James Avery Net Worth
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Although best known as the uncle/patriarch and judge "Philip Banks" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), James Avery is a classically trained actor and scholar. A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, he joined the US Navy after graduating high school and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Upon leaving the military, he moved to San Diego, ...
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Best known for his roles as Uncle Phil on _"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990)_ and Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) |
| 2 | Towering height and broad frame |
| 3 | Deep, booming voice |
| 4 | Beard |
| 5 | Often plays characters in legal or high-level professional fields |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I don't understand this whole Twitter, Facebook stuff. I don't get it. Make a phone call. Talk to somebody. |
| 2 | Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular. |
| 3 | I wanted to leave home, and I didn't know where I was going or what I was going to do or what would happen. That's youth, though. Being fixated on things. I was fixated on being a writer. |
| 4 | Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel complete and full. That is success. And it isn't dependent on anyone else. |
| 5 | You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great in your 20s, but it's not so great at 35. It has to be absolute love. You can't worry about being a movie star or anything else. Just love. That's it. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was survived by his mother Florence Avery. |
| 2 | Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean nearly Los Angeles area. |
| 3 | He died from complications of open heart surgery in Glendale Adventist Medical Center, on the evening of December 31, 2013. He had undergone surgery on November 11, 2013. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles, CA and in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, NJ. |
| 4 | Currently starring in a commercial promoting Kaplan University. [January 2009] |
| 5 | Was considered for the role of Charlie Altamont in The Devil's Rejects (2005). |
| 6 | Popular voice over actor, he has done voice work for numerous cartoons and advertisements, probably his most famous voice over was that of Shredder for seven years on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987). |
| 7 | Philip Banks, Avery's character on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), was ranked #34 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue]. |
| 8 | Hobbies are: Snorkeling, Scuba Diving, Sailing, and Swimming. |
| 9 | Was in the Navy, which involved him in Vietnam. |
| 10 | Served in the Vietnam War. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Da Jammies | 2015 | TV Series | Covington |
| Wish I Was Here | 2014 | Audition Actor #2 | |
| Go, Bolivia, Go! | 2013 | TV Movie | Commissioner Morocco |
| Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer | 2013 | TV Movie | Judge Parsons |
| Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | 2013 | TV Movie | Dr. Beckett |
| The Young and the Restless | 2012 | TV Series | Judge Roy Daley |
| Harry's Law | 2012 | TV Series | Fred Billings |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2012 | TV Series | Sam |
| Valediction | 2011 | Short | Edward |
| Kinect Disneyland Adventures | 2011 | Video Game | Br'er Bear (voice) |
| The Problem Solverz | 2011 | TV Series | Ninja Master Head |
| Things We Do for Love | 2011 | TV Series | Gordon |
| Not Your Time | 2010 | Short | Haig |
| The Grind | 2010 | Modelo Snipes | |
| Let the Game Begin | 2010 | Mark Hanley | |
| Sherri | 2009 | TV Series | Redmond |
| Steppin: The Movie | 2009 | The Chancellor | |
| Live with It | 2008/I | Short | Dr. Leon |
| His Good Will | 2008 | Short | Mr. Cooper |
| Eli Stone | 2008 | TV Series | Mason Andrews |
| Divine Intervention | 2007/I | Rev. Matthews | |
| Who's Your Caddy? | 2007 | Caddy Mack | |
| The Closer | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Dr. Crippen |
| Biker Mice from Mars | 2007 | Video Game | Cataclysm / Cat Commando (voice) |
| Take 3 | 2006 | TV Movie | Judge Sanderson |
| Danika | 2006 | Teddy Johnson | |
| Think Tank | 2006 | Uncle John | |
| Restraining Order | 2006 | Judge Sanderson | |
| Nobody's Watching | 2006 | TV Movie | James Avery |
| Living with Fran | 2005 | TV Series | Mr. Bryant |
| A Christmas Wish | 2005 | Short | Angel |
| Wheelmen | 2005 | Vice President | |
| The Third Wish | 2005 | George | |
| Lethal Eviction | 2005 | Gus Winter | |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | 2005 | TV Series | General K'Vagh |
| My Wife and Kids | 2005 | TV Series | Professor Tillman |
| All of Us | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Lucas |
| That's So Raven | 2004 | TV Series | Presto |
| Girlfriends | 2004 | TV Series | Dr. Couch |
| Hair Show | 2004 | Seymour Gold | |
| NYPD Blue | 2004 | TV Series | Steve Pines |
| Raise Your Voice | 2004 | Mr. Gantry | |
| Charmed | 2004 | TV Series | Zola |
| That '70s Show | 2004 | TV Series | Officer Kennedy |
| All About the Andersons | 2003 | TV Series | Roscoe |
| Soul Food | 2001-2003 | TV Series | Walter Carter |
