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