Roger Ebert
Biography
Roger Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize winning film critic, journalist, and screenwriter. Described by Forbes magazine as the "most powerful pundit in America", Ebert was the first film critic to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well as a Pulitzer Prize. Ebert's began his criticizing career in 1967 as a critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and later gained national recognition co-hosting a number of shows with Gene Siskel in which they coined the 'thumbs up- thumbs down' style of reviewing. Following Siskel's 1999 death Ebert continued to host "And The Movies" with Richard Roeper until 2006 when he stopped appearing due to developing Thyroid cancer. Complications from the cancer ended up taking much of his tongue and jaw, forcing Ebert to undergo massive reconstruction surgery and speak with the help of a computer program (which was configured with his own voice due to the volume of recorded spoken language from Ebert's TV show). He continued to write reviews for his website later in life. On April 3rd, 2013 announced his cancer had returned and he would be taking a "leave of presence", lowering the amount he would be writing and only reviewing films he wanted to review. Ebert succumbed to his cancer the next day, April 4th, 2013. The balcony is closed.
Personal Details
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Movies (42)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
2025
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
as Self
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2020
Howard
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Burden
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Life Itself
as Self - Film Critic
2014
The Thinking Molecules of Titan
Short Story (Writing)
2014
Don't You Forget About Me
as Self
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
as Self
2009
Cannes: All Access
as Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
as Self
2007
Dead Teenager Movie
as Self
2006
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
as Self
2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
as Self
2006
The Outsider
as Self
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
2005
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self
2004
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
as Self
2004
Abby Singer
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
as Self - Film Critic
2003
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
2003
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
2002
All the Love You Cannes!
as Self
2002
Mysteries of Love
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
as Himself
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self
2001
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
2000
Welcome to Hollywood
as Roger Ebert
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
1999
Junket Whore
as Self
1998
Independent's Day
as Self
1998
Pitch
as Self
1997
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self - Host
1995
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self(segment "Monster in the Mirror")
1993
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
1991
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
as Roger Ebert
1991
