James Avery
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 27, 1945
- Died
- Dec 31, 2013
- Place of birth
- Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
- Also known 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 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.Read more
Acting credits
Grey's Anatomy
Sam
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Preston Cash
Charmed
Zola
Girlfriends
Dr. Couch
Dallas
Judge J. Fowler
The Closer
Dr. Crippen
That '70s Show
Officer Kennedy
American Experience
Charles Hamilton Houston (voice) / Narrator (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Shredder (voice)
Star Trek: Enterprise
General K'Vagh
The A-Team
Quint
Family Matters
(uncredited)
L.A. Law
Judge Michael Conover
Crossing Jordan
Dr. Erkhart
St. Elsewhere
Man in E.R.
Spider-Man
Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)
Night Court
Judge Hopkins
Strong Medicine
Harold Jenkins
Newhart
Construction Worker
A Different World
The Pin Punisher
The Real Ghostbusters
Killerwatt (voice) / Giant / Gingerbread House / White Rabbit (voice) / Judge / Booming Voice / Jurors (voice)
That's So Raven
Presto Jones
The Wild Thornberrys
Gorilla (voice)
Moonlighting
Reuben King
Reba
Judge Samuel Bennett
Aladdin
Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)
Gargoyles
The Shaman (voice)
The Division
Charles Haysbert
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Philip Banks
The Jamie Foxx Show
Reverend
Duckman
School Policeman (voice) / 'Beware!' Guy (voice)
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Two Guys and a Girl
Judge
Family Law
Amazing Stories
Chief Hansen
The Proud Family
Crandall Smythe (voice)
Murder One
Nathaniel Alexander
The Legend of Tarzan
(voice) / Keewazi (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Father (voice)
Brothers
Bubba
Harry's Law
Fred Billings
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Turbo (voice)
Quack Pack
Flint Steel (voice)
Eli Stone
Mason Andrews
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Sir Bryant (voice)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Count Shockula (voice) / Principal Morton (voice)
Iron Man
War Machine (voice)
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
Gor-illa (voice)
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
(voice)
Sparks
Alonzo Sparks
Living with Fran
Philly
Dean Mark Clivner
Roc
Dale Hammers
One World
William Richard
The Nightmare Room
R.L. Stine
The Problem Solverz
Ninja Master Head (voice)
Capital News
Mr. Fairchild
Sherri
Redmond
FM
Quentin Lamoreaux
Going Bananas
Hank
Going Places
Host
Beauty and the Beast
Winslow