Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (27 Mei 1936 – 29 Maret 2024) adalah seorang aktor Amerika. Lahir di Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, ia melakukan debut panggungnya pada usia 17 tahun. Tak lama kemudian, ia berhasil mengikuti audisi untuk Broadway play Take a Giant Step. Gossett terus berakting di atas panggung dalam drama yang mendapat pujian kritis termasuk A Raisin in the Sun (1959), The Blacks (1961), Tambourines to Glory (1963), dan The Zulu and the Zayda (1965). Pada tahun 1977, Gossett muncul dalam miniseri Roots, yang mana ia memenangkan Aktor Utama Luar Biasa untuk Penampilan Tunggal dalam Serial Drama atau Komedi di Emmy Awards.

Louis Gossett Jr.
Gossett pada 2017
Lahir	Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (1936-05-27)27 Mei 1936 Brooklyn, New York, A.S.
Meninggal	29 Maret 2024(2024-03-29) (umur 87) Santa Monica, California, A.S.
Pekerjaan	Actor
Tahun aktif	1953–2024
Suami/istri	Hattie Glascoe ​ ​ (m. 1967; ann. 1968)​ Christina Mangosing ​ ​ (m. 1973; c. 1975)​ Cyndi James-Reese ​ ​ (m. 1987; c. 1992)​
Anak	2

Gossett terus berakting dalam film, televisi, drama, dan video game terkenal. Pada tahun 1982, untuk perannya sebagai Sersan Gunnery Emil Foley dalam An Officer and a Gentleman, ia memenangkan Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik dan menjadi aktor kulit hitam pertama yang menang dalam kategori ini. Di Emmy Awards, Gossett terus menerima pengakuan, dengan nominasi untuk The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978), Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1981), Sadat (1983), A Gathering of Old Men (1987), Touched by an Angel (1997), dan Penjaga (2019). Dia menang dan dinominasikan di upacara lain termasuk Golden Globe Awards, Black Reel Awards, dan NAACP Image Awards. Gossett juga terkenal karena perannya sebagai Kolonel Chappy Sinclair dalam serial film Iron Eagle (1986-1995).

Penampilan film Gossett lainnya termasuk The Landlord karya Hal Ashby (1970), Skin Game karya Paul Bogart (1971), Travels with My Aunt karya George Cukor (1972) karya Stuart Rosenberg The Laughing Policeman (1974), The White Dawn (1974), Peter Yates's The Deep (1977), Enemy Mine (1985), Christopher Cain's ' 'The Principal (1987), Mark Goldblatt The Punisher (1989), Daniel Petrie Toy Soldiers (1991), dan Jasper, Texas (2003), dan penampilan di televisi termasuk Bonanza (1971), The Jeffersons (1975), American Playhouse (1990), Stargate SG-1' ' (2005), Boardwalk Empire (2013), dan The Book of Negroes (2015).

