
Seth Gilliam
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-11-05 (56 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 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).
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Ride or Die
as Creon
(2024)
The Lady of the Lake
as Adam Schultz
(2023)
Teen Wolf: The Movie
as Dr. Alan Deaton
(2023)
The Zombie Wedding
as Reverend Harry Crump
(2018)
Police State
as Officer Grady
(2018)
Change in the Air
as Officer Payne
(2018)
Silver Lake
as Jeff
(2014)
Still Alice
as Frederic Johnson
(2012)
The Skinny
as Testing Van Doc
(2010)
Betrayed
as Roger Waite
(2009)
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as U.S. Marshal Lasky
(2009)
The People v. Leo Frank
as Jim Conley
(2008)
Sympathetic Details
as Raymond
(2007)
Tapping the Wire
as Self
(2007)
The Wire Odyssey
as Self
(2007)
The Wire: The Last Word
as Self
(2005)
The Great New Wonderful
as Clayton
(2002)
Personal Velocity
as Vincent
(2000)
Punks
as Marcus
(1997)
Starship Troopers
as Private Sugar Watkins
(1996)
Courage Under Fire
as Stephen Altameyer
(1996)
Tar
as Tyrone
(1995)
Jefferson in Paris
as James Hemings
(1995)
Heading Home
as Willie
(1994)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker
(1993)
Mr. Wonderful
as Emergency Room Doctor (unconfirmed)
(1993)
Joey Breaker
as Jeremy Brasher
(1992)