John Amos
27. detsember 1939 (86 aastat), 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 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.
Tuntud rollide järgi
7.5 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.4 King of the Hill
1997
7.5 Two and a Half Men
2003
8.3 Presidendi Meeskond
1999
5.8 The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.5 Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.9 Psych
2006
6.3 The Love Boat
1977
7.5 A-Rühm
1983
7.7 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
7.5 30 Rock
2006
7.1 Hunter
1984
Filmograafia
- 2023The Last Rifleman (Lincoln Jefferson Adams)
- 2022Me Time (Gil)
- 2022Block Party (Dennis)
- 2021Christmas in Miami (Chief Host)
- 2021Prints Zamundast 2 (Cleo McDowell)
- 2020The Truth About Santa Claus (Bob)
- 2020The Beastmaster Chronicles (Self)
- 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" (Fred Davis)
- 2019Christmas Belles (Pop Pop)
- 2019Lihvimata vääriskivid (Neighbor 33F)
- 2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (Self)
- 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage))
- 2015Tamales and Gumbo (The Patron)
- 2015Mercy for Angels (God)
- 2015Bad Asses on the Bayou (Earl)
- 2014Act of Faith (Mr. Brady)
- 2013American Lowrider (Slick)
- 2012Madea's Witness Protection (Pastor Nelson)
- 2012Zombie Hamlet (Edgar Mortimer)
- 2007All Over Again (Coach Zeller)
- 2007Ascension Day (Henry)
- 2006Voodoo Moon (Dutch)
- 2006Dr. Dolittle 3 (Jud)
- 2005Бой с Тенью (Хилл)
- 2004Личный номер (Admiral Melory)
- 2004My Baby's Daddy (Uncle Virgil)
- 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years ((archive footage))
- 2003The Watermelon Heist (Old Man Amos)
- 2000Disappearing Acts (Mr. Swift)
- 2000Something to Sing About (Rev. Washington)
- 1998The Players Club (Freeman)
- 1997The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (Booker Hutch)
- 1995Hologram Man (Wes Strickland)
- 1995For Better or Worse (Gray)
- 1993Night Trap (Capt. Hodges)
- 1992Mac (Nat)
- 1991Ricochet (Reverend Styles)
- 1990Visa hing 2 (Major Grant)
- 1990Due occhi diabolici (Det. Legrand)
- 1989Lock Up (Captain Meissner)
- 1988Prints Zamundast (Cleo McDowell)
- 1988Bonanza: The Next Generation (Mr. Mack)
- 1986Shark's Paradise (Taxi Driver)
- 1985American Flyers (Dr. Conrad)
- 1983Dance of the Dwarfs (Esteban)
- 1982The Beastmaster (Seth)
- 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (Bumpy Johnson)
- 1980Touched by Love (Tony)
- 1979Willa (Virgil)
- 1978Cops and Robin (Officer Bill Bundy)
- 1976Future Cop (Officer Bill Bundy)
- 1975Let's Do It Again (Kansas City Mack)
- 1973The President's Plane Is Missing (Marine Corporal)
- 1973The World's Greatest Athlete (Coach Sam Archer)
- -Devotion (Roger)
- 2021Because of Charley (Grandpa)
- -Future Cop: Cops and Robin (Officer Bundy)
- -John Amos: Roots of an American Legend (Self)
- -Information Processing (Self)
- 2025Suits LA (John Amos)
- 2019The Movies That Made Us (Self)
- 2018The Last O.G. (Uncle D)
- 2016The Ranch (Ed)
- 2015Ballers (Deacon Eller)
- 2012NYC 22 (Pappy Science)
- 2009Royal Pains (Harrison Phillips)
- 2009Valeta mulle (Jim Weaver)
- 200630 Rock (John Amos)
- 2006Men in Trees (Buzz Washington)
- 2006Psych (Uncle Burton)
- 2005My Name Is Earl (Joe)
- 2003Two and a Half Men (Ed)
- 2003All About the Andersons (Joe Anderson)
- 2002Remembering Roots (Self)
- 2000The District (Ethan Baker)
- 1999Presidendi Meeskond (Percy Fitzwallace)
- 1997The Chris Rock Show (Self)
- 1997King of the Hill (Glen Johnson (voice))
- 1995In the House
- 1995The Outer Limits (Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski)
- 1994Touched by an Angel (James Mackey)
- 1994704 Hauser (Ernie Cumberbatch)
- 1993Walker, Texas Ranger (Pastor Roscoe Jones)
- 1992Martin (Sgt. Strawn)
- 1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Fred Wilkes)
- 1987Beauty and the Beast (Farrell)
- 1984Murder, She Wrote (Doc Penrose)
- 1984The Cosby Show (Dr. Herbert)
- 1984Hunter (Captain Dolan)
- 1983Hardcastle and McCormick (Albie Meadows)
- 1983A-Rühm (Rev. Taylor)
- 1981Here's Boomer
- 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (Bumpy Johnson)
- 1977The Love Boat (Duke Taylor)
- 1977Future Cop (Bill Bundy)
- 1977Roots (Toby)
- 1977Roots (Kunta Kinte)
- 1977Roots: The Complete Miniseries (Older Kunta Kinte)
- 1974Dinah! (Self)
- 1974Good Times (James Evans Sr.)
- 1973Police Story (Walt Kyles)
- 1972Sanford and Son
- 1971The New Dick Van Dyke Show (Mark Cooper)
- 1971The Funny Side (Minority Husband)
- 1971Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Biker)
- 1971Vanishing Point (Super Soul's Engineer (uncredited))
- 1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Gordy Howard)
- 1969Love, American Style (Bell Captain)
- 1969Love, American Style
- 1962The Merv Griffin Show (Self)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Self)
- 1961The Mike Douglas Show (Self)