Birthday:
Nov 27, 1945
Place of Birth: Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
Place of Birth: Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
James Avery
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday Drive | Oliver | 1986 |
| Epoch | Dr. Solomon Holt | 2001 |
| Dr. Dolittle 2 | Eldon | 2001 |
| Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Hank Dudney | 1986 |
| The Prince of Egypt | Additional Voices (voice) | 1998 |
| Kicks | Stanley | 1985 |
| License to Drive | Les' DMV examiner | 1988 |
| Raise Your Voice | Mr. Gantry | 2004 |
| To My Daughter | Ian Mellon | 1990 |
| A Friend to Die For | Agent Gilwood | 1994 |
| Shout | Midnight Rider (voice) | 1991 |
| Nightflyers | Darryl | 1987 |
| The Third Wish | George | 2005 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC | Shredder (voice) | 1991 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter | Shredder (voice) | 1992 |
| Timestalkers | Blacksmith | 1987 |
| The Advanced Guard | Fred, Captive Security Guard | 1998 |
| Condor | Cas | 1986 |
| Divine Intervention | Rev. Matthews | 2008 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids | Shredder (voice) | 1991 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell | Shredder (voice) | 1988 |
| Three for the Road | Clarence | 1987 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins | Shredder (voice) | 1988 |
| Wheelmen | Vice President | 2005 |
| Spirit Lost | Dr. Glidden | 1997 |
| Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Beckett | 2013 |
| Dancing in September | Mr. Warner | 2001 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Mardian | 1983 |
| Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer | Judge Parsons | 2013 |
| Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Lt. Coberly | 1991 |
| Little Miss Millions | Agent Noah Hollander | 1993 |
| Out in Fifty | Cappy | 1999 |
| The Linguini Incident | Phil | 1991 |
| Who's Your Caddy? | Caddy Mack | 2007 |
| Laugh Busters | 1984 | |
| Not Your Time | Haig | 2010 |
| Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years | Self | 1998 |
| The Blues Brothers | Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop | 1980 |
| Roe vs. Wade | 1989 | |
| Appointment with Fear | Connors | 1985 |
| The Brady Bunch Movie | Mr. Steve Yeager | 1995 |
| Lethal Eviction | Gus Winter | 2005 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core | Splinter (voice) | 1991 |
| Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | Jim Rhodes / War Machine | 2005 |
| Extremities | Security Guard | 1986 |
| Stars In Shorts | Haig | 2012 |
| The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For | R.L. Stine | 2001 |
| You Lucky Dog | Calvin Bridges | 1998 |
| Midnight Ramble | Narrator | 1994 |
| Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Earl | 1989 |
| The Ladies Club | Joe | 1986 |
| Nancy Drew | Prof. Shifflin | 2002 |
| Honeybee | 2001 | |
| Deadly Daphne's Revenge | Detective Wood | 1987 |
| Fletch | Detective #2 | 1985 |
| 8 Million Ways to Die | Deputy D.A. | 1986 |
| Hair Show | Seymour Gold | 2004 |
| Think Tank | Uncle John | 2006 |
| The Stunt Man | Man Playing Pinball (uncredited) | 1980 |
| Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | Fred Derby | 1993 |
| The 11th Commandment | Attendant | 1986 |
| Steppin: The Movie | The Chancellor | 2009 |
| Danika | Teddy Johnson | 2006 |
| Stoogemania | Gulch | 1986 |
| Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die | Chess Player | 1994 |
| Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | The Headman | 1995 |
| Wish I Was Here | Audition Actor #2 | 2014 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Shredder (voice) | 1987 |
| The Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Bryant | 1991 |
| Living with Fran | 2005 | |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | General K'Vagh | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Preston Cash | 2000 |
| Sparks | Alonzo Sparks | 1996 |
| Rambo | 1986 | |
| Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Gor-illa (voice) | 1996 |
| Dallas | Judge J. Fowler | 1978 |
| Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling | 1985 | |
| Sherri | Redmond | 2009 |
| The Legend of Tarzan | (voice) | 2001 |
| The Legend of Tarzan | Keewazi (voice) | 2001 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Gorilla (voice) | 1998 |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Philip Banks | 1990 |
| Amazing Stories | Chief Hansen | 1985 |
| Going Bananas | Hank | 1984 |
| Aladdin | Haroud Hazi Bin (voice) | 1994 |
| Reading Rainbow | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 1983 |
| American Experience | Charles Hamilton Houston (voice) | 1988 |
| American Experience | Narrator (voice) | 1988 |
| Roc | Dale Hammers | 1991 |
| One World | William Richard | 1998 |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Father (voice) | 1995 |
| A Different World | The Pin Punisher | 1987 |
| Moonlighting | Reuben King | 1985 |
| Murder One | Judge Nathaniel Alexander | 1995 |
| The A-Team | Quint | 1983 |
| Iron Man | War Machine (voice) | 1994 |
| Spider-Man | Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice) | 1994 |
| The Proud Family | Crandall Smythe (voice) | 2001 |
| A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | Count Shockula (voice) | 1988 |
| Philly | Dean Mark Clivner | 2001 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Sam | 2005 |
| The Nightmare Room | R.L. Stine | 2001 |
| Night Court | Judge Hopkins | 1984 |
| Brothers | Bubba | 1984 |
| The Real Ghostbusters | Killerwatt (voice) | 1986 |
| Eli Stone | Mason Andrews | 2008 |
| Going Places | Host | 1997 |
| L.A. Law | Judge Michael Conover | 1986 |
| Strong Medicine | Harold Jenkins | 2000 |
| That's So Raven | Presto | 2003 |
| The Closer | Dr. Crippen | 2005 |
| Charmed | Zola | 1998 |
| Crossing Jordan | Dr. Erkhart | 2001 |
| Capital News | Mr. Fairchild | 1990 |
| That '70s Show | Officer Kennedy | 1998 |
| Family Law | 1999 |
