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 Color Purple
The Critical List
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Toy Soldiers
IF
The Black List: Volume One
Petrocelli
Three Months
Strange Justice
Cover
Jaws 3-D
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
An Officer and a Gentleman
Jasper, Texas
The Laughing Policeman
The White Dawn
Backstairs at the White House
The Punisher
The Powers of Matthew Star
El Diablo
The Guardian
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Iron Eagle III
A Gathering of Old Men
Keeper of the City
Zooman
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle II
Production Credits
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