James Avery
November 27, 1945 (78 years old) in Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
James LaRue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor. Best known for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney (later judge) Philip Banks, Will Smith's character's uncle, in the TVsitcomThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. This character was ranked #34 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time." He also provided the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, as well as War Machine in the animated series Iron Man and Junkyard Dog in Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling. He also played Michael Kelso's commanding officer at the police academy late in the series run of That '70s Show.
Known For
Credits
- 2014 · Wish I Was Here as Audition Actor #2
- 2013 · Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer as Judge Parsons
- 2013 · Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Dr. Beckett
- 2012 · Stars In Shorts as Haig
- 2010 · Not Your Time as Haig
- 2009 · Sherri as Redmond
- 2009 · Steppin: The Movie as The Chancellor
- 2008 · Divine Intervention as Rev. Matthews
- 2008 · Eli Stone as Mason Andrews
- 2007 · Who's Your Caddy? as Caddy Mack
- 2006 · Danika as Teddy Johnson
- 2006 · Think Tank as Uncle John
- 2005 · The Closer as Dr. Crippen
- 2005 · Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as Jim Rhodes / War Machine
- 2005 · Wheelmen as Vice President
- 2005 · The Third Wish as George
- 2005 · Living with Fran as
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Sam
- 2005 · Lethal Eviction as Gus Winter
- 2004 · Hair Show as Seymour Gold
- 2004 · Raise Your Voice as Mr. Gantry
- 2003 · That's So Raven as Presto
- 2002 · Nancy Drew as Prof. Shifflin
- 2001 · Epoch as Dr. Solomon Holt
- 2001 · Star Trek: Enterprise as General K'Vagh
- 2001 · Philly as Dean Mark Clivner
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Dr. Erkhart
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Crandall Smythe (voice)
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as (voice)
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Keewazi (voice)
- 2001 · The Nightmare Room as R.L. Stine
- 2001 · The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For as R.L. Stine
- 2001 · Dr. Dolittle 2 as Eldon
- 2001 · Honeybee as
- 2001 · Dancing in September as Mr. Warner
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Preston Cash
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Harold Jenkins
- 1999 · Family Law as
- 1999 · Out in Fifty as Cappy
- 1998 · The Prince of Egypt as Additional Voices (voice)
- 1998 · Charmed as Zola
- 1998 · One World as William Richard
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Gorilla (voice)
- 1998 · That '70s Show as Officer Kennedy
- 1998 · You Lucky Dog as Calvin Bridges
- 1998 · Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years as Self
- 1998 · The Advanced Guard as Fred, Captive Security Guard
- 1997 · Spirit Lost as Dr. Glidden
- 1997 · Going Places as Host
- 1996 · Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Gor-illa (voice)
- 1996 · Sparks as Alonzo Sparks
- 1995 · Murder One as Judge Nathaniel Alexander
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Father (voice)
- 1995 · Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale as The Headman
- 1995 · The Brady Bunch Movie as Mr. Steve Yeager
- 1994 · Spider-Man as Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)
- 1994 · Midnight Ramble as Narrator
- 1994 · Iron Man as War Machine (voice)
- 1994 · A Friend to Die For as Agent Gilwood
- 1994 · Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die as Chess Player
- 1994 · Aladdin as Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)
- 1993 · Little Miss Millions as Agent Noah Hollander
- 1993 · Without Warning: Terror in the Towers as Fred Derby
- 1992 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter as Shredder (voice)
- 1991 · Shout as Midnight Rider (voice)
- 1991 · The Legend of Prince Valiant as Sir Bryant
- 1991 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids as Shredder (voice)
- 1991 · Roc as Dale Hammers
- 1991 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core as Splinter (voice)
- 1991 · Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time as Lt. Coberly
- 1991 · The Linguini Incident as Phil
- 1991 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC as Shredder (voice)
- 1990 · To My Daughter as Ian Mellon
- 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Philip Banks
- 1990 · Capital News as Mr. Fairchild
- 1989 · Roe vs. Wade as
- 1989 · Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal as Earl
- 1988 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins as Shredder (voice)
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · American Experience as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)
- 1988 · A Pup Named Scooby-Doo as Count Shockula (voice)
- 1988 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell as Shredder (voice)
- 1988 · License to Drive as Les' DMV examiner
- 1987 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Shredder (voice)
- 1987 · Deadly Daphne's Revenge as Detective Wood
- 1987 · Nightflyers as Darryl
- 1987 · A Different World as The Pin Punisher
- 1987 · Three for the Road as Clarence
- 1987 · Timestalkers as Blacksmith
- 1986 · Sunday Drive as Oliver
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Judge Michael Conover
- 1986 · The Real Ghostbusters as Killerwatt (voice)
- 1986 · Extremities as Security Guard
- 1986 · Condor as Cas
- 1986 · Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Hank Dudney
- 1986 · 8 Million Ways to Die as Deputy D.A.
- 1986 · Rambo as
- 1986 · The Ladies Club as Joe
- 1986 · The 11th Commandment as Attendant
- 1986 · Stoogemania as Gulch
- 1985 · Appointment with Fear as Connors
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Chief Hansen
- 1985 · Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling as
- 1985 · Fletch as Detective #2
- 1985 · Kicks as Stanley
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Reuben King
- 1984 · Going Bananas as Hank
- 1984 · Laugh Busters as
- 1984 · Brothers as Bubba
- 1984 · Night Court as Judge Hopkins
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · The A-Team as Quint
- 1983 · Antony and Cleopatra as Mardian
- 1980 · The Stunt Man as Man Playing Pinball (uncredited)
- 1980 · The Blues Brothers as Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop
- 1978 · Dallas as Judge J. Fowler