Acting credits
198
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Louis Gossett Jr.
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 134Series: 65Crew 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: 6.48
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..
as Elijah
Sin
2025 • Movie
as Lewis (voice)
IF
2024 • Movie
as Ol' Mister
The Color Purple
2023 • Movie
as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023 • Movie
as Self
Sidney
2022 • Movie
as Benny
Three Months
2022 • Movie
as Pastor John
Not to Forget
2021 • Movie
as God (voice)
I Forgive
2021 • Movie
as Pastor Jim
The Reason
2020 • Movie
as Luis Garcia
The Cuban
2020 • Movie
as Irving Tanner Jr.
Miracle in East Texas
2020 • Movie
as Judge George Taylor
Foster Boy
2019 • Movie
as Pendle
Supervized
2019 • Movie
as Self
Hal
2019 • Movie
as Miles Bryant
Breaking Brooklyn
2018 • Movie
as Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 • Movie
as Mother
Undercover Grandpa
2017 • Movie
as Coco
Double Play
2017 • Movie
as The Bishop
King of the Dancehall
2017 • Movie
as Self
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016 • Movie
as Himself
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016 • Movie
as Detective Haven
Boiling Pot
2015 • Movie
as Lou Jones
The Dependables
2014 • Movie
as Cubby
A Fighting Man
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Louis Gossett Jr..
as Old Man / Will Reeves • 7 eps
Watchmen
2019 • Series
as Carl Reddick • 1 eps
The Good Fight
2017 • Series
as Duke Webster • 6 eps
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 • Series
as Daddy Moses • 6 eps
The Book of Negroes
2015 • Series
as Laurent Vasseur • 1 eps
Madam Secretary
2014 • Series
as Quinn • 4 eps
Extant
2014 • Series
as Lou's father • 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
2010 • Series
Executive Producer • 2 eps
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 • Series
as Lloyd Marr • 1 eps
Psych
2006 • Series
3 eps
Black in the 80s
2005 • Series
as Lucius Fox (voice) • 3 eps
The Batman
2004 • Series
as Ray Willis • 2 eps
Half & Half
2002 • Series
as Pastor David Lewis • 1 eps
The Dead Zone
2002 • Series
as Drill Sargent (voice) • 1 eps
Family Guy
1999 • Series
as Chiron (voice) • 1 eps
Hercules
1998 • Series
as Gerak • 5 eps
Stargate SG-1
1997 • Series
as Jim Matthews • 1 eps
Early Edition
1996 • Series
as Anderson Walker • 1 eps
Promised Land
1996 • Series
as Anderson Walker • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
as Leo Malcolm • 1 eps
ER
1994 • Series
as Sgt. Timko • 1 eps
Ellen
1994 • Series
as Isom Pickett • 4 eps
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993 • Series
as Rick Jennings • 1 eps
Picket Fences
1992 • Series