James Avery
Birthday: 1945-11-27
Place of Birth: Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA
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.
Movies
Sunday Drive
Two identical cars pull up to a restaurant, one belonging to a childless couple who are taking care ...
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Epoch
Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a stran...
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Dr. Dolittle 2
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the ...
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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attenti...
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The Prince of Egypt
The strong bond between two brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at od...
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Kicks
A wealthy man with a penchant for living on the edge and engaging in dangerous, life-threatening act...
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License to Drive
Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he'...
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Raise Your Voice
A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother ...
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To My Daughter
A mother is haunted by the death of one of her children which has an effect on the surviving sibling...
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A Friend to Die For
Angela Delvecchio, from a poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leade...
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Shout
A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many o...
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Nightflyers
A scientific group set out on a journey into space to find a magical creature. What they find is a k...
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The Third Wish
Bookshop clerk Maggie Malone is granted three wishes after she finds a first-edition copy of Charles...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
In the mood for Turtles, dude? In ATTACK OF THE BIG MACC, a Time Portal drops Macc in our midst--fro...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
Just as the Turtles are preparing for a totally eggs-cellent Easter, Shredder scrambles their plans ...
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Timestalkers
History professor Scott McKenzie makes an anachronistic discovery in a photograph from the Old West ...
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The Advanced Guard
A group of aliens arrive on Earth as part of an advance invasion force. Their mission is to kidnap a...
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Condor
In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the Black W...
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Divine Intervention
Reverend Robert Gibbs is a young, hip pastor who temporarily takes over the helm of a Fundamentalist...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE fever has struck the nation! They're weird, they're wacky, and, man, are...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
The Ninja Turtles are going out of this world. Way out! Their arch villain Shredder has concocted tw...
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Three for the Road
A crafty political aide and his soft-spoken pal are assigned the job of delivering a senator's out-o...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
The first TMNT direct-to-video movie! Meet Raphael, Michaelangelo, Donatello and Leonardo, the Renai...
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Wheelmen
Two limo drivers hope to make money by escorting an executive around Los Angeles. Things go awry whe...
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Spirit Lost
John Chapman and his beautiful wife Willie have just moved into a seaside village on the North Carol...
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales de...
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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a seri...
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Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
The Beastmaster Dar is forced to travel to earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bo...
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Little Miss Millions
Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find her ...
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Out in Fifty
A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder...
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The Linguini Incident
A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob the New York restaurant where two of them ...
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Who's Your Caddy?
Superstar rap mogul C-Note wants to join the Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club, but faces stiff opp...
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Laugh Busters
While getting ready to promote the new 1984 fall Saturday morning line-up, the Director D.W. and his...
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Not Your Time
A failed screenwriter's suicide threat turns out to be his best sales pitch....
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Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
The composer-arranger-producer is honored in a tribute taped in 1997....
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The Blues Brothers
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...
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Roe vs. Wade
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means ...
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Appointment with Fear
Moustapha Akkad, the man who brought you HALLOWEEN, invites you to keep an APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR. Ac...
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The Brady Bunch Movie
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of pl...
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Lethal Eviction
A first time landlord purchases a run-down, rent-controlled apartment building in hopes of making a ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
Shredder and Krang discover a Dinosaur reserve at the earth's core and plot to steal their life sour...
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Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
A space-shuttle crash-landing puts the famous web-slinger Spider-Man in contact with a living alien ...
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Extremities
A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her ...
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Stars in Shorts
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Fi...
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The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
Anthology series centered on teens facing supernatural threats, many based on the books by R.L. Stin...
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You Lucky Dog
Jack Morgan is a dog therapist, once famous for being able to read his dog's mind. Although Jack can...
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Midnight Ramble
A documentary chronicling the pioneering efforts of black filmmaker William D. Foster in the early y...
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Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
A high-priced call girl who has been secretly videotaping her rich clients is shot to death. An inve...
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The Ladies Club
A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrat...
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Nancy Drew
Nancy and her faithful sidekicks Bess and George just entered River Heights University, where she ta...
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Honeybee
American independent filmmaker Melvin James makes his feature debut with the low-budget sports drama...
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Deadly Daphne's Revenge
A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor h...
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Fletch
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug tra...
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8 Million Ways to Die
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during...
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Hair Show
Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with ...
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Think Tank
Bumbling, twenty-something slackers use their self-proclaimed "genius" to save a small town from the...
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The Stunt Man
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to ...
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Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Massive rescue efforts are mobilized to save occupants of New York City's World Trade Center after a...
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The 11th Commandment
Fashioning himself as a priestly avenger, Robert escapes from the insane asylum and begins slashing ...
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Steppin: The Movie
Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run th...
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Danika
Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank ro...
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Stoogemania
The film centers on Howard F. Howard, an overweight everyman. Engaged to Beverly, the woman of his d...
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Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
The Harts find themselves in the middle of a dangerous murder plot, but it isn't clear if the plot i...
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Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he...
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Wish I Was Here
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purp...
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Turn Back the Clock
After a woman fervently wishes for another chance after a terrible tragedy, she is mysteriously gran...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Shredhead
Will the real Michaelangelo please stand up? This surfer dude's got a double! It seems that Shredder...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop
They're awesome, green...and they're back in head-to-shell mischief with the sinister Shredder. Shre...
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