Louis Gossett Jr.
Birthday: May 27, 1936
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 6' 4"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Louis Gossett Jr.. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Corners	(2007)
[ Leon Rippy ]
Daddy's Little Girls	(2007)
[ Tyler Perry ][ Brian J. White ][ Idris Elba ]
The Real Catch	(2006)
[ Luke Perry ][ Paul Sorvino ][ Bruce Davison ]
Delgo	(2006)
[ Val Kilmer ][ Freddie Prinze Jr. ][ Michael Clarke Duncan ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Malcolm McDowell ]
All In	(2006)
[ Michael Madsen ][ James Russo ][ Brian Tee ][ James Quarter ]
Half-Life 2: Episode One	(2006)
[ Robert Guillaume ][ Robert Culp ]
The Fourth Horseman: Part 1	(2005)
[ Cameron Bright ][ Don S. Davis ]
Ex Deus Machina	(2005)
Beachhead	(2005)
Origin	(2005)
[ Richard Dean Anderson ][ Julian Sands ]
Left Behind III: World at War	(2005)
[ Kirk Cameron ][ Charles Martin Smith ]
Window	(2005)
Lackawanna Blues	(2005)
[ Liev Schreiber ][ Mos Def ][ Terrence Howard ][ Jimmy Smits ][ Jeffrey Wright ]
Solar Strike	(2005)
[ Mark Dacascos ]
Half-Life 2	(2004)
[ Robert Guillaume ][ Robert Culp ]
The Big Lover, My Brother Episode	(2004)
Momentum	(2003)
[ Daniel Dae Kim ][ Michael Massee ]
Jasper, Texas	(2003)
[ Jon Voight ][ Joe Morton ][ Bokeem Woodbine ][ Ron White ]
En un Momento	(2002)
What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway	(2002)
[ Keshia Knight Pulliam ]
Deceived	(2002)
[ Judd Nelson ]
For Love of Olivia	(2001)
The Highwayman	(2000)
[ Jason Priestley ][ Callum Keith Rennie ]
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story	(2000)
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence	(2000)
[ Michael Madsen ][ Jonathan Silverman ]
Dr. Lucille	(2000)
Y2K	(1999)
[ Malcolm McDowell ][ Joe Morton ]
Strange Justice	(1999)
[ Mandy Patinkin ][ Delroy Lindo ][ Paul Winfield ]
Love Songs	(1999)
[ Andre Braugher ]
The Inspectors	(1998)
[ Jonathan Silverman ]
To Dance with Olivia	(1997)
[ Frankie Muniz ][ Joe Don Baker ]
Amazing Grace: Part 1	(1997)
[ George Newbern ][ Austin O'Brien ][ Gerald McRaney ][ John Ortiz ]
Legend of the Mummy	(1997)
[ Richard Karn ][ Mark Lindsay Chapman ]
The Wall That Heals	(1997)
In His Father's Shoes	(1997)
Inside	(1996)
[ Eric Stoltz ]
Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story	(1996)
[ Robert Guillaume ]
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story	(1996)
[ Michael Jai White ][ Peter Outerbridge ]
Managua	(1996)
[ John Savage ][ Michael Moriarty ][ Robert Beltran ][ John Diehl ]
Iron Eagle IV	(1995)
[ Dean McDermott ][ Jason Cadieux ]
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder	(1995)
[ Terry O'Quinn ][ Ossie Davis ]
Zooman	(1995)
[ Charles S. Dutton ][ Hill Harper ][ Sam Bottoms ]
A Father for Charlie	(1995)
[ William Fichtner ][ Joseph Mazzello ][ Patrick Labyorteaux ]
Curse of the Starving Class	(1994)
[ James Woods ][ Randy Quaid ][ Henry Thomas ]
A Good Man in Africa	(1994)
[ Sean Connery ][ John Lithgow ]
Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice	(1994)
[ Ossie Davis ][ Danny Nucci ][ Willie Garson ][ Nestor Carbonell ]
Blue Chips	(1994)
[ Nick Nolte ][ Ed O'Neill ][ J.T. Walsh ][ Shaquille O'Neal ][ William Friedkin ]
Monolith	(1993)
[ Bill Paxton ][ John Hurt ]
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations	(1993)
[ Blair Underwood ][ Clarence Williams III ]
Flashfire	(1993)
[ Billy Zane ]
Diggstown	(1992)
[ James Caviezel ][ James Woods ][ Oliver Platt ][ Bruce Dern ]
Aces: Iron Eagle III	(1992)
[ Rob Estes ][ Fred Dalton Thompson ][ Sonny Chiba ][ Tom Bower ][ Phill Lewis ]
Keeper of the City	(1991)
[ Anthony Lapaglia ][ Peter Coyote ][ Tony Todd ][ Richard Riehle ]
Carolina Skeletons	(1991)
[ Bruce Dern ][ Bill Cobbs ]
Toy Soldiers	(1991)
[ Sean Astin ][ R. Lee Ermey ][ Wil Wheaton ][ Jerry Orbach ][ Denholm Elliott ]
The Josephine Baker Story	(1991)
[ Craig T Nelson ][ Craig T. Nelson ][ David Dukes ]
Cover Up	(1991)
[ Dolph Lundgren ]
Sudie and Simpson	(1990)
[ John M Jackson ][ John M. Jackson ]
El Diablo	(1990)
