James Avery
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.
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Movies (26)
Wish I Was Here
as Audition Actor #2
2014
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
as Judge Parsons
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Dr. Beckett
2013
Stars In Shorts
as Haig
2012
Not Your Time
as Haig
2010
Steppin: The Movie
as The Chancellor
2009
Divine Intervention
as Rev. Matthews
2008
Who's Your Caddy?
as Caddy Mack
2007
Danika
as Teddy Johnson
2006
Think Tank
as Uncle John
2006
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as Jim Rhodes / War Machine
2005
Wheelmen
as Vice President
2005
The Third Wish
as George
2005
Lethal Eviction
as Gus Winter
2005
Hair Show
as Seymour Gold
2004
Raise Your Voice
as Mr. Gantry
2004
Nancy Drew
as Prof. Shifflin
2002
Epoch
as Dr. Solomon Holt
2001
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
as R.L. Stine
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Eldon
2001
Honeybee
2001
Dancing in September
as Mr. Warner
2001
Out in Fifty
as Cappy
1999
The Prince of Egypt
as Additional Voices (voice)
1998
You Lucky Dog
as Calvin Bridges
1998
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
as Self
1998
TV Shows (24)
The Problem Solverz
as Ninja Master Head (voice)
2011
Harry's Law
as Fred Billings
2011
Sherri
as Redmond
2009
Eli Stone
as Mason Andrews
2008
The Closer
as Dr. Crippen
2005
Living with Fran
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Sam
2005
That's So Raven
as Presto Jones
2003
Reba
as Judge Samuel Bennett
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
as General K'Vagh
2001
Philly
as Dean Mark Clivner
2001
Crossing Jordan
as Dr. Erkhart
2001
The Proud Family
as Crandall Smythe (voice)
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
as (voice)
2001
The Nightmare Room
as R.L. Stine
2001
The Division
as Charles Haysbert
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Preston Cash
2000
Girlfriends
as Dr. Couch
2000
Strong Medicine
as Harold Jenkins
2000
Family Law
1999
Charmed
as Zola
1998
One World
as William Richard
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
as Gorilla (voice)
1998
That '70s Show
as Officer Kennedy
1998