Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

1936-05-27 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 151 Credits

Biography

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.

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IF

IF

2024

as Lewis (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

IF

IF

2024

In Memory Of

7.0

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

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

2023

as Ol' Mister

7.1
Acting

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 find...

Outlaw Johnny Black

Outlaw Johnny Black

2023

as Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a p...

Sidney

Sidney

2022

as Self

7.5
Acting

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Wa...

Three Months

Three Months

2022

as Benny

7.0
Acting

Caleb, a South Florida teen, loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's ex...

Not to Forget

Not to Forget

2021

as Pastor John

6.7
Acting

A judge sentences a self-centered millennial to take care of his grandmother, who's affected by Alzheimer's. As he realizes the extent of the elderly ...

I Forgive

I Forgive

2021

as God (voice)

4.7
Acting

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, wher...

The Reason

The Reason

2020

as Pastor Jim

7.6
Acting

The film, based on the William Sirls book, follows a small-town pastor, his wife and their sick child as a mysterious man is sent to give them hope. S...

The Cuban

The Cuban

2020

as Luis Garcia

5.2
Acting

When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, a resident with dementia, reignites...

Miracle in East Texas

Miracle in East Texas

2020

as Irving Tanner Jr.

1.0
Acting

Two creative con men romance widows to invest in their worthless oil well during the Great Depression. Hilarity ensues when they accidentally make the...

Foster Boy

Foster Boy

2019

as Judge George Taylor

6.9
Acting

A lawyer finds himself at the center of a trial in which a for-profit foster care agency puts a known sex offender into the same foster home as his yo...

Supervized

Supervized

2019

as Pendle

5.1
Acting

Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.

The Gang Activists

2019

as Self

Acting

Well known activists the Sherrills brothers address the gang violence in the birth place of the Crips and Bloods.

Hal

Hal

2019

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

Breaking Brooklyn

Breaking Brooklyn

2018

as Miles Bryant

7.8
Acting

A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged fo...

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017

as Self

6.2
Acting

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever b...

Undercover Grandpa

Undercover Grandpa

2017

as Mother

5.6
Acting

When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and Grandpa's former special ops buddies.

Double Play

Double Play

2017

as Coco

3.8
Acting

Double Play is about anolder man named Ostrik who returns to Curaçao and his childhood after many years abroad. Ostrik reminisces about 1973 and the e...

King of the Dancehall

King of the Dancehall

2017

as The Bishop

7.6
Acting

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 durin...

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016

as Self

8.0
Acting

A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exube...

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016

as Himself

Acting

He played in a record 1,192 consecutive NBA games. As a power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, he won two NBA championships. But what made A.C. Gre...

Boiling Pot

Boiling Pot

2015

as Detective Haven

5.2
Acting

On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as "issues of the past" emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow betwee...

The Dependables

The Dependables

2014

as Lou Jones

3.1
Acting

Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that t...

A Fighting Man

A Fighting Man

2014

as Cubby

5.4
Acting

Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Miracle at Gate 213

Miracle at Gate 213

2013

as Roy Peddington

6.0
Acting

It's Christmas Eve and an unexpected delay at the airport has left everyone stranded. Young Joy (Savannah Page Ray from NBC's Parenthood) is travelin...

Smitty

Smitty

2012

as Mr. Smith

5.9
Acting

SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-yea...

The Undershepherd

The Undershepherd

2012

as Bishop Redford

2.0
Acting

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

Dog Jack

Dog Jack

2011

as Grown up Jed

4.0
Acting

"Dog Jack" is the story of a slave boy and his dog who escape the master's plantation, join the union army, and have to face their former master on th...

The Grace Card

The Grace Card

2011

as George Wright

7.2
Acting

Everything can change in an instant ... and take a lifetime to unravel. When Mac McDonald loses his son in an accident, the ensuing 17 years of bitter...

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Why Did I Get Married Too?

2010

as Porter

6.5
Acting

Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas i...

The Perfect Game

The Perfect Game

2009

as Cool Papa Bell

7.1
Acting

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.

