Seth Gilliam is an American actor.
Biography[]
Graduating from SUNY Purchase in 1990, Gilliam started an acting career. He has a number of recurring roles on several TV series, including The Cosby Show Teen Wolf, The Walking Dead, but became best known for his role on The Wire; in 2008, Gilliam attracted attention for criticizing the way in which the show, despite its critical success, has been overlooked for Emmy nominations. He has also had a number of guest-star roles in other TV shows, including CSI: Miami, Nurse Jackie, Skins, The Good Wife, and Criminal Minds. He also starred in a number of movies, which include Starship Troopers and Courage Under Fire.
On Criminal Minds[]
Gilliam portrayed murder suspect Lyle Johnson in the Season Nine episode "Strange Fruit".
Filmography[]
- The Walking Dead (2014-2020) as Father Gabriel Stokes (95 episodes)
- Bull (2020) as Doctor Poulson
- City on a Hill (2019) as Reverend Jasper Fields (4 episodes)
- The Code (2019) as Lieutenant Colonel Metchaf
- Silver Lake (2018) as Jeff
- Change in the Air (2018) as Officer Payne
- Teen Wolf (2011-2017) as Doctor Alan Deaton (42 episodes)
- Police State (2017) as Officer Grady
- Elementary (2016) as Doctor Ira Wallace
- The Good Wife (2011-2015) as Jacob Rickter (2 episodes)
- Still Alice (2014) as Frederic Johnson
- Criminal Minds - "Strange Fruit" (2013) TV episode - Lyle Johnson
- Homeland (2012) as Chaplin
- Person of Interest (2012) as Detective Des Franklin
- Stake Out: Atlantic Salmon (2011) as Rivers (short)
- Svetlana (2011) as Tomas
- Skins (2011) as Ken (uncredited)
- Law & Order (1992-2010) as Michael's Attorney/Babatunde Amoda (2 episodes)
- Betrayed (2010) as Roger Waite (short)
- Nurse Jackie (2010) as Dr. Lindsey
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) as U.S. Marshal Lasky
- Mercy (2009) as Police Officer (uncredited)
- The People v. Leo Frank (2009) as Jim Conley
- CSI: Miami (2009) as Aaron Nolan
- Damages (2009) as Mark Waters
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007-2008) as Detective Daniels (4 episodes)
- The Wire (2002-2008) as Sgt. Ellis Carver/Det. Ellis Carver (60 episodes)
- Sympathetic Details (2008) as Raymond
- The Bronx Is Burning (2007) as Paul Blair
- The Great New Wonderful (2005) as Clayton (segment "Emme's Story")
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as A.D.A. Terence Wright (4 episodes)
- Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) as Vincent
- Oz (1999-2001) as Officer Clayton Hughes (17 episodes)
- Punks (2000) as Marcus
- Tar (1997) as Tyrone
- Starship Troopers (1997) as Sugar Watkins
- Courage Under Fire (1996) as Altameyer
- Jefferson in Paris (1995) as James Hemings
- The Hardest Part (1994) as Derek (short)
- Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
- Mr. Wonderful (1993) as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed role)
- Joey Breaker (1993) as Jeremy Brasher
- The Cosby Show (1990-1991) as Aaron Dexter (3 episodes)
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