Louis Gossett Jr.
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.
Birthday: 27 May 1936
Birth place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Iron Eagle III
Freeman
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The Principal
An Officer and a Gentleman
Toy Soldiers
Momentum
The Deep
Iron Eagle
Delgo
Finders Keepers
Skin Game
Travels with My Aunt
The White Dawn
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
Iron Eagle II
Enemy Mine
The Punisher
Firewalker
The New Girl
Solar Attack
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Why Did I Get Married Too?
I Love Liberty
The Laughing Policeman
A Raisin in the Sun
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
J.D.'s Revenge
Daddy's Little Girls
Left Behind: World at War
The Landlord
Y2K
Club Soda
Jaws 3-D
The Least Among You
Miracle in East Texas
The Choirboys
All In
Diggstown
Dog Jack
El Diablo
Related TV Shows
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Good Times
The Rookies
Half & Half
Family Guy
The Dead Zone
Little House on the Prairie
The Batman
Early Edition
The Jeffersons
Alias Smith and Jones
The Merv Griffin Show
The Bill Cosby Show
Stargate SG-1
Return to Lonesome Dove
Backstairs at the White House
ER
Gideon Oliver
Police Story
McCloud
The Young Rebels
The Powers of Matthew Star
Roots
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Oscars
The Lazarus Syndrome
Black in the 80s
Saturday Night Live
Psych
Extant
Hawaii Five-0
The Book of Negroes
The Spoils Before Dying
The Good Fight
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Six Million Dollar Man
Sadat
Bonanza
Promised Land
The Rockford Files