James Avery

Actor Nov 27 (died age 68) Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA 1978–2014 (36 year career)

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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 i…

Known For

Film

The Blues Brothers

Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop

Film

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Philip Banks

Film

The Prince of Egypt

Additional Voices (voice)

Film

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Shredder (voice)

Film

Fletch

Detective #2

Film

Raise Your Voice

Mr. Gantry

Film

Wish I Was Here

Audition Actor #2

Film

Dr. Dolittle 2

Eldon

Filmography

Acting (132)

Movies (72)

Wish I Was Here

2014

as Audition Actor #2

6.5

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013

as Dr. Beckett

6.9

Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer

as Judge Parsons

Stars in Shorts

as Haig

Not Your Time

as Haig

Steppin: The Movie

as The Chancellor

Divine Intervention

as Rev. Matthews

Who's Your Caddy?

as Caddy Mack

Danika

as Teddy Johnson

Think Tank

as Uncle John

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

2005

as Jim Rhodes / War Machine

Lethal Eviction

as Gus Winter

Wheelmen

as Vice President

The Third Wish

as George

Raise Your Voice

as Mr. Gantry

Hair Show

as Seymour Gold

Nancy Drew

as Prof. Shifflin

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Eldon

Epoch

as Dr. Solomon Holt

Honeybee

Dancing in September

as Mr. Warner

The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For

2001

as R.L. Stine

Out in Fifty

1999

as Cappy

2.8

The Prince of Egypt

1998

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.3

The Advanced Guard

1998

as Fred, Captive Security Guard

3.4

You Lucky Dog

1998

as Calvin Bridges

5.5

Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

1998

as Self

Spirit Lost

1997

as Dr. Glidden

2.0

The Brady Bunch Movie

1995

as Mr. Steve Yeager

6.1

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

as The Headman

A Friend to Die For

as Agent Gilwood

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

as Chess Player

Midnight Ramble

as Narrator

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

1993

as Fred Derby

3.0

Little Miss Millions

1993

as Agent Noah Hollander

5.3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter

1992

as Shredder (voice)

8.0

Shout

1991

as Midnight Rider (voice)

5.8

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

1991

as Lt. Coberly

4.5

The Linguini Incident

1991

as Phil

6.6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids

1991

as Shredder (voice)

6.4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC

1991

as Shredder (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core

1991

as Splinter (voice)

6.0

To My Daughter

1990

as Ian Mellon

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Shredhead

1990

as Shredder (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop

1990

as Shredder (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles

1989

as Shredder (voice)

Roe vs. Wade

1989

6.3

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

as Earl

Turn Back the Clock

as Fred (uncredited)

License to Drive

as Les' DMV examiner

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins

1988

as Shredder (voice)

7.3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers

1988

as Shredder (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell

as Shredder (voice)

Nightflyers

as Darryl

Timestalkers

as Blacksmith

Deadly Daphne's Revenge

as Detective Wood

Three for the Road

as Clarence

Extremities

as Security Guard

8 Million Ways to Die

1986

as Deputy D.A.

5.4

Sunday Drive

1986

as Oliver

Condor

as Cas

The Ladies Club

as Joe

The 11th Commandment

as Attendant

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1986

as Hank Dudney

Fletch

1985

as Detective #2

6.7

Appointment with Fear

as Connors

Stoogemania

as Gulch

Kicks

as Stanley

Laugh Busters

Antony and Cleopatra

as Mardian

The Blues Brothers

as Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop

7.7

The Stunt Man

1980

as Man Playing Pinball (uncredited)

6.6

Television (60)

Harry's Law

2011

as Fred Billings

7.3

The Problem Solverz

2011

as Ninja Master Head (voice)

Sherri

as Redmond

Eli Stone

as Mason Andrews

Grey's Anatomy

as Sam

The Closer

as Dr. Crippen

Living with Fran

That's So Raven

as Presto Jones

Crossing Jordan

as Dr. Erkhart

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001

as General K'Vagh

7.5

Reba

2001

as Judge Samuel Bennett

6.5

The Proud Family

2001

as Crandall Smythe (voice)

The Division

as Charles Haysbert

The Legend of Tarzan

as Keewazi (voice)

The Nightmare Room

as R.L. Stine

Philly

as Dean Mark Clivner

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Preston Cash

Girlfriends

as Dr. Couch

Strong Medicine

as Harold Jenkins

Family Law

Charmed

as Zola

That '70s Show

as Officer Kennedy

The Wild Thornberrys

as Gorilla (voice)

Two Guys and a Girl

as Judge

One World

as William Richard

Going Places

as Host

The Jamie Foxx Show

1996

as Reverend

6.9

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys

as Gor-illa (voice)

Sparks

as Alonzo Sparks

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Father (voice)

6.0

Murder One

1995

as Judge Nathaniel Alexander

7.8

Gargoyles

1994

as The Shaman (voice)

8.1

Spider-Man

1994

as Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)

8.3

Duckman

1994

as School Policeman (voice)

7.1

Aladdin

1994

as Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)

7.0

Iron Man

1994

as War Machine (voice)

6.6

The Legend of Prince Valiant

1991

as Sir Bryant (voice)

6.5

Roc

1991

as Dale Hammers

7.8

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Philip Banks

Capital News

as Mr. Fairchild

Family Matters

as (uncredited)

as Quentin Lamoreaux

American Experience

as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)

6.6

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

1988

as Count Shockula (voice)

7.5

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Shredder (voice)

A Different World

as The Pin Punisher

L.A. Law

as Michael Conover

The Real Ghostbusters

1986

as Killerwatt (voice)

7.7

Rambo: The Force of Freedom

Amazing Stories

as Chief Hansen

Moonlighting

as Reuben King

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

as (voice)

Night Court

as Judge Hopkins

Brothers

as Bubba

Going Bananas

as Hank

The A-Team

as Quint

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

St. Elsewhere

as Man in E.R.

Newhart

as Construction Worker

7.1

Dallas

1978

as Judge J. Fowler

6.8