Louis Gossett Jr.

Sin

2025 · Elijah

لو

2024 · Lewis (voice)

The Color Purple

2023 · Ol' Mister

Outlaw Johnny Black

2023 · Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)

Sidney

2022 · Self

Three Months

2022 · Benny

I Forgive

2021 · God (voice)

Not to Forget

2021 · Pastor John

The Reason

2020 · Pastor Jim

The Cuban

2020 · Luis Garcia

Miracle in East Texas

2020 · Irving Tanner Jr.

Supervized

2019 · Pendle

The Gang Activists

2019 · Self

Foster Boy

2019 · Judge George Taylor

Hal

2019 · Self

Breaking Brooklyn

2018 · Miles Bryant

Undercover Grandpa

2017 · Mother

King of the Dancehall

2017 · The Bishop

Double Play

2017 · Coco

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017 · Self

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016 · Himself

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2016 · Self

Boiling Pot

2015 · Detective Haven

A Fighting Man

2014 · Cubby

The Dependables

2014 · Lou Jones

Breaking at the Edge

2013 · Floyd

Miracle at Gate 213

2013 · Roy Peddington

The Undershepherd

2012 · Bishop Redford

Smitty

2012 · Mr. Smith

Dog Jack

2011 · Grown up Jed

The Grace Card

2011 · George Wright

Why Did I Get Married Too?

2010 · Porter

Amazing Racer

2009 · Max Donovan

The Perfect Game

2009 · Cool Papa Bell

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

2009 · Self

The Least Among You

2009 · Samuel Benton

Delgo

2008 · King Zahn (voice)

The Black List: Volume One

2008 · Self

A Special Kind of Love

2008 · Self

A Love Story of Today

2008 · Self

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008 · Self

Daddy's Little Girls

2007 · Willie

Stories USA

2007 · Doc (segment "Club Soda")

Cover

2007 · Detective Hicks

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007 · Self

Club Soda

2006 · Doc

Solar Strike

2006 · President Ryan Gordon

All In

2006 · Caps

Lackawanna Blues

2005 · Ol'lem Taylor

Left Behind: World at War

2005 · President Geral Fitzhugh

Momentum

2003 · Raymond Addison

Jasper, Texas

2003 · R.C. Horn

Deceived

2002 · Col. David Garrett

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

2002 · Dr. Barnes

For Love of Olivia

2001 · Daniel Stewart

Dr. Lucille

2001

The Highwayman

2000 · Phil Bishop

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

2000 · Frank

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000 · Lou Hastings

Love Songs

1999 · Reuben

Y2K

1999 · Morgan

Strange Justice

1999 · Vernon Jordan

Legend of the Mummy

1998 · Corbeck

The Inspectors

1998 · Inspector Frank Hughes

The Wall That Heals

1998 · Self - Host

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998 · Self

In His Father's Shoes

1997 · Frank Crosby / Richard

To Dance with Olivia

1997 · Daniel Stewart

Managua

1996 · Paul

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996 · James Mink

Inside

1996 · Questioner

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996 · Bob Kersee

Zooman

1995 · Rueben Tate

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Self

Iron Eagle IV

1995 · Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

A Father for Charlie

1995 · Walter Osgood

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995 · Ray Alexander

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

1995 · Narrator

Blue Chips

1994 · Father Dawkins (uncredited)

A Good Man in Africa

1994 · Prof. Sam Adekunle

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994 · Ray Alexander

Flashfire

1994 · Ben Durand

Curse of the Starving Class

1994 · Ellis

Monolith

1993 · Capt. MacCandless

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993 · Leonard Clay

Gridiron Gang

1992 · Host

Iron Eagle III

1992 · Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Diggstown

1992 · "Honey" Roy Palmer

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

1992 · Reader (voice)

Cover-Up

1991 · Lou Jackson

Toy Soldiers

1991 · Dean Parker

Carolina Skeletons

1991 · James Bragg

Keeper of the City

1991 · Det. James Dela

The Josephine Baker Story

1991 · Sidney Williams

El Diablo

1990 · Van Leek

Zora is My Name!

