James Avery

Acting · 1.7 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013
From: 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.

Works

73 films

The Prince of Egypt

19987.3

The Blues Brothers

19807.7

Dr. Dolittle 2

20015.3

Fletch

19856.7

The Brady Bunch Movie

19956.1

License to Drive

19886.6

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

20137.0

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

20057.0

Raise Your Voice

20046.5

Extremities

19866.2

The Ladies Club

19865.5

Danika

20065.1

8 Million Ways to Die

19865.5

Wish I Was Here

20146.5

Shout

19915.8

Epoch

20014.7

Who's Your Caddy?

20073.4

Nightflyers

19874.7

The Stunt Man

19806.6

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

20147.4

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

19914.7

Spirit Lost

19973.0

Out in Fifty

19993.7

Stoogemania

19853.0

Roe vs. Wade

19896.0

Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer

20135.2

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

19868.0

Turn Back the Clock

19895.8

Timestalkers

19875.4

Honeybee

20013.0

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

19946.8

A Friend to Die For

19946.3

Antony and Cleopatra

19836.5

Steppin: The Movie

20094.3

You Lucky Dog

19985.6

The Linguini Incident

19916.6

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

19936.5

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

19894.8

To My Daughter

19908.0

Hair Show

20045.5

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

19955.5

Not Your Time

20101.0

Condor

19865.7

Dancing in September

20016.5

Stars in Shorts

20126.0

Three for the Road

19875.9

Appointment with Fear

19852.6

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

1998

The Advanced Guard

19984.0

Wheelmen

20057.0

Nancy Drew

20025.8

The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For

2001

The 11th Commandment

19864.4

Little Miss Millions

19935.4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead

1990

Lethal Eviction

20055.2

Kicks

19856.3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles

1989

Deadly Daphne's Revenge

19873.6

Sunday Drive

198610.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins

19887.3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers

1988

Midnight Ramble

19947.3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids

19916.4

Think Tank

20063.7

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell

19887.1

The Third Wish

20053.3

Divine Intervention

20081.0

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

19918.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC

1991

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter

19928.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop

1990

Laugh Busters

1984