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.

Фільмографія

• Форс-мажори: Лос-Анджелес — John Amos, In Memory Of
• 2023The Last Rifleman — Lincoln Jefferson Adams
• 2022Block Party — Dennis
• 2022Час для себе — Gil
• 2021Because of Charley — Grandpa
• 2021Christmas in Miami — Chief Host
• 2021Поїздка до Америки 2 — Cleo McDowell
• 2020The Truth About Santa Claus — Bob
• 2019Christmas Belles — Pop Pop
• 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" — Fred Davis
• 2019Неограновані коштовності — Neighbor 33F
• The Last O.G. — Uncle D
• Ранчо — Ed
• 2015Bad Asses on the Bayou — Earl
• 2015Mercy for Angels — God
• 2015Tamales and Gumbo — The Patron
• Гравці — Deacon Eller
• 2014Act of Faith — Mr. Brady
• 2014Althea — Executive Producer
• 2013American Lowrider — Slick
• 2012Madea's Witness Protection — Pastor Nelson
• NYC 22 — Pappy Science
• 2012Zombie Hamlet — Edgar Mortimer
• Дорогий лікар — Harrison Phillips
• Теорія брехні — Jim Weaver
• 2007All Over Again — Coach Zeller
• 2007Ascension Day — Henry
• 2006Voodoo Moon — Dutch
• 2006Доктор Дуліттл 3 — Jud
• Люди в деревах — Buzz Washington
• Студія 30 — John Amos
• Ясновидець — Uncle Burton
• 2005Shadowboxing — Хилл
• Мене звуть Ерл — Joe
• 2004Countdown — Admiral Melory
• 2004My Baby's Daddy — Uncle Virgil
• 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years — (archive footage)
• All About the Andersons — Joe Anderson
• 2003The Watermelon Heist — Old Man Amos
• Два з половиною чоловіки — Ed
• 2000Disappearing Acts — Mr. Swift
• 2000Something to Sing About — Rev. Washington
• The District — Ethan Baker
• Західне крило — Percy Fitzwallace
• 1998The Players Club — Freeman
• 1997The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda — Booker Hutch
• Король гори — Glen Johnson (voice)
• 1995For Better or Worse — Gray
• 1995Hologram Man — Wes Strickland
• In the House
• The Outer Limits — Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski
• 704 Hauser — Ernie Cumberbatch
• Touched by an Angel — James Mackey
• 1993Night Trap — Capt. Hodges
• Вокер – техаський рейнджер — Pastor Roscoe Jones
• 1992Mac — Nat
• Martin — Sgt. Strawn
• 1991Рикошет — Reverend Styles
• 1990Two Evil Eyes — Det. Legrand
• 1990Міцний горішок 2 — Major Grant
• Принц із Беверлі Хіллз — Fred Wilkes
• 1989Тюряга — Captain Meissner
• 1988Bonanza: The Next Generation — Mr. Mack
• 1988Поїздка в Америку — Cleo McDowell
• Beauty and the Beast — Farrell
• 1986Shark's Paradise — Taxi Driver
• 1985American Flyers — Dr. Conrad
• Hunter — Captain Dolan
• The Cosby Show — Dr. Herbert
• Вона написала вбивство — Doc Penrose
• 1983Dance of the Dwarfs — Esteban
• Hardcastle and McCormick — Albie Meadows
• Команда А — Rev. Taylor
• 1982Володар звірів — Seth
• Here's Boomer
• 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Bumpy Johnson
• Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Bumpy Johnson
• 1980Touched by Love — Tony
• 1979Willa — Virgil
• 1978Cops and Robin — Officer Bill Bundy
• Future Cop — Bill Bundy
• Roots — Toby, Kunta Kinte
• Roots: The Complete Miniseries — Older Kunta Kinte
• The Love Boat — Duke Taylor
• 1976Future Cop — Officer Bill Bundy
• 1975Let's Do It Again — Kansas City Mack
• Good Times — James Evans Sr.
• Police Story — Walt Kyles
• 1973The President's Plane Is Missing — Marine Corporal
• 1973The World's Greatest Athlete — Coach Sam Archer
• Sanford and Son
• 1971Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song — Biker
• The Funny Side — Minority Husband
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show — Mark Cooper
• 1971Точка зникнення — Super Soul's Engineer (uncredited)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Gordy Howard
• Love, American Style — Bell Captain
• Devotion — Roger
• Future Cop: Cops and Robin — Officer Bundy

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (12)

• 2020The Beastmaster Chronicles — Self
• Фільми, на яких ми виросли — Self
• 2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You — Self
• 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration — Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage)
• 2002Remembering Roots — Self
• The Chris Rock Show — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self
• Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Information Processing — Self
• John Amos: Roots of an American Legend — Self