Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. is an American actor. He is famous for his role as the tyrannical Sergeant Foley in An Officer and A Gentleman, a role which won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has had prominent roles in Roots, A Raisin in the Sun, Jaws 3-D, Enemy Mine, The Deep, Toy Soldiers, The Punisher and Skin Game.

He appeared in The Quest for Beasts: A New Generation as anthropologist Jean-Paul Traore; he had previously guest-starred in The Quest for Beasts as Yannick Makara, the leader of a Madagascan village.