Seth Gilliam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1968, Washington Heights, New York, USA
- Movies
- 28
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.
Upcoming Seth Gilliam Movies
Stakeout (Short)
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Ride or Die | Creon |
| 2024 | The Lady of the Lake | Adam Schultz |
| 2023 | The Zombie Wedding | Reverend Harry Crump |
| 2023 | Teen Wolf: The Movie | Dr. Alan Deaton |
| 2018 | Silver Lake | Jeff |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Officer Payne |
| 2018 | Police State | Officer Grady |
| 2014 | Still Alice | Frederic Johnson |
| 2012 | The Skinny | Testing Van Doc |
| 2010 | Betrayed | Roger Waite |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | U.S. Marshal Lasky |
| 2009 | The People v. Leo Frank | Jim Conley |
| 2008 | Sympathetic Details | Raymond |
| 2007 | The Wire: The Last Word | Self |
| 2007 | The Wire Odyssey | Self |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self |
| 2005 | The Great New Wonderful | Clayton |
| 2002 | Personal Velocity | Vincent |
| 2000 | Punks | Marcus |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers | Private Sugar Watkins |
| 1996 | Tar | Tyrone |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | Stephen Altameyer |
| 1995 | Heading Home | Willie |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | James Hemings |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful | Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed) |
| 1993 | Joey Breaker | Jeremy Brasher |
| 1992 | In the Eyes of a Stranger |
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