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Biography

James is an American TV actor best known for providing the voice of Shredder, in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and for his…more

Born

11/27/1948, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Birth Name

James L. Avery

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (12)

Role
- Sherri
  Redmond
- Sparks
  Alonzo Sparks
  - S 2: Ep 18 Blind Justice (2)
    3/2/98
  - S 2: Ep 17 Til Your Well Runs Dry (1)
    2/23/98
  - S 2: Ep 16 Cain and Abel Sparks
    2/16/98
  - S 2: Ep 15 She's Having My Baby
    1/19/98
  - S 2: Ep 14 Flirting with Disaster
    1/12/98
  - + 35 More Credits
- Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys
  Gor-illa
  - S 1: Ep 26 Ape-pocalypse... A Little Later! (3)
    6/21/97
  - S 1: Ep 25 Ape-pocalypse Now! (2)
    6/14/97
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Mandrill Who Knew Too Much (1)
    6/7/97
  - S 1: Ep 23 Surf Monkeys Must Dive!
    5/17/97
  - S 1: Ep 22 A Clockwork Orang
    5/10/97
  - + 21 More Credits
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  Philip Banks
  - S 6: Ep 24 I, Done (2)
    5/20/96
  - S 6: Ep 23 I, Done (1)
    5/20/96
  - S 6: Ep 22 Eye, Tooth
    5/13/96
  - S 6: Ep 21 I, Stank Hole in One
    5/6/96
  - S 6: Ep 20 I, Stank Horse
    4/22/96
  - + 143 More Credits
- Iron Man (1994)
  voice of Jim Rhodes/War Machine (1994-1995)
  - S 1: Ep 10 Iron Man to the Second Power (2)
    11/26/94
  - S 1: Ep 9 Iron Man to the Second Power (1)
    11/19/94
  - S 1: Ep 8 Defection of Hawkeye
    11/12/94
  - S 1: Ep 7 Origin of the Mandarin
    11/5/94
  - S 1: Ep 6 Enemy Within, Enemy Without
    10/29/94
  - + 5 More Credits
- Iron Man (1994)
  Jim Rhodes/War Machine
  - S 1: Ep 1 And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead
    9/24/94
- Legend of Prince Valiant
  Voice of Sir Bryant
  - S 2: Ep 39 The Hinge of Fate
    5/13/94
  - S 2: Ep 38 The Gathering Storm
    1/16/94
  - S 2: Ep 37 The Death of Arthur
    1/9/94
  - S 2: Ep 36 A New Dawn
    1/2/94
  - S 2: Ep 35 The Ghost
    12/26/93
  - + 37 More Credits
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
  Shredder (Oroku Saki)
  - S 7: Ep 18 White Belt, Black Heart
    11/13/93
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Legend of Koji
    11/6/93
  - S 7: Ep 14 Night of the Dark Turtle
    10/30/93
  - S 7: Ep 3 A Real Snow Job
    9/25/93
  - S 7: Ep 2 Rust Never Sleeps
    9/18/93
  - + 98 More Credits
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
  Shredder
  - S 6: Ep 1 Rock Around the Block
    9/19/92
- FM
  Quentin Lamoreaux
  - S 1: Ep 13 Off the Record
    6/28/90
  - S 1: Ep 12 Sex, Lies and 35mm Slides
    6/9/90
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Last Virgin
    6/2/90
  - S 1: Ep 10 Let's Spend the Night Together
    5/26/90
  - S 1: Ep 9 No Fool Like an April Fool
    4/18/90
  - + 9 More Credits
- Rambo
  voice of Turbo
  - S 1: Ep 65 Horror of the Highlands
    12/18/86
  - S 1: Ep 64 Change of Face
    12/17/86
  - S 1: Ep 63 S.A.V.A.G.E. Space
    12/15/86
  - S 1: Ep 62 The Twin Within
    12/12/86
  - S 1: Ep 61 Sepulcher of Power
    12/11/86
  - + 60 More Credits
- Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling
  voice of Junkyard Dog
  - S 2: Ep 12 Three Little Hulks
    10/18/86
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Wrong Stuff
    10/18/86
  - S 2: Ep 10 Rowdy Roddy Reforms
    10/11/86
  - S 2: Ep 9 My Fair Wrestler
    10/11/86
  - S 2: Ep 8 Ghost Wrestlers
    10/4/86
  - + 34 More Credits
Recurring Role (8)

