Louis Gossett Jr.

Full filmography

• Sin (2025) as Elijah
• IF (2024) as Lewis (voice)
• IF (2024) In Memory Of
• The Color Purple (2023) as Ol' Mister
• Outlaw Johnny Black (2023) as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)
• Sidney (2022) as Self
• Three Months (2022) as Benny
• I Forgive (2021) as God (voice)
• Not to Forget (2021) as Pastor John
• The Reason (2020) as Pastor Jim
• The Cuban (2020) as Luis Garcia
• Miracle in East Texas (2020) as Irving Tanner Jr.
• Watchmen (2019) as Old Man / Will Reeves
• Supervized (2019) as Pendle
• Foster Boy (2019) as Judge George Taylor
• The Gang Activists (2019) as Self
• Hal (2019) as Self
• Breaking Brooklyn (2018) as Miles Bryant
• The Good Fight (2017) as Carl Reddick
• King of the Dancehall (2017) as The Bishop
• Undercover Grandpa (2017) as Mother
• Double Play (2017) as Coco
• Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017) as Self
• A.C. Green: Iron Virgin (2016) as Himself
• Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016) as Self
• The Spoils Before Dying (2015) as Duke Webster
• The Book of Negroes (2015) as Daddy Moses
• Boiling Pot (2015) as Detective Haven
• Madam Secretary (2014) as Laurent Vasseur
• Extant (2014) as Quinn
• A Fighting Man (2014) as Cubby
• The Dependables (2014) as Lou Jones
• Breaking at the Edge (2013) as Floyd
• Miracle at Gate 213 (2013) as Roy Peddington
• The Undershepherd (2012) as Bishop Redford
• Smitty (2012) as Mr. Smith
• Dog Jack (2011) as Grown up Jed
• The Grace Card (2011) as George Wright
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Lou's father
• Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) as Porter
• For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) Executive Producer
• Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) as Self
• The Perfect Game (2009) as Cool Papa Bell
• Amazing Racer (2009) as Max Donovan
• Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009) as Self
• The Least Among You (2009) as Samuel Benton
• Delgo (2008) as King Zahn (voice)
• The Black List: Volume One (2008) as Self
• A Special Kind of Love (2008) as Self
• A Love Story of Today (2008) as Self
• Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008) as Self
• Daddy's Little Girls (2007) as Willie
• Stories USA (2007) as Doc (segment "Club Soda")
• Cover (2007) as Detective Hicks
• The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007) as Self
• Psych (2006) as Lloyd Marr
• Solar Attack (2006) as President Ryan Gordon
• Club Soda (2006) as Doc
• All In (2006) as Caps
• Black in the 80s (2005)
• Lackawanna Blues (2005) as Ol'lem Taylor
• Left Behind: World at War (2005) as President Geral Fitzhugh
• The Batman (2004) as Lucius Fox (voice)
• Jasper, Texas (2003) as R.C. Horn
• Momentum (2003) as Raymond Addison
• The Dead Zone (2002) as Pastor David Lewis
• Half & Half (2002) as Ray Willis
• Deceived (2002) as Col. David Garrett
• What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away (2002) as Dr. Barnes
• For Love of Olivia (2001) as Daniel Stewart
• For Love of Olivia (2001) Executive Producer
• Dr. Lucille (2001)
• The Highwayman (2000) as Phil Bishop
• The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000) as Lou Hastings
• The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000) Executive Producer
• The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000) as Frank
• Family Guy (1999) as Drill Sargent (voice)
• Love Songs (1999) as Reuben
• Love Songs (1999) Director
• Y2K (1999) as Morgan
• Strange Justice (1999) as Vernon Jordan
• Hercules (1998) as Chiron (voice)
• Legend of the Mummy (1998) as Corbeck
• The Inspectors (1998) as Inspector Frank Hughes
• The Wall That Heals (1998) as Self - Host
• Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998) as Self
• Stargate SG-1 (1997) as Gerak
• To Dance with Olivia (1997) as Daniel Stewart
• To Dance with Olivia (1997) Executive Producer
• In His Father's Shoes (1997) as Frank Crosby / Richard
• In His Father's Shoes (1997) Executive Producer
• Early Edition (1996) as Jim Matthews
• Promised Land (1996) as Anderson Walker
• Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) as James Mink
• Managua (1996) as Paul
• Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996) as Bob Kersee
• Inside (1996) as Questioner
• Inside (1996) Executive Producer
• Zooman (1995) as Rueben Tate
• A Father for Charlie (1995) as Walter Osgood
• A Father for Charlie (1995) Executive Producer
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self
• Iron Eagle on the Attack (1995) as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995) as Ray Alexander
• Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (1995) as Narrator
• ER (1994) as Leo Malcolm
• Touched by an Angel (1994) as Anderson Walker
• Ellen (1994) as Sgt. Timko
• Blue Chips (1994) as Father Dawkins (uncredited)
• A Good Man in Africa (1994) as Prof. Sam Adekunle
• Flashfire (1994) as Ben Durand
• Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994) as Ray Alexander
• Curse of the Starving Class (1994) as Ellis
• Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) as Isom Pickett
• Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993) as Leonard Clay
