Louis Gossett Jr.
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.
Known for
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The Color Purple 
An Officer and a Gentleman 
Enemy Mine 
Jaws 3-D 
The Punisher 
Toy Soldiers 
Iron Eagle 
The Deep 
The Principal 
Why Did I Get Married Too? 
A Raisin in the Sun 
Daddy's Little Girls 
Diggstown 
Firewalker 
Iron Eagle II 
Left Behind III: World at War 
Delgo 
Aces: Iron Eagle III 
Undercover Grandpa 
Three Months 
The Choirboys 
Cover-Up 
A Fighting Man 
The Josephine Baker Story 
Iron Eagle on the Attack 
J.D.'s Revenge 
Sidney 
El Diablo 
Finders Keepers 
Breaking at the Edge 
Supervized 
The White Dawn 
Momentum 
Foster Boy 
Jasper, Texas 
A Gathering of Old Men 
Cover 
The Inspectors 
Smitty 
Stories USA 
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence 
The Cuban 
Pride of Lions 
The Reason 
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story 
Breaking Brooklyn 
Zooman 
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations 
A Special Kind of Love 
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