James L. Avery, Sr.

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James L. Avery, Sr.

Birth name	James L. Avery, Sr.
Born	November 27 1948 (1948--) (age 60) Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Barbara Avery (1988-Present)

James L. Avery, Sr. (born November 27, 1948 in Atlantic City, New Jersey), is a classically disciplined American TV actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney (later judge) Philip Banks in the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, whom Will Smith's character affectionately called "Uncle Phil." This character was ranked #34 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time."

Career

After he left the military, he relocated to San Diego, and began to write TV scripts and poetry for PBS. He won an Emmy Award for his production during his term at PBS and was awarded a scholarship to University of California, San Diego. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Drama and Literature at the University. Avery also contributed in the comedy License to Drive starring Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.

In addition to his fame in sitcoms, he did voice acting for many animated series, most notably the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series (as the voice of The Shredder, and credited as James Avery) and James Rhodes in the 1990s Iron Man series. He has been the primary host of Going Places, a popular travel and adventure series on PBS. He also guest starred in That 70's Show as Officer Kennedy. In 2000, he guest starred in the "Unfriendly Skies" episode of as Preston Cash, a legally-blind witness to a murder who assists the CSI team with a near-flawless verbal account of what he heard onboard the flight. He currently plays an LA coroner, Dr. Cripper (who has recently appeared in a wheelchair), on the TNT series "The Closer."

Avery was also once in a video called "I can't believe it's not butter?". He is frequently mistaken for fellow actor Reginald VelJohnson and vice versa, a joke that was played out on an episode of VelJohnson's sitcom Family Matters.

Personal Life

James Avery joined the United States Navy shortly after high school graduation and served in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1969.

Avery is 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94m) tall, and enjoys snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing, and swimming.

Avery's wife Barbara, whom he married in 1988, is the Dean of Students at Occidental College in California. His son is also named James.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	Who's Your Caddy?	Caddy Mack
2006	Danika	Neighbour
2006	Think Tank	Uncle John
2006	Restraining Order	Judge Sanerson
2005	A Christmas Wish	Saint
2005	The Third Wish	George
2005	Lethal Eviction	Gus
2004	Hair Show	Seymour Gold
2004	Raise Your Voice	Mr. Gantry
2002	Wheelmen	Vice-President
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Eldon
2001	Honeybee	Larry Dukes
2001	Chasing Sunsets	Mr. Burken
1999	After Romeo
1999	Out in Fifty	Cappy
1998	The Prince of Egypt	Overseer
1998	12 Bucks	Slow
1996	Spirit Lost	Dr. Glidden
1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Mr. Steve Yeager
1993	Little Miss Millions	Agent Noah Hollander
1991	The Linguini Incident	Phil
1991	Shout	Midnight Rider
1991		Lt. Coberly
1988	License to Drive	Les's DMV Examiner
1987	Nightflyers	Darryl
1987	Three for the Road	Clarence
1987	Deadly Daphne's Revenge	Police Detective
1987	Jake's M.O.	Abel Barnes
1987	Body Count
1986	Extremities	Security Guard
1986	Stoogemania	Gulch
1986	The Ladies Club	Joe
1986	8 Million Ways to Die	Deputy D.A.
1986	Fist of the North Star	Fang
1985	Appointment With Fear	Connors
1985	Fletch	Detective #2

