JOHN AMOS
ACTING
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.
- 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
- Touched by Love 1980
- Night Trap 1993
- Bad Asses on the Bayou 2015
- 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
- Block Party 2022
- Me Time 2022
- Uncut Gems 2019
- The Last Rifleman 2023
- The District 2000
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990
- Touched by an Angel 1994
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970
- Walker, Texas Ranger 1993
- Roots 1977
- Good Times 1974
- Murder, She Wrote 1984
- Psych 2006
- The A-Team 1983
- 30 Rock 2006
- All About the Andersons 2003
- Future Cop 1977
- The Ranch 2016
- The West Wing 1999
- Two and a Half Men 2003
- Roots 1977
- Hunter 1984
- King of the Hill 1997
- The Outer Limits 1995
- My Name Is Earl 2005
- The Last O.G. 2018