Actor-Profile

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.

Porsonal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-11-27

Place of birth

Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA

Social Handle

0.0

Sunday Drive

1986-11-30

4.6

Epoch

2001-11-24

5.3

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001-06-22

0.0

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1986-05-19

7.3

The Prince of Egypt

1998-12-16

6.0

Kicks

1985-03-11

6.6

License to Drive

1988-07-06

6.5

Raise Your Voice

2004-08-10

0.0

To My Daughter

1990-11-26

6.2

A Friend to Die For

1994-09-24

5.8

Shout

1991-10-04

4.3

Nightflyers

1987-10-23

2.2

The Third Wish

2005-04-22

8.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter

1992-03-04

0.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC

1991-01-10

5.3

Timestalkers

1987-03-10

3.4

The Advanced Guard

1998-03-21

5.1

Condor

1986-08-10

1.0

Divine Intervention

2008-03-25

6.4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids

1991-08-31

7.1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell

1988-08-11

5.8

Three for the Road

1987-04-10

7.3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins

1988-11-11

0.0

Wheelmen

2005-06-03

2.0

Spirit Lost

1997-03-24

6.9

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013-04-20

6.5

Dancing in September

2001-02-03

4.0

Antony and Cleopatra

1983-01-01

5.2

Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer

2013-08-03

4.5

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

1991-06-08

5.3

Little Miss Millions

1993-11-27

2.8

Out in Fifty

1999-06-22

6.6

The Linguini Incident

1991-05-01

3.4

Who's Your Caddy?

2007-07-27

0.0

Laugh Busters

1984-09-01

1.0

Not Your Time

2010-09-24

0.0

Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years

1998-04-11

7.7

The Blues Brothers

1980-06-16

6.3

Roe vs. Wade

1989-05-15

2.0

Appointment with Fear

1985-10-25

6.1

The Brady Bunch Movie

1995-02-16

4.8

Lethal Eviction

2005-03-10

6.0

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

1991-08-15

7.0

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

2005-06-07

6.1

Extremities

1986-08-22

6.0

Stars in Shorts

2012-09-28

0.0

The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For

2001-08-31

5.5

You Lucky Dog

1998-06-27

7.0

Midnight Ramble

1994-10-26

4.2

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

1989-02-05

5.2

The Ladies Club

1986-04-01

5.6

Nancy Drew

2002-12-15

1.0

Honeybee

2001-06-12

3.2

Deadly Daphne's Revenge

1987-11-01

6.7

Fletch

1985-05-31

5.4

8 Million Ways to Die

1986-04-25

5.2

Hair Show

2004-10-17

1.5

Think Tank

2006-04-21

6.6

The Stunt Man

1980-06-27

3.0

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

1993-05-26

3.8

The 11th Commandment

1986-03-25

4.3

Steppin: The Movie

2009-05-19

5.1

Danika

2006-06-10

2.2

Stoogemania

1985-10-18

6.8

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

1994-05-06

2.0

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

1995-02-25

6.5

Wish I Was Here

2014-07-18

5.6

Turn Back the Clock

1989-11-20

0.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Shredhead

1990-03-15

0.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop

1990-06-20

0.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers

1988-08-11

0.0

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles

1989-10-05