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Louis Gossett Jr.
May 27, 1936 (88 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
Saturday Night Live
Hawaii Five-0
Family Guy
Credits
2024 ·
IF
as Lewis (voice)
2023 ·
The Color Purple
as Ol' Mister
2023 ·
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
2022 ·
Sidney
as Self
2022 ·
Three Months
as Benny
2021 ·
Not to Forget
as Pastor John
2021 ·
I Forgive
as God (voice)
2020 ·
The Reason
as Pastor Jim
2020 ·
The Cuban
as Luis Garcia
2020 ·
Miracle in East Texas
as Irving Tanner Jr.
2019 ·
Watchmen
as Old Man / Will Reeves
2019 ·
Foster Boy
as Judge George Taylor
2019 ·
Supervized
as Pendle
2019 ·
The Gang Activists
as Self
2019 ·
Hal
as Self
2018 ·
Breaking Brooklyn
as Miles Bryant
2017 ·
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017 ·
Undercover Grandpa
as Mother
2017 ·
The Good Fight
as Carl Reddick
2017 ·
Double Play
as Coco
2017 ·
King of the Dancehall
as The Bishop
2016 ·
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016 ·
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
as Himself
2015 ·
Boiling Pot
as Detective Haven
2015 ·
The Spoils Before Dying
as Duke Webster
2015 ·
The Book of Negroes
as Daddy Moses
2014 ·
Madam Secretary
as Father Laurent Vasseur
2014 ·
Extant
as Quinn
2014 ·
The Dependables
as Lou Jones
2014 ·
A Fighting Man
as Cubby
2014 ·
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2013 ·
Miracle at Gate 213
as Roy Peddington
2012 ·
Smitty
as Mr. Smith
2012 ·
The Undershepherd
as Bishop Redford
2011 ·
Dog Jack
as Grown up Jed
2011 ·
The Grace Card
as George Wright
2010 ·
Hawaii Five-0
as Lou's father
2010 ·
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Porter
2009 ·
The Perfect Game
as Cool Papa Bell
2009 ·
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009 ·
Amazing Racer
as Max Donovan
2009 ·
The Least Among You
as Samuel Benton
2009 ·
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2008 ·
Delgo
as King Zahn (voice)
2008 ·
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
as Self
2008 ·
A Love Story of Today
as Self
2008 ·
A Special Kind of Love
as Self
2008 ·
The Black List: Volume One
as Himself
2007 ·
Stories USA
as Doc (segment "Club Soda")
2007 ·
Cover
as Detective Hicks
2007 ·
Daddy's Little Girls
as Willie
2007 ·
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2006 ·
Club Soda
as Doc
2006 ·
Psych
as Lloyd Marr
2006 ·
Solar Attack
as President Ryan Gordon
2006 ·
All In
as Caps
2005 ·
Left Behind: World at War
as President Geral Fitzhugh
2005 ·
Lackawanna Blues
as Ol'lem Taylor
2005 ·
Black in the 80s
as
2004 ·
The Batman
as Lucius Fox (voice)
2004 ·
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage)
2003 ·
Jasper, Texas
as R.C. Horn
2003 ·
Momentum
as Raymond Addison
2002 ·
Half & Half
as Ray Willis
2002 ·
The Dead Zone
as Pastor David Lewis
2002 ·
What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away
as Dr. Barnes
2002 ·
Deceived
as Col. David Garrett
2001 ·
For Love of Olivia
as Daniel Stewart
2000 ·
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Lou Hastings
2000 ·
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
as Frank
2000 ·
The Highwayman
as Phil Bishop
1999 ·
Strange Justice
as Vernon Jordan
1999 ·
Y2K
as Morgan
1999 ·
Love Songs
as Reuben
1999 ·
Family Guy
as Drill Sargent (voice)
1998 ·
The Inspectors
as Inspector Frank Hughes
1998 ·
Hercules
as Chiron (voice)
1998 ·
Legend of the Mummy
as Corbeck
1998 ·
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
as Self
1997 ·
Stargate SG-1
as Gerak
1997 ·
In His Father's Shoes
as Frank Crosby / Richard
1997 ·
To Dance with Olivia
as Daniel Stewart
1996 ·
Early Edition
as
1996 ·
Promised Land
as Anderson Walker
1996 ·
Inside
as Questioner
1996 ·
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
as Bob Kersee
1996 ·
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
as James Mink
1996 ·
Managua
as Paul
1995 ·
Iron Eagle on the Attack
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1995 ·
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995 ·
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as Ray Alexander
1995 ·
Zooman
as Rueben Tate
1995 ·
A Father for Charlie
as Walter Osgood
1995 ·
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
as Narrator
1994 ·
Touched by an Angel
as Anderson Walker
1994 ·
ER
as Leo Malcolm
1994 ·
Flashfire
as Ben Durand
1994 ·
Curse of the Starving Class
as Ellis
1994 ·
A Good Man in Africa
as Prof. Sam Adekunle
1994 ·
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
as Ray Alexander
1994 ·
Ellen
as Sgt. Timko
1994 ·
Blue Chips
as Father Dawkins (uncredited)
1993 ·
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Isom Pickett
1993 ·
Monolith
as Capt. MacCandless
1993 ·
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
as
1992 ·
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
as Reader
1992 ·
Diggstown
as "Honey" Roy Palmer
1992 ·
Iron Eagle III
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1991 ·
Keeper of the City
as Det. James Dela
1991 ·
Carolina Skeletons
as James Bragg
1991 ·
Toy Soldiers
as Dean Parker
1991 ·
The Josephine Baker Story
as Sidney Williams
1991 ·
Cover-Up
as Lou Jackson
1990 ·
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Commander Clash (voice)
1990 ·
Sudie and Simpson
as Simpson
1990 ·
El Diablo
as Van Leek
1990 ·
Zora is My Name!