• Monolith (1993) as Capt. MacCandless
• Picket Fences (1992) as Rick Jennings
• Iron Eagle III (1992) as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• Diggstown (1992) as "Honey" Roy Palmer
• Gridiron Gang (1992) as Host
• Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992) as Reader (voice)
• Cover-Up (1991) as Lou Jackson
• Toy Soldiers (1991) as Dean Parker
• Carolina Skeletons (1991) as James Bragg
• Keeper of the City (1991) as Det. James Dela
• The Josephine Baker Story (1991) as Sidney Williams
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) as Commander Clash (voice)
• El Diablo (1990) as Van Leek
• Zora is My Name! (1990)
• Sudie and Simpson (1990) as Simpson
• The Punisher (1989) as Jake Berkowitz
• Gideon Oliver (1989)
• American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
• Iron Eagle II (1988) as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• Roots: The Gift (1988) as Fiddler
• Straight Up (1988) as Cosmo
• Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988) as Big John Creed
• Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988) as Sam
• The Principal (1987) as Jake Phillips
• A Gathering of Old Men (1987) as Mathu
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) as Self
• The Father Clements Story (1987)
• Firewalker (1986) as Leo Porter
• Iron Eagle (1986) as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
• Enemy Mine (1985) as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
• Finders Keepers (1984) as Century
• The Guardian (1984) as John Mack
• Jaws 3-D (1983) as Calvin Bouchard
• Sadat (1983) as Anwar al-Sadat
• The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die (1983) as narrator
• American Playhouse (1982)
• An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) as Sergeant Emil Foley
• The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) as Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)
• The Powers of Matthew Star (1982) Director
• I Love Liberty (1982) as Self
• Benny's Place (1982) as Benny Moore
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981) as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
• Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980)
• It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980) as Leo Garcia
• Backstairs at the White House (1979) as Levi Mercer, Houseman
• Lawman Without a Gun (1979) as Tom Hayward
• The Lazarus Syndrome (1979) as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair
• The Lazarus Syndrome (1979) as MacArthur St. Clair
• The Critical List (1978) as Lem Harper
• The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978) as Self
• To Kill a Cop (1978) as Everett Walker
• To Kill a Cop (1978) as Everett Walker
• Roots (1977) as Fiddler
• Please Turn the Page (1977) as Self
• The Deep (1977) as Henri Cloche
• Freeman (1977) as Rex
• The Choirboys (1977) as Calvin Motts
• Little Ladies of the Night (1977) as Russ Garfield
• The River Niger (1976) as Dr. Dudley Stanton
• J.D.'s Revenge (1976) as Rev. Elija Bliss
• Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
• The Jeffersons (1975)
• Black Bart (1975) as Black Bart
• Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975) as Otis James
• Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Henry Hill
• The Rockford Files (1974) as Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien
• The Rockford Files (1974) as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes
• The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as O'Flaherty
• Good Times (1974)
• Harry O (1974) as Cleon Jackson
• Petrocelli (1974) as District Attorney Kurt Olson
• Petrocelli (1974) as Kurt Olson, DA
• The White Dawn (1974) as Portagee
• It's Good to Be Alive (1974) as Sam Brockington
• Sidekicks (1974) as Jason O'Rourke
• Police Story (1973)
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
• The Laughing Policeman (1973) as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
• The Rookies (1972)
• Travels with My Aunt (1972) as Wordsworth
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) as Lt. Carl Fellows
• Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
• Skin Game (1971) as Jason O'Rourke
• McCloud (1970)
• The Partridge Family (1970) as Sam Simon
• The Young Rebels (1970)
• The Landlord (1970) as Copee Johnson
• Love, American Style (1969) as Freddy
• The Bill Cosby Show (1969) as Hurricane Smith
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969) as Dr. Karnes
• The Bushbaby (1969) as Tembo
• The Mod Squad (1968) as Smitty
• The Mod Squad (1968) as Charley Jameson
• The Mod Squad (1968) as Lloyd
• Companions in Nightmare (1968) as Lt. Adam McKay
• The Invaders (1967) as Ollie
• Cowboy in Africa (1967) as Joseph Hemera
• Cowboy in Africa (1967) as Fulah
• Daktari (1966) as Mkono
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as George Murchison
• The New Girl (1960) as Mary's Brother
• Bonanza (1959) as Buck Walter
• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Audience Member
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Unplugged as Amos Burton (voice)
• Crimes of Violence as Self - Host
• Forget to Remember