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John Amos

John Amos

Actor

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.

Born: December 27, 1939 (Age 84) in Newark, New Jersey, USA

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John Amos  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
4.8
ActorCoach2007
Movie
6.3
ActorDr. Conrad1985
Movie
5.5
ActorEarl2015
Movie
5.7
ActorХилл2005
Movie
7.3
ActorCleo McDowell1988
Movie
3.7
ActorEsteban1983
Movie
7.2
ActorMajor Grant1990
Movie
4.6
ActorGray1995
Movie
6.9
ActorKansas City Mack1975
Movie
6.2
ActorCaptain Meissner1989
Movie
7.4
ActorSuper Soul's Engineer1971
Movie
6.1
ActorSeth1982
Movie
6.1
ActorReverend Styles1991
Movie
5.2
ActorPastor Nelson2012
Movie
5.9
ActorDet. Legrand1990
Movie
5.6
ActorBiker1971
Movie
5.5
ActorCoach Sam Archer1973
Movie
6.4
ActorTony1980
Movie
7.5
ActorSelf2016
Movie
4
ActorCapt. Hodges1993
Movie
4.4
ActorEdgar Mortimer2012
Movie
3.9
ActorOld Man Amos2003
Movie
ActorHenry2007
Movie
6.9
ActorMr. Brady2014
Movie
5.7
ActorSlick2013
Movie
6
ActorNat1992
Movie
4.7
ActorUncle Virgil2004
Movie
5.4
ActorCleo McDowell2021
Movie
7.2
ActorNeighbor 33F2019
Movie
6
ActorFreeman1998
Movie
6.5
ActorGrandpa2021
Movie
6.7
ActorBob2020
Movie
5.9
ActorOfficer Bill Bundy1976
Movie
4.1
ActorWes Strickland1995
Movie
4.2
ActorJud2006
Movie
5
ActorAdmiral Melory2004
Movie
5.3
ActorDennis2022
Movie
ActorRoger
Movie
5
ActorGil2022
Movie
6.3
ActorLincoln Jefferson Adams2023
Movie
3
Actor2021
TV Show
7.1
ActorBuzz
36 Episodes
2006-2008
Limited Series
4.6
ActorErnie Cumberbatch
6 Episodes
1994-1994
TV Show
7.3
Actor1 Episode1973-1980
TV Show
6.3
Actor1 Episode1980-1982
TV Show
6.9
ActorMinority Husband
14 Episodes
1971-1971
TV Show
6.4
ActorJoe Anderson
16 Episodes
2003-2004
TV Show
7.1
ActorMayor Ethan Baker
10 Episodes
2000-2004
TV Show
8.1
ActorFred Wilkes
4 Episodes
1990-1996
TV Show
6.2
ActorSheriff James Mackey
1 Episode
1994-2003
TV Show
5.8
ActorPastor Roscoe Jones
2 Episodes
1993-2001
TV Show
7.1
Actor5 Episodes1995-1999
TV Show
7.6
ActorJames Evans Sr.
61 Episodes
1974-1979
TV Show
7.7
Actor1 Episode1992-1997
TV Show
7.4
ActorDoc Penrose
1 Episode
1984-1996
TV Show
6.4
Actor1 Episode1983-1986
TV Show
8.3
ActorUncle Burton
1 Episode
2006-2014
TV Show
7.6
ActorRev. Taylor
1 Episode
1983-1987
TV Show
7.2
ActorDr. Herbert
1 Episode
1984-1992
TV Show
7.8
Actor1 Episode1972-1978
TV Show
7.4
ActorEd
1 Episode
2016-2020
TV Show
8.7
ActorPercy Fitzwallace
22 Episodes
1999-2006
TV Show
7
ActorEd
3 Episodes
2003-2015
TV Show
7
ActorCapt. Dolan
13 Episodes
1984-1991
TV Show
7.4
ActorSelf
1 Episode
2019-2021
TV Show
7.3
ActorGlen Johnson (voice)
1 Episode
1997-2009
TV Show
8.1
ActorGordy Howard
12 Episodes
1970-1977
TV Show
6.7
Actor1 Episode1997-2000
TV Show
7.8
ActorPeter 'Yas' Yastrzemski
1 Episode
1995-2002
TV Show
8.2
ActorJohn Amos
1 Episode
2006-2013
TV Show
8
ActorJoe
1 Episode
2005-2009
TV Show
7.1
ActorUncle D
1 Episode
2018-2021
TV Show
7.7
ActorDeacon Eller
2 Episodes
2015-2019
TV Show
6.9
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1974-1980
TV Show
ActorSelf
1 Episode
TV Show
6.4
ActorPappy Science
1 Episode
2012-2012
TV Show
ActorJohn Amos
1 Episode
Movie
6.5
ActorMr. Swift2000
Movie
3.8
ActorDutch2006
Movie
5.4
ActorMr. Mack1988
Movie
7.1
ActorBooker Hutch1997
Movie
7.9
ActorSelf / Gordy Howard (archive footage)2015
Movie
6.9
ActorRev. Washington2000
Movie
6.1
ActorVirgil1979
TV Special
7.3
ActorFred Davis2019
Movie
5.8
ActorPop Pop2019
Movie
5.7
ActorMarine Corporal1973
Movie
6.8
ActorOfficer Bill Bundy1978
Movie
5.5
ActorTaxi Driver1986
Movie
6.8
ActorBumpy Johnson1980
Limited Series
8.2
ActorOlder Kunta Kinte
8 Episodes
1977-1977
Movie
7.4
ProductionExecutive Producer2014
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year

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