- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 6.11
- Peak run
- 1975’90
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.11
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.14
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.61
rating spread
Career
53y
1971 to 2023
Total votes
645K
across every film
Best
7.2
Die Hard 2
Worst
5.0
Madea's Witness Protection
Newest first
Filmography
| 2023 | The Last Rifleman | Lincoln Jefferson Adams | 6.8 | 4,721 |
| 2021 |  Coming 2 America | Cleo McDowell | 5.3 | 82,182 |
| 2012 |  Madea's Witness Protection | Pastor Nelson | 5.0 | 12,126 |
| 2005 | Shadowboxing | Hill | 5.8 | 2,446 |
| 2004 | Countdown | Admiral Melory | · | 667 |
| 1995 | Hologram Man | Wes Strickland | · | 888 |
| 1995 | For Better or Worse | Gray | · | 569 |
| 1993 | Night Trap | Capt. Hodges | · | 485 |
| 1992 | Mac | Nat | 6.2 | 1,185 |
| 1991 |  Ricochet | Reverend Styles | 6.2 | 23,171 |
| 1990 |  Die Hard 2 | Grant | 7.2 | 411K |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Det. Legrand (segment: The Black Cat) | 6.1 | 9,274 |
| 1989 |  Lock Up | Meissner | 6.4 | 49,021 |
| 1985 | American Flyers | Dr. Conrad | 6.5 | 7,410 |
| 1983 | Dance of the Dwarfs | Esteban | · | 352 |
| 1982 |  The Beastmaster | Seth | 6.2 | 27,691 |
| 1980 | Touched by Love | Tony | · | 577 |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Kansas City Mack | 6.7 | 3,655 |
| 1973 | The World's Greatest Athlete | Coach Sam Archer | 5.7 | 1,854 |
| 1971 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Biker | 5.5 | 6,538 |
Better together?
John Amos's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Amos
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