James Avery: movies and TV shows
James Avery has 139 credits in the archive: 73 films and 66 TV series, from 1978 to 2014. Highest rated: Sparks (9.2/10).
Career timeline
1978 – 2014 · busiest year: 2001 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Wish I Was Here | Audition Actor #2 | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2014 | Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Self | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Dr. Beckett | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2013 | Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer | Judge Parsons | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Haig | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Fred Billings | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Problem Solverz | Ninja Master Head (voice) | TV | 4.5 | 65 |
| 2010 | Not Your Time | Haig | Film | 1.0 | 64 |
| 2009 | Sherri | Redmond | TV | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2009 | Steppin: The Movie | The Chancellor | Film | 4.3 | 63 |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Mason Andrews | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2008 | Divine Intervention | Rev. Matthews | Film | 1.0 | 62 |
| 2007 | Who's Your Caddy? | Caddy Mack | Film | 3.4 | 61 |
| 2006 | Danika | Teddy Johnson | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 2006 | Think Tank | Uncle John | Film | 3.7 | 60 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Sam | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Dr. Crippen | TV | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2005 | Living with Fran | TV | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 2005 | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2005 | Lethal Eviction | Gus Winter | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Third Wish | George | Film | 3.3 | 59 |
| 2005 | Wheelmen | Vice President | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Mr. Gantry | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2004 | Hair Show | Seymour Gold | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2003 | That's So Raven | Presto Jones | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2002 | Nancy Drew | Prof. Shifflin | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | General K'Vagh | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Dr. Erkhart | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Division | Charles Haysbert | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 2001 | Reba | Judge Samuel Bennett | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Proud Family | Crandall Smythe (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Legend of Tarzan | Keewazi (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Legend of Tarzan | (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Nightmare Room | R.L. Stine | TV | 8.1 | 55 |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Eldon | Film | 5.3 | 55 |
| 2001 | Epoch | Dr. Solomon Holt | Film | 4.7 | 55 |
| 2001 | Honeybee | Film | 3.0 | 55 | |
| 2001 | Philly | Dean Mark Clivner | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2001 | Dancing in September | Mr. Warner | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2001 | The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For | R.L. Stine | Film | — | 55 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Preston Cash | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Harold Jenkins | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 2000 | Girlfriends | Dr. Couch | TV | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1999 | Family Law | TV | 8.1 | 53 | |
| 1999 | Out in Fifty | Cappy | Film | 3.7 | 53 |
| 1998 | Charmed | Zola | TV | 8.2 | 52 |
| 1998 | That '70s Show | Officer Kennedy | TV | 7.9 | 52 |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Gorilla (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | Two Guys and a Girl | Judge | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Additional Voices (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1998 | One World | William Richard | TV | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | The Advanced Guard | Fred, Captive Security Guard | Film | 4.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | You Lucky Dog | Calvin Bridges | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1998 | Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 1997 | Spirit Lost | Dr. Glidden | Film | 3.0 | 51 |
| 1997 | Going Places | Host | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Reverend | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1996 | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Gor-illa (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1996 | Sparks | Alonzo Sparks | TV | 9.2 | 50 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Father (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1995 | Murder One | Judge Nathaniel Alexander | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1995 | The Brady Bunch Movie | Mr. Steve Yeager | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1995 | Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | The Headman | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 48 |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | The Shaman (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 48 |
| 1994 | Aladdin | Haroud Hazi Bin (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1994 | Duckman | School Policeman (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1994 | Duckman | 'Beware!' Guy (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1994 | Iron Man | War Machine (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1994 | A Friend to Die For | Agent Gilwood | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1994 | Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die | Chess Player | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1994 | Midnight Ramble | Narrator | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1993 | Little Miss Millions | Agent Noah Hollander | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1993 | Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | Fred Derby | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1992 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter | Shredder (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1991 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Bryant (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1991 | Roc | Dale Hammers | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 1991 | Shout | Midnight Rider (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1991 | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Lt. Coberly | Film | 4.7 | 45 |
| 1991 | The Linguini Incident | Phil | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids | Shredder (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core | Splinter (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC | Shredder (voice) | Film | — | 45 |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Philip Banks | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1990 | Capital News | Mr. Fairchild | TV | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1990 | To My Daughter | Ian Mellon | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga, Shredhead | Shredder (voice) | Film | — | 44 |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop | Shredder (voice) | Film | — | 44 |
| 1989 | Family Matters | (uncredited) | TV | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1989 | Roe vs. Wade | Film | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1989 | FM | Quentin Lamoreaux | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1989 | Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | Earl | Film | 4.8 | 43 |
| 1989 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Incredible Shrinking Turtles | Shredder (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 1989 | Turn Back the Clock | Fred (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Charles Hamilton Houston (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1988 | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | Count Shockula (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1988 | License to Drive | Les' DMV examiner | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1988 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hot Rodding Teenagers | Shredder (voice) | Film | — | 42 |
| 1988 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell | Shredder (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1988 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins | Shredder (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1987 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Shredder (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1987 | A Different World | The Pin Punisher | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1987 | Nightflyers | Darryl | Film | 4.7 | 41 |
| 1987 | Timestalkers | Blacksmith | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Winslow | TV | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1987 | Three for the Road | Clarence | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1987 | Deadly Daphne's Revenge | Detective Wood | Film | 3.6 | 41 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Judge Michael Conover | TV | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1986 | The Real Ghostbusters | Killerwatt (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1986 | The Real Ghostbusters | Giant / Gingerbread House / White Rabbit (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1986 | The Real Ghostbusters | Judge / Booming Voice / Jurors (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1986 | Rambo: The Force of Freedom | TV | 7.4 | 40 | |
| 1986 | Extremities | Security Guard | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1986 | 8 Million Ways to Die | Deputy D.A. | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1986 | The Ladies Club | Joe | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1986 | Condor | Cas | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1986 | The 11th Commandment | Attendant | Film | 4.4 | 40 |
| 1986 | Sunday Drive | Oliver | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Hank Dudney | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Reuben King | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Chief Hansen | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1985 | Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling | (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1985 | Fletch | Detective #2 | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1985 | Stoogemania | Gulch | Film | 3.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | Kicks | Stanley | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1985 | Appointment with Fear | Connors | Film | 2.6 | 39 |
| 1984 | Night Court | Judge Hopkins | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1984 | Brothers | Bubba | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1984 | Going Bananas | Hank | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1984 | Laugh Busters | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Quint | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 37 |
| 1983 | Antony and Cleopatra | Mardian | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Man in E.R. | TV | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1982 | Newhart | Construction Worker | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop | Film | 7.7 | 34 |
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Diner Patron (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1978 | Dallas | Judge J. Fowler | TV | 6.9 | 32 |