Louis Gossett Jr.

IF

Lewis (voice)

An Officer and a Gentleman

Sergeant Emil Foley

Enemy Mine

Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

The Color Purple

Ol' Mister

Toy Soldiers

Dean Parker

A Raisin in the Sun

George Murchison

The Punisher

Jake Berkowitz

The Principal

Jake Phillips

Filmography

Acting (207)

Movies (143)

Sin

as Elijah

as Lewis (voice)

The Color Purple

as Ol' Mister

Outlaw Johnny Black

as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)

Three Months

as Benny

Sidney

as Self

I Forgive

as God (voice)

Not to Forget

as Pastor John

The Reason

as Pastor Jim

The Cuban

as Luis Garcia

Miracle in East Texas

as Irving Tanner Jr.

Supervized

as Pendle

Foster Boy

as Judge George Taylor

Hal

as Self

The Gang Activists

as Self

Breaking Brooklyn

as Miles Bryant

Undercover Grandpa

as Mother

King of the Dancehall

as The Bishop

Double Play

as Coco

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017

as Self

6.2

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016

as Himself

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

as Self

Boiling Pot

as Detective Haven

A Fighting Man

as Cubby

The Dependables

as Lou Jones

Breaking at the Edge

as Floyd

Miracle at Gate 213

as Roy Peddington

The Undershepherd

as Bishop Redford

Smitty

as Mr. Smith

The Grace Card

as George Wright

Dog Jack

as Grown up Jed

Why Did I Get Married Too?

2010

as Porter

6.5

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

as Self

The Perfect Game

as Cool Papa Bell

Amazing Racer

as Max Donovan

The Least Among You

as Samuel Benton

Delgo

as King Zahn (voice)

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

as Self

A Love Story of Today

as Self

The Black List: Volume One

as Self

6.5

A Special Kind of Love

as Self

Stories USA

2007

as Doc (segment "Club Soda")

Daddy's Little Girls

as Willie

Cover

as Detective Hicks

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

Solar Attack

2006

as President Ryan Gordon

5.2

Club Soda

2006

as Doc

All In

2006

as Caps

4.3

Left Behind: World at War

2005

as President Geral Fitzhugh

Lackawanna Blues

as Ol'lem Taylor

Jasper, Texas

as R.C. Horn

Momentum

as Raymond Addison

Deceived

as Col. David Garrett

4.2

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

as Dr. Barnes

Dr. Lucille

For Love of Olivia

as Daniel Stewart

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

as Lou Hastings

The Highwayman

as Phil Bishop

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

as Frank

Love Songs

as Reuben

Strange Justice

as Vernon Jordan

Y2K

as Morgan

The Wall That Heals

as Self - Host

The Inspectors

1998

as Inspector Frank Hughes

5.9

Legend of the Mummy

1998

as Corbeck

4.0

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998

as Self

In His Father's Shoes

as Frank Crosby / Richard

3.5

To Dance with Olivia

as Daniel Stewart

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

as James Mink

Managua

as Paul

Inside

as Questioner

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

as Bob Kersee

Zooman

as Rueben Tate

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

as Self

7.8

Iron Eagle on the Attack

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

3.8

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

as Ray Alexander

A Father for Charlie

as Walter Osgood

6.7

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

as Narrator

Blue Chips

1994

as Father Dawkins (uncredited)

Flashfire

as Ben Durand

A Good Man in Africa

as Prof. Sam Adekunle

4.9

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994

as Ray Alexander

Curse of the Starving Class

as Ellis

Monolith

as Capt. MacCandless

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993

as Leonard Clay

Diggstown

1992

as "Honey" Roy Palmer

6.3

Iron Eagle III

1992

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

4.1

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

as Reader

Toy Soldiers

as Dean Parker

Carolina Skeletons

as James Bragg

Cover-Up

as Lou Jackson

The Josephine Baker Story

as Sidney Williams

Keeper of the City

as Det. James Dela

El Diablo

as Van Leek

Sudie and Simpson

as Simpson

Zora is My Name!

