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James Avery
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Died aged 68
Also known asJames La Rue Avery, James Avery Jr., James L. Avery, James LaRue Avery, جیمز اوریGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn27/11/1945Born inPughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USADied31/12/2013 (aged 68)Died inGlendaleCausesurgical complicationsWikidataQ493077 ↗Buried atPacific OceanTMDb#51547 ↗

James La Rue Avery was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Judge Michael Conover on L.A. Law, Steve Yeager in The Brady Bunch Movie, and Dr. Crippen on The Closer (2005–2007); and as the voice actor for Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Haroud Hazi Bin in Aladdin.

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Filmography109 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2014Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesMovieSelf69
2014Wish I Was HereMovieAudition Actor #269
2011Harry's LawSeriesFred Billings66
2011The Problem SolverzSeriesNinja Master Head (voice)66
2008Eli StoneSeriesMason Andrews63
2007Who's Your Caddy?MovieCaddy Mack62
2005The CloserSeriesDr. Crippen60
2005Grey's AnatomySeriesSam60
2005Spider-Man: The Venom SagaMovieJim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)60
2005The Third WishMovieGeorge60
2005WheelmenMovieVice President60
2005Lethal EvictionMovieGus Winter60
2004Raise Your VoiceMovieMr. Gantry59
2004Hair ShowMovieSeymour Gold59
2003That's So RavenSeriesPresto Jones58
2002Nancy DrewMovieProf. Shifflin57
2001The DivisionSeriesCharles Haysbert56
2001Star Trek: EnterpriseSeriesGeneral K'Vagh56
2001Crossing JordanSeriesDr. Erkhart56
2001RebaSeriesJudge Samuel Bennett56
2001Dr. Dolittle 2MovieEldon56
2001The Nightmare RoomSeriesR.L. Stine56
2001The Proud FamilySeriesCrandall Smythe (voice)56
2001EpochMovieDr. Solomon Holt56
2001The Legend of TarzanSeriesKeewazi (voice)56
2001The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish ForMovieR.L. Stine56
2001HoneybeeMovie—56
2001Dancing in SeptemberMovieMr. Warner56
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeriesPreston Cash55
2000GirlfriendsSeriesDr. Couch55
2000Strong MedicineSeriesHarold Jenkins55
1999Family LawSeries—54
1999Out in FiftyMovieCappy54
1998The Wild ThornberrysSeriesGorilla (voice)53
1998The Prince of EgyptMovieAdditional Voices (voice)53
1998Two Guys and a GirlSeriesJudge53
1998That '70s ShowSeriesOfficer Kennedy53
1998CharmedSeriesZola53
1998You Lucky DogMovieCalvin Bridges53
1997Spirit LostMovieDr. Glidden52
1996The Jamie Foxx ShowSeriesReverend51
1996Captain Simian & the Space MonkeysSeriesGor-illa (voice)51
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeriesFather (voice)50
1995Murder OneSeriesJudge Nathaniel Alexander50
1995Jirimpimbira: An African Folk TaleMovieThe Headman50
1994DuckmanSeries'Beware!' Guy (voice)49
1994Spider-ManSeriesJim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)49
1994AladdinSeriesHaroud Hazi Bin (voice)49
1994GargoylesSeriesThe Shaman (voice)49
1994Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never DieMovieChess Player49
1994A Friend to Die ForMovieAgent Gilwood49
1993Little Miss MillionsMovieAgent Noah Hollander48
1993Without Warning: Terror in the TowersMovieFred Derby48
1992Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome EasterMovieShredder (voice)47
1991The Legend of Prince ValiantSeriesSir Bryant (voice)46
1991RocSeriesDale Hammers46
1991Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of TimeMovieLt. Coberly46
1991The Linguini IncidentMoviePhil46
1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the TurtleoidsMovieShredder (voice)46
1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's CoreMovieSplinter (voice)46
1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACCMovieShredder (voice)46
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirSeriesPhilip Banks45
1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, ShredheadMovieShredder (voice)45
1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty BebopMovieShredder (voice)45
1990To My DaughterMovieIan Mellon45
1990Capital NewsSeriesMr. Fairchild45
1989Family MattersSeries(uncredited)44
1989Roe vs. WadeMovie—44
1989Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking TurtlesMovieShredder (voice)44
1989Turn Back the ClockMovieFred (uncredited)44
1989FMSeriesQuentin Lamoreaux44
1988American ExperienceSeriesCharles Hamilton Houston (voice)43
1988License to DriveMovieLes' DMV examiner43
1988Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic BeginsMovieShredder (voice)43
1988Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a HalfshellMovieShredder (voice)43
1988Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding TeenagersMovieShredder (voice)43
1987A Different WorldSeriesThe Pin Punisher42
1987Beauty and the BeastSeriesWinslow42
1987Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSeriesShredder (voice)42
1987Three for the RoadMovieClarence42
1987NightflyersMovieDarryl42
1987Deadly Daphne's RevengeMovieDetective Wood42
1986L.A. LawSeriesMichael Conover41
1986Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder StoryMovieHank Dudney41
1986The Real GhostbustersSeriesGiant / Gingerbread House / White Rabbit (voice)41
1986The Ladies ClubMovieJoe41
19868 Million Ways to DieMovieDeputy D.A.41
1986Sunday DriveMovieOliver41
1986ExtremitiesMovieSecurity Guard41
1986Rambo: The Force of FreedomSeries—41
1985MoonlightingSeriesReuben King40
1985Amazing StoriesSeriesChief Hansen40
1985FletchMovieDetective #240
1985Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' WrestlingSeries(voice)40
1985StoogemaniaMovieGulch40
1985Appointment with FearMovieConnors40
1985KicksMovieStanley40
1984Night CourtSeriesJudge Hopkins39
1984BrothersSeriesBubba39
1984Laugh BustersMovie—39
1984Going BananasSeriesHank39
1983The A-TeamSeriesQuint38
1983Reading RainbowSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)38
1983Antony and CleopatraMovieMardian38
1982NewhartSeriesConstruction Worker37
1982St. ElsewhereSeriesMan in E.R.37
1980The Blues BrothersMovieMan Dancing Outside Ray's Shop35
1980The Stunt ManMovieDiner Patron (uncredited)35
1978DallasSeriesJudge J. Fowler33