ACTOR · FROM BROOKLYN, USA
Louis Gossett Jr.
1936–2024188 credits since 19592 coming up
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ABOUT LOUIS
Louis Gossett Jr. (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 won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spanned over five decades.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born27 May 1936
Died29 March 2024
BirthplaceBrooklyn, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora107 of 180 titles
Known for
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Unpluggedas Amos Burton (voice)Date to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 107
- Average IMDb
- 6.3
- Highest rated
- American ExperienceIMDb 8.6
- Working since
- 1959
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
10 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
as Elijah
Movieas Lewis (voice)
Movieas Ol' Mister
Movieas Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
Movieas Benny
Movieas Pastor John
as God (voice)
Movieas Pastor Jim
The 2010s
23 titles · IMDb 6.2 on averageSeriesas Old Man / Will Reeves · 7 episodes
Movieas Judge George Taylor
Movieas Pendle
Movieas Miles Bryant
Movieas Mother
Seriesas Carl Reddick · 1 episode
Movieas Coco
as The Bishop
The 2000s
25 titles · IMDb 5.8 on average
Movieas Cool Papa Bell
Movieas Max Donovan
The Least Among You
Not on Cineoraas Samuel Benton
Movieas King Zahn (voice)
Movieas Doc (segment "Club Soda")
Movieas Detective Hicks
Movieas Willie
as Doc
The 1990s
46 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average
as Vernon Jordan
Movieas Morgan
as Reuben
Seriesas Drill Sargent (voice) · 1 episode
Movieas Inspector Frank Hughes
Seriesas Chiron (voice) · 1 episode
Movieas Corbeck
Seriesas Gerak · 5 episodes
The 1980s
26 titles · IMDb 6.0 on averageMovieas Jake Berkowitz
5 episodes
Movieas Fiddler
as Big John Creed
Movieas Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
Seriesas Narrator (voice) · 1 episode
as Sam
Straight Up
Not on Cineoraas Cosmo
The 1970s
37 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
as MacArthur St. Clair · 10 episodes
as Tom Hayward
as Levi Mercer, Houseman · 4 episodes
as Lem Harper · 2 episodes
as Everett Walker
as Everett Walker · 2 episodes
as Rex
The 1960s
11 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
Seriesas Freddy · 1 episode
Seriesas Hurricane Smith · 1 episode
as Dr. Karnes · 1 episode
as Tembo
as Lt. Adam McKay
Seriesas Smitty · 1 episode
as Fulah · 1 episode
Seriesas Ollie · 1 episode
The 1950s
1 title · IMDb 7.3 on average
Seriesas Buck Walter · 1 episode
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Louis’s titles.
Sidney J. FurieDirector · Iron Eagle, Iron Eagle II and 4 more
Michael MadsenAll In, Amazing Racer and 1 more
Beau BridgesStargate SG-1, The Landlord and 1 more
Jon VoightReturn to Lonesome Dove, Jasper, Texas and 1 more
James WoodsHercules, Diggstown and 1 more
LeVar BurtonRoots, Captain Planet and the Planeteers and 1 more
Kevin Alyn EldersWriter · Iron Eagle, Iron Eagle II and 1 more
Dolph LundgrenThe Punisher and Cover-Up
