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.
133 acting credits
Acting · 133
Grey's Anatomy
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Charmed
1998
The Closer
2005
Dallas
1978
Crossing Jordan
2001
The A-Team
1983
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
American Experience
1988
Strong Medicine
2000
Night Court
1984
L.A. Law
1986
St. Elsewhere
1982
That '70s Show
1998
Family Matters
1989
The Division
2001
Moonlighting
1985
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Spider-Man
1994
Aladdin
1994
Girlfriends
2000
Gargoyles
1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Newhart
1982
A Different World
1987
Amazing Stories
1985
Harry's Law
2011
That's So Raven
2003
Reba
2001
Duckman
1994
Family Law
1999
Murder One
1995
Reading Rainbow
1983
The Proud Family
2001
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
Eli Stone
2008
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
The Real Ghostbusters
1986
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
The Prince of Egypt
1998
Brothers
1984
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
Iron Man
1994
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
1988
The Blues Brothers
1980
Philly
2001
Capital News
1990
Living with Fran
2005
The Nightmare Room
2001
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
Roc
1991
Sparks
1996
The Problem Solverz
2011
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
1985
One World
1998
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Fletch
1985
Sherri
2009
License to Drive
1988
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Going Bananas
1984
Raise Your Voice
2004
Who's Your Caddy?
2007
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
The Stunt Man
1980
FM
1989
Wish I Was Here
2014
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Epoch
2001
Hair Show
2004
Timestalkers
1987
A Friend to Die For
1994
Danika
2006
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Extremities
1986
Shout
1991
You Lucky Dog
1998
Stars in Shorts
2012
Out in Fifty
1999
Wheelmen
2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
1991
Sunday Drive
1986
Nightflyers
1987
The Linguini Incident
1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
1988
Steppin: The Movie
2009
The Third Wish
2005
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993
Nancy Drew
2002
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
1988
The Advanced Guard
1998
Condor
1986
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
1991
Stoogemania
1985
Three for the Road
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
1991
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
2013
Going Places
1997
Turn Back the Clock
1989
The Ladies Club
1986
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
1989
Spirit Lost
1997
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead
1990
Little Miss Millions
1993
Kicks
1985
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995
Roe vs. Wade
1989
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
1992
To My Daughter
1990
Dancing in September
2001
Divine Intervention
2008
Midnight Ramble
1994
Lethal Eviction
2005
Appointment with Fear
1985
The 11th Commandment
1986
Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
Not Your Time
2010
Think Tank
2006
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles
1989
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
2001
Antony and Cleopatra
1983
Laugh Busters
1984
Honeybee
2001
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
1990
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers
1988