John Amos Net Worth, Age, Height, Wife, Bio, Children, Family, Parents
John Amos Net Worth
John Amos, an American actor and former football player has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Name | John Amos |
| Full Name | John Allen Amos Jr. |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | December 27, 1939 |
| Age | 84 years old |
| Place of birth | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Profession | Actor, Athlete, Football player, Soldier, Playwright, Theatrical producer, Copywriter, Social Worker, Screenwriter, Stand-up comedian |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) |
John Amos Biography and Wiki
John Allen Amos Jr., an American actor, is best known for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS TV series Good Times.
Amos has also acted in several other television shows, such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, recurring as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and playing the role of Washington, DC Mayor Ethan Baker in The District.
In his career spanning over five decades, Amos has appeared on Broadway and acted in numerous films.
He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. Amos has played supporting roles in various movies like The Beastmaster (1982), Coming to America (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990), and Coming 2 America (2021).
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Before pursuing his acting career, Amos played college football at Colorado State University and briefly played professional football, including a stint in the offseason for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs in 1967.
John Amos Age
Born on December 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, John Allen Amos Jr. is 84 years old.
John Allen Amos Jr. Parents
John Allen Amos Jr.'s parents are Annabelle and John A. Amos Sr., an auto mechanic.
John Amos Football Career
Amos was signed as a free agent by the Denver Broncos of the American Football League in 1964, but a pulled hamstring prevented him from running the 40-yard dash, leading to his release on the second day of training camp.
He then played for the Canton Bulldogs and Joliet Explorers in the United Football League, and for the Norfolk Neptunes and Wheeling Ironmen in the Continental Football League in 1965.
The following year, he played for the Jersey City Jets and Waterbury Orbits in the Atlantic Coast Football League. In 1967, he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League as a free agent.
However, coach Hank Stram was not convinced of his football abilities and remarked that he was merely a man trying to play football.
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Consequently, Amos returned to the Continental League, playing that season with the Victoria Steelers.
John Allen Amos Jr. Wife and Children
Amos has been married twice. His first marriage, from 1965 to 1975, was to artist and equestrian Noel Mickelson, with whom he has two children: Shannon Amos, a writer/producer and founder of Afterglow Multimedia, LLC, and Grammy-nominated director K.C. Amos.
His second marriage, from 1978 to 1979, was to actress Lillian Lehman.
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