Acting credits
46
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Seth Gilliam
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
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Movies: 26Series: 20
TMDB ID: 41688
IMDb ID: nm0319121
Known for: Acting
Born: November 5, 1968
Age: 57
Place of birth: Washington Heights, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2025
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 7.22
Wikidata: Q982795
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Seth Gilliam.
Ride or Die
as Creon
2025 Movie
3.2
The Lady of the Lake
as Adam Schultz
2024 Movie
2.0
The Zombie Wedding
as Reverend Harry Crump
2023 Movie
7.5
Teen Wolf: The Movie
as Dr. Alan Deaton
2023 Movie
7.5
Silver Lake
as Jeff
2018 Movie
5.7
Change in the Air
as Officer Payne
2018 Movie
1.0
Police State
as Officer Grady
2018 Movie
7.5
Still Alice
as Frederic Johnson
2014 Movie
5.5
The Skinny
as Testing Van Doc
2012 Movie
5.4
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as U.S. Marshal Lasky
2009 Movie
1.5
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
2007 Movie
6.6
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
2007 Movie
7.3
Tapping the Wire
as Self
2007 Movie
4.7
The Great New Wonderful
as Clayton
2005 Movie
5.8
Personal Velocity
as Vincent
2002 Movie
4.5
Punks
as Marcus
2000 Movie
7.1
Starship Troopers
as Private Sugar Watkins
1997 Movie
7.5
Tar
as Tyrone
1996 Movie
6.5
Courage Under Fire
as Stephen Altameyer
1996 Movie
Heading Home
as Willie
1995 Movie
5.0
Jefferson in Paris
as James Hemings
1995 Movie
6.2
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
1994 Movie
5.5
Mr. Wonderful
as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)
1993 Movie
3.6
Joey Breaker
as Jeremy Brasher
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Seth Gilliam.
6.9
Suits LA
as Dean Harris • 1 eps
2025 Series
8.0
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
as Gabriel Stokes • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.2
City on a Hill
as Jasper Fields • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.1
Bull
as Dr. Poulson • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Larry Whitaker • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Dr. Ira Wallace • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.6
Homeland
as Chaplin • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Des Franklin • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.5
Teen Wolf
as Alan Deaton • 44 eps
2011 Series
8.1
The Walking Dead
as Gabriel Stokes • 106 eps
2010 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Jacob Rickter • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.4
Damages
as Mark Waters • 1 eps
2007 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Lyle Johnson • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Terence Wright • 4 eps
2005 Series
7.7
CSI: Miami
as Aaron Nolan • 1 eps
2002 Series
8.6
The Wire
as Ellis Carver • 56 eps
2002 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Detective Daniels • 4 eps
2001 Series
8.0
Oz
as Clayton Hughes • 24 eps
1997 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Michael´s Attorney • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.0
The Cosby Show
as Aaron Dexter • 3 eps
1984 Series