
Actor
John Amos
Nacido el 27 de diciembre de 1939 en Newark, New Jersey, USA
Fallecido el 21 de agosto de 202455 películas
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).
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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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Para empezarEncerrado19896.8como Captain MeissnerUn papel protagonista.Frank Leone está a punto de cumplir su condena de reclusión por un delito menor. Sin embargo a punto de ser liberado, Warden Drumgoole se hace cargo de la prisión.Ver películaPelículas imprescindibles
Ordenadas por papel, prestigio y alcanceFilmografía
55 películas como actor- Por anunciarDevotionRoger
- Por anunciarFuture Cop: Cops and RobinOfficer Bundy
- 2023El último soldadoLincoln Jefferson Adams
- 2022Tiempo para míGil
- 2022Block PartyDennis
- 2021Christmas in MiamiChief Host
- 2021Because of CharleyGrandpa
- 2021El rey de ZamundaCleo McDowell
- 2020The Truth About Santa ClausBob
- 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Fred Davis
- 2019Diamantes en brutoNeighbor 33F
- 2019Christmas BellesPop Pop
- 2015Tamales and GumboThe Patron
- 2015Mercy for AngelsGod
- 2015Un tipo duro 3: En el pantanoEarl
- 2014Act of FaithMr. Brady
- 2013American LowriderSlick
- 2012Madea's Witness ProtectionPastor Nelson
- 2012Zombie HamletEdgar Mortimer
- 2007All Over AgainCoach Zeller
- 2007Ascension DayHenry
- 2006Voodoo MoonDutch
- 2006Dr. Dolittle 3Jud
- 2005Бой с ТеньюХилл
- 2004CountdownAdmiral Melory
- 2004Unos Padres de CuidadoUncle Virgil
- 2003The Watermelon HeistOld Man Amos
- 2000Actos desesperadosMr. Swift
- 2000Something to Sing AboutRev. Washington
- 1998El club de las strippers (The Players Club)Freeman
- 1997The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden PagodaBooker Hutch
- 1995El hombre hologramaWes Strickland
- 1995For Better or WorseGray
- 1993Night TrapCapt. Hodges
- 1992MacNat
- 1991RicochetReverend Styles
- 1990La jungla 2: Alerta rojaMajor Grant
- 1990Los ojos del diabloDet. Legrand
- 1989EncerradoCaptain Meissner
- 1988El príncipe de ZamundaCleo McDowell
- 1988Bonanza: The Next GenerationMr. Mack
- 1986Shark's ParadiseTaxi Driver
- 1985La carrera de la vidaDr. Conrad
- 1983El baile de los enanosEsteban
- 1982El señor de las bestiasSeth
- 1980Alcatraz, historia de una fugaBumpy Johnson
- 1980Touched by LoveTony
- 1979WillaVirgil
- 1978Cops and RobinOfficer Bill Bundy
- 1976Future CopOfficer Bill Bundy
- 1975Dos tramposos con su suerteKansas City Mack
- 1973The President's Plane Is MissingMarine Corporal
- 1973El hijo de la junglaCoach Sam Archer
- 1971Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss SongBiker
- 1971Punto límite: CeroSuper Soul's Engineer (uncredited)







