James Avery

Acting

1945-11-27 · 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.

Filmography

Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2014 · Movie

Wish I Was Here

2014 · Movie

Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer

2013 · Movie

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013 · Movie

Stars in Shorts

2012 · Movie

The Problem Solverz

2011 · Series

Harry's Law

2011 · Series

Not Your Time

2010 · Movie

Sherri

2009 · Series

Steppin: The Movie

2009 · Movie

Divine Intervention

2008 · Movie

Eli Stone

2008 · Series

Who's Your Caddy?

2007 · Movie

Danika

2006 · Movie

Think Tank

2006 · Movie

The Closer

2005 · Series

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

2005 · Movie

Wheelmen

2005 · Movie

The Third Wish

2005 · Movie

Living with Fran

2005 · Series

Grey's Anatomy

2005 · Series

Lethal Eviction

2005 · Movie

Hair Show

2004 · Movie

Raise Your Voice

2004 · Movie

That's So Raven

2003 · Series

Nancy Drew

2002 · Movie

Epoch

2001 · Movie

Reba

2001 · Series

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001 · Series

Philly

2001 · Series

Crossing Jordan

2001 · Series

The Proud Family

2001 · Series

The Legend of Tarzan

2001 · Series

The Nightmare Room

2001 · Series

The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For

2001 · Movie

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001 · Movie

Honeybee

2001 · Movie

Dancing in September

2001 · Movie

The Division

2001 · Series

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 · Series

Girlfriends

2000 · Series

Strong Medicine

2000 · Series

Family Law

1999 · Series

Out in Fifty

1999 · Movie

The Prince of Egypt

1998 · Movie

Charmed

1998 · Series

One World

1998 · Series

The Wild Thornberrys

1998 · Series

That '70s Show

1998 · Series

You Lucky Dog

1998 · Movie

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

1998 · Movie

The Advanced Guard

1998 · Movie

Two Guys and a Girl

1998 · Series

Spirit Lost

1997 · Movie

Going Places

1997 · Series

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys

1996 · Series

The Jamie Foxx Show

1996 · Series

Sparks

1996 · Series

Murder One

1995 · Series

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995 · Series

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

1995 · Movie

The Brady Bunch Movie

1995 · Movie

Spider-Man

1994 · Series

Midnight Ramble

1994 · Movie

Gargoyles

1994 · Series

Iron Man

1994 · Series

A Friend to Die For

1994 · Movie

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

1994 · Movie

Duckman

1994 · Series

Aladdin

1994 · Series

Little Miss Millions

1993 · Movie

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

1993 · Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter

1992 · Movie

Shout

1991 · Movie

The Legend of Prince Valiant

1991 · Series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids

1991 · Movie

Roc

1991 · Series

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

1991 · Movie

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

1991 · Movie

The Linguini Incident

1991 · Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC

1991 · Movie

To My Daughter

1990 · Movie

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990 · Series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop

1990 · Movie

Capital News

1990 · Series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead

1990 · Movie

Turn Back the Clock

1989 · Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles

1989 · Movie

Family Matters

1989 · Series

Roe vs. Wade

1989 · Movie

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

1989 · Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins

1988 · Movie

American Experience

1988 · Series

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

1988 · Series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell

1988 · Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers

1988 · Movie

License to Drive

1988 · Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1987 · Series

Deadly Daphne's Revenge

1987 · Movie

Nightflyers

1987 · Movie

Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Series

A Different World

1987 · Series

Three for the Road

1987 · Movie

Timestalkers

1987 · Movie

Sunday Drive

1986 · Movie

L.A. Law

1986 · Series

The Real Ghostbusters

1986 · Series

Extremities

1986 · Movie

Condor

1986 · Movie

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1986 · Movie

8 Million Ways to Die

1986 · Movie

Rambo: The Force of Freedom

1986 · Series

The Ladies Club

1986 · Movie

The 11th Commandment

1986 · Movie

Appointment with Fear

1985 · Movie

Stoogemania

1985 · Movie

Amazing Stories

1985 · Series

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

1985 · Series

Fletch

1985 · Movie

Kicks

1985 · Movie

Moonlighting

1985 · Series

Going Bananas

1984 · Series

Laugh Busters

1984 · Movie

Brothers

1984 · Series

Night Court

1984 · Series

Reading Rainbow

1983 · Series

The A-Team

1983 · Series

Antony and Cleopatra

1983 · Movie

St. Elsewhere

1982 · Series

Newhart

1982 · Series

The Stunt Man

1980 · Movie

The Blues Brothers

1980 · Movie

Dallas

1978 · Series