John Amos

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.

Die Hard 2

7.0

Uncut Gems

7.2

Coming to America

6.9

Two and a Half Men

7.5

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

7.9

Coming 2 America

6.4

Lie to Me

7.9

Lock Up

6.8

My Name Is Earl

7.7

The A-Team

7.5

Me Time

5.9

Psych

7.9

Ballers

6.8

30 Rock

7.4

King of the Hill

7.3

The West Wing

8.2

Walker, Texas Ranger

7.0

Vanishing Point

7.2

Dr. Dolittle 3

5.1

The Cosby Show

7.0

The Beastmaster

6.3

Murder, She Wrote

7.5

Ricochet

6.1

Two Evil Eyes

6.1

The Ranch

7.4

Roots

7.4

The Outer Limits

7.7

The Love Boat

6.3

Madea's Witness Protection

6.1

Touched by an Angel

7.2

Royal Pains

6.7

Bad Asses on the Bayou

6.1

Martin

7.7

American Flyers

6.2

The Movies That Made Us

7.2

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

5.2

Sanford and Son

7.5

Hunter

7.2

The Players Club

6.3

Good Times

8.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7.5

Shadowboxing

5.4

The Last Rifleman

6.6

My Baby's Daddy

4.7

The Last O.G.

6.3

Disappearing Acts

6.5

Hardcastle and McCormick

6.4

Men in Trees

6.9

Mac

5.8

The World's Greatest Athlete

5.3

Let's Do It Again

6.9

Hologram Man

4.1

The District

6.8

Police Story

6.9

Love, American Style

6.0

NYC 22

6.2

Countdown

6.1

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

6.1

In the House

7.4

Night Trap

4.1

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

7.0

Voodoo Moon

3.9

Suits LA

7.5

Zombie Hamlet

5.5

The Chris Rock Show

4.4

Something to Sing About

6.1

Dance of the Dwarfs

4.0

Touched by Love

4.6

The Merv Griffin Show

5.6

The Mike Douglas Show

5.1

The President's Plane Is Missing

6.2

For Better or Worse

4.6

Block Party

6.1

American Lowrider

5.6

The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda

5.8

Future Cop

7.2

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

4.5

Act of Faith

5.7

Christmas Belles

2.3

Here's Boomer

5.3

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

4.0

Shark's Paradise

6.0

Bonanza: The Next Generation

7.5

Because of Charley

3.0

All About the Andersons

8.5

Dinah!

6.5

The Truth About Santa Claus

2.0

All Over Again

5.0

Cops and Robin

6.0

The Watermelon Heist

1.0

Future Cop

5.0

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

10.0

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

4.0

Willa

3.0

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

5.0

Devotion

0.0

Ascension Day

0.0

Christmas in Miami

0.0

Mercy for Angels

0.0

Tamales and Gumbo

0.0

The Beastmaster Chronicles

0.0

Future Cop: Cops and Robin

0.0

704 Hauser

0.0

The Funny Side

0.0