Amazing Racer

Amazing Racer

2009

as Max Donovan

6.0
Acting

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

The Least Among You

2009

as Samuel Benton

5.0
Acting

Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrong...

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

2009

as Self

8.0
Acting

Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of ...

Delgo

Delgo

2008

as King Zahn (voice)

4.5
Acting

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 ...

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

as Self

Acting

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

A Love Story of Today

A Love Story of Today

2008

as Self

Acting

A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, featuring interviews with people like Katharine Hought...

A Special Kind of Love

A Special Kind of Love

2008

as Self

Acting

A follow-up of A LOVE STORY OF TODAY, where actors and crew discuss GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.

The Black List: Volume One

The Black List: Volume One

2008

as Himself

6.5
Acting

As a new chapter begins in this country, THE BLACK LIST offers a dynamic and never-before-heard perspective from achievers of color. This series of in...

Stories USA

Stories USA

2007

as Doc (segment "Club Soda")

3.9
Acting

Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strange...

Cover

Cover

2007

as Detective Hicks

5.2
Acting

When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that h...

Daddy's Little Girls

Daddy's Little Girls

2007

as Willie

6.9
Acting

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 e...

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

Acting

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas ...

Club Soda

Club Soda

2006

as Doc

Acting

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...

Solar Attack

Solar Attack

2006

as President Ryan Gordon

5.2
Acting

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

All In

All In

2006

as Caps

4.3
Acting

Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.

Left Behind: World at War

Left Behind: World at War

2005

as President Geral Fitzhugh

4.1
Acting

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 ...

Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues

2005

as Ol'lem Taylor

5.9
Acting

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

as Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage)

4.6
Acting

There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...

Jasper, Texas

Jasper, Texas

2003

as R.C. Horn

5.8
Acting

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. This ...

Momentum

Momentum

2003

as Raymond Addison

4.8
Acting

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 McI...

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

2002

as Dr. Barnes

7.0
Acting

A rare original movie offering from the UPN network, What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away focuses on three high school girls: aspiring singer Tem...

Deceived

Deceived

2002

as Col. David Garrett

4.2
Acting

In a remote space observatory perched high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a needle frantically scratches erratic lines on a strip chart recorder conf...

For Love of Olivia

For Love of Olivia

2001

as Daniel Stewart

1.0
Acting

To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young man accused of murder, all while running for Congr...

For Love of Olivia

For Love of Olivia

2001

Executive Producer

1.0
Producing

To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young man accused of murder, all while running for Congr...

Dr. Lucille

Dr. Lucille

2001

Acting

TV Drama starring Marina Orsini, Massimo Ghini, Louis Gossett Jr.

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000

as Lou Hastings

7.0
Acting

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-l...

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

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-l...

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

2000

as Frank

5.8
Acting

Postal inspectors investigate a con man who uses the identities of others to falsify credit card purchases. Stealing credit card offers from mail boxe...

The Highwayman

The Highwayman

2000

as Phil Bishop

4.5
Acting

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

Strange Justice

Strange Justice

1999

as Vernon Jordan

6.0
Acting

In this historical drama, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement. The White House nominates Clarence Thomas as Marshall...

Y2K

Y2K

1999

as Morgan

5.3
Acting

On the eve of the new millennium, a nervous military leader assembles a team to help him deal with an unforeseen problem, as they are being alerted of...

Love Songs

Love Songs

1999

as Reuben

8.0
Acting

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

Love Songs

Love Songs

1999

Director

8.0
Directing

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

The Inspectors

The Inspectors

1998

as Inspector Frank Hughes

5.9
Acting

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 heavil...

Legend of the Mummy

Legend of the Mummy

1998

as Corbeck

4.1
Acting

Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Karn, and Amy Locane star in this supernatural horror tale about a mummy with a heart that bears a power beyond that of our...

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998

as Self

Acting

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

In His Father's Shoes

In His Father's Shoes

1997

as Frank Crosby / Richard

3.5
Acting

A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending...

In His Father's Shoes

In His Father's Shoes

1997

Executive Producer

3.5
Producing

A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending...

