ 6.1
I Forgive
I Forgive
2021★ 4.7
Outlaw Johnny Black
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023★ 5.5
Undercover Grandpa
Undercover Grandpa
2017★ 5.6
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987★ 6.0
Amazing Racer
Amazing Racer
2009★ 6.1
Sin
Sin
2025NR
Cover-Up
Cover-Up
1991★ 4.0
The Critical List
The Critical List
1978★ 9.0
Dog Jack
Dog Jack
2011★ 4.0
The Choirboys
The Choirboys
1977★ 5.5
Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class
1994★ 4.6
King of the Dancehall
King of the Dancehall
2017★ 7.6
Supervized
Supervized
2019★ 5.2
Sidney
Sidney
2022★ 7.0
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop
1978★ 8.0
The Reason
The Reason
2020★ 7.8
The Laughing Policeman
The Laughing Policeman
1973★ 6.2
Solar Attack
Solar Attack
2006★ 5.3
Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle II
1988★ 4.5
The Undershepherd
The Undershepherd
2012★ 6.0
Diggstown
Diggstown
1992★ 6.3
El Diablo
El Diablo
1990★ 5.6
Sadat
Sadat
1983★ 7.0
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007NR
Skin Game
Skin Game
1971★ 6.6
A Fighting Man
A Fighting Man
2014★ 5.5
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995★ 3.9
Stories USA
Stories USA
2007★ 3.9
Left Behind: World at War
Left Behind: World at War
2005★ 4.2
Iron Eagle III
Iron Eagle III
1992★ 4.1
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers
1984★ 5.4
Three Months
Three Months
2022★ 7.1
Y2K
Y2K
1999★ 4.9
Love Songs
Love Songs
1999★ 8.7
Not to Forget
Not to Forget
2021★ 6.8
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
1961★ 7.7
Little Ladies of the Night
Little Ladies of the Night
1977★ 4.2
The Landlord
The Landlord
1970★ 6.0
Cover
Cover
2007★ 5.1
The Josephine Baker Story
The Josephine Baker Story
1991★ 6.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995★ 8.0
J.D.
J.D.'s Revenge
1976★ 5.9
Foster Boy
Foster Boy
2019★ 6.7
The Inspectors
The Inspectors
1998★ 5.9
The Dependables
The Dependables
2014★ 3.1
Zooman
Zooman
1995★ 6.2
Delgo
Delgo
2008★ 4.6
Monolith
Monolith
1993★ 4.6
Travels with My Aunt
Travels with My Aunt
1972★ 6.0
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1996★ 5.1
Breaking at the Edge
Breaking at the Edge
2013★ 4.7
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994★ 4.9
A Father for Charlie
A Father for Charlie
1995★ 6.8
Hal
Hal
2019★ 6.6
Carolina Skeletons
Carolina Skeletons
1991★ 7.2
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998★ 9.0
Managua
Managua
1996★ 5.0
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993★ 6.2
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
2000★ 6.0
It
It's Good to Be Alive
1974★ 7.3
Keeper of the City
Keeper of the City
1991★ 5.3
The Lazarus Syndrome
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979★ 7.0
Legend of the Mummy
Legend of the Mummy
1998★ 4.3
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016NR
The Least Among You
The Least Among You
2009★ 4.0
I Love Liberty
I Love Liberty
1982NR
Freeman
Freeman
1977★ 6.0
A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men
1987★ 6.2
The Black List: Volume One
The Black List: Volume One
2008★ 6.5
All In
All In
2006★ 4.5
Flashfire
Flashfire
1994★ 4.5
The Grace Card
The Grace Card
2011★ 7.2
The White Dawn
The White Dawn
1974★ 6.7
In His Father
In His Father's Shoes
1997★ 6.0
The Father Clements Story
The Father Clements Story
1987★ 9.0
The Cuban
The Cuban
2020★ 5.1
Sidekicks
Sidekicks
1974★ 6.5
Companions in Nightmare
Companions in Nightmare
1968★ 5.3
Black Bart
Black Bart
1975★ 3.8
Lackawanna Blues
Lackawanna Blues
2005★ 5.9
Inside
Inside
1996★ 4.8
Breaking Brooklyn
Breaking Brooklyn
2018★ 7.8
Club Soda
Club Soda
2006NR
Smitty
Smitty
2012★ 5.9
The New Girl
The New Girl
1960NR
Miracle in East Texas
Miracle in East Texas
2020★ 4.0
Lawman Without a Gun
Lawman Without a Gun
1979★ 9.0
Double Play
Double Play
2017★ 3.5
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009★ 8.0
The Gang Activists
The Gang Activists
2019NR
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1980★ 5.2
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016★ 8.0
The Lazarus Syndrome
The Lazarus Syndrome
1979★ 4.9
The Color of Love: Jacey
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000★ 7.0
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988★ 9.0
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
1996★ 8.0
Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift
1988★ 7.3
The River Niger
The River Niger
1976★ 7.4
Momentum
Momentum
2003★ 5.1
Gridiron Gang
Gridiron Gang
1992NR
For Love of Olivia
For Love of Olivia
2001★ 5.0
The Highwayman
The Highwayman
2000★ 4.3
To Dance with Olivia
To Dance with Olivia
1997★ 8.0
Miracle at Gate 213
Miracle at Gate 213
2013★ 6.0
Don
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981★ 6.6
To Kill a Cop
To Kill a Cop
1978NR
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994★ 10.0
The Guardian
The Guardian
1984★ 5.5
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
1978★ 10.0
Zora is My Name!
Zora is My Name!
1990★ 10.0
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
1975★ 10.0
Boiling Pot
Boiling Pot
2015★ 5.2
A Special Kind of Love
A Special Kind of Love
2008NR
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
1988★ 10.0
The Wall That Heals
The Wall That Heals
1998★ 8.0
Crimes of Violence
Crimes of Violence
★ 8.0
Sudie and Simpson
Sudie and Simpson
1990★ 6.9
The Bushbaby
The Bushbaby
1969★ 6.5
Forget to Remember
Forget to Remember
NR
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995★ 7.0
A Love Story of Today
A Love Story of Today
2008NR
Jasper, Texas
Jasper, Texas
2003★ 6.0
Stanley Kramer: A Man
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008NR
Strange Justice
Strange Justice
1999★ 7.0
Deceived
Deceived
2002★ 5.0
Benny
Benny's Place
1982★ 10.0
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992★ 7.5
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983★ 5.0
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
2002★ 7.5
Dr. Lucille
Dr. Lucille
2001★ 7.0
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017★ 6.2
Straight Up
Straight Up
1988NR
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
1995★ 8.0
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