

Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances

Foster Boy
as Judge George Taylor

Supervized
as Pendle
The Gang Activists
as Self

Hal
as Self

Breaking Brooklyn
as Miles Bryant

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self

Undercover Grandpa
as Mother

Double Play
as Coco

King of the Dancehall
as The Bishop

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
as Himself

Boiling Pot
as Detective Haven

The Dependables
as Lou Jones

A Fighting Man
as Cubby

Miracle at Gate 213
as Roy Peddington

Breaking at the Edge
as Floyd

Smitty
as Mr. Smith

The Undershepherd
as Bishop Redford

Dog Jack
as Grown up Jed

The Grace Card
as George Wright

Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Porter

The Perfect Game
as Cool Papa Bell

Amazing Racer
as Max Donovan
The Least Among You
as Samuel Benton

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self

Delgo
as King Zahn (voice)
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
as Self

A Love Story of Today
as Self

A Special Kind of Love
as Self

The Black List: Volume One
as Self

Stories USA
as Doc (segment "Club Soda")

Cover
as Detective Hicks

Daddy's Little Girls
as Willie

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self

Club Soda
as Doc

Solar Attack
as President Ryan Gordon

All In
as Caps

Left Behind: World at War
as President Geral Fitzhugh

Lackawanna Blues
as Ol'lem Taylor

Jasper, Texas
as R.C. Horn

Momentum
as Raymond Addison

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
as Dr. Barnes

Deceived
as Col. David Garrett

For Love of Olivia
as Daniel Stewart

Dr. Lucille

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Lou Hastings

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
as Frank

The Highwayman
as Phil Bishop

Strange Justice
as Vernon Jordan

Y2K
as Morgan

Love Songs
as Reuben

The Inspectors
as Inspector Frank Hughes

The Wall That Heals
as Self - Host

Legend of the Mummy
as Corbeck

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self

In His Father's Shoes
as Frank Crosby / Richard

To Dance with Olivia
as Daniel Stewart

Inside
as Questioner
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
as Bob Kersee

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as James Mink

Managua
as Paul

Iron Eagle on the Attack
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as Ray Alexander

Zooman
as Rueben Tate

A Father for Charlie
as Walter Osgood
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
as Narrator

Flashfire
as Ben Durand

Curse of the Starving Class
as Ellis

A Good Man in Africa
as Prof. Sam Adekunle

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
as Ray Alexander

Blue Chips
as Father Dawkins (uncredited)

Monolith
as Capt. MacCandless

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as Leonard Clay
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
as Reader (voice)

Gridiron Gang
as Host

Diggstown
as "Honey" Roy Palmer

Iron Eagle III
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Keeper of the City
as Det. James Dela

Carolina Skeletons
as James Bragg

Toy Soldiers
as Dean Parker

The Josephine Baker Story
as Sidney Williams

Cover-Up
as Lou Jackson

Sudie and Simpson
as Simpson

El Diablo
as Van Leek

Zora is My Name!

The Punisher
as Jake Berkowitz

Roots: The Gift
as Fiddler

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
as Big John Creed

Iron Eagle II
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
as Sam
Straight Up
as Cosmo

The Father Clements Story

The Principal
as Jake Phillips

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self

A Gathering of Old Men
as Mathu

Firewalker
as Leo Porter

Iron Eagle
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Enemy Mine
as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

The Guardian
as John Mack

Finders Keepers
as Century

Jaws 3-D
as Calvin Bouchard

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
as narrator

An Officer and a Gentleman
as Sergeant Emil Foley

Benny's Place
as Benny Moore

I Love Liberty
as Self

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

It Rained All Night the Day I Left
as Leo Garcia

The Lazarus Syndrome
as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

Lawman Without a Gun
as Tom Hayward

To Kill a Cop
as Everett Walker
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots
as Self

Freeman
as Rex

The Choirboys
as Calvin Motts

The Deep
as Henri Cloche

Little Ladies of the Night
as Russ Garfield

J.D.'s Revenge
as Rev. Elija Bliss

The River Niger
as Dr. Dudley Stanton

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
as Otis James

Black Bart
as Black Bart

The White Dawn
as Portagee

Sidekicks
as Jason O'Rourke

It's Good to Be Alive
as Sam Brockington

The Laughing Policeman
as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

Travels with My Aunt
as Wordsworth

Skin Game
as Jason O'Rourke

The Landlord
as Copee Johnson