John Amos

John Allen Amos Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. Amos' other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of Washington, DC Mayor Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos has appeared on Broadway and in numerous films in his five-decade career.

27 December 1939

Born on the same birth day (27 December): Asaf Halet Çelebi • David Dunn • Eve Uusmees • Guido Westerwelle • Jerome Courtland • Kalle Korhonen • Kent Benson • Marlene Dietrich • Scotty Moore • Willy Polleunis

Born in the same month (December 1939): Ann Cryer • Dave Clark (musician) • December 8 • Dick Bavetta • Eddie Kendricks • Ghulam Ahmad Bilour • James Galway • Joan Brady (American-British writer) • Michael Moorcock • Nancy Graves • Phil Spector • Thomas McGuane • Willye White • Yael Dayan