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.
Movie | Wish I Was Here | Audition Actor #2 | 2014-07-18 |
Movie | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Beckett | 2013-04-20 |
Movie | Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer | Judge Parsons | 2013-08-03 |
Movie | Stars In Shorts | Haig | 2012-09-28 |
Movie | Not Your Time | Haig | 2010-09-24 |
Movie | Steppin : The Movie | The Chancellor | 2009-05-19 |
Series | Sherri | Redmond | 2009-10-05 |
Movie | Divine Intervention | Rev. Matthews | 2008-03-25 |
Movie | Who's Your Caddy? | Caddy Mack | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | Think Tank | Uncle John | 2006-04-21 |
Movie | Danika | Teddy Johnson | 2006-06-10 |
Movie | Lethal Eviction | Gus Winter | 2005-03-10 |
Series | Living with Fran | Unknown | 2005-04-08 |
Movie | Wheelmen | Vice President | 2005-06-03 |
Movie | The Third Wish | George | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | Raise Your Voice | Mr. Gantry | 2004-08-10 |
Movie | Hair Show | Seymour Gold | 2004-10-17 |
Movie | Nancy Drew | Prof. Shifflin | 2002-12-15 |
Movie | Honeybee | 2001-06-12 | |
Movie | Dancing in September | Mr. Warner | 2001-02-03 |
Movie | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Eldon | 2001-06-22 |
Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | Unknown | 2001-09-26 |
Movie | Epoch | Dr. Solomon Holt | 2001-11-24 |
Series | The Nightmare Room | R.L. Stine | 2001-08-31 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Out in Fifty | Cappy | 1999-06-22 |
Movie | You Lucky Dog | Calvin Bridges | 1998-06-27 |
Movie | The Advanced Guard | Fred, Captive Security Guard | 1998-03-21 |
Movie | The Prince of Egypt | Additional Voices (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
Movie | Spirit Lost | Dr. Glidden | 1997-03-24 |
Series | Sparks | Alonzo Sparks | 1996-08-26 |
Series | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Gor-illa (voice) | 1996-09-07 |
Movie | Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die | Chess Player | 1994-05-06 |
Series | Aladdin | Haroud Hazi Bin | 1994-02-06 |
Series | Spider-Man | Unknown | 1994-11-19 |
Movie | A Friend to Die For | Agent Gilwood | 1994-09-24 |
Movie | Little Miss Millions | Agent Noah Hollander | 1993-11-27 |
Movie | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Lt. Coberly | 1991-06-08 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids | Shredder (voice) | 1991-08-31 |
Movie | The Linguini Incident | Phil | 1991-05-01 |
Series | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Bryant | 1991-09-03 |
Movie | Shout | Midnight Rider (voice) | 1991-10-04 |
Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Philip Banks | 1990-09-10 |
Movie | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Earl | 1989-02-05 |
Movie | Roe vs. Wade | 1989-05-15 | |
Movie | License to Drive | Les' DMV examiner | 1988-07-06 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell | Shredder (voice) | 1988-08-11 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins | Shredder (voice) | 1988-11-11 |
Movie | Timestalkers | Blacksmith | 1987-03-10 |
Movie | Three for the Road | Clarence | 1987-04-10 |
Movie | Deadly Daphne's Revenge | Detective Wood | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Nightflyers | Darryl | 1987-10-23 |
Series | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Shredder (Voice) | 1987-12-14 |
Movie | The Ladies Club | Joe | 1986-04-01 |
Movie | Stoogemania | Gulch | 1986-01-01 |
Series | Rambo | 1986-04-14 | |
Movie | Fist of the North Star | Fang (1991) (voice: English version) | 1986-03-08 |
Movie | The 11th Commandment | Attendant | 1986-03-25 |
Movie | 8 Million Ways to Die | Deputy D.A. | 1986-04-25 |
Movie | Sunday Drive | Oliver | 1986-11-30 |
Movie | Extremities | Security Guard | 1986-08-22 |
Movie | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Hank Dudney | 1986-05-19 |
Movie | Condor | Cas | 1986-08-10 |
Movie | Fletch | Detective #2 | 1985-05-31 |
Movie | Kicks | Stanley | 1985-03-11 |
Series | Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling | 1985-09-14 | |
Movie | Appointment with Fear | Connors | 1985-10-25 |
Series | Going Bananas | Hank | 1984-09-15 |
Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Mardian | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | The Blues Brothers | Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop | 1980-06-16 |
Movie | The Stunt Man | Man Playing Pinball (uncredited) | 1980-06-27 |