Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award winning American actor. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 763 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1005 × 790 pixels, file size: 779 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is generally considered to be one of the five top film festivals in the world. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie winners: 1974: William Holden - The Blue Knight 1975: Peter Falk - Columbo 1976: Hal Holbrook - Sandburgs Lincoln 1977: Christopher Plummer - The Moneychangers 1978: Michael Moriarty - Holocaust 1979: Peter Strauss - The Jericho... Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haleys work Roots: The Saga of an American Family, his critically acclaimed genealogical novel. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. ... An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. ... Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television For the main article see Golden Globe Award. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ... The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Categories: NAACP Image Awards ... An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. ... The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Categories: NAACP Image Awards ... This section contains a list of trivia items. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

He was born in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn and attended Abraham Lincoln High School, where he was class president and an academic and athletic achiever. A sports injury left him with no choice but to take an acting class, and at 16 he made his stage debut in the school's production of You Can't Take It With You. After high school, he attended New York University, where he was a star basketball player. For other uses, see Coney Island (disambiguation). ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school located at 2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, and is part of Region 7 in the New York City Department of Education. ... You Cant Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ...

Professional career

Gossett was chosen to play for the New York Knicks, but he decided his true vocation was acting. He took a big step into the world of cinema in the Sidney Poitier vehicle A Raisin in the Sun in 1961. “Knicks” redirects here. ... Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, (IPA pronunciation: ) (born February 20, 1927), is an Academy Award-winning Bahamian American actor, film director, and activist. ... A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Gossett made several TV guest appearances early in his career, including a role as a bounty hunter on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones. Gossett has starred in numerous film productions such as The Deep, An Officer and a Gentleman, Jaws 3-D (as SeaWorld manager Calvin Bouchard), Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher. His role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman (opposite Richard Gere) showcased his talent and garnered him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1986, he starred in another role as a military man in the film Iron Eagle. It was followed by three sequels. Alias Smith and Jones was a Western television series on ABC from 1971 to 1973, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. ... The name Deep has a number of uses: Articles with similar titles The Deep is a 1975 novel by John Crowley. ... An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. ... Jaws 3-D (a. ... For the unrelated theme park with a similar name in Australia, see Sea World. ... Enemy Mine is a 1985 science fiction film based on the story of the same title by Barry B. Longyear. ... Iron Eagle is a 1986 action film about a teenage boy named Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) who steals an American F-16 fighter jet to rescue his father (Tim Thomerson), a prisoner of war being held in an unidentified rogue Middle Eastern country. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Toy Soldiers (film) Toy Soldiers is a 1991 action/drama film, directed by Daniel Petrie, Jr. ... The Punisher is a 1989 movie, starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle, directed by Mark Goldblatt from a screenplay by Boaz Yakin. ... Gunnery Sergeant insignia (U.S. Marine Corps) Gunnery Sergeant is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Marine Corps, just above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant and First Sergeant, and is a staff non-commissioned officer. ... An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. ... Richard Tiffany Gere[1] (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The military man is a stock character who is symbolic, for better or for worse, of the military. ... Iron Eagle is a 1986 action film about a teenage boy named Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) who steals an American F-16 fighter jet to rescue his father (Tim Thomerson), a prisoner of war being held in an unidentified rogue Middle Eastern country. ... A sequel is a work of fiction (e. ...

Gossett's Broadway theatre credits include A Raisin in the Sun (1959), Golden Boy (1964), and Chicago (2002). For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. ... Original Broadway poster Golden Boy is a musical with a book by Clifford Odets and William Gibson, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. ... Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. ...

Gossett also has performed in other media, including television productions. In fact, it was his Emmy award-winning role of "Fiddler" in the 1977 groundbreaking television miniseries Roots that first brought Gossett great notice. In 1983, Gossett was cast in the title role in Sadat, a miniseries which chronicled the life and assassination of Anwar Sadat. While filming An Officer and a Gentleman, Gossett was also starring in the 1982–1983 science fiction series, The Powers of Matthew Star. An Emmy Award. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haleys work Roots: The Saga of an American Family, his critically acclaimed genealogical novel. ... Muhammad Anwar Al-Sadat (محمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and served as the third President of Egypt from September 28, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. ... An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. ... The Powers of Matthew Star was a prime-time television program from the 1982-1983 season, on NBC. Lou Gossett, Jr. ...

Gossett is the voice of the Vortigaunts in the video game Half-Life 2 and is also the Free Jaffa Leader (Gerak) in Season 9 of Stargate SG-1. A group of Vortigaunts in Half-Life. ... Half-Life 2 (HL2) is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game that is the sequel to Half-Life. ... In the science-fiction TV series Stargate SG-1, Gerak, portrayed by Louis Gossett, Jr. ... Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is a science fiction television series, part of the Stargate franchise. ...

He also played the role of US President Gerald Fitzhugh in the movie Left Behind: World at War. A fictional character in the third movie of the Left Behind series; played by Louis Gossett Jr. ...

Recently, Gossett provides the voice of Lucius Fox in The Batman. Lucius Fox is a fictional character appearing in Batman comic books by DC Comics. ... The Batman may refer to: Batman, the fictional character. ...

As of June 2007, Gossett has signed on as spokesman for a (Nashville) based diabetic company, AmMed Direct, LLC. For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ...

Trivia

• His role in Enemy Mine resulted in a first: portraying a member of a single-gendered alien species, he was the first male to be shown giving birth on screen.

• Played title role in the pilot of "Black Bart", the proposed TV adaptation of the Mel Brooks hit Blazing Saddles. Cleavon Little having played the role of "Bart" in the movie.

• According to the development journal and behind-the-scenes book Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, when casting directors asked the development team what sort of voice talent they wanted for the Half-Life 2 alien characters called "Vortigaunts," the team explained that they wanted someone who could create an intelligible voice that was still alien. As an example, they told the casting group to look for someone "like Louis Gossett, Jr. in 'Enemy Mine.'" Reportedly, the development team was shocked when they were told that Gossett was interested in taking the role.

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• Nick-name in the 70s' was Lou Gossy Goss

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External links

• Louis Gossett Jr. at the Internet Movie Database

In 2007 Lou Gossett, Jr. was the honored guest and keynoye speaker for the alumni hall of fame gala benefitting Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, St. Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Gossett makes many appearances every year supporting Boys & Girls Clubs. He is an alumnus himself and values the great work Boys & Girls provide on behalf of youth of America, and around the world. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...

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