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. 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). 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.
The Last Rifleman
Lincoln Jefferson Adams
Me Time
Gil
Block Party
Dennis
Christmas in Miami
Chief Host
Because of Charley
Grandpa
Coming 2 America
Cleo McDowell
The Truth About Santa Claus
Bob
The Beastmaster Chronicles
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Fred Davis
Christmas Belles
Pop Pop
Uncut Gems
Neighbor 33F
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage)
Tamales and Gumbo
The Patron
Mercy for Angels
God
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Earl
Act of Faith
Mr. Brady
American Lowrider
Slick
Madea's Witness Protection
Pastor Nelson
Zombie Hamlet
Edgar Mortimer
All Over Again
Coach Zeller
Ascension Day
Henry
Voodoo Moon
Dutch
Dr. Dolittle 3
Jud
Shadowboxing
Хилл
Countdown
Admiral Melory
My Baby's Daddy
Uncle Virgil
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
The Watermelon Heist
Old Man Amos
Remembering Roots
Self
Disappearing Acts
Mr. Swift
Something to Sing About
Rev. Washington
The Players Club
Freeman
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
Booker Hutch
Hologram Man
Wes Strickland
For Better or Worse
Gray
Night Trap
Capt. Hodges
Mac
Nat
Ricochet
Reverend Styles
Die Hard 2
Major Grant
Two Evil Eyes
Det. Legrand
Lock Up
Captain Meissner
Coming to America
Cleo McDowell
Bonanza: The Next Generation
Mr. Mack
Shark's Paradise
Taxi Driver
American Flyers
Dr. Conrad
Dance of the Dwarfs
Esteban
The Beastmaster
Seth
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Bumpy Johnson
Touched by Love
Tony
Willa
Virgil
Cops and Robin
Officer Bill Bundy
Future Cop
Officer Bill Bundy
Let's Do It Again
Kansas City Mack
The President's Plane Is Missing
Marine Corporal
The World's Greatest Athlete
Coach Sam Archer
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Biker
Vanishing Point
Super Soul's Engineer