Filmografi

• The Big Story TV Series, episode The Stubbornest Man (1958)
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• The Nurses TV Series, episode The Prisoner (1962)
• Cowboy in Africa TV Series, episode The Quiet Death (1968),Fang and Claw (1967)
• The Invaders TV Series, episode The Vise (1968)
• Daktari TV Series, episode Adam and Jenny (1968)
• Companions in Nightmare (1968)
• The Bushbaby (1969)
• The Bill Cosby Show TV Series, episode The Return of Big Bad Bubba Bronson (1970)
• Leo the Last (1970)
• The Landlord (1970)
• Big Fish, Little Fish (1971)
• The Young Rebels (1970-1971) TV Series
• The Partridge Family TV Series, episode Soul Club (1971)
• Bonanza TV Series, episode The Desperado (1971)
• Longstreet TV Series, episode The Way of the Intercepting Fist (1971)
• Skin Game (1971)
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors TV Series, episode One Lonely Step (1971)
• Alias Smith and Jones TV Series, episode The Bounty Hunter (1971)
• Cade's County TV Series, episode The Alien Land (1971)
• The Living End (1972)
• The Rookies TV Series, episode Covenant with Death (1972)
• The Mod Squad TV Series, episode Can You Hear Me Out There? (1972),The Uptight Town (1969),When Smitty Comes Marching Home (1968)
• Love, American Style TV Series, episode Love and the Mystic (1972)
• Travels with My Aunt (1972)
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law TV Series, episode An Often and Familiar Ghost (1973)
• The Fuzz Brothers (1973)
• The Laughing Policeman (1973)
• It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
• Sidekicks (1974)
• The White Dawn (1974)
• McCloud TV Series, episode Shivaree on Delancy Street (1974)
• Lucas Tanner TV Series, episode Bonus Baby (1975)
• Petrocelli TV Series, episode A Fallen Idol (1975),A Very Lonely Lady (1974)
• Black Bart (1975)
• Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975)
• Insight TV Series, episode The Man from Inner Space (1975)
• Caribe TV Series, episode The Assassin (1975)
• Harry O TV Series, episode Shades (1975)
• Good Times TV Series, episode Michael's Big Fall (1975),Thelma’s Young Man (1974)
• The Jeffersons TV Series, episode George’s Best Friend (1975)
• The Six Million Dollar Man TV Series, episode Clark Templeton O’Flaherty (1975)
• Police Story TV Series, episode 50 Cents-First Half Hour, $1.75 All Day (1976),The Cut Man Caper (1975)
• Little House on the Prairie TV Series, episode The Long Road Home (1976)
• The River Niger (1976)
• J.D.’s Revenge (1976)
• Roots TV Series, episode Episode #1.3 (1977),Episode #1.6 (1977),Part Five (1977),Part Four (1977)
• Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
• The Rockford Files TV Series, episode Just Another Polish Wedding (1977),Foul on the First Play (1976)
• The Deep (1977)
• Freeman (1977)
• Visions TV Series, episode Freeman (1977)
• The Choirboys (1977)
• The Lazarus Syndrome (1978)
• To Kill a Cop (1978)
• The Critical List (1978)
• Backstairs at the White House TV Series, episode Episode #1.3 (1979),Episode #1.4 (1979),Episode #1.2 (1979),Episode #1.1 (1979)
• Lawman Without a Gun (1979)
• The Lazarus Syndrome TV Series, episode Malpractice (1979),Peace and Love, Willie Jackson (1979),The Lady in 534 (1979),A Brutal Assault (1979),The Lazarus Syndrome (1979)
• It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980)
• Palmerstown, U.S.A. TV Series, episode Future City (1981)
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981)
• Benny's Place (1982)
• An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
• Saturday Night Live TV Series, episode George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1982)
• The Powers of Matthew Star (1982-1983) TV Series
• Jaws 3-D (1983)
• Sadat (1983)
• Finders Keepers (1984)
• The Guardian (1984)
• Enemy Mine (1985)
• Iron Eagle (1986)
• Firewalker (1986)
• A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
• The Principal (1987)
• The Father Clements Story (1987)
• Straight Up (1988) TV Series
• Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988)
• Iron Eagle II (1988)
• Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988)
• Roots: The Gift (1988)
• The Last Plane from Coramaya (1989)
• Gideon Oliver TV Series, episode Kennonite (1989),By the Waters of Babylon (1989),The Last Plane from Coramaya (1989),Tongs (1989),Sleep Well, Professor Oliver (1989)
• The Punisher (1989)
• American Playhouse TV Series, episode Zora Is My Name! (1990)
• El Diablo (1990)
• Sudie and Simpson (1990)
• Cover Up (1991)
• The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
• Toy Soldiers (1991)
• Carolina Skeletons (1991)
• Keeper of the City (1991)
• Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers TV Series, episode Summit to Save Earth: Part 2 (1992),Mission to Save Earth: Part 2 (1991),Mission to Save Earth: Part 1 (1991)
• Diggstown (1992)
• Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993)
• Monolith (1993)
• Loft (1993) TV Series
• Return to Lonesome Dove TV Series, episode The Passing (1993),The Forge (1993),The Vision (1993)
• Blue Chips (1994)
• Picket Fences TV Series, episode Terms of Estrangement (1994)
• Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994)
• Flashfire (1994)
• A Good Man in Africa (1994)
• A Father for Charlie (1995)
• Zooman (1995)
• Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
• Iron Eagle IV (1995)
• The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century TV Series, episode Collapse (1996)
• Managua (1996)
• Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)
• Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996)
• Inside (1996)
• Touched by an Angel TV Series, episode Amazing Grace: Part 2 (1997),Amazing Grace: Part I (1997)
• To Dance with Olivia (1997)
• In His Father's Shoes (1997)
• Early Edition TV Series, episode The Medal (1997)
• Ellen TV Series, episode G.I. Ellen (1997)
• Legend of the Mummy (1998)
• The Inspectors (1998)
• Love Songs (1999)
• Y2K (1999)
• Strange Justice (1999)
• The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000)
• The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000)
• The Highwayman (2000)
• Dr. Lucille (2001)
• For Love of Olivia (2001)
• Deceived (2002)
• What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway (2002)
• Resurrection Blvd. TV Series, episode Esperando Lagrimas (2002),En un Momento (2002)
• The Dead Zone TV Series, episode Zion (2003)
• Jasper, Texas (2003)
• Momentum (2003)
• Half-Life 2 (2004)
• Half & Half TV Series, episode The Big Thanks for Nothing Episode (2004),The Big Lover, My Brother Episode (2004)
• Lackawanna Blues (2005)
• Window (2005)
• Left Behind: World at War (2005)
• Stargate SG-1 TV Series, episode The Fourth Horseman: Part 2 (2006),The Fourth Horseman: Part 1 (2005),Ex Deus Machina (2005),Beachhead (2005),Origin (2005)
• All In (2006)
• Solar Strike (2006)
• Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
• Club Soda (2006)
• Family Guy TV Series, episode Saving Private Brian (2006)
• Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
• The Batman TV Series, episode Superman Story (2007),The Joining: Part 2 (2007),The Joining: Part 1 (2007)
• Cover (2007)
• Stories USA (2007)
• Delgo (2008)
• Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
• The Least Among You (2009)
• ER TV Series, episode The Family Man (2009)
• The Perfect Game (2009)
• Smitty (2010)
• Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
• Dog Jack (2010)
• The Grace Card (2010)
• The Lamp (2011)
• Robeson (2011) Pre-Production
• Sweetwater (2011) Pre-Production
• The Home (2011) Pre-Production
• A Fonder Heart (2011) Pre-Production
• Redemption (2011) Pre-Production
• The List (2011) In Production

