
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

Psych

Saturday Night Live

ER

Police Story

Stargate SG-1

The Merv Griffin Show

Little House on the Prairie

Golden Globe Awards

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 Color Purple

The Critical List

Watchmen

Toy Soldiers

IF

The Black List: Volume One

Three Months

Cover

Strange Justice

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Jaws 3-D

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

The White Dawn

Jasper, Texas

An Officer and a Gentleman

The Laughing Policeman

Backstairs at the White House

The Powers of Matthew Star

The Punisher

El Diablo

The Guardian

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Iron Eagle III

Keeper of the City

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Iron Eagle

A Gathering of Old Men

Zooman

Iron Eagle II
Production Credits
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