James Avery
Actor
Born November 27, 1945 in 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
Self
Wish I Was Here
Audition Actor #2
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
Judge Parsons
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Dr. Beckett
Stars in Shorts
Haig
The Problem Solverz
Ninja Master Head (voice)
Harry's Law
Fred Billings
Not Your Time
Haig
Sherri
Redmond
Steppin: The Movie
The Chancellor
Divine Intervention
Rev. Matthews
Eli Stone
Mason Andrews
Who's Your Caddy?
Caddy Mack
Danika
Teddy Johnson
Think Tank
Uncle John
The Closer
Dr. Crippen
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Jim Rhodes / War Machine
Wheelmen
Vice President
The Third Wish
George
Living with Fran
Grey's Anatomy
Sam
Lethal Eviction
Gus Winter
Hair Show
Seymour Gold
Raise Your Voice
Mr. Gantry
That's So Raven
Presto Jones
Nancy Drew
Prof. Shifflin
Epoch
Dr. Solomon Holt
Reba
Judge Samuel Bennett
Star Trek: Enterprise
General K'Vagh
Philly
Dean Mark Clivner
Crossing Jordan
Dr. Erkhart
The Proud Family
Crandall Smythe (voice)
The Legend of Tarzan
Keewazi (voice)
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
R.L. Stine
The Nightmare Room
R.L. Stine
Dr. Dolittle 2
Eldon
Dancing in September
Mr. Warner
The Division
Charles Haysbert
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Preston Cash
Girlfriends
Dr. Couch
Strong Medicine
Harold Jenkins
Family Law
Out in Fifty
Cappy
The Prince of Egypt
Additional Voices (voice)
Charmed
Zola
One World
William Richard
The Wild Thornberrys
Gorilla (voice)
That '70s Show
Officer Kennedy
You Lucky Dog
Calvin Bridges
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
Self
The Advanced Guard
Fred, Captive Security Guard
Two Guys and a Girl
Judge
Spirit Lost
Dr. Glidden
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Gor-illa (voice)
The Jamie Foxx Show
Reverend
Sparks
Alonzo Sparks
Murder One
Judge Nathaniel Alexander
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Father (voice)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
The Headman
The Brady Bunch Movie
Mr. Steve Yeager
Spider-Man
Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)
Midnight Ramble
Narrator
Gargoyles
The Shaman (voice)
A Friend to Die For
Agent Gilwood
Iron Man
War Machine (voice)
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Chess Player
Duckman
School Policeman (voice)
Aladdin
Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)
Little Miss Millions
Agent Noah Hollander
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Fred Derby
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
Shredder (voice)
Shout
Midnight Rider (voice)
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Sir Bryant (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
Shredder (voice)
Roc
Dale Hammers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
Splinter (voice)
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Lt. Coberly
The Linguini Incident
Phil
To My Daughter
Ian Mellon
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Philip Banks
Capital News
Mr. Fairchild
Turn Back the Clock
Fred (uncredited)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
Shredder (voice)
Family Matters
(uncredited)
FM
Quentin Lamoreaux
Roe vs. Wade
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
Earl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
Shredder (voice)
American Experience
Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Count Shockula (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
Shredder (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers
Shredder (voice)
License to Drive
Les' DMV examiner
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Shredder (voice)
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
Detective Wood
Nightflyers
Darryl
Beauty and the Beast
Winslow
A Different World
The Pin Punisher
Three for the Road
Clarence
Timestalkers
Blacksmith
Sunday Drive
Oliver
L.A. Law
Judge Michael Conover
The Real Ghostbusters
Killerwatt (voice)
Extremities
Security Guard
Condor
Cas
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Hank Dudney
8 Million Ways to Die
Deputy D.A.
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
The Ladies Club
Joe
The 11th Commandment
Attendant
Appointment with Fear
Connors
Stoogemania
Gulch
Amazing Stories
Chief Hansen
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
(voice)
Fletch
Detective #2
Kicks
Stanley
Moonlighting
Reuben King
Going Bananas
Hank
Laugh Busters
Brothers
Bubba
Night Court
Judge Hopkins
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The A-Team
Quint
Antony and Cleopatra
Mardian
St. Elsewhere
Man in E.R.
Newhart
Construction Worker
The Stunt Man
Diner Patron (uncredited)
The Blues Brothers
Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop
Dallas
Judge J. Fowler