Seth Gilliam

Born: 1968-11-05

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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Teen Wolf: The Movie

as Dr. Alan Deaton
Released: 2023-01-18

The wolves are howling once again, as a terrifying ancient evil emerges in Beacon Hills. Scott...

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Still Alice

as Frederic Johnson
Released: 2014-12-05

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor...

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as Private Sugar Watkins
Released: 1997-11-07

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the...

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Did You Hear About the Morgans?

as U.S. Marshal Lasky
Released: 2009-12-17

New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling...

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Courage Under Fire

as Stephen Altameyer
Released: 1996-07-04

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned...

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Personal Velocity

as Vincent
Released: 2002-01-12

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who...

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Mr. Wonderful

as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)
Released: 1993-10-15

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with...

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Change in the Air

as Officer Payne
Released: 2018-10-19

A peaceful community is forever changed when a mysterious young woman moves in. As the quirky...

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Jefferson in Paris

as James Hemings
Released: 1995-03-31

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to...

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The Great New Wonderful

as Clayton
Released: 2005-04-22

The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain...

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The Skinny

as Testing Van Doc
Released: 2012-02-10

Five black Brown University classmates, four gay men and a lesbian, reunite in New York City for...

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Tapping the Wire

as Self
Released: 2007-07-01

Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the...

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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
Released: 1994-02-26

The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point....

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Police State

as Officer Grady
Released: 2018-10-01

Carter, a young delivery boy in Manhattan, finds himself immersed in a series of incidents and...

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The Wire Odyssey

as Self
Released: 2007-12-20

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

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Punks

as Marcus
Released: 2000-01-24

The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.

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In the Eyes of a Stranger

as uncredited
Released: 1992-04-07

An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is...

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The Lady of the Lake

as Adam Schultz
Released: 2024-07-12

Native folklore says the Lady of the Lake will take any man who enters her domain. A young...

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The Zombie Wedding

as Reverend Harry Crump
Released: 2023-12-03

Based on the hit interactive play (premiered in 2015). The first-ever wedding between a Human...

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Joey Breaker

as Jeremy Brasher
Released: 1993-05-14

Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a...

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Silver Lake

as Jeff
Released: 2018-10-21

The story centers on Nathan (Starr) as he examines his life and relationships with friends, his...

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The Wire: The Last Word

as uncredited
Released: 2007-12-27

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

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Tar

as Tyrone
Released: 1996-10-01

When small-time crook Curtis jacks a police car, he discovers the lady cop is a former lover,...

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Heading Home

as Willie
Released: 1995-04-08

A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a...

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Law & Order

as Michael´s Attorney
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Babatunde Amoda
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Criminal Minds

as Lyle Johnson
First aired: 2005-09-22

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating...

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The Blacklist

as Larry Whitaker
First aired: 2013-09-23

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...

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The Walking Dead

as Gabriel Stokes
First aired: 2010-10-31

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by...

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Teen Wolf

as Alan Deaton
First aired: 2011-06-05

Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically...

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CSI: Miami

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-23

CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as...

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Elementary

as Dr. Ira Wallace
First aired: 2012-09-27

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases....

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Person of Interest

as Detective Des Franklin
First aired: 2011-09-22

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive...

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The Wire

as Ellis Carver
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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The Wire

as Detective Ellis Carver
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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The Wire

as Sergeant Ellis Carver
First aired: 2002-06-02

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their...

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The Good Wife

as Jacob Rickter
First aired: 2009-09-22

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Detective Daniels
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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The Cosby Show

as Aaron Dexter
First aired: 1984-09-20

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...

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Bull

as Dr. Poulson
First aired: 2016-09-20

Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial...

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Oz

as Clayton Hughes
First aired: 1997-07-12

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...

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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

as Gabriel Stokes
First aired: 2024-02-25

The love story of Rick Grimes and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by...

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City on a Hill

as Jasper Fields
First aired: 2019-06-16

In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating...

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Terence Wright
First aired: 2005-03-03

The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing...

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