John Amos children: K.C. Amos, Shannon Amos
Sarah Scott The famous John Allen Amos Jr. is an American actor known for his role as James Evans, Sr., on the CBS television series Good Times.
In 1980, he starred in the TV film Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story. Amos played an Archie Bunker-style character in the 1994 sitcom 704 Hauser, a modern spin-off of All In The Family, but it was canceled after only five episodes (in the series he played a different character than he did in the All in the Family spin-off Maude). He also portrayed Captain Dolan on the TV show Hunter from 1984 to 1985.
He co-starred in the CBS police drama The District. Amos was a frequent guest on The West Wing, portraying Admiral Percy Fitzwallace, who serves as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for most of the show. He played Buzz Washington in the ABC series Men in Trees. Amos co-starred with Anthony Anderson in the short-lived TV series All About the Andersons in 2003.
In 2010, Amos also appeared as the recurring character Ed on Two and a Half Men, and in 2016 as another recurring character, also (coincidentally) named Ed, on the Netflix sitcom The Ranch.
He has guest-starred in several other television shows, including Police Story, The A-Team, The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, In the House, and Martin as Sgt. Hamilton Strawn (Tommyβs father), Touched by an Angel, Psych, Sanford And Son, My Name Is Earl, Lie to Me, and Murder, She Wrote.
He has also appeared as a spokesman for the Cochran Firm (a national personal injury law firm). Amos wrote and produced Halleyβs Comet, a critically acclaimed one-man play that he has performed around the world. Amos performed in August Wilsonβs Gem of the Ocean on Broadway and later at the McCarther Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.
John Amos children: K.C. Amos, Shannon Amos
K.C. Amos is an actor, director, writer, and producer who appeared as an operations division officer in several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He received no credit for his appearances and was identified by the call sheets.
Shannon Amos was born in New Jersey, the daughter of veteran actor John Amos and artist Noel Mickelson. Her father is African-American.
