James Avery

James Avery

b. 1945 — d. 2013 (aged 68) Atlantic City - New Jersey - USA

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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.

Known For

Fletch

License to Drive

License to Drive

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Raise Your Voice

Raise Your Voice

Filmography

Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood

Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood

Wish I Was Here

Wish I Was Here

Audition Actor #2

Go, Bolivia, Go!

Commissioner Morocco

24th Annual Heroes and Legends Awards

Things We Do for Love

Let the Game Begin

Let the Game Begin

Not Your Time

The Grind

Steppin: The Movie

Steppin: The Movie

Sherri

His Good Will

Directors on Directing 2: The Story of the Storytellers

Antonia Pantoja ¡Presente!

Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention

2007 Trumpet Awards

Nobody's Watching

Nobody's Watching

Think Tank

Restraining Order

Restraining Order

Judge Sanderson

Judge Sanderson

Chabad Telethon

2006 LA Area Emmy Awards

Lethal Eviction

Lethal Eviction

The Third Wish

Wheelmen

BET Awards 2005

A History of Black Achievement in America

Narrator - Host

A Christmas Wish

The New American Sportsman

The Guerrero Project

The Guerrero Project

Nancy Drew

Prof. Duke Shifflin

The 4th Annual Family Television Awards

2002 Trumpet Awards

Dr. Dolittle 2

Epoch

Dr. Solomon Holt

The Nightmare Room

The Nightmare Room

Honeybee

Chasing Sunsets

Dancing in September

Dancing in September

Street Smarts

Out in Fifty

King's Pawn

After Romeo

68th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade

You Lucky Dog

The Advanced Guard

The Advanced Guard

Fred, Captive Security Guard

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

Going Places

Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys

Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys

Sparks

Spirit Lost

It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview

Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3

Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Groom

64th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade

Aladdin

Haroud Hazi Bin

Death of a Cheerleader

Death of a Cheerleader

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

Ebony's 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards

9th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards

Little Miss Millions

Little Miss Millions

Agent Noah Hollander

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

The Linguini Incident

The Linguini Incident

The Legend of Prince Valiant

The Legend of Prince Valiant

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

To My Daughter

The Karate Kid

Additional Characters

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

The More You Know

Quentin Lamoreaux

Harlan Sinclair

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Timestalkers

Nightflyers

Three for the Road

Three for the Road

Deadly Daphne's Revenge

Deadly Daphne's Revenge

Rambo

The Eleventh Commandment

The Eleventh Commandment

Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos

Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos

Additional Voices

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

The Young Astronauts

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

Condor

Kicks

Going Bananas

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

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