LJ
Louis Gossett Jr.
Actor
Born May 27, 1936 (86 years)
Louis Gossett Jr. 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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Three Months · as Benny |
| 2022 | Kingdom Business (TV Series) · as Jeremiah |
| 2021 | Not to Forget · as Pastor John |
| 2021 | I FORGIVE · as God (voice) |
| 2020 | Canaan Land · as Talk Show Guest |
| 2019 | Supervized · as Pendle |
| 2019 | Watchmen (TV Series) · as Will Reeves |
| 2019 | Foster Boy · as Judge George Taylor |
| 2019 | The Cuban · as Luis Garcia |
| 2019 | Miracle in East Texas · as Irving Tanner Jr. |
| 2018 | Breaking Brooklyn · as Miles Bryant |
| 2017 | Double Play · as Coco |
| 2017 | Undercover Grandpa · as Mother |
| 2017 | Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart · as Unknown |
| 2017 | The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Carl Reddick |
| 2016 | King of the Dancehall · as The Bishop |
| 2016 | Hap and Leonard (TV Series) · as Bacon |
| 2015 | Boiling Pot · as Detective Haven |
| 2015 | The Spoils Before Dying (TV Series) · as Duke Webster |
| 2015 | The Book of Negroes (TV Series) · as Daddy Moses |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man · as Cubby |
| 2014 | Pride of Lions · as Lou Jones |
| 2014 | Extant (TV Series) · as Quinn |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Father Laurent Vasseur |
| 2014 | The Miracle of Tony Davis · as God |
| 2013 | Breaking at the Edge · as Floyd |
| 2013 | Miracle at Gate 213 · as Roy Peddington |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Undershepherd · as Bishop Redford |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? · as Porter |
| 2010 | The Grace Card · as George Wright |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Dog Jack · as Grown up Jed |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) · as Lou's Father |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire (TV Series) · as Oscar Boneau |
| 2009 | The Least Among You · as Samuel Benton |
| 2009 | Shannon's Rainbow · as Max Donovan |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | The Perfect Game · as Cool Papa Bell |
| 2008 | Delgo · as King Zahn (voice) |
| 2007 | Cover · as Detective Hicks |
| 2007 | Stories USA · as Doc (segment "Club Soda") |
| 2007 | Daddy's Little Girls · as Willie |
| 2006 | All In · as Caps |
| 2006 | Solar Attack · as President Ryan Gordon |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Lloyd Marr |
| 2005 | Left Behind III: World at War · as President Geral Fitzhugh |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues · as Ol'lem Taylor |
| 2005 | Black in the 80s (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | The Distance · as Actor |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as actor |
| 2004 | The Batman (TV Series) · as Lucius Fox (voice) |
| 2004 | The Best TV Shows That Never Were · as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes |
| 2003 | Momentum · as Raymond Addison |
| 2003 | Jasper, Texas · as R.C. Horn |
| 2002 | Deceived · as Col. David Garrett |
| 2002 | Half & Half (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | For Love of Olivia · as Daniel Stewart |
| 2000 | The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence · as Frank |
| 2000 | The Highwayman · as Phil Bishop |
| 2000 | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story · as Lou Hastings |
| 2000 | Resurrection Blvd. (TV Series) · as Ezekiel 'Zeke' Grant |
| 1999 | Y2K · as Morgan |
| 1999 | Strange Justice · as Vernon Jordan |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Drill Sargent (voice) |
| 1998 | The Inspectors · as Inspector Frank Hughes |
| 1998 | Legend of the Mummy · as Corbeck |
| 1998 | Hercules (TV Series) · as Chiron |
| 1997 | Managua · as Paul |
| 1997 | In His Father's Shoes · as Frank Crosby / Richard |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 (TV Series) · as Gerak |
| 1996 | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story · as Bob Kersee |
| 1996 | Inside · as Questioner |
| 1996 | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story · as James Mink |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as W.E.B. Du Bois |
| 1996 | Promised Land (TV Series) · as Anderson Walker |
| 1996 | Early Edition (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | A Father for Charlie · as Walter Osgood |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Zooman · as Rueben Tate |
| 1995 | Iron Eagle on the Attack · as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair |
| 1995 | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder · as Ray Alexander |
| 1994 | Blue Chips · as Father Dawkins (uncredited) |
| 1994 | A Good Man in Africa · as Prof. Sam Adekunle |
| 1994 | Flashfire · as Ben Durand |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class · as Ellis |
| 1994 | Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice · as Ray Alexander |
| 1994 | Ellen (TV Series) · as Sgt. Timko |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Leo Malcolm |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Anderson Walker |
| 1993 | Monolith · as Capt. MacCandless |
| 1993 | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Isom Pickett |
| 1992 | Aces: Iron Eagle III · as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair |
| 1992 | Diggstown · as 'Honey' Roy Palmer |
| 1992 | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II · as Reader |
| 1992 | Picket Fences (TV Series) · as Rick Jennings |
| 1991 | Cover-Up · as Lou Jackson |
| 1991 | The Josephine Baker Story · as Sidney Williams |
| 1991 | Carolina Skeletons · as James Bragg |
| 1991 | Keeper of the City · as Detective James Dela |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers · as Dean Parker |
| 1990 | El Diablo · as Van Leek |
| 1990 | Sudie and Simpson · as Simpson |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | The Punisher · as Jake Berkowitz |
| 1988 | Iron Eagle II · as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair |
| 1988 | Roots: The Gift · as Fiddler |
| 1987 | The Principal · as Jake Phillips |
| 1987 | The Father Clements Story · as Unknown |
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men · as Mathu |
| 1986 | Iron Eagle · as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair |
| 1986 | Firewalker · as Leo Porter |
| 1985 | Enemy Mine · as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan |
| 1984 | The Guardian · as John Mack |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers · as Century |
| 1983 | Jaws 3-D · as Calvin Bouchard |
| 1983 | Sadat (TV Series) · as Anwar al-Sadat |
| 1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman · as Sergeant Emil Foley |
| 1978 | The Lazarus Syndrome · as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair |
| 1977 | The Deep · as Henri Cloche |
| 1977 | The Choirboys · as Calvin Motts |
| 1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Fiddler |
| 1977 | Freeman · as Rex |
| 1976 | J.D.'s Revenge · as Rev. Elija Bliss |
| 1976 | The River Niger · as Dr. Dudley Stanton |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The White Dawn · as Portagee |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as O'Flaherty |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman · as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Travels with My Aunt · as Wordsworth |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Skin Game · as Jason O'Rourke |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Landlord · as Copee Johnson |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Sam Simon |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | The Bushbaby · as Tembo |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Freddy (segment "Love and the Mystic") |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Ollie |
| 1966 | Daktari (TV Series) · as Mkono |
| 1961 | A Raisin in the Sun · as George Murchison (as Louis Gossett) |
| 1959 |