
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

The Oscars

Hawaii Five-0

Touched by an Angel

Psych

Saturday Night Live

ER

Police Story

The Six Million Dollar Man

Madam Secretary

Stargate SG-1

The Merv Griffin Show

Little House on the Prairie

The Rockford Files

Golden Globe Awards

McCloud

Extant

Watchmen

Alias Smith and Jones

Petrocelli

Hercules

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.

Daktari

The Jeffersons

Outlaw Johnny Black

Blue Chips

Return to Lonesome Dove

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The Critical List

The Color Purple

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Toy Soldiers

IF

The Black List: Volume One

Three Months

Cover

Strange Justice

Jaws 3-D

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

The Laughing Policeman

The White Dawn

Jasper, Texas

Backstairs at the White House

An Officer and a Gentleman

The Powers of Matthew Star

The Guardian

The Punisher

El Diablo

Iron Eagle III

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Zooman

Iron Eagle II

A Gathering of Old Men

Iron Eagle

Keeper of the City

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Production Credits
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