Louis Gossett Jr.
Il mio nemico
Ufficiale e gentiluomo
Lo squalo 3
Louis Cameron Gossett (New York, 27 maggio 1936 – Santa Monica, 29 marzo 2024) è stato un attore statunitense. Ha vinto il premio Oscar al miglior attore non protagonista nel 1983 per l'interpretazione del sergente Emil Foley in Ufficiale e gentiluomo. È stato inoltre premiato con due Golden Globe e candidato a numerosi Emmy Award, vincendone uno nel 1977. Nella sua carriera ha interpretato svariati personaggi con caratteri completamente diversi in più di 200 film. Fra i numerosi ruoli interpretati, si ricordano l'avventuriero Leo Porter in Il tempio di fuoco (1986), accanto a Chuck Norris, e l'imprenditore Calvin Bouchard in Lo squalo 3 (1983). Wikipedia
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
27 Maggio 1936 - 29 Marzo 2024
87 anni 10 mesi e 2 giorni
Fimografia
- 2024 - IF - Gli amici immaginari as Lewis (voice)
- 2023 - Il colore viola as Ol' Mister
- 2023 - Outlaw Johnny Black as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
- 2022 - Sidney Poitier 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 - Foster Boy as Judge George Taylor
- 2019 - Supervized as Pendle
- 2019 - The Gang Activists as Himself
- 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 - Double Play as Coco
- 2017 - King of the Dancehall as The Bishop
- 2016 - Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Himself
- 2016 - A.C. Green: Iron Virgin as Himself
- 2015 - Boiling Pot as Detective Haven
- 2014 - Pride of Lions 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 - Un amico a quattro zampe as Mr. Smith
- 2012 - The Undershepherd as Bishop Redford
- 2011 - Dog Jack as Grown up Jed
- 2011 - The grace card as George Wright
- 2010 - Why Did I Get Married Too? as Porter
- 2009 - La partita perfetta as Cool Papa Bell
- 2009 - The Least Among You as Samuel Benton
- 2009 - Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 2008 - Delgo e il destino del mondo as King Zahn (voice)
- 2008 - A Love Story of Today as Self
- 2008 - A Special Kind of Love as Self
- 2008 - Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth 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 - Solar attack as President Ryan Gordon
- 2006 - All In as Caps
- 2005 - Gli esclusi - Il mondo in guerra as President Geral Fitzhugh
- 2005 - Lackawanna Blues as Ol'lem Taylor
- 2003 - Jasper, Texas - La città dell'odio as R.C. Horn
- 2003 - Momentum as Raymond Addison
- 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 - Per amore di Jacey as Lou Hastings
- 2000 - The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence as Frank
- 2000 - Vite a mano armata as Phil Bishop
- 1999 - Strange Justice as Vernon Jordan
- 1999 - Y2K as Morgan
- 1999 - Love Songs as Reuben
- 1998 - The Inspectors as Inspector Frank Hughes
- 1998 - Legend of the Mummy as Corbeck
- 1997 - In His Father's Shoes as Frank Crosby / Richard
- 1997 - To Dance With Olivia as Daniel Stewart
- 1996 - Inside as Questioner
- 1996 - Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story as Bob Kersee
- 1996 - Cuore in catene as James Mink
- 1996 - Managua as Paul
- 1995 - Aquile d'acciaio 4 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 - Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing as Narrator
- 1995 - A Father for Charlie as Walter Osgood
- 1994 - Flashfire - Incendio assassino as Ben Durand
- 1994 - Curse of the Starving Class as Ellis
- 1994 - Alla ricerca dello stregone as Prof. Sam Adekunle
- 1994 - Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Ray Alexander
- 1994 - Basta vincere as Father Dawkins (uncredited)
- 1993 - The war zone - Echi di guerra as Capt. MacCandless
- 1993 - Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
- 1992 - Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II as Reader
- 1992 - La notte dell'imbroglio as "Honey" Roy Palmer
- 1992 - Air Force - Aquile d'acciaio 3 as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
- 1991 - Keeper of the City as Det. James Dela
- 1991 - Carolina Skeletons as James Bragg
- 1991 - Scuola di eroi as Dean Parker
- 1991 - The Josephine Baker Story as Sidney Williams
- 1991 - Cover-Up as Lou Jackson
- 1990 - Sudie and Simpson as Simpson
- 1990 - El Diablo as Van Leek
- 1990 - Zora is My Name!
- 1989 - Il vendicatore - The Punisher as Jake Berkowitz
- 1988 - Roots: The Gift as Fiddler
- 1988 - Goodbye, Miss 4th of July as Big John Creed
- 1988 - Aquile d'attacco as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
- 1988 - Sam Found Out: A Triple Play as Sam
- 1987 - The Father Clements Story
- 1987 - The Principal - Una classe violenta as Jake Phillips
- 1987 - Tutti colpevoli as Mathu
- 1986 - Il tempio di fuoco as Leo Porter
- 1986 - L'aquila d'acciaio as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
- 1985 - Il mio nemico as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
- 1984 - L'amico silenzioso as John Mack
- 1984 - Il treno più pazzo del mondo as Century
- 1983 - Lo squalo 3 as Calvin Bouchard
- 1983 - The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die as narrator
- 1982 - Ufficiale e gentiluomo 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
- 1979 - Lawman Without a Gun as Tom Hayward
- 1978 - To Kill a Cop as Everett Walker
- 1978 - The Lazarus Syndrome as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
- 1977 - Freeman as Rex
- 1977 - I ragazzi del coro as Calvin Motts
- 1977 - Abissi as Henri Cloche
- 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 - Delancey Street: The Crisis Within as Otis James
- 1975 - Black Bart as Black Bart
- 1974 - The White Dawn as Portagee
- 1974 - Sidekicks as Jason O'Rourke
- 1974 - It's Good to Be Alive as Sam Brockington
- 1973 - L'ispettore Martin ha teso la trappola as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
- 1972 - In viaggio con la zia as Wordsworth
- 1971 - Il magliaro a cavallo as Jason O'Rourke
- 1970 - Il padrone di casa as Copee Johnson
- 1970 - Forget to Remember
- 1970 - Gridiron Gang as Host
- 1970 - Crimes of Violence as Self - Host
- 1970 - Everbrook (The Home)
- 1969 - Avventura nella giungla as Tembo
- 1968 - Companions in Nightmare as Lt. Adam McKay
- 1961 - Un grappolo di sole as George Murchison
- 1960 - The New Girl as Mary's Brother