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Roger Ebert
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 70
Also known asRoger Joseph Ebert, Reinhold TimmeGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn18/06/1942Born inUrbana, Illinois, USADied04/04/2013 (aged 70)Died inChicagoCausethyroid cancerWikidataQ212173 ↗Buried atGraceland CemeteryTMDb#41694 ↗

Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Writing in a prose style intended to be entertaining and direct, he made sophisticated cinematic and analytical ideas more accessible to non-specialist audiences.

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Filmography52 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025John Candy: I Like MeMovieSelf - Film Critic (archive footage)83
2024Remembering Gene WilderMovieSelf (archive photo)82
2024Hollywood BlackSeriesSelf (archive footage)82
2020Kubrick by KubrickMovieSelf (archive footage)78
2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape VaultMovie(archive footage)78
2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: SequelitisMovieSelf78
2018HowardMovieSelf (archive footage)76
2016BurdenMovieSelf (archive footage)74
2010Don't You Forget About MeMovieSelf68
2009Waking Sleeping BeautyMovieSelf (archive footage)67
2008Dark City: The Architecture of DreamsMovieSelf66
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001MovieSelf65
2007The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. AlonzoMovieSelf65
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001MovieSelf65
2007Cannes: All AccessMovieSelf65
2006Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-ComedyMovieSelf64
2006Dead Teenager MovieMovieSelf64
2005Jiminy Glick in LalawoodMovieRoger Ebert (uncredited)63
2005The OutsiderMovieSelf63
2004The Tony Danza ShowSeriesSelf62
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeMovieSelf62
2004Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago RiverMovieSelf62
2003Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondMovieSelf61
2003Biography: Humphrey BogartMovieSelf - Film Critic61
2002Searching for Debra WingerMovieSelf60
2002All the Love You Cannes!MovieSelf60
2002Mysteries of LoveMovieSelf (archive footage)60
2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International PicturesMovieSelf59
2001Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.MovieSelf59
2000Welcome to HollywoodMovieRoger Ebert58
2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationMovieSelf58
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsMovieSelf57
1997The ViewSeriesSelf55
1996Early EditionSeriesRoger Ebert54
1996The Daily ShowSeriesSelf54
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries—54
1996Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!Movie—54
1995You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'MovieSelf - Host53
1994The CriticSeriesRoger Ebert (voice)52
1993Late Show with David LettermanSeriesSelf - Guest51
1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical CelebrationMovieSelf (segment "Monster in the Mirror")51
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeriesSelf - Guest51
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries—50
1991Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift GuideMovieRoger Ebert49
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries—46
1988The Incredibly Strange Film ShowSeriesSelf46
1986At the MoviesSeriesSelf44
1982At the MoviesSeries—40
1979An Almost Perfect AffairMovieSelf37
1975Saturday Night LiveSeriesSelf (uncredited)33
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf20
0Sneak PreviewsSeriesHimself—