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John Amos

John Amos

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born December 27, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died August 21, 2024

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John Amos (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was 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 was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he 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.

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THE LAST RIFLEMAN Trailer (NEW 2023)

THE LAST RIFLEMAN Trailer (2023) Pierce Brosnan

THE LAST RIFLEMAN Trailer (2023) Pierce Brosnan, Clémence Poésy

THE LAST RIFLEMAN Official Trailer (2023) Pierce Brosnan

THE LAST RIFLEMAN Official Trailer (2023)

THE LAST RIFLEMAN Trailer (2023) Pierce Brosnan

Official Trailer

The Last Rifleman (2023) | Official Trailer | Starring Pierce Brosnan 1080p

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary HD

Badasses On the Bayou Official Trailer 1 (2014) - Danny Trejo, Danny Glover Action Comedy HD

Here is some Tamales and Gumbo for you, you need it.

Zombie Hamlet Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Jason Mewes Movie HD

A Brutal Transfer

Stallone in Lock Up 1989 TV trailer

LOCK UP - Teaser Trailer - (1989) - HQ

Lock Up (1989) - Trailer HD 1080p

Fight For Victory

Prison Torture Scene

Official Trailer

Nothing's Dead Until It's Buried

Bad Movie Review: Dance of the Dwarfs (Starring Peter Fonda)

Dance Of The Dwarfs (1983) Trailer

45th Anniversary

Capture the Flag Starring Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke

Filmography

Actor

183

Type

Year

Booo Feature Film2026Self

Suits LA Poster

Suits LA TV Series2025John Amos

Norman Lear: A Life on Television Poster

Norman Lear: A Life on Television TV Special2023Self

The Last Rifleman Poster

The Last Rifleman Feature Film2023Lincoln Jefferson Adams

Block Party Poster

Block Party Feature Film2022Dennis

Me Time Feature Film2022Gil

Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey Poster

Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey Feature Film2022Self

Because of Charley Poster

Because of Charley Feature Film2021Grandpa

Christmas in Miami Poster

Christmas in Miami Feature Film2021

City Limits Poster

City Limits Feature Film2021Urban

Coming 2 America Poster

Coming 2 America Feature Film2021Cleo McDowell

Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. Bud Kieser Feature Film2021Self

The Beastmaster Chronicles Poster

The Beastmaster Chronicles Feature Film2020Self

The Truth About Santa Claus Poster

The Truth About Santa Claus Feature Film2020

Christmas Belles Poster

Christmas Belles TV Movie2019Pop Pop

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' Poster

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' TV Special2019Fred Davis

The Movies That Made Us Poster

The Movies That Made Us TV Series2019Self - Actor, 'Cleo McDowell'

The Righteous Gemstones Poster

The Righteous Gemstones TV Series2019Roddey Lissons

Uncut Gems Poster

Uncut Gems Feature Film2019Neighbor 33F

The Last O.G. Poster

The Last O.G. TV Series2018Uncle D

Sister Circle Live Poster

Sister Circle Live TV Series2017Self

Hauntsville Poster

Hauntsville Feature Film2016Mr. Kimball

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Poster

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You Documentary2016Self

The Ranch Poster

The Ranch TV Series2016Ed

Bad Asses on the Bayou Poster

Bad Asses on the Bayou Video2015Earl

Ballers TV Series2015Deacon Eller

Janet Russell Presents STAR POWER TV Series2015Self

Judge Amos TV Series2015Judge Amos

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Poster

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Documentary2015Self

Mercy for Angels Poster

Mercy for Angels Feature Film2015God

Nubbin & Friends Poster

Nubbin & Friends TV Series2015Mr. Johnson

Tamales and Gumbo Poster

Tamales and Gumbo Feature Film2015The Patron

The Seventies Poster

The Seventies Mini-Series2015Self - Actor, 'Good Times'

Act of Faith Poster

Act of Faith Feature Film2014Brady

The Nicole Barrett Show Poster

The Nicole Barrett Show TV Series2014Self

Contrast of Evil Short Film2013Self

Perfect Sunday Poster

Perfect Sunday Feature Film2013Slick

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Poster

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell TV Series2013War

Madea's Witness Protection Poster

Madea's Witness Protection Feature Film2012Pastor Nelson

NYC 22 TV Series2012Pappy Science

Oprah: Where Are They Now? Poster

Oprah: Where Are They Now? TV Series2012Self

Untitled Martin Lawrence Project TV Movie2012Captain Lorenzo

Zombie Hamlet Poster

Zombie Hamlet Feature Film2012Edgar Mortimer

Shadow Hills TV Movie2011Mr. Sams

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots Poster

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots Documentary2010

Indie Cinema Showcase Poster

Indie Cinema Showcase TV Series2009Self

Lie to Me Poster

Lie to Me TV Series2009Jim Weaver

Life After Poster

Life After TV Series2009Self

Royal Pains Poster

Royal Pains TV Series2009Harrison Phillips

Stills of the Movement: The Civil Rights Photojournalism of Flip Schulke Documentary2009Self - Host

