Acting
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.
Movies with James Avery
The Prince of Egypt
1998
The Blues Brothers
1980
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
License to Drive
1988
Danika
2006
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Fletch
1985
Shout
1991
Raise Your Voice
2004
Extremities
1986
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
Nightflyers
1987
Stars in Shorts
2012
Wish I Was Here
2014
Roe vs. Wade
1989
Stoogemania
1985
Nancy Drew
2002
The Stunt Man
1980
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
Not Your Time
2010
Out in Fifty
1999
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991
Epoch
2001
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Steppin: The Movie
2009
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
You Lucky Dog
1998
A Friend to Die For
1994
Hair Show
2004
The Advanced Guard
1998
The Third Wish
2005
The Linguini Incident
1991
Lethal Eviction
2005
To My Daughter
1990
Spirit Lost
1997
The Ladies Club
1986
Timestalkers
1987
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
2013
Sunday Drive
1986
Turn Back the Clock
1989
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
Laugh Busters
1984
Antony and Cleopatra
1983
Wheelmen
2005
Little Miss Millions
1993
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993
Three for the Road
1987
Honeybee
2001
The 11th Commandment
1986
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers
1988
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Dancing in September
2001
Divine Intervention
2008
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
1991
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
2001
Think Tank
2006
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
1991
Condor
1986
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
1991
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
1987
Kicks
1985
Midnight Ramble
1994
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
1992
Appointment with Fear
1985
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead
1990
TV Shows with James Avery
Grey's Anatomy
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Charmed
1998
Dallas
1978
The Closer
2005
The A-Team
1983
Crossing Jordan
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
That '70s Show
1998
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987
Night Court
1984
Strong Medicine
2000
American Experience
1988
St. Elsewhere
1982
Spider-Man
1994
Newhart
1982
L.A. Law
1986
That's So Raven
2003
Family Matters
1989
Moonlighting
1985
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The Division
2001
A Different World
1987
Gargoyles
1994
Amazing Stories
1985
Aladdin
1994
Girlfriends
2000
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Reba
2001
The Real Ghostbusters
1986
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
Duckman
1994
Family Law
1999
The Proud Family
2001
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
Harry's Law
2011
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Iron Man
1994
Murder One
1995
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
Eli Stone
2008
Brothers
1984
Reading Rainbow
1983
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
1988
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
The Nightmare Room
2001
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
Living with Fran
2005
One World
1998
Sparks
1996
Capital News
1990
Roc
1991
Philly
2001
The Problem Solverz
2011
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
1985
FM
1989
Sherri
2009
Going Bananas
1984
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Going Places
1997