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Seth Gilliam Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1968-11-05

Birthplace:
Washington Heights, New York, USA

Credits:
50 Total Roles

Seth Gilliam

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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).

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Ride or Die MOVIE Creon
2025 Suits LA TV Dean Harris
2024 The Lady of the Lake MOVIE Adam Schultz
2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live TV Gabriel Stokes
2023 The Zombie Wedding MOVIE Reverend Harry Crump
2023 Teen Wolf: The Movie MOVIE Dr. Alan Deaton
2019 City on a Hill TV Jasper Fields
2018 Silver Lake MOVIE Jeff
2018 Change in the Air MOVIE Officer Payne
2018 Police State MOVIE Officer Grady

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