Seth Gilliam
Date of birth: 1968-11-05
Place of birth: Washington Heights, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Сет Гиллиам
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).
Movie Credits
Starship Troopers
1997-11-07
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobil
The Great New Wonderful
2005-04-22
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-
Change in the Air
2018-10-19
A peaceful community is forever changed when a mysterious young woman moves in. As the quirky locals
Teen Wolf: The Movie
2023-01-18
The wolves are howling once again, as a terrifying ancient evil emerges in Beacon Hills. Scott McCal
Sympathetic Details
2008-02-01
The Wire: The Last Word
2007-12-27
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
The Wire Odyssey
2007-12-20
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
Punks
2000-01-24
The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.
The Zombie Wedding
2023-12-03
Based on the hit interactive play (premiered in 2015). The first-ever wedding between a Human Bride
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992-04-07
An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is kille
Jefferson in Paris
1995-03-31
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-
Tapping the Wire
2007-07-01
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast
Betrayed
2010-05-14
Investigative reporter, James Vance, has disappeared and police suspect his best friend, Roger Waite
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009-12-17
New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling aro
Tar
1996-10-01
When small-time crook Curtis jacks a police car, he discovers the lady cop is a former lover, and so
Still Alice
2014-12-05
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who st
Joey Breaker
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 ris
Personal Velocity
2002-01-12
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who res
Courage Under Fire
1996-07-04
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a
The Lady of the Lake
2024-07-12
Native folklore says the Lady of the Lake will take any man who enters her domain. A young Native Am
The People v. Leo Frank
2009-04-30
In 1913, little Mary Phagan is found dead at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. Police quickly
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994-02-26
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tie
Silver Lake
2018-10-21
The story centers on Nathan (Starr) as he examines his life and relationships with friends, his girl
The Skinny
2012-02-10
Five black Brown University classmates, four gay men and a lesbian, reunite in New York City for a w
Police State
2018-10-01
Carter, a young delivery boy in Manhattan, finds himself immersed in a series of incidents and soon
Heading Home
1995-04-08
A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a bond en
Mr. Wonderful
1993-10-15
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some
Ride or Die
2025-06-08
When Paula, a restless Midwesterner yearning for a fresh start in California, unexpectedly reunites
Stakeout
A pair of detectives tracks a brutal serial killer.