Birthday
1945/11/27
Day of death
2013/12/31 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
Also know as
James La Rue Avery, James Avery Jr., James L. Avery, James LaRue Avery, جیمز اوری
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 i...Read more
(1986) Sunday Drive
as Oliver
(2001) Epoch
as Dr. Solomon Holt
(2001) Dr. Dolittle 2
as Eldon
(1986) Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Hank Dudney
(1998) The Prince of Egypt
as Additional Voices (voice)
(1985) Kicks
as Stanley
(1988) License to Drive
as Les' DMV examiner
(2004) Raise Your Voice
as Mr. Gantry
(1990) To My Daughter
as Ian Mellon
(1994) A Friend to Die For
as Agent Gilwood
(1991) Shout
as Midnight Rider (voice)
(1987) Nightflyers
as Darryl
(2005) The Third Wish
as George
(1992) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
as Shredder (voice)
(1991) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
as Shredder (voice)
(1987) Timestalkers
as Blacksmith
(1998) The Advanced Guard
as Fred, Captive Security Guard
(1986) Condor
as Cas
(2008) Divine Intervention
as Rev. Matthews
(1991) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
as Shredder (voice)
(1988) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
as Shredder (voice)
(1987) Three for the Road
as Clarence
(1988) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
as Shredder (voice)
(2005) Wheelmen
as Vice President
(1997) Spirit Lost
as Dr. Glidden
(2013) Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Dr. Beckett
(2001) Dancing in September
as Mr. Warner
(1983) Antony and Cleopatra
as Mardian
(2013) Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
as Judge Parsons
(1991) Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
as Lt. Coberly
(1993) Little Miss Millions
as Agent Noah Hollander
(1999) Out in Fifty
as Cappy
(1991) The Linguini Incident
as Phil
(2007) Who's Your Caddy?
as Caddy Mack
(1984) Laugh Busters
as ---
(2010) Not Your Time
as Haig
(1998) Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
as Self
(1980) The Blues Brothers
as Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop
(1989) Roe vs. Wade
as ---
(1985) Appointment with Fear
as Connors
(1995) The Brady Bunch Movie
as Mr. Steve Yeager
(2005) Lethal Eviction
as Gus Winter
(1991) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
as Splinter (voice)
(2005) Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as Jim Rhodes / War Machine
(1986) Extremities
as Security Guard
(2012) Stars In Shorts
as Haig
(2001) The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
as R.L. Stine
(1998) You Lucky Dog
as Calvin Bridges
(1994) Midnight Ramble
as Narrator
(1989) Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
as Earl
(1986) The Ladies Club
as Joe
(2002) Nancy Drew
as Prof. Shifflin
(2001) Honeybee
as ---
(1987) Deadly Daphne's Revenge
as Detective Wood
(1985) Fletch
as Detective #2
(1986) 8 Million Ways to Die
as Deputy D.A.
(2004) Hair Show
as Seymour Gold
(2006) Think Tank
as Uncle John
(1980) The Stunt Man
as Man Playing Pinball (uncredited)
(1993) Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
as Fred Derby
(1986) The 11th Commandment
as Attendant
(2009) Steppin: The Movie
as The Chancellor
(2005) Danika
as Teddy Johnson
(1986) Stoogemania
as Gulch
(1994) Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
as Chess Player
(1995) Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as The Headman
(2014) Wish I Was Here
as Audition Actor #2
(1987) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Shredder (voice)
(1991) The Legend of Prince Valiant
as Sir Bryant
(2005) Living with Fran
as ---
(2001) Star Trek: Enterprise
as General K'Vagh
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Preston Cash
(1996) Sparks
as Alonzo Sparks
(1986) Rambo
as ---
(1996) Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
as Gor-illa (voice)
(1978) Dallas
as Judge J. Fowler
(1985) Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
as ---
(2009) Sherri
as Redmond
(2001) The Legend of Tarzan
as Keewazi (voice)
(2001) The Legend of Tarzan
as (voice)
(1998) The Wild Thornberrys
as Gorilla (voice)
(1990) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Philip Banks
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Chief Hansen
(1984) Going Bananas
as Hank
(1994) Aladdin
as Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1988) American Experience
as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)
(1988) American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
(1991) Roc
as Dale Hammers
(1998) One World
as William Richard
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Father (voice)
(1987) A Different World
as The Pin Punisher
(1985) Moonlighting
as Reuben King
(1995) Murder One
as Judge Nathaniel Alexander
(1983) The A-Team
as Quint
(1994) Iron Man
as War Machine (voice)
(1994) Spider-Man
as Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)
(2001) The Proud Family
as Crandall Smythe (voice)
(1988) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
as Count Shockula (voice)
(2001) Philly
as Dean Mark Clivner
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Sam
(2001) The Nightmare Room
as R.L. Stine
(1984) Night Court
as Judge Hopkins
(1984) Brothers
as Bubba
(1986) The Real Ghostbusters
as Killerwatt (voice)
(2008) Eli Stone
as Mason Andrews
(1997) Going Places
as Host
(1986) L.A. Law
as Judge Michael Conover
(2000) Strong Medicine
as Harold Jenkins
(2003) That's So Raven
as Presto
(2005) The Closer
as Dr. Crippen
(1998) Charmed
as Zola
(2001) Crossing Jordan
as Dr. Erkhart
(1990) Capital News
as Mr. Fairchild
(1998) That '70s Show
as Officer Kennedy
(1999) Family Law
as ---