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" (198...
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Die Hard 2
As Major Grant
The Truth About Santa Claus
As Bob
Vanishing Point
As Super Soul's Engineer
Ricochet
As Reverend Styles
The World's Greatest Athlete
As Coach Sam Archer
Coming to America
As Cleo McDowell
Lock Up
As Captain Meissner
Let's Do It Again
As Kansas City Mack
Two Evil Eyes
As Det. Legrand
The Beastmaster
As Seth
Dr. Dolittle 3
As Jud
Shadowboxing
As Хилл
Countdown
As Admiral Melory
Madea's Witness Protection
As Pastor Nelson
Against Time
As Coach
Zombie Hamlet
As Edgar Mortimer
For Better or Worse
As Gray
The President's Plane Is Missing
As Marine Corporal
Devotion
As Roger
Dance of the Dwarfs
As Esteban
Block Party
As Dennis
American Lowrider
As Slick
Touched by Love
As Tony
Cops and Robin
As Officer Bill Bundy
Me Time
As Gil
Uncut Gems
As Neighbor 33F
Bad Asses on the Bayou
As Earl
Night Trap
As Capt. Hodges
The Watermelon Heist
As Old Man Amos
Shark's Paradise
As Taxi Driver
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
As Bumpy Johnson
Countdown
As Admiral
The Last Rifleman
As Lincoln Jefferson Adams
Ascension Day
As Henry
Christmas in Miami
Bonanza: The Next Generation
As Mr. Mack
Future Cop
As Officer Bill Bundy
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
As Biker
Something to Sing About
As Rev. Washington
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
As Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
As Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage)
Hologram Man
As Wes Strickland
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
As Booker Hutch
Act of Faith
As Mr. Brady
Voodoo Moon
As Dutch
Mercy for Angels
As God
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
As (archive footage)
American Flyers
As Dr. Conrad
Disappearing Acts
As Mr. Swift
Mac
As Nat
My Baby's Daddy
As Uncle Virgil
Willa
As Virgil
Coming 2 America
As Cleo McDowell
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
As Fred Davis
The Players Club
As Freeman
Christmas Belles
As Pop Pop
Tamales and Gumbo
As The Patron
The Beastmaster Chronicles
As Self
Because of Charley
As Grandpa
In the House
Murder, She Wrote
As Doc Penrose
Hardcastle and McCormick
Good Times
As James Evans Sr.
Martin
The District
As Mayor Ethan Baker
Psych
As Uncle Burton
The A-Team
As Rev. Taylor
Touched by an Angel
As Sheriff James Mackey
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
As Fred Wilkes
Men in Trees
As Buzz
The Cosby Show
As Dr. Herbert
Two and a Half Men
As Ed
Walker, Texas Ranger
As Pastor Roscoe Jones
Sanford and Son
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
As Gordy Howard
30 Rock
As John Amos
704 Hauser
As Ernie Cumberbatch
All About the Andersons
As Joe Anderson
Police Story
Here's Boomer
Roots
As Toby
Future Cop
As Bill Bundy
Hunter
As Capt. Dolan
The Chris Rock Show
The Outer Limits
As Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski
The Funny Side
As Minority Husband
The West Wing
As Percy Fitzwallace
The Ranch
As Ed
The Movies That Made Us
As Self
My Name Is Earl
As Joe
King of the Hill
As Glen Johnson (voice)
Ballers
As Deacon Eller
The Last O.G.
As Uncle D
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
As Bumpy Johnson
Dinah!
As Self
NYC 22
As Pappy Science
Suits LA
As John Amos
Love, American Style
As Bell Captain
