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Seth Gilliam

Seth Gilliam

Acting1968Washington 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).

Acting History

2025
Ride or Die
as Creon
Suits LA
TVas Dean Harris1 eps
2024
The Lady of the Lake
as Adam Schultz
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
TVas Gabriel Stokes1 eps
2023
Teen Wolf: The Movie
as Dr. Alan Deaton
The Zombie Wedding
as Reverend Harry Crump
The Blacklist
TVas Larry Whitaker1 eps
2020
Bull
TVas Dr. Poulson1 eps
2019
City on a Hill
TVas Jasper Fields1 eps
2018
Change in the Air
as Officer Payne
Police State
as Officer Grady
2016
Elementary
TVas Dr. Ira Wallace1 eps
2014
Still Alice
as Frederic Johnson
The Walking Dead
TVas Gabriel Stokes106 eps
2013
Criminal Minds
TVas Lyle Johnson1 eps
2012
The Skinny
as Testing Van Doc
Homeland
TVas Chaplin1 eps
Person of Interest
TVas Des Franklin1 eps
2011
Teen Wolf
TVas Alan Deaton44 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Jacob Rickter2 eps
2010
Betrayed
as Roger Waite
2009
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as U.S. Marshal Lasky
CSI: Miami
TVas Aaron Nolan1 eps
Damages
TVas Mark Waters1 eps
2008
2007
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TVas Terence Wright4 eps
2002
The Wire
TVas Ellis Carver56 eps
2000
Punks
as Marcus
1999
Oz
TVas Clayton Hughes24 eps
1997
Starship Troopers
as Private Sugar Watkins
1996
Courage Under Fire
as Stephen Altameyer
Tar
as Tyrone
1995
Jefferson in Paris
as James Hemings
Heading Home
as Willie
1993
Joey Breaker
as Jeremy Brasher
Mr. Wonderful
as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)
1992
Law & Order
TVas Babatunde Amoda / Michael´s Attorney1 eps
1990
The Cosby Show
TVas Aaron Dexter3 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/5/1968(57 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington Heights, New York, USA