
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman and Fiddler in the 1970's television miniseries Roots. Gossett has also starred in numerous film productions such as The Deep, Jaws 3-D (as SeaWorld manager Calvin Bouchard), Wolfgang Peterson's Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher. He has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Award's in an acting career that spans over five decades.
Movie | Hal | Himself | 2018-01-22 |
Movie | Double Play | Coco | 2017-01-27 |
Movie | The Book of Negroes | 2015-01-07 | |
Movie | Boiling Pot | Detective Haven | 2015-09-29 |
Movie | Pride of Lions | Lou Jones | 2014-06-03 |
Movie | A Fighting Man | Cubby | 2014-04-24 |
Series | Madam Secretary | Father Laurent Vasseur | 2014-09-21 |
Series | Extant | Quinn | 2014-07-09 |
Movie | Miracle at Gate 213 | Roy Peddington | 2013-12-10 |
Movie | Mein Freund Smitty - Ein tierisches Abenteuer | Mr. Smith | 2012-04-10 |
Movie | The Grace Card | George Wright | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | Dog Jack | Grown up Jed | 2011-12-02 |
Movie | Auch Liebe macht mal Ferien 2 | Porter | 2010-04-02 |
Movie | The Perfect Game | Cool Papa Bell | 2010-04-01 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | The Least Among You | Samuel Benton | 2009-01-12 |
Movie | Delgo | King Zahn | 2008-12-12 |
Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Willie | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | Cover | Detective Hicks | 2007-05-08 |
Movie | All In - Pokerface | Caps | 2006-03-14 |
Series | Psych | Lloyd Marr | 2006-07-07 |
Movie | Solar Attack | President Ryan Gordon | 2006-05-25 |
Movie | Finale - Die Welt im Krieg | President Geral Fitzhugh | 2005-01-01 |
Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Ol'lem Taylor | 2005-02-12 |
Series | Drake & Josh | Charlos Chappy Snclair | 2004-01-11 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Movie | Momentum | Raymond Addison | 2003-03-26 |
Series | Dead Zone | Unknown | 2002-06-16 |
Movie | Signals - Experiment ausser Kontrolle | Col. David Garrett | 2002-03-26 |
Movie | The Inspectors – Zerrissene Beweise | Frank | 2000-03-12 |
Movie | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | 2000-03-19 | |
Movie | Y2K | Morgan | 1999-07-01 |
Series | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | Wordsworth | 1999-01-17 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy | Corbeck | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | The Inspectors - Der Tod kommt mit der Post | Inspector Frank Hughes | 1998-09-20 |
Movie | In His Father's Shoes | Frank Crosby / Richard | 1997-06-05 |
Series | Stargate Kommando SG-1 | Unknown | 1997-07-27 |
Movie | Managua | Paul | 1996-04-09 |
Series | Allein gegen die Zukunft | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
Movie | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Bob Kersee | 1996-06-16 |
Movie | Inside | Questioner | 1996-08-25 |
Movie | In der Hitze des Südens | Walter Osgood | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing | Narrator | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Der stählerne Adler 4 | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995-06-05 | |
Movie | A Good Man in Africa | 1994-07-14 | |
Movie | Der Fluch der hungernden Klasse | Ellis | 1994-09-13 |
Movie | Blue Chips | Father Dawkins | 1994-02-18 |
Movie | Street Fighter - Die entscheidende Schlacht | Unknown | 1994-12-22 |
Series | Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Flashfire | Ben Durand | 1994-09-15 |
Movie | Father & Son: Dangerous Relations | 1993-04-19 | |
Movie | Monolith | Capt. MacCandless | 1993-05-27 |
Series | Wildes Land | Isom Pickett | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | Wildes Land | Newt Dobbs | 1993-11-14 |
