James Avery
Actor

James Avery

4 Movies
2 TV Shows
6 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 6
Birthday November 27, 1945 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
Also Known As James La Rue Avery, James Avery Jr., James L. Avery, James LaRue Avery
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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.

Filmography (134)

Wish I Was Here 2014
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film 2013
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer 2013
Stars in Shorts 2012
Harry's Law 2011
The Problem Solverz 2011
Not Your Time 2010
Steppin: The Movie 2009
Sherri 2009
Divine Intervention 2008
Eli Stone 2008
Who's Your Caddy? 2007
Think Tank 2006
Danika 2006
The Third Wish 2005
Wheelmen 2005
Lethal Eviction 2005
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga 2005
Living with Fran 2005
Grey's Anatomy 2005
The Closer 2005
Raise Your Voice 2004
Hair Show 2004
That's So Raven 2003
Nancy Drew 2002
Epoch 2001
Dr. Dolittle 2 2001
Dancing in September 2001
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For 2001
Honeybee 2001
Star Trek: Enterprise 2001
The Legend of Tarzan 2001
The Proud Family 2001
Philly 2001
The Nightmare Room 2001
Crossing Jordan 2001
The Division 2001
Reba 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000
Strong Medicine 2000
Girlfriends 2000
Out in Fifty 1999
Family Law 1999
The Prince of Egypt 1998
The Advanced Guard 1998
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years 1998
You Lucky Dog 1998
The Wild Thornberrys 1998
One World 1998
Charmed 1998
That '70s Show 1998
Two Guys and a Girl 1998
Spirit Lost 1997
Going Places 1997
Sparks 1996
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys 1996
The Jamie Foxx Show 1996
The Brady Bunch Movie 1995
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995
Murder One 1995
A Friend to Die For 1994
Midnight Ramble 1994
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die 1994
Aladdin 1994
Iron Man 1994
Spider-Man 1994
Gargoyles 1994
Duckman 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: Attack of the Big MACC 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids 1991
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time 1991
The Linguini Incident 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core 1991
The Legend of Prince Valiant 1991
Roc 1991
To My Daughter 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop 1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990
Capital News 1990
Roe vs. Wade 1989
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal 1989
Turn Back the Clock 1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles 1989
Family Matters 1989
FM 1989
License to Drive 1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell 1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins 1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers 1988
American Experience 1988
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo 1988
Nightflyers 1987
Timestalkers 1987
Three for the Road 1987
Deadly Daphne's Revenge 1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
A Different World 1987
Beauty and the Beast 1987
Sunday Drive 1986
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story 1986
Condor 1986
Extremities 1986
The Ladies Club 1986
8 Million Ways to Die 1986
The 11th Commandment 1986
Rambo: The Force of Freedom 1986
The Real Ghostbusters 1986
L.A. Law 1986
Kicks 1985
Appointment with Fear 1985
Fletch 1985
Stoogemania 1985
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling 1985
Amazing Stories 1985
Moonlighting 1985
Laugh Busters 1984
Going Bananas 1984
Night Court 1984
Brothers 1984
Antony and Cleopatra 1983
Reading Rainbow 1983
The A-Team 1983
Newhart 1982
St. Elsewhere 1982
The Blues Brothers 1980
The Stunt Man 1980
Dallas 1978