James Avery
Acting
- Born:
- 1945-11-27
- Died:
- 2013-12-31
- Place of birth:
- Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Wish I Was Here
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Stars in Shorts
The Problem Solverz
Harry's Law
Not Your Time
Sherri
Steppin: The Movie
Divine Intervention
Eli Stone
Who's Your Caddy?
Danika
Think Tank
The Closer
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Wheelmen
The Third Wish
Living with Fran
Grey's Anatomy
Lethal Eviction
Hair Show
Raise Your Voice
That's So Raven
Nancy Drew
The Nightmare Room: Camp Nowhere
Epoch
Reba
Star Trek: Enterprise
Philly
Crossing Jordan
The Proud Family
The Legend of Tarzan
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
The Nightmare Room
Dr. Dolittle 2
Honeybee
Dancing in September
The Division
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Girlfriends
Strong Medicine
Family Law
Out in Fifty
The Prince of Egypt
Charmed
One World
The Wild Thornberrys
That '70s Show
You Lucky Dog
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
The Advanced Guard
Two Guys and a Girl
Spirit Lost
Going Places
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Quack Pack
The Jamie Foxx Show
Sparks
Murder One
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
The Brady Bunch Movie
Spider-Man
Midnight Ramble
Gargoyles
A Friend to Die For
Iron Man
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Duckman
Aladdin
Little Miss Millions
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
Shout
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
Roc
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
The Linguini Incident
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
To My Daughter
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
Capital News
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead
Turn Back the Clock
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
Family Matters
FM
Roe vs. Wade
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
American Experience
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers
License to Drive
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
Nightflyers
Beauty and the Beast
A Different World
Three for the Road
Timestalkers
Sunday Drive
L.A. Law
The Real Ghostbusters
Extremities
Condor
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
8 Million Ways to Die
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
The Ladies Club
The 11th Commandment
Appointment with Fear
Stoogemania
Amazing Stories
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
Fletch
Kicks
Moonlighting
Going Bananas
Laugh Busters
Brothers
Night Court
Reading Rainbow
The A-Team
Antony and Cleopatra
St. Elsewhere
Newhart
The Stunt Man
The Blues Brothers
Dallas