Pushed into acting as a high school student after a sports injury, Louis Gossett Jr. was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 27, 1936, and broke onto Broadway at age 16, turning down a professional contract with the New York Knicks to play the lead a few years later in "A Raisin in the Sun."Gossett reprised the role in his film debut (1961) and found widespread acclaim the following decade with an Emmy-winning role in the epic television miniseries Roots (1977) and an Emmy-nominated performance in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House (1979). But he is most often linked with his powerful portrayal of a hard-nosed drill sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), a performance that earned him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Career highlights since then include a pair of Emmy-nominated performances in the miniseries Sadat (1983) and A Gathering of Old Men (1987).
AddDaddy's Little GirlsIn this comic drama from director, writer and actor Tyler Perry (Diary of a Mad Black Woman), a high-powered attorney (Gabrielle Union) falls in love with a less well-off janitor (Idris Elba) who's also the single father of three daughters. Trouble comes in the form of his ex-wife, who reappears on... Read More
AddLeft Behind: World at WarIn the wake of a global catastrophe that saw millions of people vanish from Earth, a man named Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) steps forward to provide leadership via his New World Government. Although U.S. President Fitzhugh (Louis Gossett Jr.) supports him, others -- mostly born-again Christians... Read More
AddIron EagleAfter his father's F-16 is shot down over the Middle East, heavy metal-loving teenager Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) goes to the government for help rescuing him. When the feds fail to get the boy's father out, he turns to salty Air Force Col. Charles Sinclair (Louis Gossett Jr.). Together, the two... Read More
AddIn His Father's ShoesClay Crosby (Robert Ri'chard) never got to know his father before he passed away, and this left a hole in him. At age 15, Clay stumbles across a pair of shoes and puts them on, only to be taken back in time to when his father was a teenager; as soon as he takes the shoes off, he returns to his own... Read More
AddIron Eagle 2Sidney J. Furie's 1988 action-thriller stars Louis Gossett Jr. as Gen. Charles Sinclair (aka Chappy), who returns to the battlefield to lead a troupe made up of American and Russian soldiers on a mission to strike a weapons site in the Middle East. Trying to elicit cooperation between former enemies... Read More
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