| Crossing Jordan | 2003 | TV Series | Dr. Erkhart |
| Reba | 2003 | TV Series | Judge Samuel Bennett |
| The Division | 2002-2003 | TV Series | Charles Haysbert |
| Nancy Drew | 2002 | TV Movie | Prof. Shifflin |
| Judging Amy | 2002 | TV Series | Mr. Ruff |
| Dharma & Greg | 2000-2002 | TV Series | Walter |
| The Nightmare Room | 2001-2002 | TV Series | R.L. Stine |
| Philly | 2002 | TV Series | Dean Mark Clivner |
| Chasing Sunsets | 2001 | Mr. Burken | |
| The Proud Family | 2001 | TV Series | Crandall Smythe |
| The Legend of Tarzan | 2001 | TV Series | Keewazi |
| Epoch | 2001 | TV Movie | Dr. Solomon Holt |
| Dr. Dolittle 2 | 2001 | Eldon (as James L. Avery) | |
| Honeybee | 2001 | Larry Dukes | |
| Strong Medicine | 2001 | TV Series | Harold Jenkins |
| The Jamie Foxx Show | 2001 | TV Series | Reverend |
| Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | 2000 | TV Series | Judge |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2000 | TV Series | Preston Cash |
| Pepper Ann | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Mr. Clapper |
| One World | 2000 | TV Series | William Richard |
| Bull | 2000 | TV Series | Prof. Gilbert Granville |
| Dancing in September | 2000 | Mr. Warner | |
| After Romeo | 1999 | ||
| Family Law | 1999 | TV Series | |
| Out in Fifty | 1999 | Cappy | |
| For Your Love | 1999 | TV Series | Rev. Hicks |
| King's Pawn | 1999 | TV Movie | Cecil |
| Vengeance Unlimited | 1999 | TV Series | Judge Christopher Washington |
| The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| The Wild Thornberrys | 1998 | TV Series | Gorilla |
| 12 Bucks | 1998 | Slow | |
| You Lucky Dog | 1998 | TV Movie | Calvin Bridges |
| In the House | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Sampson Stanton / Mediator |
| The Advanced Guard | 1998 | TV Movie | Fred, Captive Security Guard |
| Sparks | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Alonzo Sparks |
| Extreme Ghostbusters | 1997 | TV Series | Danny |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1997 | TV Series | Father |
| Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys | 1996-1997 | TV Series | Gor-illa |
| Spirit Lost | 1997 | Dr. Glidden | |
| Quack Pack | 1996 | TV Series | |
| Spider-Man | 1996 | TV Series | War Machine Jim Rhodes |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | 1990-1996 | TV Series | Philip Banks |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | 1994-1996 | TV Series | School policeman |
| Gargoyles | 1996 | TV Series | The Shaman |
| Murder One | 1995 | TV Series | Judge Nathaniel Alexander |
| ABC Weekend Specials | 1995 | TV Series | Headman |
| The Brady Bunch Movie | 1995 | Mr. Steve Yeager | |
| Animated StoryBook: The Lion King | 1994 | Video Game | Scar (voice) |
| Aladdin | 1994 | TV Series | Haroud Hazi Bin |
| American Experience | 1993-1994 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Charles Hamilton Houston |
| A Friend to Die For | 1994 | TV Movie | Agent Gilwood |
| Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die | 1994 | TV Movie | Chess Player |
| Family Matters | 1993 | TV Series | James Avery |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1987-1993 | TV Series | Shredder / Construction Workers / Pietro Calzone / ... |
| Little Miss Millions | 1993 | Agent Noah Hollander | |
| The Legend of Prince Valiant | 1991-1993 | TV Series | Sir Bryant / Gawain's Opponent / Morgana's Servant |
| Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | 1993 | TV Movie | Fred Ferby |
| Roc | 1992 | TV Series | Dale Hammers |
| L.A. Law | 1988-1992 | TV Series | Judge Michael Conover |
| The Linguini Incident | 1991 | Phil | |
| Shout | 1991 | Midnight Rider (voice) | |
| Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | 1991 | Lt. Coberly | |
| To My Daughter | 1990 | TV Movie | |
| FM | 1989-1990 | TV Series | Quentin Lamoreaux |
| Capital News | 1990 | TV Movie | |
| Night Court | 1990 | TV Series | Judge Hopkins |
| Turn Back the Clock | 1989 | TV Movie | Physical Therapist |
| Amen | 1986-1989 | TV Series | Rev. Crawford / Rev. Tom Crawford / Arnie Samples |
| A Different World | 1989 | TV Series | The Pin Punisher |
| Valerie's Family: The Hogans | 1987-1989 | TV Series | Mr. Erdman / Judge N. Keller |
| The Real Ghostbusters | 1986-1989 | TV Series | Judge / Killerwatt |
| The Karate Kid | 1989 | TV Series | Additional Characters |
| Splash Mountain | 1989 | Video Game | Br'er Frog (voice) |
| Roe vs. Wade | 1989 | TV Movie | |
| Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal | 1989 | TV Movie | Earl |
| Sonny Spoon | 1988 | TV Series | Lieutenant |
| Heart and Soul | 1988 | TV Movie | Harlan Sinclair |
| License to Drive | 1988 | Les' DMV Examiner | |
| 227 | 1988 | TV Series | Jo Jo |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1988 | TV Series | Winslow |
| Dallas | 1988 | TV Series | Judge Fowler |
| Superman | 1988 | TV Series | Mayor Jackson / Thief #2 |
| Body Count | 1987 | ||
| Jake's M.O. | 1987 | Abel Barnes | |
| Deadly Daphne's Revenge | 1987 | Detective Wood | |
| Nightflyers | 1987 | Darryl | |
| Jake and the Fatman | 1987 | TV Series | Lieutenant |
| Three for the Road | 1987 | Clarence | |
| Timestalkers | 1987 | TV Movie | Blacksmith |
| Rambo | 1986 | TV Series | Turbo |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1986 | TV Series | Oliver |
