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Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

American actor (1936-)
May 27, 1936 (88 years old)
U.S. 2024. Fantasy comedy by John Krasinski with John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds. A young girl discovers she can see and talk to imaginary friends.
Runtime: 104 min.
Can. 2019. Drama by Sergio Navarretta with Ana Golja, Louis Gossett Jr., Shohreh Aghdashloo. In the nursing home where she has just been hired, a medical student fraternizes with an old Cuban musician.
Runtime: 109 min.
Can. 2019. Dramatic comedy by Kevin Sorbo with Kevin Sorbo, John Ratzenberger, Louis Gossett Jr.. During the Depression, two con artists convince widows to invest in worthless oil wells.
Runtime: 100 min.
Can. 2014. War drama by Sidney J. Furie with Bo Svenson, Margot Kidder, Louis Gossett Jr.. Five retired Americans go to Afghanistan to rescue their respective grandsons, captured by the Taliban.
U.S. 2011. Dramatic comedy by David Mickey Evans with Mira Sorvino, Peter Fonda, Louis Gossett Jr.. A rambunctious boy, who lives alone with his mother in Chicago, is sent to live with his gruff grandfather and the dog who becomes his best friend.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 2010. War drama by Edward T. McDougal with Benjamin Gardner, Louis Gossett Jr., Ken Craig. A young slave manages to escape from his plantation with his dog and then, as a Union soldier, is led to confront his former master on the battlefield.
U.S. 2010. Drama by David Evans with Michael Joiner, Michael Higgenbottom, Louis Gossett Jr.. A racist Memphis police officer is forced to team up with an African-American officer who has just landed the job he's been after.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 2009. Drama by Frank E. Johnson with Julianne Michelle, Louis Gossett Jr., Daryl Hannah. A teenage girl, shocked by the death of her father, goes to live with her mother, whom she has never met, she befriends a horse trainer, who introduces her to racing.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 2008. Animation by Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer. In a distant world, two enemy nations are manipulated by a fallen princess.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 2007. Sentimental drama by Tyler Perry with Idris Elba, Gabrielle Union, Tasha Smith. A mechanic from Atlanta enlists the help of a brilliant but irritable lawyer to win custody of his daughters from his ex-wife who is in a relationship with a drug dealer.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Nick Vallelonga with Dominique Swain, Michael Madsen, James Russo. A medical student is persuaded by five of her fellow students to take part in a poker tournament to pay off their student debts.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 2005. Drama by Craig R. Baxley with Louis Gossett Jr., Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson. A group of rebels rise up against the authority of a mysterious dictator who has subjugated the entire world to his will.
Can. 2005. Science-fiction by Paul Ziller with Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Dacascos, Genadijs Dolganovs. Scientists must blow up the ice cap to save the Earth from a massive emission of gas from the Sun's corona.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 2002. Thriller by James Seale with Louis Gossett Jr., Teri Hatcher, Michael Massee.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 2001. Social drama by Douglas Barr with Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Urich, Lonette McKee. In 1966, an African-American lawyer running for Congress defends a black carpenter accused of murdering the wife of a rival candidate.
Runtime: 120 min.

