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Acting

John Amos

Career: Active from 1971 to 2023, busiest in 2006 and 2015 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: Block Party
74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 69 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Amos Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
4.2, average 5.5
Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Mystery
3.0, average 4.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Feel-Good Movie 3
Situational Humor 2
Nostalgic 2
Lighthearted 2
Family Sitcom 2
Feel-Good Entertainment 2
Crime Fighting 2
Underdog Story 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

99

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Devotion

as Roger

Future Cop: Cops and Robin

as Officer Bundy

2020s

8 titles · average score 55

Suits LA

49

TV show · as John Amos

The Last Rifleman

72

as Lincoln Jefferson Adams

Block Party

74

as Dennis

Me Time

29

as Gil

Because of Charley

as Grandpa

Christmas in Miami

as Chief Host

Coming 2 America

49

as Cleo McDowell

The Truth About Santa Claus

as Bob

2010s

15 titles · average score 60

Uncut Gems

81

as Neighbor 33F

Christmas Belles

42

as Pop Pop

The Last O.G.

65

TV show · as Uncle D

The Ranch

65

TV show · as Ed

Bad Asses on the Bayou

39

as Earl

Ballers

72

TV show · as Deacon Eller

Tamales and Gumbo

as The Patron

Act of Faith

as Mr. Brady

American Lowrider

as Slick

Madea's Witness Protection

43

as Pastor Nelson

Zombie Hamlet

64

as Edgar Mortimer

NYC 22

58

TV show · as Pappy Science

2000s

20 titles · average score 60

Lie to Me

71

TV show · as Jim Weaver

Men in Trees

49

TV show · as Buzz Washington

Dr. Dolittle 3

44

as Jud

Voodoo Moon

39

as Dutch

30 Rock

79

TV show · as John Amos

Psych

80

TV show · as Uncle Burton

My Name Is Earl

80

TV show · as Joe

Shadowboxing

56

as Хилл

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as (archive footage)

Two and a Half Men

67

TV show · as Ed

The Watermelon Heist

as Old Man Amos

All About the Andersons

TV show · as Joe Anderson

1990s

18 titles · average score 60

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Percy Fitzwallace

The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda

64

as Booker Hutch

King of the Hill

78

TV show · as Glen Johnson (voice)

Hologram Man

37

as Wes Strickland

704 Hauser

TV show · as Ernie Cumberbatch

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as James Mackey

Night Trap

46

as Capt. Hodges

Walker, Texas Ranger

53

TV show · as Pastor Roscoe Jones

Mac

63

as Nat

Die Hard 2

68

as Major Grant

Two Evil Eyes

59

as Det. Legrand

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

71

TV show · as Fred Wilkes

1980s

17 titles · average score 62

Lock Up

52

as Captain Meissner

Coming to America

66

as Cleo McDowell

Bonanza: The Next Generation

51

as Mr. Mack

Shark's Paradise

as Taxi Driver

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Dr. Herbert

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Doc Penrose

Hunter

70

TV show · as Captain Dolan

Dance of the Dwarfs

41

as Esteban

The A-Team

74

TV show · as Rev. Taylor

Hardcastle and McCormick

65

TV show · as Albie Meadows

The Beastmaster

48

as Seth

Touched by Love

62

as Tony

1970s

18 titles · average score 62

Cops and Robin

as Officer Bill Bundy

Future Cop

TV show · as Bill Bundy

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Duke Taylor

Roots

76

TV show · as Kunta Kinte / Older Kunta Kinte

Future Cop

as Officer Bill Bundy

Let's Do It Again

67

as Kansas City Mack

Good Times

51

TV show · as James Evans Sr.

The World's Greatest Athlete

48

as Coach Sam Archer

Police Story

72

TV show · as Walt Kyles

Sanford and Son

51

TV show

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

54

as Biker

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

85

TV show · as Gordy Howard

1960s

1 title · average score 43

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Bell Captain