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  • BIRTH 27/12/1939
  • DEATH 21/08/2024
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 23
  • MOVIES 27

John Amos

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.

John Amos

Shows (23)

Suits LA
Suits LA
John Amos
Psych
Psych
Uncle Burton
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Ed
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Fred Wilkes
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
Joe
The A-Team
The A-Team
Rev. Taylor
The Ranch
The Ranch
Ed
30 Rock
30 Rock
John Amos
The West Wing
The West Wing
Percy Fitzwallace
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
Pastor Roscoe Jones
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Doc Penrose
The Movies That Made Us
The Movies That Made Us
Self
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
Dr. Herbert
Hunter
Hunter
Capt. Dolan
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
Glen Johnson (voice)
Roots
Roots
Older Kunta Kinte
The District
The District
Mayor Ethan Baker
Men in Trees
Men in Trees
Buzz
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Sheriff James Mackey
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Gordy Howard
Good Times
Good Times
James Evans Sr.
The Last O.G.
The Last O.G.
Uncle D
704 Hauser
704 Hauser
Ernie Cumberbatch

Movies (27)

Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2
Major Grant
Coming to America
Coming to America
Cleo McDowell
Coming 2 America
Coming 2 America
Cleo McDowell
Lock Up
Lock Up
Captain Meissner
The Last Rifleman
The Last Rifleman
Lincoln Jefferson Adams
Ricochet
Ricochet
Reverend Styles
Dr. Dolittle 3
Dr. Dolittle 3
Jud
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
Super Soul's Engineer
The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster
Seth
Disappearing Acts
Disappearing Acts
Mr. Swift
Due occhi diabolici
Due occhi diabolici
Det. Legrand
Madea's Witness Protection
Madea's Witness Protection
Pastor Nelson
Let's Do It Again
Let's Do It Again
Kansas City Mack
Future Cop
Future Cop
Officer Bill Bundy
Christmas Belles
Christmas Belles
Pop Pop
My Baby's Daddy
My Baby's Daddy
Uncle Virgil
The World's Greatest Athlete
The World's Greatest Athlete
Coach Sam Archer
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Earl
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
Hologram Man
Hologram Man
Wes Strickland
American Flyers
American Flyers
Dr. Conrad
Christmas in Miami
Christmas in Miami
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in…
Fred Davis
Dance of the Dwarfs
Dance of the Dwarfs
Esteban
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Biker
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse
Gray
Night Trap
Night Trap
Capt. Hodges