
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

Golden Globe Awards

Psych

Saturday Night Live

ER

Police Story

The Six Million Dollar Man

Stargate SG-1

The Merv Griffin Show

Little House on the Prairie

The Rockford Files

McCloud

Extant

Watchmen

Alias Smith and Jones

The Good Fight

Promised Land

Bonanza

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

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Return to Lonesome Dove

The Critical List

The Color Purple

Toy Soldiers

IF

The Black List: Volume One

Three Months

Petrocelli

Cover

Strange Justice

Jaws 3-D

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

An Officer and a Gentleman

Jasper, Texas

Backstairs at the White House

The Laughing Policeman

The White Dawn

The Powers of Matthew Star

The Punisher

El Diablo

The Guardian

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Keeper of the City

Iron Eagle III

Iron Eagle

Zooman

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Iron Eagle II

A Gathering of Old Men
Production Credits
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