John Amos
Biography
Movies 62
Die Hard 2
as Major Grant
1990
Coming to America
as Cleo McDowell
1988
Coming 2 America
as Cleo McDowell
2021
Uncut Gems
as Neighbor 33F
2019
Lock Up
as Captain Meissner
1989
Me Time
as Gil
2022
Ricochet
as Reverend Styles
1991
Vanishing Point
as Super Soul's Engineer (uncredited)
1971
The Beastmaster
as Seth
1982
Madea's Witness Protection
as Pastor Nelson
2012
Dr. Dolittle 3
as Jud
2006
The Players Club
as Freeman
1998
The Last Rifleman
as Lincoln Jefferson Adams
2023
American Flyers
as Dr. Conrad
1985
Two Evil Eyes
as Det. Legrand
1990
Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Earl
2015
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
as Biker
1971
My Baby's Daddy
as Uncle Virgil
2004
The World's Greatest Athlete
as Coach Sam Archer
1973
Let's Do It Again
as Kansas City Mack
1975
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Fred Davis
2019
Remembering Roots
as Self
2002
Disappearing Acts
as Mr. Swift
2000
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Bumpy Johnson
1980
Night Trap
as Capt. Hodges
1993
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Marine Corporal
1973
Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Mr. Mack
1988
Hologram Man
as Wes Strickland
1995
Shark's Paradise
as Taxi Driver
1986
For Better or Worse
as Gray
1995
Something to Sing About
as Rev. Washington
2000
Countdown
as Admiral Melory
2004
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
as Booker Hutch
1997
Touched by Love
as Tony
1980
Mac
as Nat
1992
Christmas Belles
as Pop Pop
2019
Zombie Hamlet
as Edgar Mortimer
2012
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
as Self
2016
Voodoo Moon
as Dutch
2006
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004
American Lowrider
as Slick
2013
Dance of the Dwarfs
as Esteban
1983
Tamales and Gumbo
as The Patron
2015
Shadowboxing
as Хилл
2005
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Gordy Howard (archive footage)
2015
Ascension Day
as Henry
2007
Block Party
as Dennis
2022
Future Cop
as Officer Bill Bundy
1976
The Truth About Santa Claus
as Bob
2020
Mercy for Angels
as God
2015
Willa
as Virgil
1979
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
as Officer Bundy
Act of Faith
as Mr. Brady
2014
Cops and Robin
as Officer Bill Bundy
1978
Devotion
as Roger
The Beastmaster Chronicles
as Self
2020
All Over Again
as Coach Zeller
2007
The Watermelon Heist
as Old Man Amos
2003
Because of Charley
as Grandpa
2021
Christmas in Miami
as Chief Host
2021
Information Processing
as Self
John Amos: Roots of an American Legend
as Self
TV Shows 51
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Two and a Half Men
as Ed
2003
King of the Hill
as Glen Johnson (voice)
1997
The West Wing
as Percy Fitzwallace
1999
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Murder, She Wrote
as Doc Penrose
1984
Psych
as Uncle Burton
2006
The Love Boat
as Duke Taylor
1977
30 Rock
as John Amos
2006
Love, American Style
as Bell Captain
1969
Love, American Style
1969
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Herbert
1984
The A-Team
as Rev. Taylor
1983
My Name Is Earl
as Joe
2005
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Pastor Roscoe Jones
1993
Touched by an Angel
as James Mackey
1994
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Gordy Howard
1970
Lie to Me
as Jim Weaver
2009
Royal Pains
as Harrison Phillips
2009
Hunter
as Captain Dolan
1984
The Outer Limits
as Peter 'Yas' Yastrzemski
1995
The District
as Ethan Baker
2000
Martin
as Sgt. Strawn
1992
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Fred Wilkes
1990
Sanford and Son
1972
Good Times
as James Evans Sr.
1974
Ballers
as Deacon Eller
2015
The Ranch
as Ed
2016
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Albie Meadows
1983
Police Story
as Walt Kyles
1973
The Last O.G.
as Uncle D
2018
In the House
1995
The Chris Rock Show
as Self
1997
Roots
as Toby
1977
Roots
as Kunta Kinte
1977
Roots
as Older Kunta Kinte
1977
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mark Cooper
1971
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
2019
Suits LA
as John Amos
2025
Men in Trees
as Buzz Washington
2006
Here's Boomer
1981
All About the Andersons
as Joe Anderson
2003
NYC 22
as Pappy Science
2012
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Bumpy Johnson
1980
The Funny Side
as Minority Husband
1971
704 Hauser
as Ernie Cumberbatch
1994
Future Cop
as Bill Bundy
1977
Roots: The Complete Miniseries
as Older Kunta Kinte
1977
Beauty and the Beast
as Farrell
1987