- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1968
- Place of Birth
- Washington Heights, New York, USA
Seth Gilliam
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 …
Filmography
movieRide or Die
2025 · Creon
tvSuits LA
2025 · Dean Harris
movieThe Lady of the Lake
2024 · Adam Schultz
tvThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
2024 · Gabriel Stokes
movieThe Zombie Wedding
2023 · Reverend Harry Crump
movieTeen Wolf: The Movie
2023 · Dr. Alan Deaton
tvCity on a Hill
2019 · Jasper Fields
movieSilver Lake
2018 · Jeff
movieChange in the Air
2018 · Officer Payne
moviePolice State
2018 · Officer Grady
tvBull
2016 · Dr. Poulson
movieStill Alice
2014 · Frederic Johnson
tvThe Blacklist
2013 · Larry Whitaker
tvElementary
2012 · Dr. Ira Wallace
movieThe Skinny
2012 · Testing Van Doc
tvHomeland
2011 · Chaplin
tvPerson of Interest
2011 · Des Franklin
tvTeen Wolf
2011 · Alan Deaton
tvThe Walking Dead
2010 · Gabriel Stokes
Betrayed
movieBetrayed
2010 · Roger Waite
movieDid You Hear About the Morgans?
2009 · U.S. Marshal Lasky
tvThe Good Wife
2009 · Jacob Rickter
tvNurse Jackie
2009 · Dr. Lindsey
The People v. Leo Frank
movieThe People v. Leo Frank
2009 · Jim Conley
Sympathetic Details
movieSympathetic Details
2008 · Raymond
movieThe Wire: The Last Word
2007 · Self
movieThe Wire Odyssey
2007 · Self
tvDamages
2007 · Mark Waters
movieTapping the Wire
2007 · Self
tvCriminal Minds
2005 · Lyle Johnson
movieThe Great New Wonderful
2005 · Clayton
tvLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Terence Wright
tvCSI: Miami
2002 · Aaron Nolan
tvThe Wire
2002 · Ellis Carver
moviePersonal Velocity
2002 · Vincent
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Detective Daniels
moviePunks
2000 · Marcus
movieStarship Troopers
1997 · Private Sugar Watkins
tvOz
1997 · Clayton Hughes
movieTar
1996 · Tyrone
movieCourage Under Fire
1996 · Stephen Altameyer
movieHeading Home
1995 · Willie
movieJefferson in Paris
1995 · James Hemings
movieAssault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 · Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
movieMr. Wonderful
1993 · Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)
movieJoey Breaker
1993 · Jeremy Brasher
movieIn the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Michael´s Attorney, Babatunde Amoda
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Aaron Dexter
movieStakeout (Short)
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