Seth Gilliam

Acting · Born 1968-11-05 in Washington Heights, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

  • Starship Troopers as Private Sugar Watkins
  • Teen Wolf: The Movie as Dr. Alan Deaton
  • Still Alice as Frederic Johnson
  • The Great New Wonderful as Clayton
  • Change in the Air as Officer Payne
  • Sympathetic Details as Raymond
  • The Wire: The Last Word as Self
  • The Wire Odyssey as Self
  • Punks as Marcus
  • The Zombie Wedding as Reverend Harry Crump

TV