
Louis Gossett Jr.
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Biography
Louis Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) 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.
Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Ed Sullivan Show

Hawaii Five-0

Touched by an Angel

Psych

Saturday Night Live

ER

Police Story

Stargate SG-1

The Merv Griffin Show

Little House on the Prairie

Golden Globe Awards

The Rockford Files

McCloud

Extant

Petrocelli

Alias Smith and Jones

The Good Fight

Bonanza

Promised Land

Family Guy

The Batman

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

The Rookies

The Bill Cosby Show

Early Edition

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

Madam Secretary

Daktari

The Jeffersons

Outlaw Johnny Black

Blue Chips

The Oscars

Return to Lonesome Dove

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The Critical List

The Color Purple

Watchmen

Toy Soldiers

IF

The Black List: Volume One

Three Months

Cover

Strange Justice

Jaws 3-D

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Jasper, Texas

Backstairs at the White House

The White Dawn

The Laughing Policeman

An Officer and a Gentleman

El Diablo

The Punisher

The Powers of Matthew Star

The Guardian

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Keeper of the City

Iron Eagle III

Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle II

Zooman

Iron Eagle on the Attack

A Gathering of Old Men
Production Credits
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