
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

Golden Globe Awards

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

The Rockford Files

McCloud

Extant

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

Return to Lonesome Dove

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The Color Purple

The Critical List

Toy Soldiers

Watchmen

IF

The Black List: Volume One

Petrocelli

Three Months

Cover

Strange Justice

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Jaws 3-D

Jasper, Texas

Backstairs at the White House

The White Dawn

An Officer and a Gentleman

The Laughing Policeman

The Punisher

El Diablo

The Guardian

The Powers of Matthew Star

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Iron Eagle II

Iron Eagle III

Zooman

Keeper of the City

Iron Eagle

A Gathering of Old Men

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Production Credits
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