Dr. Lucille

V.O.: Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story
Can. 2000. Biography by George Mihalka with Marina Orsini, Massimo Ghini, Louis Gossett Jr.. The story of Montreal-born surgeon Lucille Teasdale, who founded a hospital in Uganda.
Can. 2000. Drama by Keoni Waxman with Stephen McHattie, Jason Priestley, Louis Gossett Jr.. A young woman in search of her father, whom she never knew, becomes the traveling companion of a criminal couple on the run.
U.S. 2000. Crime drama by Brad Turner with Louis Gossett Jr., Jonathan Silverman, Michael Madsen. Two postal inspectors are on the trail of a forger who does not hesitate to resort to murder.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1999. Mores drama by Sheldon Larry with Gena Rowlands, Louis Gossett Jr., Penny Fuller. The paternal grandfather of a young orphan girl fights for the custody of the child who has been entrusted to her maternal grandmother.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1999. Drama by Richard Pepin with Louis Gossett Jr., Jaimz Woolvett, Ed O'Ross. A team of American scientists and military personnel travel to the Colombian jungle to dismantle a nuclear missile base.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1998. Crime drama by Brad Turner with Louis Gossett Jr., Jonathan Silverman, Gregory Thirloway. Two postal inspectors try to locate an individual who is sending package bombs.
U.S. 1997. Horror by Jeffrey Obrow with Louis Gossett Jr., Amy Locane, Eric Lutes.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1997. Fantasy comedy by Vic Sarin with Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Ri'chard, Barbara Eve Harris.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 99 min.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1996. Crime drama by Arthur Penn with Louis Gossett Jr., Eric Stoltz, Nigel Hawthorne.
Runtime: 94 min.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1995. Crime drama by Gary Nelson with Louis Gossett Jr., James Coburn, Tracy Nelson.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Can. 1995. War drama by Sidney J. Furie with Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Cadieux, Al Waxman.
Runtime: 96 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1994. Psychological drama by J. Michael McClary with James Woods, Kathy Bates, Henry Thomas.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1994. Crime drama by Gary Nelson with Louis Gossett Jr., James Coburn, Tracy Nelson.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1993. Science-fiction by John Eyres with Bill Paxton, Lindsay Frost, John Hurt. A detective and his partner discover the existence of an extraterrestrial entity capable of incarnating in the bodies of its victims.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1993. Crime drama by Elliot Silverstein with Billy Zane, Louis Gossett Jr., Kristin Minter. While investigating the murder of a colleague, a police officer discovers that several of his superiors are corrupt.
Runtime: 88 min.
U.S. 1992. Social drama by Georg Stanford Brown with Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong. A father and son who have both led a life crime try to rebuild a new life together.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Michael Ritchie with James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern. A hustler convinces an aging boxer to participate in a marathon match where he must defeat ten opponents in a row.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1991. Crime drama by Bobby Roth with Louis Gossett Jr., Anthony LaPaglia, Peter Coyote. Scandalized by a trial that exonerates a mobster, a father decides to eliminate the leaders of the local mob one by one.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1991. Drama by Daniel Petrie Jr. with Sean Astin, Andrew Divoff, Louis Gossett Jr.. Colombian terrorists invade an American high school and hold the students hostage in hopes of freeing a drug lord.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1991. Crime drama by John Erman with Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Melissa Chessington Leo. A Vietnam veteran promises his dying mother that he will clear her brother who was executed for murder thirty years earlier.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1991. War drama by John Glen with Louis Gossett Jr., Rachel McLish, Paul Freeman. In Peru, the facilities of a drug trafficker with a Nazi past are stormed by American airmen.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1990. Social drama by Joan Tewkesbury with Louis Gossett Jr., Sara Gilbert, John Jackson. In the early 1940s, in a small town with a harsh climate of racism, a little girl secretly befriends a black drifter.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1990. Western by Peter Markle with Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr., John Glover. A shy teacher meets an adventurer who helps him find one of his students who has been kidnapped by dangerous bandits.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1990. Adventures by Manny Coto with Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., John Finn. An American journalist investigating a terrorist attack in Israel is called upon to foil another attack that could kill thousands.
U.S. 1989. Crime drama by George Mendeluk with Louis Gossett Jr., Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley. On a Caribbean island, a professor investigates the murder of a white priest apparently committed by a young Black man.
U.S. 1989. Crime drama by Alan Metzger with Louis Gossett Jr., Kelvin Han Yee, James Hong. A college professor fears that one of his students is involved in a gang war in Chinatown.
U.S. 1989. Crime drama by Larry Gross, Bill Duke with Louis Gossett Jr., Melissa Leo, Tom Bower. An anthropologist comes to the aid of a Quaker community, where a member is suspected of a double murder.
U.S. 1989. Crime drama by Mark Goldblatt with Dolph Lundgren, Jeroen Krabbé, Louis Gossett Jr.. A man living hidden in the sewers leads a merciless war against the mafia.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1989. Crime drama by John Patterson with Louis Gossett Jr., Michael Rooker, Cynthia Nixon. A New York anthropologist tries to solve the mystery surrounding the murder of a friend who was researching totemism.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1989. Crime drama by Randy Roberts with Louis Gossett Jr., Julie Carmen, Jesse Doran. An American professor searches for a fellow archaeologist who has disappeared in a troubled Latin American country.
Can. 1988. War drama by Sidney J. Furie with Louis Gossett Jr., Alan Scarfe, Mark Humphrey. A U.S. Air Force officer is assigned to train a commando team of American and Russian soldiers for a covert operation in the Middle East.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1988. Documentary by Arthur Barron with Louis Gossett Jr.. A profile of six criminals responsible for various aggressions.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1988. Social drama by Kevin Hooks with Louis Gossett Jr., Levar Burton, Avery Brooks. On Christmas Day 1775, a young Black slave tries to help a Black brother escape from bounty hunters.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1987. Mores drama by Christopher Cain with James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong. In an attempt to stop a certain carelessness, the new principal of a school draws the attention of a gang leader.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1987. Social drama by Volker Schlöndorff with Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter. Uniting to protect the murderer of a racist white man, eighteen old Black men regain their dignity.

