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