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).

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Die Hard 2

Played Major Grant

Average Rating

7.0

6146 votes

Release Date

Jul 03, 1990

36 years ago
Uncut Gems

Played Neighbor 33F

Average Rating

7.2

5114 votes

Release Date

Aug 30, 2019

6 years ago
Coming to America

Played Cleo McDowell

Average Rating

6.9

4585 votes

Release Date

Jun 29, 1988

38 years ago
Coming 2 America

Played Cleo McDowell

Average Rating

6.4

2314 votes

Release Date

Mar 04, 2021

5 years ago
Lock Up

Played Captain Meissner

Average Rating

6.8

1265 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1989

37 years ago
Me Time

Played Gil

Average Rating

5.9

972 votes

Release Date

Aug 26, 2022

3 years ago
Vanishing Point

Played Super Soul's Engineer

Average Rating

7.1

487 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1971

56 years ago
Dr. Dolittle 3

Played Jud

Average Rating

5.1

472 votes

Release Date

Apr 25, 2006

20 years ago
The Beastmaster

Played Seth

Average Rating

6.3

434 votes

Release Date

Aug 16, 1982

44 years ago
Ricochet

Played Reverend Styles

Average Rating

6.1

347 votes

Release Date

Oct 04, 1991

35 years ago
Two Evil Eyes

Played Det. Legrand

Average Rating

6.1

311 votes

Release Date

Jan 25, 1990

36 years ago
Madea's Witness Protection

Played Pastor Nelson

Average Rating

6.1

189 votes

Release Date

Jun 29, 2012

13 years ago
Bad Asses on the Bayou

Played Earl

Average Rating

6.0

146 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 2015

11 years ago
American Flyers

Played Dr. Conrad

Average Rating

6.1

123 votes

Release Date

Aug 16, 1985

41 years ago
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Played Biker

Average Rating

5.1

112 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 1971

55 years ago
The Players Club

Played Freeman

Average Rating

6.3

86 votes

Release Date

Apr 08, 1998

28 years ago
The Last Rifleman

Played Lincoln Jefferson Adams

Average Rating

6.6

80 votes

Release Date

Dec 07, 2023

2 years ago
Shadowboxing

Played Хилл

Average Rating

5.4

71 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 2005

21 years ago
My Baby's Daddy

Played Uncle Virgil

Average Rating

4.6

59 votes

Release Date

Jan 09, 2004

22 years ago
Disappearing Acts

Played Mr. Swift

Average Rating

6.1

42 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 2000

25 years ago
The World's Greatest Athlete

Played Coach Sam Archer

Average Rating

5.3

32 votes

Release Date

Feb 14, 1973

53 years ago
Mac

Played Nat

Average Rating

5.5

31 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 1992

34 years ago
Let's Do It Again

Played Kansas City Mack

Average Rating

6.9

22 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 1975

51 years ago
Hologram Man

Played Wes Strickland

Average Rating

4.0

20 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1995

31 years ago
Countdown

Played Admiral Melory

Average Rating

5.8

16 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 2004

21 years ago
Night Trap

Played Capt. Hodges

Average Rating

3.5

15 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1993

33 years ago
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Played Self

Average Rating

7.1

15 votes

Release Date

Jan 21, 2016

10 years ago
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

Played Fred Davis

Average Rating

6.1

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 2019

6 years ago
Voodoo Moon

Played Dutch

Average Rating

3.7

13 votes

Release Date

Jun 04, 2006

20 years ago
Zombie Hamlet

Played Edgar Mortimer

Average Rating

5.5

10 votes

Release Date

Apr 14, 2012

14 years ago
Something to Sing About

Played Rev. Washington

Average Rating

5.7

10 votes

Release Date

Jun 10, 2000

26 years ago
Touched by Love

Played Tony

Average Rating

4.3

9 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 1980

46 years ago
Dance of the Dwarfs

Played Esteban

Average Rating

3.6

8 votes

Release Date

Jun 10, 1983

43 years ago
For Better or Worse

Played Gray

Average Rating

4.0

6 votes

Release Date

Mar 19, 1995

31 years ago
The President's Plane Is Missing

Played Marine Corporal

Average Rating

6.2

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 1973

53 years ago
American Lowrider

Played Slick

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 2013

12 years ago
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda

Played Booker Hutch

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1997

28 years ago
Block Party

Played Dennis

Average Rating

6.1

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 08, 2022

3 years ago
Christmas Belles

Played Pop Pop

Average Rating

2.0

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 2019

6 years ago
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Played Bumpy Johnson

Average Rating

4.5

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 05, 1980

46 years ago
Act of Faith

Played Mr. Brady

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Apr 08, 2014

12 years ago
Because of Charley

Played Grandpa

Average Rating

2.3

3 votes

Release Date

Apr 09, 2021

5 years ago
The Watermelon Heist

Played Old Man Amos

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2003

23 years ago
Shark's Paradise

Played Taxi Driver

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 13, 1986

40 years ago
Bonanza: The Next Generation

Played Mr. Mack

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 22, 1988

38 years ago
The Truth About Santa Claus

Played Bob

Average Rating

2.0

1 votes

Release Date

Dec 21, 2020

5 years ago
All Over Again

Played Coach Zeller

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 12, 2007

19 years ago
Cops and Robin

Played Officer Bill Bundy

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 28, 1978

48 years ago
Future Cop

Played Officer Bill Bundy

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1976

50 years ago
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Played Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage)

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 13, 2015

10 years ago
Mercy for Angels

Played God

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 2015

11 years ago
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Played (archive footage)

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2004

22 years ago
Willa

Played Virgil

Average Rating

3.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 17, 1979

47 years ago
Devotion

Played Roger

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes
Ascension Day

Played Henry

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 02, 2007

19 years ago
Christmas in Miami

Played Chief Host

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 2021

4 years ago
Tamales and Gumbo

Played The Patron

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 21, 2015

10 years ago
The Beastmaster Chronicles

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 27, 2020

5 years ago
Future Cop: Cops and Robin

Played Officer Bundy

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes
John Amos: Roots of an American Legend

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes
Information Processing

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

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