| Extremities | 1986 | Security Guard | |
| Stoogemania | 1986 | Gulch | |
| Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | 1986 | TV Movie | Hank Dudney |
| 8 Million Ways to Die | 1986 | Deputy D.A. | |
| Amazing Stories | 1986 | TV Series | Chief Hansen |
| The Ladies Club | 1986 | Joe | |
| The Eleventh Commandment | 1986 | Larry | |
| Fist of the North Star | 1986 | Fang (1991) (English version, voice) | |
| Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos | 1986 | TV Series | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Rock 'n' Wrestling | 1985-1986 | TV Series | Junkyard Dog |
| Moonlighting | 1985 | TV Series | Reuben King |
| The A-Team | 1985 | TV Series | Quint |
| George Burns Comedy Week | 1985 | TV Series | |
| Appointment with Fear | 1985 | Connors | |
| Brothers | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Bubba / Bubba Dean |
| Fletch | 1985 | Detective #2 | |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1985 | TV Series | Nabuti |
| Space | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Jean-Marie |
| Kicks | 1985 | TV Movie | Stanley |
| Cagney & Lacey | 1985 | TV Series | Mr. Berwin |
| St. Elsewhere | 1985 | TV Series | Mental Patient |
| Street Hawk | 1985 | TV Series | Councilman Waters |
| Condor | 1985 | TV Movie | Cas |
| Laugh Busters | 1984 | TV Movie | Hank (1984) |
| Spencer | 1984 | TV Series | |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | 1984 | TV Series | Charlie |
| SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show | 1984 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1984 | TV Movie | Mardian |
| The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries | 1984 | TV Series | Groundskeeper |
| Webster | 1984 | TV Series | Judge Barshall |
| Going Bananas | 1984 | TV Series | Hank |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | 1984 | TV Series | |
| Simon & Simon | 1983-1984 | TV Series | Roy / Huey |
| Legmen | 1984 | TV Series | No Neck |
| Hill Street Blues | 1984 | TV Series | Tolliver |
| The Jeffersons | 1983 | TV Series | Coleman |
| Newhart | 1983 | TV Series | Construction Worker |
| Tales of the Gold Monkey | 1983 | TV Series | Gabriel |
| The Stunt Man | 1980 | Man Playing Pinball (uncredited) | |
| The Blues Brothers | 1980 | Man dancing outside Ray's shop (uncredited) |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guerrero Project | 2004 | Documentary executive producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2014 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode | |
| Jambareeqi Reviews | 2014 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Unscripted | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Brian McKnight Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dishing Tea with Big Meach | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Catch 21 | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant |
| The Florence Henderson Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Antonia Pantoja ¡Presente! | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Directors on Directing 2: The Story of the Storytellers | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Singing Bee | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 2007 Trumpet Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
| Chabad Telethon | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 2006 LA Area Emmy Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| The New American Sportsman | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| BET Awards 2005 | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| A History of Black Achievement in America | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Narrator - Host |
| The History Makers | 2005 | Video documentary | Host |
| Back to Bel-Air: A Fresh Look | 2005 | Video short | Himself |
| The Guerrero Project | 2004 | Documentary | Narrator |
| Pet Star | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Judge |
| Biography | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Street Smarts | 2003 | TV Series | Contestant |
| The 4th Annual Family Television Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| 2002 Trumpet Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The Test | 2001 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Intimate Portrait | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Match Game | 1998 | TV Series | Himself / panelist |
| Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Going Places | 1997 | TV Series | Host |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | 1996 | TV Series | Himself / Philip Banks |
| Ebony's 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Reading Rainbow | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Vicki! | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Chuck Woolery Show | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Into the Night | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| The More You Know | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
Known for movies
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996)
as Philip Banks / Himself
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
as Additional Voices
Sparks (1996-1998)
as Alonzo Sparks
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
as Eldon
