James Avery
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.
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- Born:
- Nov 27, 1945 In Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 80
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Blues Brothers 1980-06-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Wish I Was Here 2014-07-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Wish I Was Here | Audition Actor #2 | 2014-07-18 |
| Movie | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Beckett | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer | Judge Parsons | 2013-08-03 |
| Movie | Stars In Shorts | Haig | 2012-09-28 |
| Movie | Not Your Time | Haig | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | Steppin: The Movie | The Chancellor | 2009-05-19 |
| Series | Sherri | Redmond | 2009-10-05 |
| Movie | Divine Intervention | Rev. Matthews | 2008-03-25 |
| Movie | Who's Your Caddy? | Caddy Mack | 2007-07-27 |
| Movie | Think Tank | Uncle John | 2006-04-21 |
| Movie | Danika | Teddy Johnson | 2006-06-10 |
| Series | Living with Fran | Unknown | 2005-04-08 |
| Movie | Lethal Eviction | Gus Winter | 2005-03-10 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | Jim Rhodes / War Machine | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | The Third Wish | George | 2005-04-22 |
| Series | Hell's Kitchen | Self - Sous Chef | 2005-05-30 |
| Movie | Wheelmen | Vice President | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | Raise Your Voice | Mr. Gantry | 2004-08-10 |
| Movie | Hair Show | Seymour Gold | 2004-10-17 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew | Prof. Shifflin | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Eldon | 2001-06-22 |
| Movie | Honeybee | 2001-06-12 | |
| Movie | Dancing in September | Mr. Warner | 2001-02-03 |
| Movie | Epoch | Dr. Solomon Holt | 2001-11-24 |
| Movie | The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For | R.L. Stine | 2001-08-31 |
| Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | General K'Vagh | 2001-09-26 |
| Series | Philly | Dean Mark Clivner | 2001-09-25 |
| Series | The Nightmare Room | R.L. Stine | 2001-08-31 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Out in Fifty | Cappy | 1999-06-22 |
| Movie | The Advanced Guard | Fred, Captive Security Guard | 1998-03-21 |
| Movie | Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years | Self | 1998-04-11 |
| Movie | You Lucky Dog | Calvin Bridges | 1998-06-27 |
| Movie | The Prince of Egypt | Additional Voices (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
| Movie | Spirit Lost | Dr. Glidden | 1997-03-24 |
| Series | Sparks | Alonzo Sparks | 1996-08-26 |
| Series | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Gor-illa (voice) | 1996-09-07 |
| Movie | The Brady Bunch Movie | Mr. Steve Yeager | 1995-02-16 |
| Movie | Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die | Chess Player | 1994-05-06 |
| Series | Aladdin | Haroud Hazi Bin | 1994-02-06 |
| Movie | A Friend to Die For | Agent Gilwood | 1994-09-24 |
| Movie | Midnight Ramble | Narrator | 1994-10-26 |
| Movie | Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | Fred Derby | 1993-05-26 |
| Movie | Little Miss Millions | Agent Noah Hollander | 1993-11-27 |
| Movie | The Linguini Incident | Phil | 1991-05-01 |
| Movie | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Lt. Coberly | 1991-06-08 |
| Movie | Shout | Midnight Rider (voice) | 1991-10-04 |
| Series | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Bryant | 1991-09-03 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids | Shredder (voice) | 1991-08-31 |
| Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Philip Banks | 1990-09-10 |
| Movie | Roe vs. Wade | 1989-05-15 | |
| Movie | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Earl | 1989-02-05 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell | Shredder (voice) | 1988-08-11 |
| Movie | License to Drive | Les' DMV examiner | 1988-07-06 |
| Series | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988-10-04 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins | Shredder (voice) | 1988-11-11 |
| Movie | Three for the Road | Clarence | 1987-04-10 |
| Movie | Nightflyers | Darryl | 1987-10-23 |
| Movie | Timestalkers | Blacksmith | 1987-03-10 |
| Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Shredder (Voice) | 1987-12-14 |
| Movie | Deadly Daphne's Revenge | Detective Wood | 1987-11-01 |
| Series | Rambo | 1986-04-14 | |
| Movie | The Ladies Club | Joe | 1986-04-01 |
| Movie | The 11th Commandment | Attendant | 1986-03-25 |
| Movie | 8 Million Ways to Die | Deputy D.A. | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | Stoogemania | Gulch | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | Sunday Drive | Oliver | 1986-11-30 |
| Movie | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Hank Dudney | 1986-05-19 |
| Movie | Extremities | Security Guard | 1986-08-22 |
| Movie | Condor | Cas | 1986-08-10 |
| Movie | Kicks | Stanley | 1985-03-11 |
| Movie | Fletch | Detective #2 | 1985-05-31 |
| Movie | Appointment with Fear | Connors | 1985-10-25 |
| Series | Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling | 1985-09-14 | |
| Movie | Laugh Busters | 1984-09-01 | |
| Series | Going Bananas | Hank | 1984-09-15 |
| Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Mardian | 1983-01-01 |
| Series | The A-Team | Quint | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop | 1980-06-16 |
| Movie | The Stunt Man | Man Playing Pinball (uncredited) | 1980-06-27 |