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 rol...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Ride or Die
2025
as Creon
When Paula, a restless Midwesterner yearning for a fresh start in California, unexpectedly reunites with Sloane—her enigmatic high school crush—the sp...
The Lady of the Lake
2024
as Adam Schultz
Native folklore says the Lady of the Lake will take any man who enters her domain. A young Native American woman, grieving the loss of her brother in ...
The Zombie Wedding
2023
as Reverend Harry Crump
Based on the hit interactive play (premiered in 2015). The first-ever wedding between a Human Bride and a Zombie Groom. The human guests need to learn...
Teen Wolf: The Movie
2023
as Dr. Alan Deaton
The wolves are howling once again, as a terrifying ancient evil emerges in Beacon Hills. Scott McCall, no longer a teenager yet still an Alpha, must g...
Silver Lake
2018
as Jeff
The story centers on Nathan (Starr) as he examines his life and relationships with friends, his girlfriend Mary (Woll) and her young daughters, plus h...
Change in the Air
2018
as Officer Payne
A peaceful community is forever changed when a mysterious young woman moves in. As the quirky locals embrace her, their lives soon improve. But, they ...
Police State
2018
as Officer Grady
Carter, a young delivery boy in Manhattan, finds himself immersed in a series of incidents and soon discovers a destructive plan for not only New York...
Still Alice
2014
as Frederic Johnson
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastat...
The Skinny
2012
as Testing Van Doc
Five black Brown University classmates, four gay men and a lesbian, reunite in New York City for a weekend of fun, sins, secrets, lies and drama.
Betrayed
2010
as Roger Waite
Investigative reporter, James Vance, has disappeared and police suspect his best friend, Roger Waite, of murder.
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as U.S. Marshal Lasky
New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compar...
The People v. Leo Frank
2009
as Jim Conley
In 1913, little Mary Phagan is found dead at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. Police quickly decide that the Jewish Superintendent, Leo Frank, ...
Sympathetic Details
2008
as Raymond
The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.
The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission ...
The Great New Wonderful
2005
as Clayton
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Personal Velocity
2002
as Vincent
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
Punks
2000
as Marcus
The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.
Starship Troopers
1997
as Private Sugar Watkins
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from...
Tar
1996
as Tyrone
When small-time crook Curtis jacks a police car, he discovers the lady cop is a former lover, and soon the two form an unlikely alliance to bust a rev...
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Stephen Altameyer
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female cho...
Heading Home
1995
as Willie
A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a bond en route to Washington, D.C.
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as James Hemings
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult...
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets
Mr. Wonderful
1993
as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wif...
Joey Breaker
1993
as Jeremy Brasher
Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a rising talent can be snapped up, he'll be the first i...
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is killed, apparently as he divulges the location of some ...
Stakeout
N/A
A pair of detectives tracks a brutal serial killer.