James Avery
Acting
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.
As actor 134
Grey's Anatomy
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Dallas
1978
The Closer
2005
Charmed
1998
Crossing Jordan
2001
The A-Team
1983
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Newhart
1982
That '70s Show
1998
L.A. Law
1986
Spider-Man
1994
Family Matters
1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987
Strong Medicine
2000
American Experience
1988
Night Court
1984
Girlfriends
2000
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Aladdin
1994
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
St. Elsewhere
1982
Gargoyles
1994
Moonlighting
1985
A Different World
1987
The Division
2001
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
That's So Raven
2003
The Real Ghostbusters
1986
Duckman
1994
Reba
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
Family Law
1999
Amazing Stories
1985
The Proud Family
2001
Brothers
1984
Murder One
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986
The Prince of Egypt
1998
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
Harry's Law
2011
Reading Rainbow
1983
Eli Stone
2008
The Blues Brothers
1980
Iron Man
1994
One World
1998
Roc
1991
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
1988
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Living with Fran
2005
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
The Nightmare Room
2001
Philly
2001
The Problem Solverz
2011
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
1985
Sparks
1996
Fletch
1985
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Capital News
1990
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
License to Drive
1988
Raise Your Voice
2004
The Stunt Man
1980
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
Timestalkers
1987
Danika
2006
Sherri
2009
Epoch
2001
Wish I Was Here
2014
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Extremities
1986
Nightflyers
1987
FM
1989
Out in Fifty
1999
Shout
1991
A Friend to Die For
1994
Stoogemania
1985
Roe vs. Wade
1989
Sunday Drive
1986
The Ladies Club
1986
You Lucky Dog
1998
Going Bananas
1984
Honeybee
2001
The Third Wish
2005
Lethal Eviction
2005
Not Your Time
2010
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
1991
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
Hair Show
2004
Spirit Lost
1997
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
The Linguini Incident
1991
Condor
1986
Stars in Shorts
2012
Three for the Road
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers
1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
1988
Wheelmen
2005
Appointment with Fear
1985
Little Miss Millions
1993
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
1988
The Advanced Guard
1998
Nancy Drew
2002
To My Daughter
1990
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995
Turn Back the Clock
1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
1989
Going Places
1997
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
1992
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead
1990
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
2001
Kicks
1985
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
2013
Divine Intervention
2008
Antony and Cleopatra
1983
Steppin: The Movie
2009
Dancing in September
2001
Laugh Busters
1984
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
1991
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993
Think Tank
2006
The 11th Commandment
1986
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
1991
Midnight Ramble
1994
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994