Search results
Mar 29, 2024 · March 29, 2024 6:12am. Louis Gossett John Sciulli/Getty Images for Amnesty International USA. Louis Gossett Jr., the tough guy with a sensitive side who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a steely ...
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was 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 ...
Mar 29, 2024 · FILE - Louis Gossett Jr., poses with the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in “An Officer and a Gentleman,” at the annual Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles on April 11, 1983. Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died.
Louis Gossett Jr., who made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, died on Friday in Santa Monica, California. He was 87. "It is with our heartfelt regret to confirm our beloved father passed away this morning," said Gossett's family in a statement. "We would like to thank everyone for their ...
May 23, 2024 · Louis Gossett, Jr., was an American stage, screen, and television character actor who was a respected and prolific performer. His best-known roles were in A Raisin in the Sun (1959), as Fiddler in the TV miniseries Roots (1977), and as the tough-hearted drill sergeant Emil Foley in the movie An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
Mar 29, 2024 · From the archives: Louis Gossett Jr. 07:12 Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries "Roots," has died.
Jul 6, 2010 · Louis Gossett Jr. details career marred by racism, drugs In book, the Oscar-winning actor writes about his independence from years of living in a haze of freebase cocaine, alcohol and a toxic mold ...
