Louis Gossett, Jr.
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr.is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, and his Emmy Award-winning role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots. Gossett has also starred in numerous film productions including A Raisin In The Sun, Skin Game, Travels with My Aunt, The Laughing Policeman, The Deep, Jaws 3-D, Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth27 May 1936
CitySheepshead Bay, NY
CountryUnited States of America