as
1989 ·
The Punisher
as Jake Berkowitz
1989 ·
Gideon Oliver
as
1988 ·
Roots: The Gift
as Fiddler
1988 ·
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
as Big John Creed
1988 ·
Iron Eagle II
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1988 ·
American Experience
as Self - Narrator
1988 ·
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play
as Sam
1987 ·
The Father Clements Story
as
1987 ·
The Principal
as Jake Phillips
1987 ·
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987 ·
A Gathering of Old Men
as Mathu
1986 ·
Firewalker
as Leo Porter
1986 ·
Iron Eagle
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
1985 ·
Enemy Mine
as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
1984 ·
The Guardian
as John Mack
1984 ·
Finders Keepers
as Century
1983 ·
Sadat
as Anwar al-Sadat
1983 ·
Jaws 3-D
as Calvin Bouchard
1983 ·
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
as narrator
1982 ·
The Powers of Matthew Star
as Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)
1982 ·
An Officer and a Gentleman
as Sergeant Emil Foley
1982 ·
Benny's Place
as Benny Moore
1982 ·
I Love Liberty
as Self
1981 ·
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
1980 ·
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
as Leo Garcia
1980 ·
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as
1979 ·
The Lazarus Syndrome
as MacArthur St. Clair
1979 ·
Lawman Without a Gun
as Tom Hayward
1979 ·
Backstairs at the White House
as Levi Mercer, Houseman
1978 ·
The Critical List
as Lem Harper
1978 ·
To Kill a Cop
as Everett Walker
1978 ·
The Lazarus Syndrome
as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
1977 ·
Freeman
as Rex
1977 ·
The Choirboys
as Calvin Motts
1977 ·
The Deep
as Henri Cloche
1977 ·
Please Turn the Page
as Self
1977 ·
Roots
as Fiddler
1977 ·
Little Ladies of the Night
as Russ Garfield
1976 ·
J.D.'s Revenge
as Rev. Elija Bliss
1976 ·
The River Niger
as Dr. Dudley Stanton
1975 ·
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975 ·
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within
as Otis James
1975 ·
The Jeffersons
as
1975 ·
Black Bart
as Black Bart
1974 ·
The Rockford Files
as Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien
1974 ·
The Rockford Files
as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes
1974 ·
Harry O
as Cleon Jackson
1974 ·
Little House on the Prairie
as
1974 ·
Petrocelli
as Kurt Olson, DA
1974 ·
Petrocelli
as District Attorney Kurt Olson
1974 ·
The White Dawn
as Portagee
1974 ·
Sidekicks
as Jason O'Rourke
1974 ·
It's Good to Be Alive
as Sam Brockington
1974 ·
Good Times
as
1974 ·
The Six Million Dollar Man
as O'Flaherty
1973 ·
The Laughing Policeman
as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
1973 ·
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973 ·
Police Story
as
1972 ·
Travels with My Aunt
as Wordsworth
1972 ·
The Rookies
as
1971 ·
Skin Game
as Jason O'Rourke
1971 ·
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Lt. Carl Fellows
1971 ·
Alias Smith and Jones
as
1970 ·
The Partridge Family
as Sam Simon
1970 ·
The Young Rebels
as
1970 ·
The Landlord
as Copee Johnson
1970 ·
McCloud
as
1969 ·
Love, American Style
as Freddy
1969 ·
The Bill Cosby Show
as Hurricane Smith
1969 ·
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Dr. Karnes
1969 ·
The Bushbaby
as Tembo
1968 ·
Companions in Nightmare
as Lt. Adam McKay
1968 ·
The Mod Squad
as Smitty
1968 ·
The Mod Squad
as Lloyd
1968 ·
The Mod Squad
as Charley Jameson
1967 ·
Cowboy in Africa
as Fulah
1967 ·
Cowboy in Africa
as Joseph Hemera
1967 ·
The Invaders
as Ollie
1966 ·
Daktari
as Mkono
1962 ·
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962 ·
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1961 ·
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961 ·
A Raisin in the Sun
as George Murchison
1960 ·
The New Girl
as Mary's Brother
1959 ·
Bonanza
as Buck Walter
1953 ·
The Oscars
as Self
1948 ·
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1944 ·
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944 ·
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944 ·
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944 ·
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host
1944 ·
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
2025 ·
Gridiron Gang
as Host
2025 ·
Everbrook (The Home)
as
2025 ·
Straight Up
as Cosmo
2025 ·
Crimes of Violence
as Self - Host
2025 ·
Forget to Remember
as
