John Amos
Acting
Born December 27, 1939 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
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 por…
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2025Suits LA
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2023The Last RiflemanFilm
2022Me TimeFilm
2022Block PartyFilm
2021Christmas in MiamiFilm
2021Because of CharleyFilm
2021Coming 2 AmericaFilm
2020The Truth About Santa ClausFilm
2020The Beastmaster ChroniclesFilm
2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Film
2019The Movies That Made UsTV
2019Christmas BellesFilm
2019Uncut GemsFilm
2018The Last O.G.TV
2016The RanchTV
2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of YouFilm
2015Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationFilm
2015Tamales and GumboFilm
2015BallersTV
2015Mercy for AngelsFilm
2015Bad Asses on the BayouFilm
2014Act of FaithFilm
2013American LowriderFilm
2012Madea's Witness ProtectionFilm
2012NYC 22TV
2012Zombie HamletFilm
2009Royal PainsTV
2009Lie to MeTV
2007All Over AgainFilm
2007Ascension DayFilm
200630 RockTV
2006Men in TreesTV
2006PsychTV
2006Voodoo MoonFilm
2006Dr. Dolittle 3Film
2005My Name Is EarlTV
2005ShadowboxingFilm
2004CountdownFilm
2004My Baby's DaddyFilm
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsFilm
2003Two and a Half MenTV
2003All About the AndersonsTV
2003The Watermelon HeistFilm
2002Remembering RootsFilm
2000Disappearing ActsFilm
2000The DistrictTV
2000Something to Sing AboutFilm
1999The West WingTV
1998The Players ClubFilm
1997The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden PagodaFilm
1997The Chris Rock ShowTV
1997King of the HillTV
1995Hologram ManFilm
1995In the HouseTV
1995The Outer LimitsTV
1995For Better or WorseFilm
1994Touched by an AngelTV
1994704 HauserTV
1993Night TrapFilm
1993Walker, Texas RangerTV
1992MacFilm
1992MartinTV
1991RicochetFilm
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirTV
1990Die Hard 2Film
1990Two Evil EyesFilm
1989Lock UpFilm
1988Coming to AmericaFilm
1988Bonanza: The Next GenerationFilm
1987Beauty and the BeastTV
1986Shark's ParadiseFilm
1985American FlyersFilm
1984Murder, She WroteTV
1984The Cosby ShowTV
1984HunterTV
1983Hardcastle and McCormickTV
1983Dance of the DwarfsFilm
1983The A-TeamTV
1982The BeastmasterFilm
1981Here's BoomerTV
1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryFilm
1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryTV
1980Touched by LoveFilm
1979WillaFilm
1978Cops and RobinFilm
1977The Love BoatTV
1977Future CopTV
1977RootsTV
1977Roots: The Complete MiniseriesTV
1976Future CopFilm
1975Let's Do It AgainFilm
1974Dinah!TV
1974Good TimesTV
1973The President's Plane Is MissingFilm
1973Police StoryTV
1973The World's Greatest AthleteFilm
1972Sanford and SonTV
1971The New Dick Van Dyke ShowTV
1971The Funny SideTV
1971Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss SongFilm
1971Vanishing PointFilm
1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowTV
1969Love, American StyleTV
1962The Merv Griffin ShowTV
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
1961The Mike Douglas ShowTV
DevotionFilm
Future Cop: Cops and RobinFilm
John Amos: Roots of an American LegendFilm
Information ProcessingFilm