James Avery
Acting Born Nov 27, 1945 Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA 24 credits
Biography
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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- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Sam
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Preston Cash
- Dallas (1978) as Judge J. Fowler
- The A-Team (1983) as Quint
- Charmed (1998) as Zola
- Crossing Jordan (2001) as Dr. Erkhart
- The Closer (2005) as Dr. Crippen
- American Experience (1988) as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)
- American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) as Shredder (voice)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) as General K'Vagh
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Harold Jenkins
- That '70s Show (1998) as Officer Kennedy
- The Division (2001) as Charles Haysbert
- Night Court (1984) as Judge Hopkins
- Newhart (1982) as Construction Worker
- L.A. Law (1986) as Michael Conover
- L.A. Law (1986) as Judge Michael Conover
- That's So Raven (2003) as Presto Jones
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Man in E.R.
- Spider-Man (1994) as Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)
- Moonlighting (1985) as Reuben King
- Family Matters (1989) as (uncredited)
- The Wild Thornberrys (1998) as Gorilla (voice)