Seth Gilliam

Seth Gilliam

1968-11-05 Washington Heights, New York, USA 29 Credits

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...

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Ride or Die

2025

as Creon

Acting

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

The Lady of the Lake

2024

as Adam Schultz

3.2
Acting

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

The Zombie Wedding

2023

as Reverend Harry Crump

2.0
Acting

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

Teen Wolf: The Movie

2023

as Dr. Alan Deaton

7.5
Acting

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

Silver Lake

2018

as Jeff

7.5
Acting

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

Change in the Air

2018

as Officer Payne

5.7
Acting

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

Police State

2018

as Officer Grady

1.0
Acting

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

Still Alice

2014

as Frederic Johnson

7.5
Acting

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

The Skinny

2012

as Testing Van Doc

5.6
Acting

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

Acting

Investigative reporter, James Vance, has disappeared and police suspect his best friend, Roger Waite, of murder.

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

2009

as U.S. Marshal Lasky

5.4
Acting

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

Acting

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

8.0
Acting
The Wire: The Last Word

The Wire: The Last Word

2007

as Self

1.5
Acting

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

The Wire Odyssey

The Wire Odyssey

2007

as Self

6.6
Acting

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

Tapping the Wire

Tapping the Wire

2007

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

The Great New Wonderful

2005

as Clayton

4.8
Acting

The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

Personal Velocity

Personal Velocity

2002

as Vincent

5.8
Acting

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

Punks

Punks

2000

as Marcus

5.0
Acting

The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.

Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

1997

as Private Sugar Watkins

7.1
Acting

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

Tar

1996

as Tyrone

7.5
Acting

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

Courage Under Fire

1996

as Stephen Altameyer

6.5
Acting

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

Heading Home

1995

as Willie

Acting

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

Jefferson in Paris

1995

as James Hemings

5.1
Acting

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

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

1994

as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker

6.2
Acting

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

Mr. Wonderful

1993

as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)

5.7
Acting

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

Joey Breaker

1993

as Jeremy Brasher

3.6
Acting

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

In the Eyes of a Stranger

1992

4.0
Acting

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

Acting

A pair of detectives tracks a brutal serial killer.