Acting credits
193
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Louis Gossett Jr.
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.2
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Movies: 131Series: 63Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 20959
IMDb ID: nm0001283
Known for: Acting
Born: May 27, 1936
Died: March 29, 2024
Age: 87
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.46
Wikidata: Q329719
Also known as
Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. • Louis Gossett, Jr. • Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. • Lou Gossett • ルイス・ゴセット・ジュニア • لوئیس گوست، جونیور
Other jobs
Executive Producer (7)Director (2)In Memory Of (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Louis Gossett Jr..
Sin
as Elijah
2025 Movie
7.0
IF
as Lewis (voice)
2024 Movie
7.0
The Color Purple
as Ol' Mister
2023 Movie
5.2
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
2023 Movie
7.6
Sidney
as Self
2022 Movie
7.0
Three Months
as Benny
2022 Movie
6.7
Not to Forget
as Pastor John
2021 Movie
4.7
I Forgive
as God (voice)
2021 Movie
7.8
The Reason
as Pastor Jim
2020 Movie
4.8
The Cuban
as Luis Garcia
2020 Movie
5.5
Miracle in East Texas
as Irving Tanner Jr.
2020 Movie
6.9
Foster Boy
as Judge George Taylor
2019 Movie
5.2
Supervized
as Pendle
2019 Movie
6.5
Hal
as Self
2019 Movie
7.8
Breaking Brooklyn
as Miles Bryant
2018 Movie
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017 Movie
5.6
Undercover Grandpa
as Mother
2017 Movie
3.5
Double Play
as Coco
2017 Movie
7.6
King of the Dancehall
as The Bishop
2017 Movie
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016 Movie
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
as Himself
2016 Movie
5.2
Boiling Pot
as Detective Haven
2015 Movie
3.1
The Dependables
as Lou Jones
2014 Movie
5.4
A Fighting Man
as Cubby
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Louis Gossett Jr..
7.6
Watchmen
as Old Man / Will Reeves • 7 eps
2019 Series
7.5
The Good Fight
as Carl Reddick • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.0
The Spoils Before Dying
as Duke Webster • 6 eps
2015 Series
6.5
The Book of Negroes
as Daddy Moses • 6 eps
2015 Series
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Laurent Vasseur • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.3
Extant
as Quinn • 4 eps
2014 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Lou's father • 1 eps
2010 Series
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Executive Producer • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.9
Psych
as Lloyd Marr • 1 eps
2006 Series
Black in the 80s
3 eps
2005 Series
8.0
The Batman
as Lucius Fox (voice) • 3 eps
2004 Series
8.2
Half & Half
as Ray Willis • 2 eps
2002 Series
7.3
The Dead Zone
as Pastor David Lewis • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.4
Family Guy
as Drill Sargent (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.9
Hercules
as Chiron (voice) • 1 eps
1998 Series
8.3
Stargate SG-1
as Gerak • 5 eps
1997 Series
7.3
Early Edition
as Jim Matthews • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.1
Promised Land
as Anderson Walker • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Anderson Walker • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.8
ER
as Leo Malcolm • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.1
Ellen
as Sgt. Timko • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.9
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Isom Pickett • 4 eps
1993 Series
7.4
Picket Fences
as Rick Jennings • 1 eps
1992 Series