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Seth Gilliam

Acting 57 years old Washington Heights, New York, USA ★ 2.3
Born: November 5, 1968

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).

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Known For

The Blacklist
The Blacklist Larry Whitaker 2013
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead Gabriel Stokes 2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Detective Daniels 2001
Homeland
Homeland Chaplin 2011
The Good Wife
The Good Wife Jacob Rickter 2009

Filmography

Acting Credits (51)

Ride or Die
Ride or Die Creon 2025
Suits LA
Suits LA Dean Harris 2025
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake Adam Schultz 2024
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Gabriel Stokes 2024
The Zombie Wedding
The Zombie Wedding Reverend Harry Crump 2023
Teen Wolf: The Movie
Teen Wolf: The Movie Dr. Alan Deaton 2023
City on a Hill
City on a Hill Jasper Fields 2019
Silver Lake
Silver Lake Jeff 2018
Change in the Air
Change in the Air Officer Payne 2018
Police State
Police State Officer Grady 2018
Bull
Bull Dr. Poulson 2016
Still Alice
Still Alice Frederic Johnson 2014
The Blacklist
The Blacklist Larry Whitaker 2013
Elementary
Elementary Dr. Ira Wallace 2012
The Skinny
The Skinny Testing Van Doc 2012
Homeland
Homeland Chaplin 2011
Person of Interest
Person of Interest Des Franklin 2011
Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf Alan Deaton 2011
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead Gabriel Stokes 2010
Betrayed
Betrayed Roger Waite 2010
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Did You Hear About the Morgans? U.S. Marshal Lasky 2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife Jacob Rickter 2009
Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie Dr. Lindsey 2009
The People v. Leo Frank
The People v. Leo Frank Jim Conley 2009
Sympathetic Details
Sympathetic Details Raymond 2008
The Wire: The Last Word
The Wire: The Last Word Self 2007
The Wire Odyssey
The Wire Odyssey Self 2007
Damages
Damages Mark Waters 2007
Tapping the Wire
Tapping the Wire Self 2007
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds Lyle Johnson 2005
The Great New Wonderful
The Great New Wonderful Clayton 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury Terence Wright 2005
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami Aaron Nolan 2002
The Wire
The Wire Ellis Carver 2002
Personal Velocity
Personal Velocity Vincent 2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Detective Daniels 2001
Punks
Punks Marcus 2000
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers Private Sugar Watkins 1997
Oz
Oz Clayton Hughes 1997
Tar
Tar Tyrone 1996
Courage Under Fire
Courage Under Fire Stephen Altameyer 1996
Heading Home
Heading Home Willie 1995
Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris James Hemings 1995
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker 1994
Mr. Wonderful
Mr. Wonderful Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed) 1993
Joey Breaker
Joey Breaker Jeremy Brasher 1993
In the Eyes of a Stranger
In the Eyes of a Stranger 1992
Law & Order
Law & Order Michael´s Attorney 1990
Law & Order
Law & Order Babatunde Amoda 1990
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show Aaron Dexter 1984
Stakeout (Short)
Stakeout (Short)

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