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John Amos

Highest Rated:
80% Let's Do It Again (1975)
Lowest Rated:
4% My Baby's Daddy (2003)
Birthday:
Dec 27, 1939
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
An actor with hulking presence and a stern countenance, John Amos undercuts his ominous appearance with the kind of warm grin and fun-loving attitude that makes him a natural for comedy. More recognizable as a television actor, the former pro football player has made enough visible forays into film…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 4% - 80%
Number of Movies: 32
Box Office Since 2001: $17.2M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
  • Actor
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2007 Night Trap
  • Actor
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2007 Against Time (All Over Again)
  • Actor
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2006 Dr. Dolittle 3
  • Actor
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2005 Voodoo Moon
  • Actor
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2003 4% My Baby's Daddy
  • Uncle Virgil
$17.2M
2003 Watermelon Heist
  • Actor
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2002 Ralph Ellison: An American Journey
  • Actor
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2000 Disappearing Acts
  • Actor
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2000 Something To Sing About
  • Special Appearance
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1998 31% The Players Club
  • Freeman
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1996 For Better or Worse
  • Actor
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1995 Hologram Man
  • Actor
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1993 Night Trap (Mardi Gras for the Devil)
  • Captain Hodges
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1992 70% Mac
  • Nat
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1991 73% Ricochet
  • Reverend Styles
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1990 44% Two Evil Eyes
  • Legrand
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1990 65% Die Hard 2 (Die Hard 2: Die Harder)
  • Capt. Grant
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1989 20% Lock Up
  • Meissner Captain of the Guards
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1988 Bonanza: The Next Generation
  • Mr. Mack
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1988 65% Coming to America
  • Cleo McDowell
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1985 60% American Flyers
  • Actor
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1984 Jungle Heat
  • Actor
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1982 50% The Beastmaster
  • Seth
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1980 Touched By Love
  • Tony
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1979 Willa
  • Virgil
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1975 80% Let's Do It Again
  • Kansas City Mack
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1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
  • Coach Sam Archer
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1972 President's Plane is Missing
  • Marine Corporal
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1971 75% Vanishing Point
  • Super Soul's radio engineer
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1971 79% Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
  • Actor
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Mary Tyler Moore Show - Special Christmas Edition
  • Actor
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Quotes from John Amos's Characters

    1. Cleo McDowell: I'll let him know you're here!
    2. King Jaffe Joffer: No! Do not alert him to my presence! I shall deal with him myself.
    From Coming to America. Submitted by sean b (2 months ago)
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