# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-amos
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:20.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-amos"
name: "John Amos"
slug: "john-amos"
description: "John Allen Amos Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for his role as James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. His other well known roles were as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying Captain Meissner in Lock Up (1989) and Major Grant in Die Hard 2 (1990). His other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of the Mayor of Washington DC Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. In film, he played numerous supporting roles in movies such as The Beastmaster (1982), Coming to America (1988), and Coming 2 America (2021)."
tagline: "American actor (1939–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Amos_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-12-27"
deathDate: "2024-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.694124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0025309"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump