Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr. Trailers

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Louis Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936 - March 29, 2024) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" and as Fiddler in the television miniseries "Roots". He has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spans over five decades.

Most Popular Louis Gossett Jr. Trailers

Total trailers found: 144

IF Trailer (2024)

08 May 2024

After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their kids.

Jaws 3-D Trailer (1983)

22 July 1983

A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

This comprehensive HBO presentation documents the history of heavyweight boxing through the 20th century, beginning with Jess Willard's victory over Jack Johnson in the early 1900s and running through the reign of the controversial Mike Tyson.

An Officer and a Gentleman Trailer (1982)

28 July 1982

Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley.

The Color Purple Trailer (2023)

25 December 2023

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood Trailer (1998)

10 February 1998

Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their contributions to Hollywood filmmaking.

The Punisher Trailer (1989)

05 October 1989

The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb.

Why Did I Get Married Too? Trailer (2010)

02 April 2010

Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages.

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder Trailer (1995)

20 March 1995

Ray investigates the murder of a judge.

The Highwayman Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Road trips have never been this killer! Jason Priestley stars as Breakfast, a psychotic jewelry store thief whose grip on reality is frighteningly precarious.

Iron Eagle Trailer (1986)

17 January 1986

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out.

Sidney Trailer (2022)

10 September 2022

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die Trailer (1983)

15 July 1983

Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.

Jasper, Texas Trailer (2003)

08 June 2003

In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death.

The Deep Trailer (1977)

17 June 1977

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

The Least Among You Trailer (2009)

12 January 2009

Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots.

Iron Eagle on the Attack Trailer (1995)

01 December 1995

While Chappy Sinclair is saddled with a bunch of misfits and delinquents for his flight school, he turns to his protégé Doug Masters to assist him in rounding them into shape for an important competition.

The Guardian Trailer (1984)

20 October 1984

The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgulary.

Enemy Mine Trailer (1985)

12 December 1985

A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world.

Companions in Nightmare Trailer (1968)

23 November 1968

One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.

Toy Soldiers Trailer (1991)

24 April 1991

After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage.

Love Songs Trailer (1999)

25 April 1999

Louis Gossett, Jr, Robert Townsend and Andre Braugher come together to each direct a short story, all of which are interconnected through themes of love and family.

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood Trailer (1987)

18 May 1987

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Trailer (2007)

03 February 2007

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer.

Firewalker Trailer (1986)

21 November 1986

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

The Principal Trailer (1987)

18 September 1987

Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for.

Daddy's Little Girls Trailer (2007)

14 February 2007

Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney.

Solar Attack Trailer (2006)

25 May 2006

When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, international tensions rise while scientists race for a solution to avoid natural disaster.

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Trailer (1996)

14 April 1996

James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary.

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies Trailer (1995)

05 June 1995

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.

A Love Story of Today Trailer (2008)

12 February 2008

A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, featuring interviews with people like Katharine Houghton, Martin Baum, Louis Gossett, Jr.

The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots Trailer (1978)

02 March 1978

Ben Vereen, best known as Chicken George in the miniseries Roots, stars in a primetime special where he sings and dances.

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth Trailer (2008)

12 February 2008

Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

The Undershepherd Trailer (2012)

15 February 2012

Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Dr.

Managua Trailer (1996)

09 April 1996

When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels, special commando Paul Gleason is dispatched to Nicaragua to sort out the mess.

Blue Chips Trailer (1994)

18 February 1994

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players.

Club Soda Trailer (2006)

22 September 2006

A young man's dream to become a successful actor is threatened by the poor decisions he makes until a spiritual guide steps in and sets his conscience in motion.

Iron Eagle II Trailer (1988)

11 November 1988

Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East.

Sidekicks Trailer (1974)

21 March 1974

Travelling through the West right after the Civil War, two con men hatch a scheme to try to collect the fifteen thousand dollar bounty offered for the capture of an outlaw.

Inside Trailer (1996)

25 August 1996

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.

Amazing Racer Trailer (2009)

23 April 2009

After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness.

Delgo Trailer (2008)

12 December 2008

In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.

J.D.'s Revenge Trailer (1976)

25 August 1976

After notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is murdered in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who had him killed.

Hal Trailer (2019)

28 March 2019

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There.

Stories USA Trailer (2007)

10 November 2007

Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy.

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice Trailer (1994)

13 May 1994

Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.

Zora is My Name! Trailer (1990)

14 February 1990

A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.

Left Behind: World at War Trailer (2005)

21 October 2005

A year and a half ago, the globe was hit with the biggest catastrophe it had ever seen. Without warning and without explanation, hundreds of millions simply vanished off the face of the Earth.

Skin Game Trailer (1971)

30 September 1971

Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West.

I Forgive Trailer (2021)

01 October 2021

Shot five times by a Los Angeles gang, leaving ten bullet holes through his body, Tony died for thirty minutes and had an out-of-body experience, where he talks with God and makes a choice to forgive.

The Perfect Game Trailer (2009)

09 November 2009

Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

A Raisin in the Sun Trailer (1961)

28 May 1961

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man.

El Diablo Trailer (1990)

22 July 1990

When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help.

A Gathering of Old Men Trailer (1987)

10 May 1987

A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer to protect the young Black man who actually killed him.

Momentum Trailer (2003)

26 March 2003

A trio of men with telekinetic powers led by Adrian Geiger rob an armored car. However the skeptical FBI agents Jordan Ripps and her partner Frank McIntyre do not believe in the testimony of the witnesses about there powerful skills.

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story Trailer (2000)

19 March 2000

Georgia Potter, an old-fashioned widow who lives in a small Southern town, whose life changes drastically when her estranged daughter and the son-in-law she never met die in a car crash.

The Laughing Policeman Trailer (1973)

20 December 1973

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder.

The Inspectors Trailer (1998)

20 September 1998

U.S Postal Inspectors are called in when a suburban couple are killed by a mail bomb. Suspicion immediately falls on the couple's estranged and heavily in debt son, who also just happens to be a Navy munitions expert.

Freeman Trailer (1977)

31 December 1977

This 1977 drama by Phillip Hayes Dean, deals with the sad division between what a man hopes for and what he achieves.

King of the Dancehall Trailer (2017)

13 January 2017

Nick Cannon directs and stars in this high-energy musical about a young man from Brooklyn who gets caught up in the vibrant Kingston music scene during a visit to Jamaica.