Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award winning role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, and 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 Deep, Jaws 3-D, Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher, in an acting career that spans over five decades.
Louis Gossett Jr.
Active - 1961 - 2024 |
Birth - May 27, 1936 |
Genres - Drama, Comedy, Action-Adventure, Thriller, Documentary
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Subgenres - Biographical Film, Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Silent Feature, Baseball
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Lou Gosset Jr., Lou Gossett, Lou Gossett Jr, Lou Gossett Jr., Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr., Louis Gosset, Louis Gosset Jr., Louis Gossett, Louis Gossett Jnr.-
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Biographical Film, Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Silent Feature, Baseball, Boxing Film, Family Film, Musical, Treasure Hunt Film, Western Film, African- Biographical Dramas, American Football Film, Apocalyptic Film, Basketball, Blaxploitation Film, Buddy Cop Film, Buddy Film, Christmas Film, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Coming-Of-Age Film, Disaster Film, Docudrama, High School, Historical Drama, Historical Film, LGBT-Related Film, Melodrama, Neo-Noir, Political Satire, Prison Film, Satire, Spaghetti Western, Sport Film, Superhero Film, Supernatural Horror Film, Survival Film, Techno-Thriller, Teen Film, Vigilante Film