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
Hawaii Five-0
Touched by an Angel
Golden Globe Awards
Psych
Saturday Night Live
ER
Police Story
The Six Million Dollar Man
Stargate SG-1
The Merv Griffin Show
Little House on the Prairie
The Rockford Files
McCloud
Extant
Petrocelli
Alias Smith and Jones
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 Oscars
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Return to Lonesome Dove
The Critical List
The Color Purple
Toy Soldiers
Watchmen
IF
The Black List: Volume One
Strange Justice
Cover
Three Months
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Jaws 3-D
The Laughing Policeman
Backstairs at the White House
The White Dawn
An Officer and a Gentleman
Jasper, Texas
El Diablo
The Punisher
The Guardian
The Powers of Matthew Star
Zooman
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle III
Keeper of the City
A Gathering of Old Men
Iron Eagle II
Production Credits
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