
Louis Gossett Jr.
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Biography
Louis Gossett Jr. (born 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 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

The Oscars

Hawaii Five-0

Touched by an Angel

Psych

Saturday Night Live

ER

Police Story

The Six Million Dollar Man

Stargate SG-1

The Merv Griffin Show

Little House on the Prairie

Golden Globe Awards

The Rockford Files

McCloud

Extant

Watchmen

Alias Smith and Jones

Hercules

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 First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Return to Lonesome Dove

The Critical List

The Color Purple

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Toy Soldiers

IF

The Black List: Volume One

Petrocelli

Three Months

Cover

Strange Justice

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Jaws 3-D

The Laughing Policeman

An Officer and a Gentleman

The White Dawn

Jasper, Texas

Backstairs at the White House

El Diablo

The Guardian

The Punisher

The Powers of Matthew Star

Iron Eagle

A Gathering of Old Men

Zooman

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Keeper of the City

Iron Eagle II

Iron Eagle III
Production Credits
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