To Dance with Olivia

To Dance with Olivia

1997

as Daniel Stewart

Acting

A lawyer trying to cope with his son's accidental death takes on a case where a farmer is charged with booby trapping a watermelon patch with a shotgu...

To Dance with Olivia

To Dance with Olivia

1997

Executive Producer

Producing

A lawyer trying to cope with his son's accidental death takes on a case where a farmer is charged with booby trapping a watermelon patch with a shotgu...

Inside

Inside

1996

as Questioner

4.6
Acting

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the que...

Inside

Inside

1996

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the que...

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

as Bob Kersee

Acting

The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprin...

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996

as James Mink

3.8
Acting

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. An excell...

Managua

Managua

1996

as Paul

4.3
Acting

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 ...

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Iron Eagle on the Attack

1995

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

3.8
Acting

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 ...

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self

8.1
Acting

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 write...

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995

as Ray Alexander

Acting

Ray investigates the murder of a judge.

Zooman

Zooman

1995

as Rueben Tate

6.0
Acting

Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though doze...

A Father for Charlie

A Father for Charlie

1995

as Walter Osgood

6.6
Acting

Set in the heart of America in the 1930s. Walter Osgood (Louis Gosset Jr) is the only black man left in the town of High Lonesome that has been cleare...

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

1995

as Narrator

Acting

This comprehensive HBO presentation documents the history of heavyweight boxing through the 20th century, beginning with Jess Willard's victory over J...

A Father for Charlie

A Father for Charlie

1995

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Set in the heart of America in the 1930s. Walter Osgood (Louis Gosset Jr) is the only black man left in the town of High Lonesome that has been cleare...

Flashfire

Flashfire

1994

as Ben Durand

4.3
Acting

Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal...

Curse of the Starving Class

Curse of the Starving Class

1994

as Ellis

4.1
Acting

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm fa...

A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa

1994

as Prof. Sam Adekunle

5.1
Acting

Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish A...

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994

as Ray Alexander

Acting

Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.

Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994

as Father Dawkins (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

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

Monolith

Monolith

1993

as Capt. MacCandless

4.3
Acting

Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become involved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't...

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993

6.0
Acting

An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bo...

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

1992

as Reader

5.0
Acting

An account of Black American soldiers in World War II who combated racism in the segregated military and on the home front.

Diggstown

Diggstown

1992

as "Honey" Roy Palmer

6.3
Acting

Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is t...

Iron Eagle III

Iron Eagle III

1992

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

4.1
Acting

Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides ...

Keeper of the City

Keeper of the City

1991

as Det. James Dela

5.5
Acting

A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to ca...

Carolina Skeletons

Carolina Skeletons

1991

as James Bragg

6.8
Acting

After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of...

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

1991

as Dean Parker

6.5
Acting

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. The...

The Josephine Baker Story

The Josephine Baker Story

1991

as Sidney Williams

6.0
Acting

Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a ...

Cover-Up

Cover-Up

1991

as Lou Jackson

3.9
Acting

Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of poli...

Sudie and Simpson

1990

as Simpson

6.5
Acting

A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 194...

El Diablo

El Diablo

1990

as Van Leek

5.6
Acting

When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowbo...

Zora is My Name!

Zora is My Name!

1990

Acting

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 portr...

The Punisher

The Punisher

1989

as Jake Berkowitz

5.8
Acting

The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a ...

Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

1988

as Fiddler

6.8
Acting

On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of r...

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

1988

as Big John Creed

Acting

The inspiring true-life drama of 17-year-old Niki Janus. After fleeing persecution in Greece, Niki and her family immigrate to West Virginia and begin...

Iron Eagle II

Iron Eagle II

1988

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

4.5
Acting

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 miss...

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

1988

as Sam

Acting

Liza Minnelli plays three separate women in three separate stories. There's a serious drama about a hooker and her pimp, a romance about a lonely danc...

The Father Clements Story

The Father Clements Story

1987

Acting

In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catholic church during his fight to adopt a troubled te...

The Principal

The Principal

1987

as Jake Phillips

6.5
Acting

Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school...

