John Amos
John Amos
John A. Amos, Jr.is an American actor who played James Evans, Sr. on the 1970s television series Good Times. His television work includes roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the miniseries Roots, for which he received an Emmy nomination, and a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing. He also played the father of Will Smith's character's girlfriend, Lisa Wilkes, in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth27 December 1939
CountryUnited States of America
They killed my character off and as God would have it, just when they told me I would never work again, I got cast in a little program called Roots, and as they would say, the rest is history.
I have rededicated myself to my procession as a way of honoring him.
I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico.
We need to protect the resources and livelihoods, not just the ones we have today, but in the future, too. We have an opportunity to get it right and that's important to the entire nation.
Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.