Penghargaan

Academy Awards

1983 Menang Aktor Pendukung Terbaik (Oscar) lewat film An Officer and a Gentleman

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

1986 Nominasi Best Actor (Saturn Award) lewat film Enemy Mine

Black Reel Awards

2000 Menang Network/Cable - Best Director (Black Reel Award) lewat film Love Songs

2000 Nominasi Network/Cable - Best Actor (Black Reel Award) lewat film Love Songs

CableACE Awards

1997 Nominasi Children's Special - 7 and Older (CableACE) lewat film In His Father’s Shoes berbagi dengan Hillard Elkins, Dan Redler, Patrick Whitley

1985 Nominasi Actor in a Movie or Miniseries (ACE) lewat film The Guardian

Daytime Emmy Awards

2003 Nominasi Outstanding Special Class Special (Daytime Emmy) lewat film Opening Ceremony Salt Lake Paralympic Winter Games berbagi dengan Joedy Lister, Heather Boyd-Meugniot, Christopher Laue

1998 Menang Outstanding Children's Special (Daytime Emmy) lewat film In His Father’s Shoes berbagi dengan Hillard Elkins, Dan Redler, Patrick Whitley

1998 Nominasi Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special (Daytime Emmy) lewat film In His Father’s Shoes

Emmy Awards

2020 Nominasi Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (Emmy) lewat film Watchmen

1997 Nominasi Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Emmy) lewat film Touched by an Angel

1987 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (Emmy) lewat film A Gathering of Old Men

1984 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Emmy) lewat film Sadat

1981 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Emmy) lewat film Palmerstown, U.S.A. untuk episode "Future City"

1979 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Emmy) lewat film Backstairs at the White House

1978 Nominasi Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music (Emmy) lewat film The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

1977 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series (Emmy) lewat film Roots untuk episode "Part II"

Golden Globe Awards

1992 Menang Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Golden Globe) lewat film The Josephine Baker Story

1984 Nominasi Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Golden Globe) lewat film Sadat

1983 Menang Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Golden Globe) lewat film An Officer and a Gentleman

Image Awards

2004 Nominasi Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special (Image Award) lewat film Jasper, Texas

1998 Menang Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Image Award) lewat film Touched by an Angel

1997 Nominasi Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series (Image Award) lewat film Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1982 Nominasi Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Image Award) lewat film An Officer and a Gentleman

Razzie Awards

1984 Nominasi Worst Supporting Actor (Razzie Award) lewat film Jaws 3-D

Satellite Awards

2001 Nominasi Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Golden Satellite Award) lewat film The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

ShoWest Convention, USA

1983 Menang Best Supporting Actor (Special Award)

TV Land Awards

2007 Menang (Anniversary Award) lewat film Roots berbagi dengan LeVar Burton, Leslie Uggams, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Todd Bridges, Cicely Tyson, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole

Taos Talking Picture Festival

1997 Menang (Maverick Award)

Temecula Valley International Film Festival

2004 Menang (Lifetime Achievement Award)

Walk of Fame

1992 Menang On 20 May 1992. At 7000 Hollywood Blvd. (Star on the Walk of Fame)

Pranala luar

• Louis Gossett Jr. di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Louis Gossett Jr. di Internet Broadway Database
• Louis Gossett Jr. di Internet Off-Broadway Database
• (Inggris) Louis Gossett Jr. di AllRovi
• Kemunculan di C-SPAN
• Image of Richard Pryor and Lou Gossett backstage, 1978. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
• Louis Gossett Jr Obituary