Louis Gossett Jr
American actor
Died when: 87 years 307 days (1054 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor.He was a folk singer in the 1960s.He is best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, winning him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He also won an Emmy Award for his role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots.Gossett has also starred in numerous other film productions including A Raisin in the Sun, The Landlord, Skin Game, Travels with My Aunt, The Laughing Policeman, The White Dawn, The Deep, Jaws 3-D, Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine, The Principal, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher, in an acting career that spans over five decades.
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