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Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was an American actor. He made his stage debut at the age of 17. He made his stage debut at the age of 17. Shortly thereafter, he successfully auditioned for the Broadway play Take a Giant Step .
Gossett in 2017. 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.
Over 50 years, Louis Gossett Jr. was inundated with awards and nominations. [1]He received the Donaldson award. [2]Conspicuous awards include: The first Best Supporting Actor Academy Award given to an African-American in An Officer and a Gentleman [3] [2] [4]
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed on Friday without revealing the cause of death. Gossett, who ...
Lou Gossett Jr. Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr. has died. He was 87. The actor’s cousin Neal L. Gossett confirmed his death to the Associated Press, revealing that ...
Louis Gossett Jr., who with his iconic role in An Officer and a Gentleman became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, died on Thursday at age 87, his nephew ...
Louis Gossett Jr., an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor who embodied a variety of characters in a career that spanned more than five decades, died Thursday at age 87.
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations is a 1993 made-for-TV film directed by Georg Stanford Brown and starring Louis Gossett Jr. and Blair Underwood. The film aired on NBC on April 19, 1993. Plot