Goodbye Miss 4th of July

V.O.: Farewell Miss Freedom
U.S. 1987. Social drama by George T. Miller with Roxana Zal, Chris Sarandon, Louis Gossett Jr.. The daughter of Greek immigrants witnesses racial strife in a 1930s Southern state.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1987. Social drama by Edwin Sherin with Louis Gossett Jr., Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ron McClarty. A Chicago priest, moved by the plight of the children in the congregation, decides to set an example for his parishioners by adopting a young Black boy.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1986. Adventures by Sidney J. Furie with Jason Gedrick, Louis Gossett Jr., David Suchet. A teenager manages to take over a military plane in order to save his father, an officer who is about to be executed in a North African country.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1986. Adventures by Jack Lee-Thompson with Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson. Two adventurers embark with a young woman on a risky journey in search of Aztec treasure.
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 1985. Science-fiction by Wolfgang Petersen with Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Bumper Robinson. A dying alien entrusts his child to a human pilot with whom he was forced to ally himself to survive during an interplanetary war.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1984. Biography by Richard Michaels with Louis Gossett Jr., John Rhys-Davies, Madolyn Smith. Chronicle of the main political events that marked the career of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.
Runtime: 195 min.
Can. 1984. Social drama by David Greene with Martin Sheen, Louis Gossett Jr., Arthur Hill. A man hired to provide security for a housing complex uses disturbing methods to do so.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1984. Police comedy by Richard Lester with Michael O'Keefe, Beverly d'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr.. On board an express train, a crook posing as a military man discovers a large haul hidden in a coffin.
Runtime: 96 min.

Jaws III

V.O.: Jaws 3-D
U.S. 1983. Horror by Joe Alves with Bess Armstrong, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr.. A shark enters the lagoon of a large amusement park in Florida.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1982. Psychological drama by Michael Schultz with Louis Gossett Jr., Cicely Tyson, Anna Maria Horsford. A mechanic faces various problems in his work and in his love life.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1981. Psychological drama by Taylor Hackford with Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr..
Runtime: 126 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 73 min.
U.S. 1978. Crime drama by Gary Nelson with Joe Don Baker, Louis Gossett Jr., Patrick O'Neal.
Runtime: 186 min.
U.S. 1978. Social drama by Jerrold Freedman with Louis Gossett Jr., Clu Gulager, Barry Brown.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1977. Adventures by Peter Yates with Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw. A couple tries to recover drugs and a Spanish treasure discovered during an underwater exploration.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1976. Social drama by Marvin J. Chomsky with David Soul, Linda Purl, Louis Gossett Jr.. A teenage runaway falls into the hands of pimps and becomes a prostitute.
U.S. 1976. Fantasy by Arthur Marks with Glynn Turman, Joan Pringle, Louis Gossett Jr.. Following an experiment in hypnosis, a law student is possessed by the spirit of a gangster who died thirty years earlier.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1975. Social drama by James Frawley with Walter McGinn, Carmine Caridi, Louis Gossett Jr.. In San Francisco, a former prisoner runs a charity that helps drug victims.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1974. Adventures by Philip Kaufman with Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr.. Three sailors separated from their whaleship are taken in by Inuits.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1974. Comedy by Burt Kennedy with Larry Hagman, Louis Gossett Jr., Blythe Danner. The exploits of a white crook and a Black crook in the American South in the early nineteenth century.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1974. Biography by Michael Landon with Paul Winfield, Louis Gossett Jr., Ruby Dee. The rehabilitation efforts of baseball player Roy Campanella, paralyzed after a car accident.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1973. Crime drama by Stuart Rosenberg with Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr.. San Francisco police are looking for an unknown man who killed all passengers on a bus.
Runtime: 112 min.
G.-B. 1972. Police comedy by George Cukor with Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr.. An austere London accountant is dragged into a wild adventure by his eccentric aunt.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1971. Comedy by Paul Bogart with James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark. In 1857, two friends set up a scheme to make money on behalf of the gullible.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1969. Adventures by John Trent with Margaret Brooks, Louis Gossett Jr., Donald Houston.
Runtime: 100 min.

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