Seth Gilliam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Washington Heights, New York, USA
Biography
Seth Gilliam (November 5, 1968) is an American screen and stage actor. He is most known as Father Gabriel on AMC's post-apocalyptic series The Walking Dead, first appearing in Season 5. He is also known for his HBO television roles, first as corrections officer-turned-prisoner Clayton Hughes on Oz, and later as Baltimore police detective promoted to Sergeant, Ellis Carver on The Wire. On both of these series, he co-starred with Lance Reddick and J.D. Williams. Another of his major recurring roles was on the TV series Teen Wolf as Dr. Alan Deaton. He had a recurring role during the seventh season of The Cosby Show as Aaron Dexter (boyfriend of Erika Alexander's character Pam), Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and Law and Order: Trial by Jury. He's had a number of guest roles in other shows such as CSI: Miami, Nurse Jackie, Skins, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, and Bull. His feature film credits include his role as Sergeant Steven Altameyer in Courage Under Fire (1996) and Private Sugar Watkins in the action movie Starship Troopers (1997). His other films include Personal Velocity (2002), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), and Still Alice (2014).
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Filmography
Stakeout (Short)
Movie
Ride or Die
Movie · as Creon
Suits LA
TV · as Dean Harris · 1 ep
The Lady of the Lake
Movie · as Adam Schultz
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
TV · as Gabriel Stokes · 1 ep
Teen Wolf: The Movie
Movie · as Dr. Alan Deaton
The Zombie Wedding
Movie · as Reverend Harry Crump
City on a Hill
TV · as Jasper Fields · 1 ep
Change in the Air
Movie · as Officer Payne
Silver Lake
Movie · as Jeff
Police State
Movie · as Officer Grady
Bull
TV · as Dr. Poulson · 1 ep
Still Alice
Movie · as Frederic Johnson
The Blacklist
TV · as Larry Whitaker · 1 ep
The Skinny
Movie · as Testing Van Doc
Elementary
TV · as Dr. Ira Wallace · 1 ep
Teen Wolf
TV · as Alan Deaton · 44 eps
Person of Interest
TV · as Des Franklin · 1 ep
Homeland
TV · as Chaplin · 1 ep
Betrayed
Movie · as Roger Waite
The Walking Dead
TV · as Gabriel Stokes · 106 eps
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Lasky
The People v. Leo Frank
Movie · as Jim Conley
The Good Wife
TV · as Jacob Rickter · 2 eps
Nurse Jackie
TV · as Dr. Lindsey · 1 ep
Sympathetic Details
Movie · as Raymond
The Wire: The Last Word
Movie · as Self
The Wire Odyssey
Movie · as Self
Tapping the Wire
Movie · as Self
Damages
TV · as Mark Waters · 1 ep
The Great New Wonderful
Movie · as Clayton
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Terence Wright · 4 eps
Criminal Minds
TV · as Lyle Johnson · 1 ep
Personal Velocity
Movie · as Vincent
The Wire
TV · as Ellis Carver · 56 eps
CSI: Miami
TV · as Aaron Nolan · 1 ep
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Detective Daniels · 4 eps
Punks
Movie · as Marcus
Starship Troopers
Movie · as Private Sugar Watkins
Oz
TV · as Clayton Hughes · 24 eps
Tar
Movie · as Tyrone
Courage Under Fire
Movie · as Stephen Altameyer
Jefferson in Paris
Movie · as James Hemings
Heading Home
Movie · as Willie
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie · as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
Joey Breaker
Movie · as Jeremy Brasher
Mr. Wonderful
Movie · as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Movie
Law & Order
TV · as Michael´s Attorney, Babatunde Amoda · 1 ep
The Cosby Show
TV · as Aaron Dexter · 3 eps