John Amos
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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).
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Filmography 40
Die Hard 2
Coming to America
Uncut Gems
Coming 2 America
Lock Up
Me Time
Vanishing Point
The Beastmaster
Dr. Dolittle 3
Ricochet
Two Evil Eyes
Madea's Witness Protection
Bad Asses on the Bayou
American Flyers
The Players Club
The Last Rifleman
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Shadowboxing
My Baby's Daddy
Disappearing Acts
Mac
The World's Greatest Athlete
Let's Do It Again
Hologram Man
Countdown
Voodoo Moon
Night Trap
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Zombie Hamlet
Something to Sing About
Touched by Love
Dance of the Dwarfs
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
For Better or Worse
The President's Plane Is Missing
American Lowrider
Block Party
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Christmas Belles114 credits on file
Television 24
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Two and a Half Men
King of the Hill
Psych
The West Wing
The A-Team
Murder, She Wrote
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
30 Rock
The Cosby Show
Lie to Me
Walker, Texas Ranger
Touched by an Angel
My Name Is Earl
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Love, American Style
The Merv Griffin Show
Hunter
The Outer Limits
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Ballers
Martin
Royal PainsAwards 1
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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).
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