The Law TV Movie2009Charles

The Mo'Nique Show Poster

The Mo'Nique Show TV Series2009Self

Pioneers of Television Poster

Pioneers of Television TV Series2008Self

Speechless Poster

Speechless Documentary2008Self

The Wendy Williams Show Poster

The Wendy Williams Show TV Series2008Self

All Over Again Poster

All Over Again Feature Film2007Coach Zeller

Ascension Day Poster

Ascension Day Video2007Henry

Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation Documentary2007Kunta Kinte

The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special2007Self - Presenter

The 5th Annual TV Land Awards Poster

The 5th Annual TV Land Awards TV Special2007Self - Winner

The Bob Show TV Series20071 episode, 2012

30 Rock TV Series2006John Amos

Dr. Dolittle 3 Poster

Dr. Dolittle 3 Video2006Jud Jones

Men in Trees Poster

Men in Trees TV Series2006Buzz Washington

Psych TV Series2006Uncle Burton Guster

The 4th Annual TV Land Awards Poster

The 4th Annual TV Land Awards TV Special2006Self

Voodoo Moon Poster

Voodoo Moon TV Movie2006Dutch

Boy s tenyu Poster

Boy s tenyu Feature Film2005Hill

My Name Is Earl Poster

My Name Is Earl TV Series2005Joe

TV Land Confidential Poster

TV Land Confidential TV Series2005Self

Countdown Poster

Countdown Feature Film2004Admiral Melory

My Baby's Daddy Poster

My Baby's Daddy Feature Film2004Uncle virgil

Tavis Smiley Poster

Tavis Smiley TV Series2004Self

The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards Poster

The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards TV Special2004Self

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years Poster

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years Documentary2004

TV Land Moguls Poster

TV Land Moguls Mini-Series2004Self

All About the Andersons Poster

All About the Andersons TV Series2003Joe Anderson

CBS at 75 Documentary2003Self

I Love the '70s Poster

I Love the '70s Mini-Series2003Self

I Love the '80s Strikes Back Poster

I Love the '80s Strikes Back TV Series2003Self

The Watermelon Heist Poster

The Watermelon Heist Feature Film2003Old Man Amos

Two and a Half Men Poster

Two and a Half Men TV Series2003Ed

Remembering 'Roots' Documentary2002Self - 'Kunta Kinte'

Disappearing Acts Poster

Disappearing Acts TV Movie2000Mr. Swift

Inside TV Land Poster

Inside TV Land TV Series2000Self

Something to Sing About Poster

Something to Sing About TV Movie2000Rev. Washington

The District Poster

The District TV Series2000Mayor Ethan Baker

The West Wing Poster

The West Wing TV Series1999Percy Fitzwallace

The Players Club Poster

The Players Club Feature Film1998Freeman

3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards TV Special1997Self

A Woman Like That Feature Film1997

King of the Hill Poster

King of the Hill TV Series1997Glen Johnson

The Chris Rock Show Poster

The Chris Rock Show TV Series1997Self

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television Poster

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television TV Series1997Self

The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda Poster

The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda TV Movie1997Booker Hutch

Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal Poster

Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal TV Series19961 episode, 1998

For Better or Worse Poster

For Better or Worse Feature Film1995Gray

Hologram Man Poster

Hologram Man Video1995Wes Strickland

In the House Poster

In the House TV Series1995Coach Sam Wilson

Murder Was the Case: The Movie Poster

Murder Was the Case: The Movie Video1995Detective

The Outer Limits Poster

The Outer Limits TV Series1995Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski

