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Louis Gossett Jr.

English
Filmography

The Book of Negroes

2015
as Papa Moses

Jaws 3-D

1983
as Calvin Bouchard

The Punisher

1989
as Jake Berkowitz

Blue Chips

1994
as Father Dawkins

The White Dawn

1974
as Portagee

The Josephine Baker Story

1991
as Sidney Williams

Finders Keepers

1984
as Century

Smitty

2012
as Mr. Smith

Left Behind III: World at War

2005
as President Geral Fitzhugh

The Cuban

2019
as Luis Garcia

All In

2006
as Caps

To Dance with Olivia

1997
as Daniel Stewart

Lawman Without a Gun

1978
as Tom Hayward

Deceived

2002
as Col. David Garrett

The Choirboys

1977
as Calvin Motts

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

The Landlord

1970
as Copee Johnson

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

1992
as Reader (voice)

The Powers of Matthew Star

1982
as Walt "Shep" Shepherd

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000
as Lou Hastings

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

2002
as Dr. Barnes

Lackawanna Blues

2005
as Ol'lem Taylor

Breaking Brooklyn

2018
as Miles

King of the Dancehall

2017
as The Bishop

The Father Clements Story

1987
as Father Clements

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

1988
as Big John Creed

IF

2024

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982
as Sergeant Emil Foley

Little Ladies of the Night

1977
as Russ Garfield

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

2000
as Frank

Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy

1998
as Corbeck

Straight Up

as Cosmo

A Gathering of Old Men

1987
as Mathu

A Good Man in Africa

1994
as Adekunle

It's Good to Be Alive

1974
as Sam Brockington

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017
as Louis Gossett Jr.

Carolina Skeletons

1991
as James Bragg

The Inspectors

1998
as Inspector Frank Hughes

Pride of Lions

2014
as Lou Jones

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996
as James Mink

The Grace Card

2011
as George Wright

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

1981
as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

The Black List: Volume One

2008
as Louis Gossett Jr.

The Laughing Policeman

1973
as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

A Raisin in the Sun

1961
as George Murchison

Three Months

2022

The Lazarus Syndrome

1978
as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

Cover-Up

1991
as Lou Jackson

Firewalker

1986
as Leo Porter

It rained all night the day I left

1980
as Leo Garcia

A Father for Charlie

1995
as Walter Osgood

The Least Among You

2009
as Samuel Benton

Why Did I Get Married Too?

2010
as Porter

Iron Eagle

1986
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Flashfire

1994
as Ben Durand

Managua

1997
as Paul

In His Father's Shoes

1997
as Frank Crosby

Black Bart

1975
as Black Bart

Double Play

2017
as Coco

Roots

1977
as Fiddler

Iron Eagle IV

1995
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Diggstown

1992
as 'Honey' Roy Palmer

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016
as Himself

Solar Attack

2006
as President Ryan Gordon

Canaan Land

2020
as Talk Show Guest

The Principal

1987
as Jake Phillips

Boiling Pot

2015
as Detective Haven

Travels with My Aunt

1972
as Wordsworth

Keeper of the City

1991
as Detective James Dela

Foster Boy

2019
as Judge George Taylor

Sadat

1983
as Anwar al-Sadat

Hal

2018
as Himself

Companions in Nightmare

1968
as Lt. Adam McKay

Daddy's Little Girls

2007
as Willie

Miracle at Gate 213

2013
as Roy Peddington

Undercover Grandpa

2017
as Mother

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993

Curse of the Starving Class

1994
as Ellis

Dr. Lucille

2001
as David Mulera

Strange Justice

1999
as Vernon Jordan

A Century of Black Cinema

2003
as Louis Gossett Jr.

Y2K

1999
as Morgan

Delgo

2008
as King Zahn (voice)

Return to Lonesome Dove

1993

Zooman

1995
as Rueben Tate

Iron Eagle III

1992
as Charlos Chappy Snclair

Dog Jack

2011
as Grown up Jed

J.D.'s Revenge

1976
as Rev. Elija Bliss

Momentum

2003
as Raymond Addison

A Fighting Man

2014
as Cubby

The Reason

2020
as Pastor Jim

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

1983
as Self - Narrator

Skin Game

1971
as Jason O'Rourke

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

1995
as Narrator

Toy Soldiers

1991
as Dean Edward Parker

Enemy Mine

1985
as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

The Bushbaby

1969
as Tembo

The River Niger

1976
as Dr. Dudley Stanton

Iron Eagle II

1988
as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

The Deep

1977
as Henri Cloche

El Diablo

1990
as Van Leek

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995
as Ray Alexander

Sudie and Simpson

1990
as Simpson

Supervized

2019
as Pendle

The Perfect Game

2010
as Cool Papa Bell

Backstairs at the White House

1979
as Houseman Levi Mercer

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996
as Bob Kersee

Monolith

1993
as Capt. MacCandless

Director

Episode The Powers of Matthew Star
Swords and Quests 		1983

Host

Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards 		1993

Producer

Movie To Dance with Olivia 1997
Movie The Color of Love: Jacey's Story 2000
Movie For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots 2010
Movie A Father for Charlie 1995
Movie Managua 1997
Movie In His Father's Shoes 1997

Crew

Movie In His Father's Shoes 1997

Guest Star

Episode The Good Fight
Reddick v Boseman 		2017
Episode Good Times
Thelma's Young Man 		1974
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Jill Clayburgh, Cindy Crawford, Louis Gossett, Jr. 		1991
Episode Stargate SG-1
Beachhead 		2005
Episode Stargate SG-1
The Fourth Horseman (2) 		2006
Episode American Experience
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II 		1992
Episode The Jeffersons
George's Best Friend 		1975
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Spalding Grey, Louis Gossett, Jr, Buffalo Tom 		1993
Episode Stargate SG-1
Ex Deus Machina 		2005
Episode Good Times
Michael's Big Fall 		1975
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Louis Gossett Jr., Argus Hamilton, Richard Kline 		1983
Episode The Mod Squad
When Smitty Comes Marching Home 		1968
Episode Return to Lonesome Dove
The Vision 		1993
Episode Petrocelli
A Fallen Idol 		1974
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
Sep 22 1977 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Alex Haley/Louis Gossett, Jr. 		1977
Episode Return to Lonesome Dove
The Forge 		1993
Episode Touched by an Angel
Amazing Grace (1) 		1997
Episode Longstreet
The Way of the Intercepting Fist 		1971
Episode Extant
Shelter 		2014
Episode Harry O
Shades 		1975
Episode Extant
Before the Blood 		2014
Episode Extant
What on Earth Is Wrong? 		2014
Episode Petrocelli
A Very Lonely Lady 		1974
Episode The Batman
The Batman/Superman Story (1) 		2007
Episode Return to Lonesome Dove
The Legacy 		1993
Episode Touched by an Angel
Amazing Grace (2) 		1997
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
The Bounty Hunter 		1971
Episode Return to Lonesome Dove
The Passing 		1993
Episode The Invaders
The Vise 		1968
Episode Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Lele pū nā manu like 		2018
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Louis Gossett Jr. 		1992
Episode Ellen
G.I. Ellen 		1997
Episode Psych
Heeeeere's Lassie! 		2012