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 Ed Sullivan Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Hawaii Five-0
Touched by an Angel
Golden Globe Awards
Psych
Saturday Night Live
ER
Stargate SG-1
The Merv Griffin Show
Little House on the Prairie
The Rockford Files
McCloud
Extant
Petrocelli
Watchmen
Alias Smith and Jones
The Good Fight
Promised Land
Bonanza
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 First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Return to Lonesome Dove
The Color Purple
The Critical List
Toy Soldiers
IF
The Black List: Volume One
Strange Justice
Three Months
Cover
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Jaws 3-D
The White Dawn
Jasper, Texas
The Laughing Policeman
Backstairs at the White House
An Officer and a Gentleman
The Powers of Matthew Star
The Guardian
El Diablo
The Punisher
A Gathering of Old Men
Iron Eagle II
Iron Eagle III
Iron Eagle
Zooman
Keeper of the City
Iron Eagle on the Attack
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Production Credits
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