Louis Gossett Jr.

Age: 76 Birthdate: 1936-05-27 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis Gossett, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2011 The Grace Card George Wright
2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? Porter
2008 Delgo King Zahn
2007 Daddy's Little Girls Willie
1995 Iron Eagle IV Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1991 Toy Soldiers Dean Edward Parker
1988 Iron Eagle II Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1986 Iron Eagle Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1986 Firewalker Leo Porter
1984 Finders Keepers Century
1983 Jaws 3-D Calvin Bouchard
1976 J.D.'s Revenge Rev. Elija Bliss (as Lou Gossett)
1974 The White Dawn Portagee
1971 Skin Game Jason O'Rourke

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First Baptist Church Movie Presentation of ‘The Lamp’
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This week’s First Baptist Church’s Sunday Night at the Movies feature will be "The Lamp" starring Jason London, Meredith Salenger, and Louis Gossett Jr.
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