John Amos Movies, Biography & Filmography
Known for: Acting
Birthday: December 27, 1939
Age: 84
Died: August 21, 2024
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Popularity: 1.4
About John Amos
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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Die Hard 2
1990★7.0
Uncut Gems
2019★7.2
Coming to America
1988★6.9
Lock Up
1989★6.8
Coming 2 America
2021★6.3
Ricochet
1991★6.1
Vanishing Point
1971★7.1
The Beastmaster
1982★6.3
Me Time
2022★5.8
Two Evil Eyes
1990★6.1
Madea's Witness Protection
2012★6.1
Remembering Roots
2002★0.0
Dr. Dolittle 3
2006★5.1
The Last Rifleman
2023★6.6
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015★5.9
Let's Do It Again
1975★7.0
American Flyers
1985★6.2
Night Trap
1993★4.1
The Players Club
1998★6.4
Touched by Love
1980★4.6
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973★5.6
American Lowrider
2013★5.0
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971★5.1
Disappearing Acts
2000★6.2
Hologram Man
1995★4.1
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019★6.1
For Better or Worse
1995★4.7
My Baby's Daddy
2004★4.6
Voodoo Moon
2006★4.2
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980★5.5
Shark's Paradise
1986★8.0
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973★6.3
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988★7.7
Dance of the Dwarfs
1983★4.2
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015★6.3
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
1997★5.6
Something to Sing About
2000★5.8
Christmas Belles
2019★2.4
Block Party
2022★6.1
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016★7.1
Countdown
2004★5.9
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004★5.3
Shadowboxing
2005★5.4
Mac
1992★5.8
The Watermelon Heist
2003★3.3
Ascension Day
2007★0.0
Because of Charley
2021★2.3
Mercy for Angels
2015★1.0
Willa
1979★5.0
The Truth About Santa Claus
2020★2.0
Future Cop
1976★7.5
Zombie Hamlet
2012★5.5
Act of Faith
2014★5.7
Devotion
★0.0
Tamales and Gumbo
2015★0.0
The Beastmaster Chronicles
2020★0.0
Christmas in Miami
2021★0.0
Cops and Robin
1978★6.5
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