- Source: Louis Gossett Jr. on screen and stage
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was an American actor. He was a folk singer in the 1960s. He is best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, winning him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won an Emmy Award for his role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots.
Gossett has also starred in numerous other film productions including A Raisin in the Sun, The Landlord, Skin Game, Travels with My Aunt, The Laughing Policeman, The White Dawn, The Deep, Jaws 3-D, Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine, The Principal, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher, in an acting career that spans over five decades.
Filmography
= Film
== Television
== Video games
=Theatre
Awards and nominations
References
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- Daftar film Amerika tahun 2024
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- Louis Gossett Jr. on screen and stage
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- The River Niger (film)
- The Color Purple (2023 film)
- Roots (1977 miniseries)
- The Punisher (1989 film)
- List of awards and nominations received by Maggie Smith
- Lee Meriwether
- The Deep (1977 film)