Movie | Ihr größter Coup | 'Honey' Roy Palmer | 1992-08-14 |
Movie | Bodyguard | Unknown | 1992-11-25 |
Movie | The Josephine Baker Story | Sidney Williams | 1991-03-16 |
Movie | Cover-Up | Lou Jackson | 1991-02-22 |
Movie | Boy Soldiers | Dean Edward Parker | 1991-04-24 |
Movie | Carolina Skeletons | James Bragg | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | Sudie and Simpson | Simpson | 1990-09-11 |
Movie | El Diablo - Der mit dem Teufel tanzt | Van Leek | 1990-07-22 |
Series | Captain Planet | Unknown | 1990-09-15 |
Series | Gideon Oliver | 1989-02-20 | |
Movie | The Punisher | Jake Berkowitz | 1989-10-05 |
Movie | Der stählerne Adler II | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1988-11-11 |
Movie | Roots: The Gift | Fiddler | 1988-12-11 |
Movie | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | Big John Creed | 1988-12-03 |
Movie | Ein Aufstand alter Männer | Mathu | 1987-05-10 |
Movie | Der stählerne Adler | Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair | 1986-01-17 |
Movie | Feuerwalze | Leo Porter | 1986-11-21 |
Movie | Enemy Mine - Geliebter Feind | Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan | 1985-12-12 |
Movie | Wer hat, der hat | Century | 1984-05-18 |
Movie | The Guardian | John Mack | 1984-10-20 |
Series | The Dukes | Jake Phillips | 1983-02-05 |
Movie | Der weiße Hai 3 | Calvin Bouchard | 1983-03-16 |
Movie | Sadat | Anwar al-Sadat | 1983-10-30 |
Movie | Ein Offizier und Gentleman | Sergeant Emil Foley | 1982-07-28 |
Series | The Powers of Matthew Star | Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai) | 1982-09-17 |
Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
Movie | Weißes Haus, Hintereingang | Houseman Levi Mercer | 1979-01-29 |
Series | The Lazarus Syndrome | 1979-09-04 | |
Movie | Madita | 1979-12-14 | |
Movie | The Lazarus Syndrome | Dr. MacArthur St. Clair | 1979-09-04 |
Movie | Little Ladies of the Night | Russ Garfield | 1977-01-16 |
Series | Roots | Fiddler | 1977-01-23 |
Movie | Die Tiefe | Henri Cloche | 1977-06-17 |
Movie | Die Chorknaben | Calvin Motts | 1977-12-23 |
Movie | The River Niger | Dr. Dudley Stanton | 1976-04-14 |
Movie | Rache aus dem Jenseits | Rev. Elija Bliss | 1976-08-25 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Black Bart | Black Bart | 1975-01-01 |
Series | Die Jeffersons | Unknown | 1975-01-18 |
Series | Good Times | Unknown | 1974-02-08 |
Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Sam Brockington | 1974-02-22 |
Movie | Sidekicks | Jason O'Rourke | 1974-03-21 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Unsere kleine Farm | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | Die weiße Dämmerung | Portagee | 1974-07-21 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Movie | Massenmord in San Francisco | Insp. James Larrimore SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-09-25 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
Movie | Zwei Galgenvögel | Jason O'Rourke | 1971-09-30 |
Series | The Young Rebels | 1970-09-20 | |
Movie | Der Hausbesitzer | Copee Johnson | 1970-05-20 |
Series | Ein Sheriff in New York | Unknown | 1970-09-16 |
Movie | Das Buschbaby | Tembo | 1969-09-01 |
Series | The Bill Cosby Show | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
Movie | Jedes Kartenhaus zerbricht | 1968-09-16 | |
Series | Mod Squad - Cops auf Zeit | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Companions in Nightmare | Lt. Adam McKay | 1968-11-23 |
Movie | Ein Fleck in der Sonne | George Murchison | 1961-05-28 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Mein Name ist Julia Ross | Unknown | 1945-11-08 |
Movie | The Parson's Widow | Daddy Moses | 1920-10-04 |