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2005-2007	The Closer	Dr. Crippen
2005		General K'Vagh
2005	My Wife and Kids	Professor Tillman
2003-2004	All of Us	Lucas	Episode: I Saw Tia Kissing Santa Claus Episode: Parent Just Don't Understand
2004	That’s So Raven	Presto Jones
2004	Girlfriends	Dr. Couch
2004	NYPD Blue	Steve Pines	Episode: Great Balls of Ire
2004	Charmed	Zola	Episode: A Call to Arms
2004	That 70’s Show	Officer Kennedy
2003	All About the Andersons	Roscoe	Episode: Flo's Dream
2001-2003	Soul Food	Walter Carter	Episode: Nice Work If You Can Get it Episode: Life Lessons Episode: This Must Be Love Episode: All Together Alone
2003	Crossing Jordan	Dr. Erkhart
2003	Reba	Judge Samuel Bennett
2002-2003	The Division	Charles Haysbert
2002	Nancy Drew	Prof. Shifflin
2002	Judging Amy	Mr. Ruff	Episode: Damage Control
2000-2002	Dharma & Greg	Walter	Episode: Love, Honor & OlÃ©! Episode: Mission: Implausible
2002	Philly	Dean Mark Clivner	Episode: Here Comes the Judge
2001	The Proud Family	Crandall Smythe
2001	The Legend of Tarzan	Keewazi	Episode: Tarzan and the Poisoned River: Part 1 Episode: Tarzan and the Poisoned River: Part 2 Episode: Tarzan and the Eagle's Feather
2001	Strong Medicine	Harold Jenkins	Episode: Wednesday Night Fever
2001	The Jamie Foxx Show	Reverend	Episode: Always and Forever
2000	Two Guys, A Girl And A Pizza Place	Judge
2000		Preston Cash	Episode: Unfriendly Skies
2000	One World	William Richard	Episode: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
2000	Bull	Prof. Gilbert Granville	Episode: What the Past Will Bring
2000	Epoch	Dr. Solomon Holt
1999	Family Law		Episode: Damages
1999	Pepper Ann	Mr. Clapper
1999	For Your Love	Rev. Hicks	Episode: Mother Load
1999	King’s Pawn	Cecil
1999	Vengeance Unlimited	Judge Christopher Washington	Episode: Legalese
1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Gorilla
1996-1998	In the House	Mediator Sampson Stanton	Episode: Love a One-Way Street Episode: My Pest Friend's Wedding
1998	The Advanced Guard	Fred, Captive Security Guard
1998	You Lucky Dog	Calvin
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Danny	Episode: Dry Spell
1996	Spider-Man (1994 TV series)	War Machine/Jim Rhodes	Episode: The Sins of the Fathers, Chapter XI: Carnage
1996	Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys	Gor-illa	Episode: Splitzy's Choice Episode: Invasion of the Banana Snatchers
1990-1996	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Philip Banks
1994-1996	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
1996	Gargoyles	The Shaman	Episode: Walkabout
1996	Sparks	Alonzo Sparks
1995	Murder One	Judge Nathaniel Alexander	Episode: Chapter Five
1984-1995	ABC Weekend Special	Headman	Episode: Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1994-1995	Iron Man	James R. 'Rhodey' Rhodes
1994	A Friend to Die For	Agent Gilwood
1994	Aladdin	Haroud Hazi Bin
1994		Chess Player
1987-1993	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Shredder (Oroku Saki)
1993		Fred Ferby
1992	Roc	Dale Hammers	Episode: The Car Accident from Heaven
1988-1992	L.A. Law	Judge Michael Conover
	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Sir Bryant
1991		Shredder
1990	To My Daughter
1990	Night Court	Judge Hopkins	Episode: Wedding Bell Blues (1)
1990	Capital News
1989	Turn Back the Clock	Physical Therapist
1986-1989	Amen	Arnie Samples Rev. Tom Crawford Rev. Crawford Rev. Crawford Rev. Crawford	Episode: Retreat, Heck! Episode: The Minister's Wife Episode: The Reverend Ernest Frye Episode: The Last Supper Episode: Thelma Says I Do
1989	A Different World	The Pin Pusher	Episode: To Have and Have Not
1987-1989	Valerie	Judge N. Keller	Episode: Hogan vs. Hogan Episode: License to Drive
1986-1989	The Real Ghost Busters	Killerwatt	Episode: Killerwatt Episode: Partners in Slime
1989	FM	Quentin Lamoreaux
1989	Roe vs. Wade
1989		Earl
1988	227	Jo-Jo	Episode: My Aching Back
1988	Beauty and the Beast	Winslow	Episode: Shades of Grey Episode: The Alchemist Episode: Fever Episode: To Reign in Hell
1988	Dallas	Judge Fowler	Episode: Malice in Dallas
1987	Jake and the Fatman
1987	Timestalkers	Blacksmith
1986	Sunday Drive	Oliver
1986	Condor	Cas
1986		Hank Dudney
1986	Rambo and the Forces of Freedom	Turbo
1986	Amazing Stories	Chief Hanson	Episode: Hell Toupee
1986
1985	Moonlighting	Reuben King	Episode: Twas the Episode Before Christmas
1985	The A-Team
1985	Rock 'n' Wrestling	The Junkyard Dog
1985	Fletch	Detective#2
1985	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Nabuti	Episode: Murder Between Friends
1985	Space	Jean-Marie
1985	Kicks	Stanley
1985	Cagney & Lacey
1985	Street Hawk	Councilman Waters	Episode: Street Hawk (pilot)
1984	The Dukes of Hazzard	Charlie	Episode: Cool Hands, Luke & Bo
1984	Fist of the North Star	Fang
1984	Webster	Judge	Episode: Webster Long: Part 2
1984	Going Bananas	Hank
1984	Hardcastle and McCormick		Episode: Scared Stiff
1983-1984	Simon & Simon	Huey, Roy	Episode: Red Dog Blues Episode: Harm's Way
1984	Legmen	No Neck	Episode: I Shall Be Re-Released
1984	Hill Street Blues	Tolliver	Episode: Ratman and Bobbin Episode: Nichols from Heaven Episode: Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!
1983	The Jeffersons	Coleman	Episode: Father Christmas
1983	Newhart	Construction Worker	Episode: Heaven Knows Mr. Utley
1983	Tales of the Gold Monkey	Gabriel	Episode: God Save the Queen
1983	Antony and Cleopatra	Mardian

External links

James Avery at the Voice Chasers Database
James Avery at the Internet Movie Database
James Avery at TV.com
James Avery at the Notable Names Database
article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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