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James Avery

James Avery is known for acting, with popular credits including Sunday Drive, Epoch, Dr. Dolittle 2, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story.

Born 27 Nov 1945 Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA

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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.

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Known for Sunday Drive, Epoch, Dr. Dolittle 2, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story, with live interest around Cleveland Heights.

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2014 Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Self movie 2014 Wish I Was Here as Audition Actor #2 movie 2013 Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer as Judge Parsons movie 2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Dr. Beckett movie 2012 Stars in Shorts as Haig movie 2011 The Problem Solverz as Ninja Master Head (voice) tv 2011 Harry's Law as Fred Billings tv 2010 Not Your Time as Haig movie 2009 Sherri as Redmond tv 2009 Steppin: The Movie as The Chancellor movie 2008 Divine Intervention as Rev. Matthews movie 2008 Eli Stone as Mason Andrews tv 2007 Who's Your Caddy? as Caddy Mack movie 2006 Danika as Teddy Johnson movie 2006 Think Tank as Uncle John movie 2005 The Closer as Dr. Crippen tv 2005 Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as Jim Rhodes / War Machine movie 2005 Wheelmen as Vice President movie 2005 The Third Wish as George movie 2005 Living with Fran tv 2005 Grey's Anatomy as Sam tv 2005 Lethal Eviction as Gus Winter movie 2004 Hair Show as Seymour Gold movie 2004 Raise Your Voice as Mr. Gantry movie 2003 That's So Raven as Presto Jones tv 2002 Nancy Drew as Prof. Shifflin movie 2001 Epoch as Dr. Solomon Holt movie 2001 Reba as Judge Samuel Bennett tv 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise as General K'Vagh tv 2001 Philly as Dean Mark Clivner tv 2001 Crossing Jordan as Dr. Erkhart tv 2001 The Proud Family as Crandall Smythe (voice) tv 2001 The Legend of Tarzan as (voice) tv 2001 The Legend of Tarzan as Keewazi (voice) tv 2001 The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For as R.L. Stine movie 2001 The Nightmare Room as R.L. Stine tv 2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 as Eldon movie 2001 Honeybee movie 2001 Dancing in September as Mr. Warner movie 2001 The Division as Charles Haysbert tv 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Preston Cash tv 2000 Girlfriends as Dr. Couch tv 2000 Strong Medicine as Harold Jenkins tv 1999 Family Law tv 1999 Out in Fifty as Cappy movie 1998 The Prince of Egypt as Additional Voices (voice) movie 1998 Charmed as Zola tv 1998 One World as William Richard tv 1998 The Wild Thornberrys as Gorilla (voice) tv 1998 That '70s Show as Officer Kennedy tv 1998 You Lucky Dog as Calvin Bridges movie 1998 Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years as Self movie 1998 The Advanced Guard as Fred, Captive Security Guard movie 1998 Two Guys and a Girl as Judge tv 1997 Spirit Lost as Dr. Glidden movie 1997 Going Places as Host tv 1996 Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Gor-illa (voice) tv 1996 The Jamie Foxx Show as Reverend tv 1996 Sparks as Alonzo Sparks tv 1995 Murder One as Judge Nathaniel Alexander tv 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Father (voice) tv 1995 Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale as The Headman movie 1995 The Brady Bunch Movie as Mr. Steve Yeager movie 1994 Spider-Man as Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice) tv 1994 Midnight Ramble as Narrator movie 1994 Gargoyles as The Shaman (voice) tv 1994 A Friend to Die For as Agent Gilwood movie 1994 Iron Man as War Machine (voice) tv 1994 Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die as Chess Player movie 1994 Duckman as School Policeman (voice) tv 1994 Duckman as 'Beware!' Guy (voice) tv 1994 Aladdin as Haroud Hazi Bin (voice) tv 1993 Little Miss Millions as Agent Noah Hollander movie 1993 Without Warning: Terror in the Towers as Fred Derby movie 1992 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter as Shredder (voice) movie 1991 Shout as Midnight Rider (voice) movie 1991 The Legend of Prince Valiant as Sir Bryant (voice) tv 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids as Shredder (voice) movie 1991 Roc as Dale Hammers tv 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core as Splinter (voice) movie

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Who is James Avery?

James Avery is known for acting, with popular credits including Sunday Drive, Epoch, Dr. Dolittle 2, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story.

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James Avery is 80 years old, based on the birthday listed by TMDB.

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James Avery is known for credits including Sunday Drive, Epoch, Dr. Dolittle 2, Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story, The Prince of Egypt.

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