1990

Sudie and Simpson

1990 · Simpson

The Punisher

1989 · Jake Berkowitz

Iron Eagle II

1988 · Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Roots: The Gift

1988 · Fiddler

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

1988 · Big John Creed

Straight Up

1988 · Cosmo

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

1988 · Sam

The Principal

1987 · Jake Phillips

A Gathering of Old Men

1987 · Mathu

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987 · Self

The Father Clements Story

1987

Firewalker

1986 · Leo Porter

Iron Eagle

1986 · Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Enemy Mine

1985 · Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

Finders Keepers

1984 · Century

The Guardian

1984 · John Mack

Jaws 3-D

1983 · Calvin Bouchard

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

1983 · narrator

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982 · Sergeant Emil Foley

I Love Liberty

1982 · Self

Benny's Place

1982 · Benny Moore

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

1981 · Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980 · Leo Garcia

The Lazarus Syndrome

1979 · Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

Lawman Without a Gun

1979 · Tom Hayward

The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

1978 · Self

To Kill a Cop

1978 · Everett Walker

The Deep

1977 · Henri Cloche

Freeman

1977 · Rex

The Choirboys

1977 · Calvin Motts

Little Ladies of the Night

1977 · Russ Garfield

J.D.'s Revenge

1976 · Rev. Elija Bliss

The River Niger

1976 · Dr. Dudley Stanton

Black Bart

1975 · Black Bart

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

1975 · Otis James

The White Dawn

1974 · Portagee

Sidekicks

1974 · Jason O'Rourke

It's Good to Be Alive

1974 · Sam Brockington

The Laughing Policeman

1973 · Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

Travels with My Aunt

1972 · Wordsworth

Skin Game

1971 · Jason O'Rourke

The Landlord

1970 · Copee Johnson

The Bushbaby

1969 · Tembo

Companions in Nightmare

1968 · Lt. Adam McKay

A Raisin in the Sun

1961 · George Murchison

The New Girl

1960 · Mary's Brother

Unplugged

· Amos Burton (voice)

Crimes of Violence

· Self - Host

Forget to Remember

Watchmen

2019 · Old Man / Will Reeves

The Good Fight

2017 · Carl Reddick

The Spoils Before Dying

2015 · Duke Webster

The Book of Negroes

2015 · Daddy Moses

Madam Secretary

2014 · Laurent Vasseur

Extant

2014 · Quinn

Hawaii Five-0

2010 · Lou's father

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009 · Self

Psych

2006 · Lloyd Marr

Black in the 80s

2005

The Batman

2004 · Lucius Fox (voice)

The Dead Zone

2002 · Pastor David Lewis

Half & Half

2002 · Ray Willis

رجل العائلة

1999 · Drill Sargent (voice)

هرقل المسلسل

1998 · Chiron (voice)

Stargate SG-1

1997 · Gerak

Early Edition

1996 · Jim Matthews

Promised Land

1996 · Anderson Walker

ER

1994 · Leo Malcolm

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Anderson Walker

Ellen

1994 · Sgt. Timko

Return to Lonesome Dove

1993 · Isom Pickett

Picket Fences

1992 · Rick Jennings

فرسان الكوكب

1990 · Commander Clash (voice)

Gideon Oliver

1989

American Experience

1988 · Narrator (voice)

Sadat

1983 · Anwar al-Sadat

American Playhouse

1982

The Powers of Matthew Star

1982 · Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

1980

Backstairs at the White House

1979 · Levi Mercer, Houseman

The Lazarus Syndrome

1979 · MacArthur St. Clair

The Critical List

1978 · Lem Harper

To Kill a Cop

1978 · Everett Walker

Roots

1977 · Fiddler

Bitte umblättern

1977 · Self

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

The Jeffersons

1975

بيت صغير على المرج

1974 · Henry Hill

The Rockford Files

1974 · Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien

رَجُل السِّتَّةُ مَلايينِ دُولار

1974 · O'Flaherty

Good Times

1974

Petrocelli

1974 · District Attorney Kurt Olson

Harry O

1974 · Cleon Jackson

Police Story

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

The Rookies

1972

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971 · Lt. Carl Fellows

McCloud

1970

The Partridge Family

1970 · Sam Simon

The Young Rebels

1970

Love, American Style

1969 · Freddy

The Bill Cosby Show

1969 · Hurricane Smith

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969 · Dr. Karnes

The Mod Squad

1968 · Smitty

The Invaders

1967 · Ollie

Cowboy in Africa

1967 · Joseph Hemera

Daktari

1966 · Mkono

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

Bonanza

1959 · Buck Walter

The Oscars

1953 · Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee