Seth Gilliam
Actor
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).
Filmography
Still Alice
as Frederic Johnson 2014
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as U.S. Marshal Lasky 2009
Courage Under Fire
as Stephen Altameyer 1996
Teen Wolf: The Movie
as Dr. Alan Deaton 2023
Mr. Wonderful
as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed) 1993
Jefferson in Paris
as James Hemings 1995
Personal Velocity
as Vincent 2002
The Great New Wonderful
as Clayton 2005
The Skinny
as Testing Van Doc 2012
Change in the Air
as Officer Payne 2018
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker 1994
Punks
as Marcus 2000
The Lady of the Lake
as Adam Schultz 2024
The Wire Odyssey
as Self 2007
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
Joey Breaker
as Jeremy Brasher 1993