"When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it."
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was an Academy Award winning American actor best known for An Officer and a Gentleman, A Raisin in the Sun, The Landlord and the Iron Eagle film series.
He was married to Hattie Glascoe, Christina Mangosing, and Cyndi James-Reese and he has two children.
His first cousin is actor Robert Gossett.
Filmography:
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Film Roles
- A Raisin in the Sun as George Murchison
- The Bushbaby as Tembo
- The Landlord as Copee
- Travels with My Aunt as Zachary/'Wordsworth'
- The Laughing Policeman as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
- The White Dawn as Portagee
- The River Niger as Dr. Dudley Stanton
- J Ds Revenge as Rev. Elija Bliss
- The Deep (1977) as Henri Cloche
- The Choirboys as Calvin Motts
- It Rained All Night The Day I Left as Leo Garcia
- An Officer and a Gentleman as Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley
- Jaws 3-D as Calvin Bouchard
- Finders Keepers as Century
- Enemy Mine as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
- Iron Eagle as Chappy Sinclair
- Iron Eagle II as Chappy Sinclair
- Aces Iron Eagle III as Chappy Sinclair
- Iron Eagle On The Attack as Chappy Sinclair
- Firewalker as Leo Porter
- The Principal as Jake Phillips
- A Gathering Of Old Men as Mathu
- The Punisher (1989) as Jake Berkowitz
- Cover Up as CIA Boss Lou Jackson
- Toy Soldiers as Dean Parker
- Diggstown as 'Honey' Roy Palmer
- Flashfire as Ben Durand
- Blue Chips as Father Dawkins
- A Good Man In Africa as Prof. Sam Adekunle
- Curse Of The Starving Class as Ellis
- The Wall That Heals as Narrator
- Momentum (2003) as Raymond Addison
- Left Behind World At War as Pre. Gerald Fitzhugh
- Daddy's Little Girls as Willie
- Cover as Det. hicks
- ''The Perfect Game' as Cool Papa Bell
- Delgo as Zahn
- Dog Zack as Grown Up Jed
- Shannons Rainbow as Max
- The Least Among You as Samuel Benton
- Smitty as Mr. Smith
- Why Did I Get Married Too? as Porter
- The Grace Card as George Wright
- A Fonder Heart as Glen
- The Lamp as The Genie
- The Undershepherd as Bishop Redford
- A Fighting Man as Cubby
- The Dependables as Lou Jones
- Boiling Pot as Det. Haven
- Undnercover Grandpa as Mother
- Double Play as Coco
- Foster Boy as Judge
- The Cuban as Luis Garcia
- Supervized as Pendle
- IF (2024)
Television Roles
- The Nurses as William Taylor (1 episode)
- The Invaders (1967) as Ollie (1 episode)
- The Mod Squad as Sgt. William Smith (1 episode)/Smitty Lloyd/Charley Jameson (3 episodes)
- The Bill Cosby Show as Hurricane Smith (1 episode)
- The Young Rebels as Isak Poole (1970-1971)
- The Rookies as Toby Jones (1 episode)
- Love, American Style as Freddy (1 episode)
- McCloud as Dewey Justin (1 episode)
- Petrocelli as DA Kurt Olson (2 episodes)
- Good Times as Donald Knight/Uncle Wilbert (2 episodes)
- Harry O as Cleon Jackson (1 episode)
- The Jeffersons as Wendell Brown (1 episode)
- The Six Million Dollar Man as O'Flaherty (1 episode)
- Police Story (1973) as Freddie/Virgil Barnes (2 episodes)
- Little House on the Prairie as Henry Hill (1 episode)
- The Rockford Files as Marcus 'Gabby' Hayes (2 episodes)
- Roots (1977) as Fiddler
- Visions as Rex (1 episode)
- Backstairs At The White House as Levi Mercer
- ''Palmerstown USA"' as Fredrick Douglas Jackson
- Saturday Night Live as Host (1 episode)
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Commander Clash (3 episodes)
- Picket Fences as Rick Jennings (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Anderson Walker (1 episode)
- Early Edition as Jim Matthews (1 episode)
- Ellen as Sgt. Timko (1 episode)
- Resurrection Blvd as Ezekiel 'Zeke' Grant (2 episodes)
- The Dead Zone as Pastor David Lewis (1 episode)
- Half & Half as Ray Willis (2 episodes)
- Stargate SG-1 as Gerak (5 episodes)
- Family Guy as Sgt. Angryman (1 episode)
- The Batman as Lucius Fox (recurring)
- ER as Leo Malcolm (1 episode)
- Psych as Lloyd (1 episode)
- Boardwalk Empire as Oscar Boneau (1 episode)
- Extant as Quinn (recurring)
- Madam Secretary as Father Laurent Vasseur (1 episode)
- The Book Of Negroes as Daddy Moses (2 episodes)
- The Good Fight as Carl Reddick (1 episode)
- Hap and Leonard as Bacon (6 episodes)
- Hawaii Five-0 as Percy Grover Sr. (1 episode)
- Watchmen (2019) as Will Reeves/Hooded Justice (7 episodes)
