Louis Gossett Jr.
Film

Louis Gossett Jr.

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1961	A Raisin in the Sun	George Murchison

1969	The Bushbaby	Tembo

1970	The Landlord	Copee

1971	Skin Game	Jason O'Rourke

1972	Travels with My Aunt	Zachary/'Wordsworth'

1973	The Fuzz Brothers	Francis Fuzz

1973	The Laughing Policeman	Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

1974	The White Dawn	Portagee

1976	The River Niger	Dr. Dudley Stanton

1976	J. D.'s Revenge	Rev. Elija Bliss

1977	The Deep	Henri Cloche

1977	The Choirboys	Calvin Motts

1980	It Rained All Night the Day I Left	Leo Garcia

1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

1983	Jaws 3-D	Calvin Bouchard	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor

1984	Finders Keepers	Century

1985	Enemy Mine	Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor

1986	Iron Eagle	Chappy Sinclair

1986	Firewalker	Leo Porter

1987	The Principal	Jake Phillips

1987	A Gathering of Old Men	Mathu

1988	Iron Eagle II	Chappy Sinclair

1989	The Punisher	Jake Berkowitz

1991	Cover Up	CIA boss Lou Jackson

1991	Toy Soldiers	Dean Parker

1992	Aces: Iron Eagle III	Chappy Sinclair

1992	Diggstown	'Honey' Roy Palmer

1993	Monolith	Capt. MacCandless

1993	Flashfire	Ben Durand

1994	Blue Chips	Father Dawkins

1994	A Good Man in Africa	Prof. Sam Adekunle

1994	Curse of the Starving Class	Ellis

1995	Iron Eagle on the Attack	Chappy Sinclair

1996	Managua	Paul

1997	The Wall That Heals	Narrator

1997	Legend of the Mummy	Corbeck

1999	Y2K [it]	Morgan

2000	The Highwayman	Phil Bishop

2002	Deceived	Col. David Garrett	Direct-to-video release

2005	Window	Ralph Stanley	Included as part of African American Short Films

2005	Left Behind: World at War	President Gerald Fitzhugh

2006	All In	Caps

2006	Club Soda	Doc

2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Willie

2007	Cover	Det. Hicks

2008	The Perfect Game	Cool Papa Bell

2008	Delgo	Zahn	Voice only

2009	Dog Jack	Grown up Jed

2009	Shannon's Rainbow	Max

2009	The Least Among You	Samuel Benton

2010	Smitty	Mr. Smith

2010	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Porter

2011	The Grace Card	George Wright

2011	A Fonder Heart	Glen

2011	The Lamp	The Genie

2014	A Fighting Man	Cubby

2014	The Dependables	Lou Jones

2015	Boiling Pot	Detective Haven

2017	Undercover Grandpa	Mother

2017	Double Play	Coco

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Louis Gossett Jr. won Academy Award for the role Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman.

final_sentence: Louis Gossett Jr. won Academy Award for the role Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman.