JOHN AMOS
ACTING
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.
Die Hard 2 1990
Vanishing Point 1971
Ricochet 1991
The World's Greatest Athlete 1973
Coming to America 1988
Lock Up 1989
Let's Do It Again 1975
Two Evil Eyes 1990
The Beastmaster 1982
Dr. Dolittle 3 2006
Shadowboxing 2005
Madea's Witness Protection 2012
Zombie Hamlet 2012
For Better or Worse 1995
Dance of the Dwarfs 1983
Block Party 2022
Touched by Love 1980
Me Time 2022
Uncut Gems 2019
Bad Asses on the Bayou 2015
Night Trap 1993
The Last Rifleman 2023
Bonanza: The Next Generation 1988
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971
Hologram Man 1995
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda 1997
Act of Faith 2014
American Flyers 1985
Disappearing Acts 2000
Mac 1992
My Baby's Daddy 2004
Coming 2 America 2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" 2019
The Players Club 1998
Christmas Belles 2019
Tamales and Gumbo 2015
Murder, She Wrote 1984
Good Times 1974
The District 2000
Psych 2006
The A-Team 1983
Touched by an Angel 1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990
Men in Trees 2006
The Cosby Show 1984
Two and a Half Men 2003
Walker, Texas Ranger 1993
The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970
30 Rock 2006
All About the Andersons 2003
Roots 1977
Future Cop 1977
Hunter 1984
The Outer Limits 1995
The West Wing 1999
The Ranch 2016
My Name Is Earl 2005
King of the Hill 1997
Ballers 2015
The Last O.G. 2018
NYC 22 2012
Suits LA 2025