[ Joe Pantoliano ][ Anthony Edwards ][ John Glover ][ M.C. Gainey ][ Robert Beltran ]
Sleep Well, Professor Oliver	(1989)
The Punisher	(1989)
[ Dolph Lundgren ]
By the Waters of Babylon	(1989)
The Last Plane from Coramaya	(1989)
Tongs	(1989)
Roots: The Gift	(1988)
[ LeVar Burton ][ Avery Brooks ][ Tim Russ ]
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July	(1988)
[ Chris Sarandon ][ Richard Speight Jr. ][ Mitchell Anderson ]
Iron Eagle II	(1988)
[ Jason Gedrick ][ Alice Cooper ][ Clark Johnson ]
Sam Found Out: A Triple Play	(1988)
[ Ryan O'Neal ]
The Father Clements Story	(1987)
[ Malcolm-Jamal Warner ][ Carroll O'Connor ][ Glenn Plummer ]
The Principal	(1987)
[ James Belushi ][ Esai Morales ][ Jacob Vargas ]
A Gathering of Old Men	(1987)
[ Will Patton ][ Richard Widmark ]
Firewalker	(1986)
[ John Rhys-Davies ][ Chuck Norris ][ Ian Abercrombie ][ Aaron Norris ]
Iron Eagle	(1986)
[ David Suchet ][ Jason Gedrick ][ Tony Becker ]
Enemy Mine	(1985)
[ Dennis Quaid ][ Brion James ][ Barry Stokes ]
The Guardian	(1984)
[ Martin Sheen ]
Finders Keepers	(1984)
[ Jim Carrey ]
Sadat	(1983)
[ John Rhys-Davies ][ Jeffrey Tambor ]
Jaws 3-D	(1983)
[ Dennis Quaid ][ John Williams ]
Benny's Place	(1982)
An Officer and a Gentleman	(1982)
[ Richard Gere ][ David Caruso ][ Robert Loggia ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ John Laughlin ]
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige	(1981)
[ Ossie Davis ][ Cleavon Little ]
It Rained All Night the Day I Left	(1980)
[ Tony Curtis ][ John Vernon ]
Lawman Without a Gun	(1979)
[ Joe Morton ][ Philip Michael Thomas ][ John Ashton ][ Clu Gulager ][ Johnny Crawford ]
The Critical List	(1978)
[ Robert Wagner ][ Buddy Ebsen ][ Noble Willingham ]
To Kill a Cop	(1978)
[ Joe Don Baker ][ Desi Arnaz Jr. ]
The Lazarus Syndrome	(1978)
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots	(1978)
The Choirboys	(1977)
[ James Woods ][ Randy Quaid ][ Burt Young ][ Charles Durning ][ Perry King ]
Freeman	(1977)
The Deep	(1977)
[ Nick Nolte ][ Eli Wallach ][ Robert Shaw ]
Little Ladies of the Night	(1977)
[ David Soul ][ Aaron Spelling ]
Foul on the First Play	(1976)
J.D.'s Revenge	(1976)
The River Niger	(1976)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Tony Burton ]
Delancey Street: The Crisis Within	(1975)
[ Mark Hamill ][ Joe Flaherty ]
Black Bart	(1975)
[ Noble Willingham ]
The Cut Man Caper	(1975)
Thelma's Young Man	(1974)
A Very Lonely Lady	(1974)
The White Dawn	(1974)
[ Warren Oates ][ Timothy Bottoms ]
Sidekicks	(1974)
[ Harry Morgan ][ Larry Hagman ][ Jack Elam ]
It's Good to Be Alive	(1974)
[ Paul Winfield ]
The Laughing Policeman	(1973)
[ Walter Matthau ][ Bruce Dern ]
The Fuzz Brothers	(1973)
Travels with My Aunt	(1972)
The Living End	(1972)
[ John Calvin ]
Skin Game	(1971)
[ James Garner ]
Big Fish, Little Fish	(1971)
[ Bill Bixby ]
Leo the Last	(1970)
[ Marcello Mastroianni ]
The Landlord	(1970)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Hector Elizondo ]
The Bushbaby	(1969)
The Uptight Town	(1969)
Companions in Nightmare	(1968)
[ Leslie Nielsen ]
When Smitty Comes Marching Home	(1968)
Fang and Claw	(1967)
A Raisin in the Sun	(1961)
[ Sidney Poitier ][ John Fiedler ]

Trivia

• Conceived and co-wrote the well known song "Handsome Johnny" with Richie Havens. As the opening act for the original Woodstock, Havens performed "Handsome Johnny", as the 8th song in that historic first set. According to Havens, "...(Gossett) had gotten it up to the 'Dunkirk war'...I brought it up to date..." (From liner notes in The Best of Richie Havens CD, 1993)
• Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 1990
• He and his ex-wife, Cyndi James Gossett, have an adopted son.
• Along with Stacy Keach, he was one of two actors considered for the role of the SGC's new commanding officer, General Hank Landry, on "Stargate SG-1" (1997). The role instead went to Beau Bridges however Gossett was cast as a Jaffa leader named Gerak.
• He was the first male to be shown giving birth on screen, as Jeriba "Jerry" Shigan in _Enemy Mine (1983)_ .

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