704 Hauser Poster

704 Hauser Mini-Series1994Ernie Cumberbatch

Extra TV Series1994Self

Touched by an Angel Poster

Touched by an Angel TV Series1994Sheriff James Mackey

Night Trap Poster

Night Trap Feature Film1993Capt. Hodges

The Black Cat Short Film1993

Walker, Texas Ranger Poster

Walker, Texas Ranger TV Series1993Pastor Roscoe Jones

Mac Feature Film1992Nat

Martin TV Series1992Sgt. Strawn

Without a Pass Feature Film1992Blue Berry

Clippers Poster

Clippers TV Movie1991Mel

Ricochet Poster

Ricochet Feature Film1991Reverend Styles

Die Hard 2 Poster

Die Hard 2 Feature Film1990Grant

Die Hard 2: The Bad Guys - Villains' Profile Video1990Self

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV Series1990Fred Wilkes

The Howard Stern Show Poster

The Howard Stern Show TV Series1990Self

The Marsha Warfield Show Poster

The Marsha Warfield Show TV Series1990Self

Two Evil Eyes Poster

Two Evil Eyes Feature Film1990Det. Legrand

Gideon Oliver Poster

Gideon Oliver TV Series1989Carl Manning

Lock Up Feature Film1989Meißner

The Arsenio Hall Show Poster

The Arsenio Hall Show TV Series1989Self

Bonanza: The Next Generation Poster

Bonanza: The Next Generation TV Movie1988Mr. Mack

Coming to America Poster

Coming to America Feature Film1988Cleo McDowell

Live with Kelly and Ryan Poster

Live with Kelly and Ryan TV Series1988Self

Beauty and the Beast Poster

Beauty and the Beast TV Series1987Farrell

American Flyers Poster

American Flyers Feature Film1985Dr. Conrad

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985Dr. Bledsoe

Stingray Poster

Stingray TV Series1985Roy Jeffries

Hunter TV Series1984Captain Dolan

Murder, She Wrote Poster

Murder, She Wrote TV Series1984Doc Penrose

The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame Poster

The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame Feature Film1984James Evans Sr.

The Cosby Show Poster

The Cosby Show TV Series1984Dr. Herbert

You Are the Jury Poster

You Are the Jury TV Series1984Sergeant Harold Borman

Dance of the Dwarfs Poster

Dance of the Dwarfs Feature Film1983Esteban

Hardcastle and McCormick Poster

Hardcastle and McCormick TV Series1983Albie Meadows

The A-Team Poster

The A-Team TV Series1983Rev. Taylor

Ebony/Jet Showcase Poster

Ebony/Jet Showcase TV Series1982Self

The Beastmaster Poster

The Beastmaster Feature Film1982Seth

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story Poster

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story TV Series1980Bumpy Johnson

Here's Boomer Poster

Here's Boomer TV Series1980Charlie Foster

Touched by Love Poster

Touched by Love Feature Film1980Tony

Mr. Dugan TV Series1979Rep. Dooley

The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards Poster

The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards TV Special1979Self

Trapper John, M.D. Poster

Trapper John, M.D. TV Series1979Ins. Roland Hackett

Willa TV Movie1979Virgil

20/20 TV Series1978Self

Cops and Robin Poster

Cops and Robin TV Movie1978Officer Bill Bundy

Roots Mini-Series1977Older Kunta Kinte

The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards TV Special1977Self - Accepting Special Award to Roots

The Love Boat Poster

The Love Boat TV Series1977Duke Taylor

Future Cop Poster

Future Cop TV Series1976Officer Bill Bundy

Good Morning America Poster

Good Morning America TV Series1975Self

Let's Do It Again Poster

Let's Do It Again Feature Film1975Kansas City Mack

The 11th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards TV Special1975Self

Bicentennial Minutes Poster

Bicentennial Minutes TV Series1974Self - Narrator

Dinah! TV Series1974Self

Good Times Poster

Good Times TV Series1974James Evans, Sr.

Tony Orlando and Dawn Poster

Tony Orlando and Dawn TV Series1974Self

Police Story Poster

Police Story TV Series1973Walt Kyles

The President's Plane Is Missing Poster

The President's Plane Is Missing TV Movie1973Marine Corporal

The World's Greatest Athlete Poster

The World's Greatest Athlete Feature Film1973Coach Sam Archer

Two's Company TV Movie1973

Keeping Up with the Joneses TV Movie1972

Maude TV Series1972Henry Evans

Sanford and Son Poster

Sanford and Son TV Series1972Luther

Information Processing Documentary1971

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Poster

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Feature Film1971Biker

The Funny Side Poster

The Funny Side TV Series1971Minority Husband

The New Dick Van Dyke Show Poster

The New Dick Van Dyke Show TV Series1971Mark Cooper

Vanishing Point Poster

Vanishing Point Feature Film1971Super Soul's Engineer

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Series1970Gordy Howard

The Tim Conway Comedy Hour Poster

The Tim Conway Comedy Hour TV Series1970Various

Love, American Style Poster

Love, American Style TV Series1969

The Bill Cosby Show Poster

The Bill Cosby Show TV Series19691st Salesman

One Life to Live Poster

One Life to Live TV Series1968Bill Moore

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) Poster

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) TV Series1965Self - Panelist

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self - Guest

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Actor

Insight TV Series1960Josh Cameron

Today TV Series1952Self

Capture the Flag Poster

Capture the Flag Feature FilmClinton

Devotion Poster

Devotion Feature FilmRoger

Writer

1

The Leslie Uggams Show Poster

The Leslie Uggams Show TV Series1969

Producer

5

Type

Year

Nubbin & Friends Poster

Nubbin & Friends TV Series2015

Althea Documentary2014

Zombie Hamlet Poster

Zombie Hamlet Feature Film2012

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

The Invisible Men Documentary

Thanks

2

Type

Year

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2025

Remembering 'Roots' Documentary2002

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