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.

Фільмографія

• 2025Sin — Elijah
• 2024Уявні друзі — Lewis (voice), In Memory Of
• 2023Outlaw Johnny Black — Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
• 2023Барва пурпурова — Ol' Mister
• 2022Three Months — Benny
• 2021I Forgive — God (voice)
• 2021Not to Forget — Pastor John
• 2020Miracle in East Texas — Irving Tanner Jr.
• 2020The Cuban — Luis Garcia
• 2020The Reason — Pastor Jim
• 2019Foster Boy — Judge George Taylor
• 2019Supervized — Pendle
• Вартові — Old Man / Will Reeves
• 2018Breaking Brooklyn — Miles Bryant
• 2017Double Play — Coco
• 2017King of the Dancehall — The Bishop
• 2017Undercover Grandpa — Mother
• Хороша боротьба — Carl Reddick
• 2015Boiling Pot — Detective Haven
• The Book of Negroes — Daddy Moses
• The Spoils Before Dying — Duke Webster
• 2014A Fighting Man — Cubby
• 2014The Dependables — Lou Jones
• Державний секретар — Laurent Vasseur
• За межами — Quinn
• 2013Breaking at the Edge — Floyd
• 2013Miracle at Gate 213 — Roy Peddington
• 2012Smitty — Mr. Smith
• 2012The Undershepherd — Bishop Redford
• 2011Dog Jack — Grown up Jed
• 2011The Grace Card — George Wright
• For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots — Executive Producer
• Гаваї 5.0 — Lou's father
• 2010Навіщо ми одружуємося знову? — Porter
• 2009Amazing Racer — Max Donovan
• 2009The Least Among You — Samuel Benton
• 2009The Perfect Game — Cool Papa Bell
• 2008Delgo — King Zahn (voice)
• 2007Cover — Detective Hicks
• 2007Daddy's Little Girls — Willie
• 2007Stories USA — Doc (segment "Club Soda")
• 2006All In — Caps
• 2006Club Soda — Doc
• 2006Solar Attack — President Ryan Gordon
• Ясновидець — Lloyd Marr
• 2005Lackawanna Blues — Ol'lem Taylor
• 2005Left Behind: World at War — President Geral Fitzhugh
• Бетмен — Lucius Fox (voice)
• 2003Jasper, Texas — R.C. Horn
• 2003Momentum — Raymond Addison
• 2002Deceived — Col. David Garrett
• Half & Half — Ray Willis
• 2002What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away — Dr. Barnes
• Мертва Зона — Pastor David Lewis
• 2001Dr. Lucille
• 2001For Love of Olivia — Daniel Stewart, Executive Producer
• 2000The Color of Love: Jacey's Story — Lou Hastings, Executive Producer
• 2000The Highwayman — Phil Bishop
• 2000The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence — Frank
• 1999Love Songs — Reuben, Director
• 1999Strange Justice — Vernon Jordan
• 1999Y2K — Morgan
• Сім'янин — Drill Sargent (voice)
• Hercules — Chiron (voice)
• 1998Legend of the Mummy — Corbeck
• 1998The Inspectors — Inspector Frank Hughes
• 1997In His Father's Shoes — Frank Crosby / Richard, Executive Producer
• 1997To Dance with Olivia — Daniel Stewart, Executive Producer
• Зоряна брама: SG-1 — Gerak
• 1996Captive Heart: The James Mink Story — James Mink
• Early Edition — Jim Matthews
• 1996Inside — Questioner, Executive Producer
• 1996Managua — Paul
• Promised Land — Anderson Walker
• 1996Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story — Bob Kersee
• 1995A Father for Charlie — Walter Osgood, Executive Producer
• 1995Iron Eagle on the Attack — Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• 1995Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing — Narrator
• 1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder — Ray Alexander
• 1995Zooman — Rueben Tate
• 1994A Good Man in Africa — Prof. Sam Adekunle
• 1994Blue Chips — Father Dawkins (uncredited)
• 1994Curse of the Starving Class — Ellis
• Ellen — Sgt. Timko
• 1994Flashfire — Ben Durand
• 1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice — Ray Alexander
• Touched by an Angel — Anderson Walker
• Швидка допомога — Leo Malcolm
• 1993Father & Son: Dangerous Relations — Leonard Clay
• 1993Monolith — Capt. MacCandless
• Return to Lonesome Dove — Isom Pickett
• 1992Diggstown — "Honey" Roy Palmer
• 1992Gridiron Gang — Host
• 1992Iron Eagle III — Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• 1992Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II — Reader (voice)
• Picket Fences — Rick Jennings
• 1991Carolina Skeletons — James Bragg
• 1991Cover-Up — Lou Jackson
• 1991Keeper of the City — Det. James Dela
• 1991The Josephine Baker Story — Sidney Williams
• 1991Іграшкові солдатики — Dean Parker
• 1990El Diablo — Van Leek
• 1990Sudie and Simpson — Simpson
• 1990Zora is My Name!
• Команда рятувальників Капітана Планети — Commander Clash (voice)
• Gideon Oliver
• 1989Каратель — Jake Berkowitz
• American Experience — Narrator (voice)
