John Amos


    Starbirth:
    December 27, 1939
Birthplace:
Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Overview

John Amos (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor and retired football player. He is best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he has played numerous supporting roles in movies such as The Beastmaster (1982), Coming to America (1988), Lock Up (1989), Die Hard 2 (1990) and Coming 2 America (2021). Prior to acting, he played on the Colorado State Rams football team and in 1964, he signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Denver Broncos and in 1967 signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. Both of these contracts did not land him a spot on the teams and played a final season in the Continental Football League with the Victoria Steelers before pursuing acting.


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
The Last Rifleman Lincoln Jefferson Adams 2023
Me Time Gil 2022
Block Party Dennis 2022
Christmas in Miami 2021
Because of Charley Grandpa 2021
Coming 2 America Cleo McDowell 2021
The Truth About Santa Claus Bob 2020
The Beastmaster Chronicles 2020
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" Fred Davis 2019
Christmas Belles Pop Pop 2019
Uncut Gems Neighbor 33F 2019
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Self 2016
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage) 2015
Tamales and Gumbo The Patron 2015
Mercy for Angels God 2015
Bad Asses on the Bayou Earl 2015
Act of Faith Mr. Brady 2014
American Lowrider Slick 2013
Madea's Witness Protection Pastor Nelson 2012
Zombie Hamlet Edgar Mortimer 2012
Against Time Coach 2007
Ascension Day Henry 2007
Voodoo Moon Dutch 2006
Dr. Dolittle 3 Jud 2006
Shadowboxing Хилл 2005
Countdown Admiral Melory 2004
My Baby's Daddy Uncle Virgil 2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (archive footage) 2004
The Watermelon Heist Old Man Amos 2003
Disappearing Acts Mr. Swift 2000
Something to Sing About Rev. Washington 2000
The Players Club Freeman 1998
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda Booker Hutch 1997
Hologram Man Wes Strickland 1995
For Better or Worse Gray 1995
Night Trap Capt. Hodges 1993
Mac Nat 1992
Ricochet Reverend Styles 1991
Die Hard 2 Major Grant 1990
Two Evil Eyes Det. Legrand 1990
Lock Up Captain Meissner 1989
Coming to America Cleo McDowell 1988
Bonanza: The Next Generation Mr. Mack 1988
Shark's Paradise Taxi Driver 1986
American Flyers Dr. Conrad 1985
Dance of the Dwarfs Esteban 1983
The Beastmaster Seth 1982
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story Bumpy Johnson 1980
Touched by Love Tony 1980
Willa Virgil 1979
Cops and Robin Officer Bill Bundy 1978
Future Cop Officer Bill Bundy 1976
Let's Do It Again Kansas City Mack 1975
The President's Plane Is Missing Marine Corporal 1973
The World's Greatest Athlete Coach Sam Archer 1973
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Biker 1971
Vanishing Point Super Soul's Engineer 1971
Devotion Roger
Countdown Admiral
SHOWCHARACTERYEAR
The District Mayor Ethan Baker <mt>
Men in Trees Buzz <mt>
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fred Wilkes <mt>
Touched by an Angel Sheriff James Mackey <mt>
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Gordy Howard <mt>
Walker, Texas Ranger Pastor Roscoe Jones <mt>
Police Story <blank> <mt>
Here's Boomer <blank> <mt>
Roots Toby <mt>
In the House <blank> <mt>
Good Times James Evans Sr. <mt>
Martin <blank> <mt>
Murder, She Wrote Doc Penrose <mt>
Hardcastle and McCormick <blank> <mt>
Psych Uncle Burton <mt>
The A-Team Rev. Taylor <mt>
The Cosby Show <blank> <mt>
Sanford and Son <blank> <mt>
704 Hauser Ernie Cumberbatch <mt>
30 Rock John Amos <mt>
All About the Andersons Joe Anderson <mt>
Future Cop Bill Bundy <mt>
The Funny Side Minority Husband <mt>
The Ranch Ed <mt>
The West Wing Percy Fitzwallace <mt>
Two and a Half Men Ed <mt>
Roots Older Kunta Kinte <mt>
Hunter Capt. Dolan <mt>
The Movies That Made Us Self <mt>
King of the Hill Glen Johnson (voice) <mt>
The Chris Rock Show <blank> <mt>
The Outer Limits Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski <mt>
My Name Is Earl Joe <mt>
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