James Avery
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
117
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-11-27 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
Acting
2014
Wish I Was Here as Audition Actor #22013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Dr. Beckett2013
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer as Judge Parsons2012
Stars In Shorts as Haig2010
Not Your Time as Haig2009
Sherri as Redmond2009
Steppin: The Movie as The Chancellor2008
Eli Stone as Mason Andrews2008
Divine Intervention as Rev. Matthews2007
Who's Your Caddy? as Caddy Mack2006
Think Tank as Uncle John2005
Grey's Anatomy as Sam2005
Living with Fran as Not available2005
The Closer as Dr. Crippen2005
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as Jim Rhodes / War Machine2005
Danika as Teddy Johnson2005
Lethal Eviction as Gus Winter2005
Wheelmen as Vice President2005
The Third Wish as George2004
Raise Your Voice as Mr. Gantry2004
Hair Show as Seymour Gold2003
That's So Raven as Presto2002
Nancy Drew as Prof. Shifflin2001
The Legend of Tarzan as (voice)2001
The Legend of Tarzan as Keewazi (voice)2001
Star Trek: Enterprise as General K'Vagh2001
Crossing Jordan as Dr. Erkhart2001
The Proud Family as Crandall Smythe (voice)2001
Dr. Dolittle 2 as Eldon2001
The Nightmare Room as R.L. Stine2001
Philly as Dean Mark Clivner2001
Epoch as Dr. Solomon Holt2001
Dancing in September as Mr. Warner2001
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For as R.L. Stine2001
Honeybee as Not available2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Preston Cash2000
Strong Medicine as Harold Jenkins1999
Family Law as Not available1999
Out in Fifty as Cappy1998
Charmed as Zola1998
That '70s Show as Officer Kennedy1998
The Wild Thornberrys as Gorilla (voice)1998
Two Guys and a Girl as Judge1998
The Prince of Egypt as Additional Voices (voice)1998
One World as William Richard1998
You Lucky Dog as Calvin Bridges1998
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years as Self1998
The Advanced Guard as Fred, Captive Security Guard1997
Going Places as Host1997
Spirit Lost as Dr. Glidden1996
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Gor-illa (voice)1996
Sparks as Alonzo Sparks1995
Murder One as Judge Nathaniel Alexander1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Father (voice)1995
The Brady Bunch Movie as Mr. Steve Yeager1995
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale as The Headman1994
Spider-Man as Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)1994
Aladdin as Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)1994
Iron Man as War Machine (voice)1994
A Friend to Die For as Agent Gilwood1994
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die as Chess Player1994
Midnight Ramble as Narrator1993
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers as Fred Derby1993
Little Miss Millions as Agent Noah Hollander1992
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter as Shredder (voice)1991
The Legend of Prince Valiant as Sir Bryant1991
Roc as Dale Hammers1991
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time as Lt. Coberly1991
Shout as Midnight Rider (voice)1991
The Linguini Incident as Phil1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids as Shredder (voice)1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC as Shredder (voice)1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core as Splinter (voice)1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Philip Banks1990
Capital News as Mr. Fairchild1990
To My Daughter as Ian Mellon1989
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal as Earl1989
Roe vs. Wade as Not available1988
American Experience as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)1988
American Experience as Narrator (voice)1988
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo as Count Shockula (voice)1988
License to Drive as Les' DMV examiner1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins as Shredder (voice)1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell as Shredder (voice)1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Shredder (voice)1987
A Different World as The Pin Punisher1987
Timestalkers as Blacksmith1987
Nightflyers as Darryl1987
Deadly Daphne's Revenge as Detective Wood1987
Three for the Road as Clarence1986
L.A. Law as Judge Michael Conover1986
Rambo as Not available1986
The Real Ghostbusters as Killerwatt (voice)1986
8 Million Ways to Die as Deputy D.A.1986
Extremities as Security Guard1986
Condor as Cas1986
The 11th Commandment as Attendant1986
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Hank Dudney1986
Stoogemania as Gulch1986
The Ladies Club as Joe1986
Sunday Drive as Oliver1985
Moonlighting as Reuben King1985
Amazing Stories as Chief Hansen1985
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling as Not available1985
Fletch as Detective #21985
Appointment with Fear as Connors1985
Kicks as Stanley1984
Night Court as Judge Hopkins1984
Brothers as Bubba1984
Going Bananas as Hank1984
Laugh Busters as Not available1983
The A-Team as Quint1983
Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)1983
Antony and Cleopatra as Mardian1980
The Blues Brothers as Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop1980
The Stunt Man as Man Playing Pinball (uncredited)1978
Dallas as Judge J. Fowler