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

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

A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men

1987

as Mathu

6.0
Acting

A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a ...

Firewalker

Firewalker

1986

as Leo Porter

5.3
Acting

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

Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle

1986

as Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

5.6
Acting

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. Doug finds...

Enemy Mine

Enemy Mine

1985

as Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

6.9
Acting

A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy specie...

The Guardian

The Guardian

1984

as John Mack

4.2
Acting

The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgulary. They decide to hire a security expert to patro...

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

1984

as Century

5.4
Acting

On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldie...

Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D

1983

as Calvin Bouchard

4.5
Acting

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.

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

1983

as narrator

5.0
Acting

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.

An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

as Sergeant Emil Foley

7.0
Acting

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...

Benny's Place

Benny's Place

1982

as Benny Moore

10.0
Acting

Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work and at play.

I Love Liberty

I Love Liberty

1982

as Self

Acting

An all-star variety special saluting America.

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

1981

as Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

6.0
Acting

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, t...

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980

as Leo Garcia

4.8
Acting

A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husb...

Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun

1979

as Tom Hayward

Acting

During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a ...

To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

1978

as Everett Walker

Acting

Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are o...

The Lazarus Syndrome

The Lazarus Syndrome

1978

as Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

4.6
Acting

An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taki...

Freeman

Freeman

1977

as Rex

5.0
Acting

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

The Choirboys

The Choirboys

1977

as Calvin Motts

5.3
Acting

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

The Deep

The Deep

1977

as Henri Cloche

6.0
Acting

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.

Little Ladies of the Night

Little Ladies of the Night

1977

as Russ Garfield

3.3
Acting

The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has te...

J.D.'s Revenge

J.D.'s Revenge

1976

as Rev. Elija Bliss

5.8
Acting

Although notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is shot and killed in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist'...

The River Niger

The River Niger

1976

as Dr. Dudley Stanton

6.8
Acting

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support...

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

1975

as Otis James

Acting

The story of Delancey Street Foundation, a self-help group devoted to reclaiming ex-junkies, ex-convicts, and others.

Black Bart

Black Bart

1975

as Black Bart

3.7
Acting

A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's or...

The White Dawn

The White Dawn

1974

as Portagee

6.5
Acting

In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three st...

Sidekicks

Sidekicks

1974

as Jason O'Rourke

6.0
Acting

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...

It's Good to Be Alive

It's Good to Be Alive

1974

as Sam Brockington

6.6
Acting

This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile ...

The Laughing Policeman

The Laughing Policeman

1973

as Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

6.2
Acting

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...

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt

1972

as Wordsworth

5.9
Acting

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him alon...

Skin Game

Skin Game

1971

as Jason O'Rourke

6.6
Acting

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 Landlord

The Landlord

1970

as Copee Johnson

5.9
Acting

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope sec...

The Bushbaby

The Bushbaby

1969

as Tembo

6.0
Acting

The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her...

Companions in Nightmare

Companions in Nightmare

1968

as Lt. Adam McKay

4.0
Acting

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

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

as George Murchison

7.7
Acting

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 a...

The New Girl

1960

as Mary's Brother

Acting

In pursuance of a lucrative government contract, a private company hires its first Black female employee to comply with government regulations concern...

Gridiron Gang

N/A

as Host

Acting

A documentary focusing on a juvenile detention center that encourages sports as a form of correction for troubled teens.

Everbrook (The Home)

Everbrook (The Home)

N/A

Acting

The Home unfolds after a young man is nearly killed during an accident that leaves him physically and emotionally scarred. To recuperate, he is taken ...

Straight Up

N/A

as Cosmo

Acting

Anti drug series from the 1980s where a young man is transported to a place where he's tempted left and right by various drugs and his only friend is ...

Crimes of Violence

N/A

as Self - Host

Acting

Portrait of six criminals responsible of diverse agressions.

Forget to Remember

N/A

Acting

An emotionally vulnerable young man gets tricked into fulfilling a mysterious young woman’s dying wish by taking her on a cross-country road trip.