Birthday
1939/12/27
Day of death
2024/08/21 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Jon Amos, Johnny Amos, John A. Amos Jr.
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 "Com...Read more
(1990) Die Hard 2
as Major Grant
(2020) The Truth About Santa Claus
as Bob
(1971) Vanishing Point
as Super Soul's Engineer
(1991) Ricochet
as Reverend Styles
(1973) The World's Greatest Athlete
as Coach Sam Archer
(1988) Coming to America
as Cleo McDowell
(1989) Lock Up
as Captain Meissner
(1975) Let's Do It Again
as Kansas City Mack
(1990) Two Evil Eyes
as Det. Legrand
(1982) The Beastmaster
as Seth
(2006) Dr. Dolittle 3
as Jud
(2005) Shadowboxing
as Хилл
(2004) Countdown
as Admiral Melory
(2012) Madea's Witness Protection
as Pastor Nelson
(2007) Against Time
as Coach
(2012) Zombie Hamlet
as Edgar Mortimer
(1995) For Better or Worse
as Gray
(1973) The President's Plane Is Missing
as Marine Corporal
Devotion
as Roger
(1983) Dance of the Dwarfs
as Esteban
(2022) Block Party
as Dennis
(2013) American Lowrider
as Slick
(1980) Touched by Love
as Tony
(1978) Cops and Robin
as Officer Bill Bundy
(2022) Me Time
as Gil
(2019) Uncut Gems
as Neighbor 33F
(2015) Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Earl
(1993) Night Trap
as Capt. Hodges
(2003) The Watermelon Heist
as Old Man Amos
(1986) Shark's Paradise
as Taxi Driver
(1980) Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Bumpy Johnson
Countdown
as Admiral
(2023) The Last Rifleman
as Lincoln Jefferson Adams
(2007) Ascension Day
as Henry
(2021) Christmas in Miami
as ---
(1988) Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Mr. Mack
(1976) Future Cop
as Officer Bill Bundy
(1971) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
as Biker
(2000) Something to Sing About
as Rev. Washington
(2016) Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
as Self
(2015) Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage)
(1995) Hologram Man
as Wes Strickland
(1997) The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
as Booker Hutch
(2014) Act of Faith
as Mr. Brady
(2006) Voodoo Moon
as Dutch
(2015) Mercy for Angels
as God
(2004) TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
(1985) American Flyers
as Dr. Conrad
(2000) Disappearing Acts
as Mr. Swift
(1992) Mac
as Nat
(2004) My Baby's Daddy
as Uncle Virgil
(1979) Willa
as Virgil
(2021) Coming 2 America
as Cleo McDowell
(2019) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Fred Davis
(1998) The Players Club
as Freeman
(2019) Christmas Belles
as Pop Pop
(2015) Tamales and Gumbo
as The Patron
(2020) The Beastmaster Chronicles
as Self
(2021) Because of Charley
as Grandpa
(1995) In the House
as ---
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Doc Penrose
(1983) Hardcastle and McCormick
as ---
(1974) Good Times
as James Evans Sr.
(1992) Martin
as ---
(2000) The District
as Mayor Ethan Baker
(2006) Psych
as Uncle Burton
(1983) The A-Team
as Rev. Taylor
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Sheriff James Mackey
(1990) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Fred Wilkes
(2006) Men in Trees
as Buzz
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Dr. Herbert
(2003) Two and a Half Men
as Ed
(1993) Walker, Texas Ranger
as Pastor Roscoe Jones
(1972) Sanford and Son
as ---
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Gordy Howard
(2006) 30 Rock
as John Amos
(1994) 704 Hauser
as Ernie Cumberbatch
(2003) All About the Andersons
as Joe Anderson
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1980) Here's Boomer
as ---
(1977) Roots
as Toby
(1977) Future Cop
as Bill Bundy
(1977) Roots
as Older Kunta Kinte
(1984) Hunter
as Capt. Dolan (uncredited)
(1997) The Chris Rock Show
as ---
(1995) The Outer Limits
as Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski
(1971) The Funny Side
as Minority Husband
(1999) The West Wing
as Percy Fitzwallace
(2016) The Ranch
as Ed
(2019) The Movies That Made Us
as Self
(2005) My Name Is Earl
as Joe
(1997) King of the Hill
as Glen Johnson (voice)
(2015) Ballers
as Deacon Eller
(2018) The Last O.G.
as Uncle D
(1980) Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Bumpy Johnson
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(2012) NYC 22
as Pappy Science
(2025) Suits LA
as John Amos
(1969) Love, American Style
as Bell Captain