James Avery
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-11-27
Place of Birth
Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
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.
Also Known For
Sunday Drive
Nov 30, 1986
Epoch
Nov 24, 2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
Jun 22, 2001
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
May 19, 1986
The Prince of Egypt
Dec 16, 1998
Kicks
Mar 11, 1985
License to Drive
Jul 06, 1988
Raise Your Voice
Aug 10, 2004
To My Daughter
Nov 26, 1990
A Friend to Die For
Sep 24, 1994
Shout
Oct 04, 1991
Nightflyers
Oct 23, 1987
The Third Wish
Apr 22, 2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
Jan 10, 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
Mar 04, 1992
Timestalkers
Mar 10, 1987
The Advanced Guard
Mar 21, 1998
Condor
Aug 10, 1986
Divine Intervention
Mar 25, 2008
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
Aug 31, 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
Aug 11, 1988
Three for the Road
Apr 10, 1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
Nov 11, 1988
Wheelmen
Jun 03, 2005
Spirit Lost
Mar 24, 1997
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Apr 20, 2013
Dancing in September
Feb 03, 2001
Antony and Cleopatra
Jan 01, 1983
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
Aug 03, 2013
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Jun 08, 1991
Little Miss Millions
Nov 27, 1993
Out in Fifty
Jun 22, 1999
The Linguini Incident
May 01, 1991
Who's Your Caddy?
Jul 27, 2007
Laugh Busters
Sep 01, 1984
Not Your Time
Sep 24, 2010
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
Apr 11, 1998
The Blues Brothers
Jun 16, 1980
Roe vs. Wade
May 15, 1989
Appointment with Fear
Oct 25, 1985
The Brady Bunch Movie
Feb 16, 1995
Lethal Eviction
Mar 10, 2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
Aug 15, 1991
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Jun 07, 2005
Extremities
Aug 22, 1986
Stars In Shorts
Sep 28, 2012
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
Aug 31, 2001
You Lucky Dog
Jun 27, 1998
Midnight Ramble
Oct 26, 1994
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
Feb 05, 1989
The Ladies Club
Apr 01, 1986
Nancy Drew
Dec 15, 2002
Honeybee
Jun 12, 2001
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
Nov 01, 1987
Fletch
May 31, 1985
8 Million Ways to Die
Apr 25, 1986
Hair Show
Oct 17, 2004
Think Tank
Apr 21, 2006
The Stunt Man
Jun 27, 1980
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
May 26, 1993
The 11th Commandment
Mar 25, 1986
Steppin: The Movie
May 19, 2009
Danika
Jun 10, 2006
Stoogemania
Oct 18, 1985
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
May 06, 1994
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Feb 25, 1995
Wish I Was Here
Jul 18, 2014
Turn Back the Clock
Nov 20, 1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Shredhead
Mar 15, 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
Jun 20, 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Dec 14, 1987
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Sep 03, 1991
Living with Fran
Apr 08, 2005
Star Trek: Enterprise
Sep 26, 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Oct 06, 2000
Sparks
Aug 26, 1996
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Apr 14, 1986
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Sep 07, 1996
Dallas
Apr 02, 1978
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
Sep 14, 1985
Sherri
Oct 05, 2009
The Legend of Tarzan
Sep 03, 2001
The Legend of Tarzan
Sep 03, 2001
The Wild Thornberrys
Sep 01, 1998
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Sep 10, 1990
Amazing Stories
Sep 29, 1985
Going Bananas
Sep 15, 1984
Aladdin
Feb 06, 1994
Reading Rainbow
Jun 06, 1983
American Experience
Oct 04, 1988
American Experience
Oct 04, 1988
Roc
Aug 25, 1991
One World
Sep 12, 1998
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mar 12, 1995
A Different World
Sep 24, 1987
Moonlighting
Mar 03, 1985
Murder One
Sep 20, 1995
The A-Team
Jan 23, 1983
Iron Man
Sep 24, 1994
Spider-Man
Nov 19, 1994
The Proud Family
Sep 15, 2001
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Sep 10, 1988
Philly
Sep 25, 2001
Grey's Anatomy
Mar 27, 2005
The Nightmare Room
Aug 31, 2001
Night Court
Jan 04, 1984
Brothers
Jul 13, 1984
The Real Ghostbusters
Sep 13, 1986
Eli Stone
Jan 31, 2008
Going Places
Jan 03, 1997
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
Strong Medicine
Jul 23, 2000
That's So Raven
Jan 17, 2003
The Closer
Jun 13, 2005
Charmed
Oct 07, 1998
Crossing Jordan
Sep 24, 2001
Capital News
Apr 09, 1990
That '70s Show
Aug 23, 1998
Family Law
Sep 20, 1999
Two Guys and a Girl
Mar 10, 1998
Gargoyles
Oct 24, 1994
Harry's Law
Jan 17, 2011
The Division
Jan 07, 2001
The Jamie Foxx Show
Aug 28, 1996
Duckman
Mar 05, 1994
Duckman
Mar 05, 1994
Reba
Oct 05, 2001
Girlfriends
Sep 11, 2000
