Seth Gilliam

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-11-05 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington Heights, New York, USA

Seth Gilliam

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 ...

Acting

1997

Starship Troopers

as Private Sugar Watkins

2018

Change in the Air

as Officer Payne

2023

Teen Wolf: The Movie

as Dr. Alan Deaton

2008

2007

2000

Punks

as Marcus

2023

The Zombie Wedding

as Reverend Harry Crump

1995

Jefferson in Paris

as James Hemings

2007

2010

Betrayed

as Roger Waite

2009

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

as U.S. Marshal Lasky

1996

Tar

as Tyrone

2014

Still Alice

as Frederic Johnson

1993

Joey Breaker

as Jeremy Brasher

2002

1996

Courage Under Fire

as Stephen Altameyer

2024

The Lady of the Lake

as Adam Schultz

2009

2018

2012

The Skinny

as Testing Van Doc

2018

Police State

as Officer Grady

1995

Heading Home

as Willie

1993

Mr. Wonderful

as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)

2025

Ride or Die

as Creon

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