• 1988Goodbye, Miss 4th of July — Big John Creed
• 1988Iron Eagle II — Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• 1988Roots: The Gift — Fiddler
• 1988Sam Found Out: A Triple Play — Sam
• 1988Straight Up — Cosmo
• 1987A Gathering of Old Men — Mathu
• 1987The Father Clements Story
• 1987Директор — Jake Phillips
• 1986Залізний орел — Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• 1986Той, хто ходить у вогні — Leo Porter
• 1985Ворог мій — Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
• 1984Finders Keepers — Century
• 1984The Guardian — John Mack
• Sadat — Anwar al-Sadat
• 1983The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die — narrator
• 1983Щелепи 3 — Calvin Bouchard
• American Playhouse
• 1982An Officer and a Gentleman — Sergeant Emil Foley
• 1982Benny's Place — Benny Moore
• The Powers of Matthew Star — Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai), Director
• 1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige — Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
• 1980It Rained All Night the Day I Left — Leo Garcia
• Palmerstown, U.S.A.
• Backstairs at the White House — Levi Mercer, Houseman
• 1979Lawman Without a Gun — Tom Hayward
• 1979The Lazarus Syndrome — Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
• The Lazarus Syndrome — MacArthur St. Clair
• The Critical List — Lem Harper
• 1978To Kill a Cop — Everett Walker
• To Kill a Cop — Everett Walker
• 1977Freeman — Rex
• 1977Little Ladies of the Night — Russ Garfield
• Roots — Fiddler
• 1977The Choirboys — Calvin Motts
• 1977Безодня — Henri Cloche
• 1976J.D.'s Revenge — Rev. Elija Bliss
• 1976The River Niger — Dr. Dudley Stanton
• 1975Black Bart — Black Bart
• 1975Delancey Street: The Crisis Within — Otis James
• The Jeffersons
• Good Times
• Harry O — Cleon Jackson
• 1974It's Good to Be Alive — Sam Brockington
• Little House on the Prairie — Henry Hill
• Petrocelli — Kurt Olson, DA, District Attorney Kurt Olson
• 1974Sidekicks — Jason O'Rourke
• The Rockford Files — Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien, Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes
• The Six Million Dollar Man — O'Flaherty
• 1974The White Dawn — Portagee
• Police Story
• 1973The Laughing Policeman — Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
• The Rookies
• 1972Travels with My Aunt — Wordsworth
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Lt. Carl Fellows
• 1971Skin Game — Jason O'Rourke
• McCloud
• 1970The Landlord — Copee Johnson
• The Partridge Family — Sam Simon
• The Young Rebels
• Love, American Style — Freddy
• The Bill Cosby Show — Hurricane Smith
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Dr. Karnes
• 1969The Bushbaby — Tembo
• 1968Companions in Nightmare — Lt. Adam McKay
• The Mod Squad — Smitty, Lloyd, Charley Jameson
• Cowboy in Africa — Fulah, Joseph Hemera
• The Invaders — Ollie
• Daktari — Mkono
• 1961A Raisin in the Sun — George Murchison
• 1960The New Girl — Mary's Brother
• Bonanza — Buck Walter
• Forget to Remember
• Unplugged — Amos Burton (voice)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (32)

• 2022African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey — Self
• 2022Сідні Пуатьє — Self
• 2019Hal — Self
• 2019The Gang Activists — Self
• 2017Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart — Self
• 2016A.C. Green: Iron Virgin — Himself
• 2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self
• 2008A Love Story of Today — Self
• 2008A Special Kind of Love — Self
• 2008Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth — Self
• 2008The Black List: Volume One — Self
• 2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas — Self
• Black in the 80s — Self
• 1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood — Self
• 1998The Wall That Heals — Self - Host
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self
• 1991A Party For Richard Pryor — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1982I Love Liberty — Self
• 1978The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots — Self
• Please Turn the Page — Self
• Суботнього вечора в прямому ефірі — Self - Host
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self
• Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Оскар — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Золотий глобус — Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member, Self - Presenter, Self - Host, Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Crimes of Violence — Self - Host