John Amos (December 27, 1939 โ 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.
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as Cleo McDowell
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as Self(1 ep)
as Pop Pop
as Uncle D(1 ep)
as Ed(1 ep)
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as Deacon Eller(2 eps)
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as Buzz Washington(30 eps)
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as Joe Anderson(16 eps)
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as Ethan Baker(10 eps)
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as Percy Fitzwallace(22 eps)
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as Booker Hutch
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as Glen Johnson (voice)(1 ep)
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as James Mackey(1 ep)
as Ernie Cumberbatch(6 eps)
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as Pastor Roscoe Jones(2 eps)
as Nat
as Sgt. Strawn(1 ep)
as Reverend Styles
as Fred Wilkes(4 eps)
as Major Grant
as Det. Legrand
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as Cleo McDowell
as Mr. Mack
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as Doc Penrose(1 ep)
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as Captain Dolan(13 eps)
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as Older Kunta Kinte(8 eps)
as Officer Bill Bundy
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as Self(6 eps)
as James Evans Sr.(61 eps)
as Marine Corporal
as Walt Kyles(1 ep)
as Coach Sam Archer
as Mark Cooper(1 ep)
as Minority Husband(14 eps)
as Super Soul's Engineer (uncredited)
as Gordy Howard(13 eps)
as Bell Captain(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
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