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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1939-12-27
- event Death Date 2024-08-21
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 19.8
- info Birth Place Newark, New Jersey, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by John Amos
7
Die Hard 2
1990-07-03
2
The Truth About Santa Claus
2020-12-21
7.2
Vanishing Point
1971-01-15
6.1
Ricochet
1991-10-04
5.3
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973-02-14
6.9
Coming to America
1988-06-29
6.9
Lock Up
1989-08-04
6.7
Let's Do It Again
1975-10-11
6.1
Two Evil Eyes
1990-01-25
6.3
The Beastmaster
1982-08-16
5.1
Dr. Dolittle 3
2006-04-25
5.4
Shadowboxing
2005-03-05
6.1
Countdown
2004-12-09
6.1
Madea's Witness Protection
2012-06-29
5
Against Time
2007-06-12
5.5
Zombie Hamlet
2012-04-14
4.6
For Better or Worse
1995-03-19
6.2
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973-10-23
0
Devotion
4
Dance of the Dwarfs
1983-06-10
7.4
Block Party
2022-06-08
5.6
American Lowrider
2013-09-17
4.6
Touched by Love
1980-10-31
6
Cops and Robin
1978-03-28
5.9
Me Time
2022-08-26
7.2
Uncut Gems
2019-08-30
6.1
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015-03-06
4.1
Night Trap
1993-05-01
1
The Watermelon Heist
2003-01-01
7
Shark's Paradise
1986-03-13
4.5
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980-11-05
0
Countdown
6.6
The Last Rifleman
2023-12-07
0
Ascension Day
2007-02-02
0
Christmas in Miami
2021-12-24
7.5
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988-03-22
5
Future Cop
1976-05-01
5.2
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971-03-31
5.8
Something to Sing About
2000-06-10
7
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016-01-21
10
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015-10-13
4.1
Hologram Man
1995-06-27
5.2
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
1997-11-21
5
Act of Faith
2014-04-08
4
Voodoo Moon
2006-06-04
0
Mercy for Angels
2015-04-15
4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004-01-01
6.2
American Flyers
1985-08-16
6.5
Disappearing Acts
2000-12-09
5.8
Mac
1992-09-17
4.7
My Baby's Daddy
2004-01-09
3
Willa
1979-03-17
6.4
Coming 2 America
2021-03-04
6
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019-12-18
6.4
The Players Club
1998-04-08
2.3
Christmas Belles
2019-11-23
0
Tamales and Gumbo
2015-08-21
0
The Beastmaster Chronicles
2020-11-27
3
Because of Charley
2021-04-09
7.3
In the House
1995-04-10
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
6.4
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983-09-18
7.9
Good Times
1974-02-08
7.8
Martin
1992-08-27
6.9
The District
2000-10-07
7.9
Psych
2006-07-07
7.5
The A-Team
1983-01-23
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21
8
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-09-10
7
Men in Trees
2006-09-12
7.1
The Cosby Show
1984-09-20
7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003-09-22
7
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21
7.5
Sanford and Son
1972-01-14
7.5
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
7.4
30 Rock
2006-10-11
0
704 Hauser
1994-04-11
8.5
All About the Andersons
2003-09-12
7.1
Police Story
1973-03-20
5.3
Here's Boomer
1980-03-14
7.4
Roots
1977-01-23
7.2
Future Cop
1977-03-05
7.4
Roots
1977-01-23
7.2
Hunter
1984-09-18
4.4
The Chris Rock Show
1997-02-07
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995-03-26
0
The Funny Side
1971-09-12
8.3
The West Wing
1999-09-22
7.5
The Ranch
2016-04-01
7.2
The Movies That Made Us
2019-11-29
7.7
My Name Is Earl
2005-09-20
7.3
King of the Hill
1997-01-12
6.8
Ballers
2015-06-21
6.8
The Last O.G.
2018-04-03
5
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980-11-05
6
Dinah!
1974-10-21
6.2
NYC 22
2012-04-15
0
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