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Louis Gossett Jr.

1936–2024 · Acting

61.6avg grm
9titles
#96best rank
8honors
Wbest title · #96 on siteWatchmen2019 · as Will Reeves · series73.7

Honors

8
1983Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor
1982Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1991Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1982NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
1977Emmy — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Honors
  • 1983Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor
  • 1982Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  • 1991Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
  • 1982NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
  • 1977Emmy — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
  • 1998NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • —Mary Pickford Award

Bio

Louis Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was 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 won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spanned over five decades.

Biography

Louis Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was 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 won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spanned over five decades.

Filmography

ranked on this site
2020s1 titleSSidney2022 · as Self59.9
2010s4 titlesWWatchmen2019 · as Will Reeves · series73.7HHal2018 · as Self57.5MMaya Angelou and Still I Rise2016 · as Self - Actor59.5BThe Book of Negroes2015 · as Daddy Moses · series64.0
2000s1 titleBThe Black List: Volume One2008 · as Self58.5
1980s1 titleAAn Officer and a Gentleman1982 · as Sgt. Emil Foley51.9
1970s1 titleRRoots1977 · as Fiddler · series65.0
1960s1 titleAA Raisin in the Sun1961 · as George Murchison64.0

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Louis Gossett Jr.

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born1936
died2024
known forActing
titles on site9
best title rank#96 · Watchmen (2019)
avg GRM61.6
honors8 · Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor, 1983
Honors
  • 1983Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor
  • 1982Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  • 1991Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
  • 1982NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
  • 1977Emmy — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
  • 1998NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • —Mary Pickford Award
Louis Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was 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 won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spanned over five decades.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2020s

1 title
S59.9Sidney2022 · as Self

2010s

4 titles
W73.7Watchmen2019 · as Will Reeves · seriesH57.5Hal2018 · as SelfM59.5Maya Angelou and Still I Rise2016 · as Self - ActorB64.0The Book of Negroes2015 · as Daddy Moses · series

2000s

1 title
B58.5The Black List: Volume One2008 · as Self

1980s

1 title
A51.9An Officer and a Gentleman1982 · as Sgt. Emil Foley

1970s

1 title
R65.0Roots1977 · as Fiddler · series

1960s

1 title
A64.0A Raisin in the Sun1961 · as George Murchison

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