John Amos is an American actor with an estimated net worth of $3 million. He is 5’11″ and weighs 213 pounds. John A. Amos, Jr. was born on December 27, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from East Orange High School in 1958. Amos then went on to play football for the Colorado State Rams. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in sociology.

After college, Amos spent most of the mid to late 1960s playing professional and semi-pro football with teams such as the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Norfolk Neptunes, Jersey City Jets, and other organizations. Coach Hank Stram of the Kansas City Chiefs, told Amos “you’re not a football player, you’re a man who is trying to play football.” John Amos knew that was not his calling.

From 1970 to 1973 Amos played the character of Gordy Howard on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In 1974 he go cast to play his most notable character to date, James Evans, Sr. on the sitcom Good Times.

Amos stayed on Good Times until he was fired from the show in 1976 due to arguments with the writers of the show and Norman Lear. Amos did not like the direction the show was going and made sure his opinion was heard. His character got killed in a car accident in the first episode of the fourth season. The show continued for three more seasons without Amos.

Since Good Times, John Amos has had roles in television shows such as Two and a Half Men, Touched by an Angel, Psych, My Name IS Earl, Murder, She Wrote, The West Wing, and All About the Andersons.

He has also had roles in films such as Coming to America, Die Hard 2, Let’s Do It Again, The Players Club, Madea’s Witness Protection, and other films.

John Amos has enough net worth to buy:

1. 120,000 LifeStraw Personal Water Filters ($25 each)

2. 1,500 Bare Trilam HD Pro Dry Suits ($2,000 each)

3. 60,000 FINIS Mermaid Swim Fins ($50 each)

John Amos has enough net worth to give everyone in Lithuania $1.