Louis Gossett Jr.

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actor film actor human stage actor television actor

Louis Gossett Jr. was an acclaimed American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role in the miniseries "Roots" and his Oscar-winning performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → film actor → human → stage actor → television actor →
activeYearsEnd	2020s →
activeYearsStart	1950s →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor → Golden Globe Award → NAACP Image Award → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie →
causeOfDeath	unspecified natural causes →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1936-05-27 →
dateOfDeath	2024-03-29 →
educatedAt	Abraham Lincoln High School → New York University →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Gossett →
genre	drama → science fiction film → war film →
givenName	Louis →
hasChild	Satie Gossett → Sharron Gossett →
languageSpoken	English →
name	Louis Gossett Jr. →
notableWork	A Raisin in the Sun → An Officer and a Gentleman → Enemy Mine → Iron Eagle → Roots → The Josephine Baker Story →
occupation	actor → film actor → stage actor → television actor →
participatedIn	American civil rights movement (as activist and supporter) →
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Santa Monica, California, United States →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States →
role	Colonel Charles "Chappy" Sinclair in Iron Eagle → Fiddler in Roots → Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman → Jeriba Shigan in Enemy Mine →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Christina Mangosing → Cyndi James-Reese → Hattie Glascoe →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Louis Gossett Jr. →	name
Backstairs at the White House →	stars