James Avery

Explore James Avery's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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 (2014)
• Wish I Was Here (2014)
• Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
• Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
• Stars in Shorts (2012)
• Not Your Time (2010)
• Steppin: The Movie (2009)
• Divine Intervention (2008)
• Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
• Danika (2006)
• Think Tank (2006)
• Spider-Man: The Venom Saga (2005)
• Wheelmen (2005)
• The Third Wish (2005)
• Lethal Eviction (2005)
• Hair Show (2004)
• Raise Your Voice (2004)
• Nancy Drew (2002)
• Epoch (2001)
• The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For (2001)
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
• Honeybee (2001)
• Dancing in September (2001)
• Out in Fifty (1999)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• You Lucky Dog (1998)
• Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years (1998)
• The Advanced Guard (1998)
• Spirit Lost (1997)
• Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
• Midnight Ramble (1994)
• A Friend to Die For (1994)
• Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994)
• Little Miss Millions (1993)
• Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter (1992)
• Shout (1991)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids (1991)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core (1991)
• Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
• The Linguini Incident (1991)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC (1991)
• To My Daughter (1990)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop (1990)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead (1990)
• Turn Back the Clock (1989)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles (1989)
• Roe vs. Wade (1989)
• Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal (1989)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins (1988)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell (1988)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers (1988)
• License to Drive (1988)
• Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)
• Nightflyers (1987)
• Three for the Road (1987)
• Timestalkers (1987)
• Sunday Drive (1986)
• Extremities (1986)
• Condor (1986)
• Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
• 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
• The Ladies Club (1986)
• The 11th Commandment (1986)
• Appointment with Fear (1985)
• Stoogemania (1985)
• Fletch (1985)
• Kicks (1985)
• Laugh Busters (1984)
• Antony and Cleopatra (1983)
• The Stunt Man (1980)
• The Blues Brothers (1980)