James Avery
Acting
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Died
- December 31, 2013
- Place of Birth
- Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
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.
Filmography
Grey's Anatomy
as Sam
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Preston Cash
2000
Charmed
as Zola
1998
The Closer
as Dr. Crippen
2005
Crossing Jordan
as Dr. Erkhart
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
as General K'Vagh
2001
American Experience
as Narrator (voice), as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)
1988
L.A. Law
as Judge Michael Conover, as Michael Conover
1986
That '70s Show
as Officer Kennedy
1998
Night Court
as Judge Hopkins
1984
The A-Team
as Quint
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Man in E.R.
1982
Family Matters
as (uncredited)
1989
A Different World
as The Pin Punisher
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Shredder (voice)
1987
That's So Raven
as Presto Jones
2003
Girlfriends
as Dr. Couch
2000
Newhart
as Construction Worker
1982
Spider-Man
as Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)
1994
The Wild Thornberrys
as Gorilla (voice)
1998
Moonlighting
as Reuben King
1985
Duckman
as School Policeman (voice), as 'Beware!' Guy (voice)
1994
Gargoyles
as The Shaman (voice)
1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Philip Banks
1990
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Reba
as Judge Samuel Bennett
2001
The Real Ghostbusters
as Giant / Gingerbread House / White Rabbit (voice), as Judge / Booming Voice / Jurors (voice), as Killerwatt (voice)
1986
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Reverend
1996
Aladdin
as Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)
1994
Amazing Stories
as Chief Hansen
1985
Murder One
as Judge Nathaniel Alexander
1995
Harry's Law
as Fred Billings
2011
The Proud Family
as Crandall Smythe (voice)
2001
Two Guys and a Girl
as Judge
1998
The Legend of Tarzan
as (voice), as Keewazi (voice)
2001
Eli Stone
as Mason Andrews
2008
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986
Iron Man
as War Machine (voice)
1994
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
as Count Shockula (voice)
1988
Beauty and the Beast
as Winslow
1987