Seth Gilliam
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The handsome supporting actor and S.U.N.Y. graduate Seth Gilliam is most recognizable from gritty crime dramas on HBO. He started acting in the early '90s with small roles in feature films, most notably in the comedy Mad Dog and Glory. Also appearing in made-for-TV movies, his first starring role was in Assault at West Point as Johnson Whittaker, the first African-American cadet admitted to West Point. His next sizable role was in the Merchant Ivory production Jefferson in Paris, the story of Thomas Jefferson's affair with the 15-year-old slave girl Sally Hemmings. After appearing in a few scenes in Courage Under Fire and Starship Troopers, he made a successful move to HBO as Officer Clayton Hughes in the prison drama Oz. A few years later, he played Detective Ellis Carver in the crime series The Wire. He returned to feature filmmaking for the chest-baring role of Marcus in Punks, a comedy about the black gay male scene in West Hollywood. In 2002, he appeared in the third part of Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity: Three Portraits.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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11% | Change in the Air |
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— | 2018 |
85% | Still Alice |
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— | 2015 |
12% | Did You Hear About the Morgans? |
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$29.6M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | The People V. Leo Frank |
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— | 2009 |
73% | The Great New Wonderful |
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$40.2k | 2006 |
69% | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits |
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$0.7M | 2002 |
50% | Punks |
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— | 2001 |
65% | Starship Troopers |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Tar |
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— | 1996 |
85% | Courage Under Fire |
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— | 1996 |
31% | Jefferson in Paris |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Heading Home |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Assault at West Point |
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— | 1994 |
52% | Mr. Wonderful |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Joey Breaker |
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— | 1993 |
77% | Mad Dog and Glory |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | In the Eyes of a Stranger |
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— | 1992 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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81% |
The Walking Dead
2010
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No Score Yet |
Talking Dead
2011-2020
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95% |
Elementary
2012-2019
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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No Score Yet |
Criminal Minds
2005
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81% |
Nurse Jackie
2009-2015
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Miami
2002-2012
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94% |
The Wire
2002-2008
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89% |
Oz
1997-2003
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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No Score Yet |
The Cosby Show
1984-1992
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Quotes from Seth Gilliam's Characters
Sugar Watkins: | Give me the nuke! |
Johnny Rico: | Are you trying to be a hero Watkins?! |
Johnny Rico: | Are you trying to be a hero Watkins? |
Sugar Watkins: | Trying to kill some bugs sir....get outta here...GET OUTTA HERE! |
Sugar Watkins: | Trying to kill some bugs sir. Get out of here. GET OUT OF HERE! |