John Amos
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- 27 de diciembre de 1939 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
- 21 de agosto de 2024
Biografía
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.
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Filmografía
- Suits LA · John Amos, In Memory Of
- El último soldado · Lincoln Jefferson Adams
- Tiempo para mí · Gil
- Block Party · Dennis
- Christmas in Miami · Chief Host
- Because of Charley · Grandpa
- El rey de Zamunda · Cleo McDowell
- The Truth About Santa Claus · Bob
- The Beastmaster Chronicles · En persona
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" · Fred Davis
- Diamantes en bruto · Neighbor 33F
- The Movies That Made Us · En persona
- Christmas Belles · Pop Pop
- The Last Original Gangster · Uncle D
- The Ranch · Ed
- Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You · En persona
- Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration · Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage)
- Tamales and Gumbo · The Patron
- Ballers · Deacon Eller
- Mercy for Angels · God
- Un tipo duro 3: En el pantano · Earl
- Althea · Producción ejecutiva
- Act of Faith · Mr. Brady
- American Lowrider · Slick
- Madea's Witness Protection · Pastor Nelson
- NYC 22 · Pappy Science
- Zombie Hamlet · Edgar Mortimer
- Royal Pains · Harrison Phillips
- Miénteme · Jim Weaver
- All Over Again · Coach Zeller
- Ascension Day · Henry
- Rockefeller Plaza · John Amos
- Men in Trees · Buzz Washington
- Psych · Uncle Burton
- Voodoo Moon · Dutch
- Dr. Dolittle 3 · Jud
- Me llamo Earl · Joe
- Бой с Тенью · Хилл
- Countdown · Admiral Melory
- Unos Padres de Cuidado · Uncle Virgil
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · (archive footage)
- Dos hombres y medio · Ed
- All About the Andersons · Joe Anderson
- The Watermelon Heist · Old Man Amos
- Remembering Roots · En persona
- Actos desesperados · Mr. Swift
- The District · Ethan Baker
- Something to Sing About · Rev. Washington
- El ala oeste de la Casa Blanca · Percy Fitzwallace
- El club de las strippers (The Players Club) · Freeman
- The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda · Booker Hutch
- The Chris Rock Show · En persona
- El rey de la colina · Glen Johnson (Voz)
- El hombre holograma · Wes Strickland
- In the House
- Más allá del límite · Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski
- For Better or Worse · Gray
- Tocados por un ángel · James Mackey
- 704 Hauser · Ernie Cumberbatch
- Night Trap · Capt. Hodges
- Walker Texas Ranger · Pastor Roscoe Jones
- Mac · Nat
- Martin · Sgt. Strawn
- Ricochet · Reverend Styles
- El príncipe de Bel-Air · Fred Wilkes
- La jungla 2: Alerta roja · Major Grant
- Los ojos del diablo · Det. Legrand
- Encerrado · Captain Meissner
- El príncipe de Zamunda · Cleo McDowell
- Bonanza: The Next Generation · Mr. Mack
- La bella y la bestia · Farrell
- Shark's Paradise · Taxi Driver
- La carrera de la vida · Dr. Conrad
- Se ha escrito un crimen · Doc Penrose
- El show de Bill Cosby · Dr. Herbert
- Hunter · Captain Dolan
- Hardcastle and McCormick · Albie Meadows
- El baile de los enanos · Esteban
- El Equipo A · Rev. Taylor
- El señor de las bestias · Seth