John Amos
Birthday: 1939-12-27
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography: 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.
Movies
Die Hard 2
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in t...
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The Truth About Santa Claus
A man does not want children but after a “run-in” with Santa finds the true “gift” of Christmas....
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Vanishing Point
Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive fr...
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Ricochet
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop....
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The World's Greatest Athlete
Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he c...
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Coming to America
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his ...
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Lock Up
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is pa...
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Let's Do It Again
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to ...
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Two Evil Eyes
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's f...
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The Beastmaster
Dar, is the son of a king, who's hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. ...
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Dr. Dolittle 3
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses ...
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Shadowboxing
Artem Kolchin was one of many, but he wanted glory. And he has chosen the way: he became the boxer. ...
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Countdown
A terrorist organization known as "Ansar Allah" is preparing to turn the city of Rome into a City of...
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Madea's Witness Protection
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to...
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All Over Again
About to finish high school, budding inventor Z.T. dreams of escaping both his sleepy town and his g...
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Zombie Hamlet
Desperate filmmaker Osric Taylor dreams of making his civil war Hamlet but when production funding d...
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For Better or Worse
A comic love triangle wherein a loser falls in love with his recently-married brother's wife....
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The President's Plane Is Missing
When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly we...
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Devotion
A pastor bumps into an old trainer and begins boxing after his wife retires from MMA fighting....
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Dance of the Dwarfs
An anthropologist and an alcoholic helicopter pilot discover a race of predatory reptile men in the ...
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Block Party
Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for h...
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American Lowrider
Lefty-a hard working, light hearted man is looking to make a decent buck. But when a simple bet goes...
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Touched by Love
A teenager with cerebral palsy attempts to become pen pals with her idol, Elvis Presley....
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Cops and Robin
A veteran street cop and his partner, a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman, are assigned t...
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Me Time
With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his ha...
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Uncut Gems
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of h...
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Bad Asses on the Bayou
The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reun...
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Night Trap
A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul t...
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The Watermelon Heist
To make money fast the Browns come up with a plan to win a contest for "Watermelon Juice Afro Sheen,...
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Shark's Paradise
A mad man threatens to lure hundreds of sharks to the beach at Surfers Paradise Australia at the sta...
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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handfu...
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The Last Rifleman
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational...
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Christmas in Miami
Akpos jets off with his family to the exotic city of Miami, Florida to represent Nigeria at the Inte...
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Bonanza: The Next Generation
This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights, only none of the original Cartwrights are here anymo...
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Future Cop
A veteran street cop is assigned a new partner. The partner is not exactly what he seems to be, thou...
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "th...
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Something to Sing About
Tommy is a troubled young man with a history of crime. When he meets Memaw, an elderly lady, the two...
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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lea...
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Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared,...
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Hologram Man
Five years after the mad terrorist Slash Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a...
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The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving allege...
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Act of Faith
After the death of his beloved wife, Mr. Brady struggles to maintain a neighborhood diner in Atlanta...
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Voodoo Moon
Voodoo Moon takes place in the mid-west United States, where a demonic figure murders the entire pop...
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Mercy for Angels
Runaway Tracy is snatched from a dangerous L.A. neighborhood by sadistic thugs while searching for h...
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the m...
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American Flyers
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fa...
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Disappearing Acts
A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love....
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Mac
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder...
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My Baby's Daddy
A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around th...
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Willa
A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned...
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Coming 2 America
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew ab...
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family...
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The Players Club
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she m...
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Christmas Belles
Despite being successful in their careers, two 30-something BFFs never stop hearing that they both n...
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Tamales and Gumbo
A beautiful Latina and a lovable African-American try to survive the crazy cultural clashes between ...
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Because of Charley
Two estranged stepfamilies reluctantly gather at a Central Florida home for an anniversary party, fu...
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Future Cop: Cops and Robin
To protect his former partner's widow, a veteran cop teams up with an android to keep her safe....
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John Amos: Roots of an American Legend
An intimate look at the life, diversity, challenges, and accomplishments of John Amos. He would go o...
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Information Processing
Analyses how people process information. Pretty girls, bizarrely dressed men and some improvisationa...
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