The Punisher

as Jake Berkowitz

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

as Big John Creed

10.0

Iron Eagle II

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

4.5

Roots: The Gift

as Fiddler

6.8

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

as Sam

The Father Clements Story

1987

The Principal

1987

as Jake Phillips

6.5

A Gathering of Old Men

1987

as Mathu

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

Firewalker

as Leo Porter

Iron Eagle

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

5.6

Enemy Mine

1985

as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

The Guardian

as John Mack

Finders Keepers

as Century

Jaws 3-D

as Calvin Bouchard

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

1983

as narrator

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

as Sergeant Emil Foley

Benny's Place

as Benny Moore

I Love Liberty

as Self

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

1981

as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980

as Leo Garcia

4.8

Lawman Without a Gun

as Tom Hayward

The Lazarus Syndrome

as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

4.0

To Kill a Cop

1978

as Everett Walker

The Deep

as Henri Cloche

Freeman

as Rex

The Choirboys

as Calvin Motts

Little Ladies of the Night

1977

as Russ Garfield

2.8

The River Niger

1976

as Dr. Dudley Stanton

J.D.'s Revenge

as Rev. Elija Bliss

Black Bart

as Black Bart

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

1975

as Otis James

Sidekicks

as Jason O'Rourke

The White Dawn

as Portagee

It's Good to Be Alive

as Sam Brockington

6.6

The Laughing Policeman

1973

as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

Travels with My Aunt

as Wordsworth

Skin Game

as Jason O'Rourke

The Landlord

as Copee Johnson

The Bushbaby

as Tembo

Companions in Nightmare

as Lt. Adam McKay

A Raisin in the Sun

as George Murchison

The New Girl

as Mary's Brother

Crimes of Violence

as Self - Host

Gridiron Gang

as Host

Forget to Remember

Straight Up

as Cosmo

Television (64)

Watchmen

2019

as Old Man / Will Reeves

7.6

The Good Fight

2017

as Carl Reddick

7.5

The Spoils Before Dying

as Duke Webster

The Book of Negroes

as Daddy Moses

Madam Secretary

as Laurent Vasseur

Extant

as Quinn

Hawaii Five-0

as Lou's father

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Psych

as Lloyd Marr

Black in the 80s

The Batman

as Lucius Fox (voice)

8.0

The Dead Zone

2002

as Pastor David Lewis

Half & Half

as Ray Willis

Family Guy

as Drill Sargent (voice)

Hercules

as Chiron (voice)

Stargate SG-1

as Gerak

Early Edition

as Jim Matthews

Promised Land

as Anderson Walker

as Leo Malcolm

Touched by an Angel

as Anderson Walker

Ellen

as Sgt. Timko

Return to Lonesome Dove

as Isom Pickett

Picket Fences

as Rick Jennings

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

as Commander Clash (voice)

Gideon Oliver

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Sadat

as Anwar al-Sadat

The Powers of Matthew Star

1982

as Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

1980

5.5

Backstairs at the White House

as Levi Mercer, Houseman

5.9

The Lazarus Syndrome

as MacArthur St. Clair

The Critical List

1978

as Lem Harper

Roots

as Fiddler

Please Turn the Page

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Jeffersons

The Six Million Dollar Man

as O'Flaherty

7.3

Little House on the Prairie

as Henry Hill

7.9

The Rockford Files

as Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien

Good Times

Harry O

as Cleon Jackson

Petrocelli

as Kurt Olson, DA

Police Story

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

The Rookies

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971

as Lt. Carl Fellows

6.3

Alias Smith and Jones

McCloud

The Partridge Family

as Sam Simon

The Young Rebels

Love, American Style

as Freddy

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Dr. Karnes

The Bill Cosby Show

as Hurricane Smith

The Mod Squad

as Smitty

The Invaders

as Ollie

Cowboy in Africa

as Fulah

Daktari

as Mkono

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Bonanza

as Buck Walter

The Oscars

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2

Crew (10)

Movies (8)

In Memory Of

For Love of Olivia

Executive Producer

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

Executive Producer

Love Songs

Director

In His Father's Shoes

Executive Producer

3.5

To Dance with Olivia

Executive Producer

Inside

Executive Producer

A Father for Charlie

Executive Producer

Television (2)

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

2010

Executive Producer

The Powers of Matthew Star

1982

Director