Role
- The Closer
  Dr. Crippen, Medical Examiner
  - S 3: Ep 3 Saving Face
    7/2/07
  - S 3: Ep 2 Grave Doubt
    6/25/07
  - S 2: Ep 7 Head Over Heels
    7/24/06
  - S 2: Ep 6 Out of Focus
    7/17/06
  - S 2: Ep 4 Aftertaste
    7/3/06
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Division
  Charles Haysbert
  - S 3: Ep 1 Til Death Do Us Part
    1/5/03
  - S 2: Ep 21 Before the Deluge (1)
    8/4/02
  - S 2: Ep 5 Forgive Me, Father
    2/10/02
  - S 2: Ep 2 Shelby
    1/13/02
  - S 2: Ep 1 Spin Dry
    1/6/02
- Nancy Drew
  Prof. Shifflin
- Iron Man (1994)
  Blacklash, Whirlwind
  - S 1: Ep 9 Iron Man to the Second Power (1)
    11/19/94
  - S 1: Ep 7 Origin of the Mandarin
    11/5/94
  - S 1: Ep 6 Enemy Within, Enemy Without
    10/29/94
- Aladdin
  Haroud Hazi Bin
  - S 1: Ep 52 Egg-stra Protection
    11/18/94
  - S 1: Ep 43 The Seven Faces Of Genie
    11/7/94
  - S 1: Ep 33 Smolder And Wiser
    10/17/94
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Prophet Motive
    10/1/94
  - S 1: Ep 20 Forget Me Lots
    9/28/94
  - + 1 More Credits
- Iron Man (1994)
  Whirlwind
  - S 1: Ep 8 Defection of Hawkeye
    11/12/94
  - S 1: Ep 4 Silence My Companion, Death My Destination
    10/15/94
  - S 1: Ep 1 And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead
    9/24/94
- L.A. Law
  Judge Michael Conover
  - S 6: Ep 17 P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead
    4/16/92
  - S 6: Ep 4 Spleen It to Me, Lucy
    11/7/91
  - S 5: Ep 3 Lie Harder
    11/1/90
  - S 4: Ep 19 Bang... Zoom... Zap
    4/26/90
  - S 4: Ep 12 On Your Honor
    2/8/90
  - + 4 More Credits
- Amen
  Rev. Crawford
  - S 4: Ep 9 Thelma Says, I Do
    11/18/89
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Last Supper
    4/8/89
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Reverend Ernest Frye
    1/28/89
  - S 3: Ep 6 The Minister's Wife
    11/19/88
Guest Star (78)

Role
- Harry's Law
  Principal Fred Billings
  - S 2: Ep 14 Les Horribles
    3/18/12
- Tooned!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 Extreme Personalities
    6/4/10
  - S 1: Ep 11 Families
    5/28/10
  - S 1: Ep 5 Love
    4/16/10
  - S 1: Ep 4 Superheroes
    4/9/10
  - S 1: Ep 3 Villains And Bad Guys
    4/2/10
- Eli Stone
  Mason Andrews
  - S 1: Ep 4 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
    2/21/08
- The Singing Bee
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 Episode 117
    12/28/07
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 21: Ep 4 Game Day
    11/9/06
  - S 10: Ep 10 Berlioz the Bear
    10/16/92
- Robotboy
  Lola's Father
  - S 2: Ep 7 Manchurian Robot / Door to Door
    9/30/06
  - S 1: Ep 12 Human Fist on Ice / Robot Rebels
    3/25/06
- Living with Fran
  Mr. Bryant
  - S 2: Ep 4 Learning with Fran
    10/7/05
- Star Trek: Enterprise
  General K'Vagh
  - S 4: Ep 16 Divergence (2)
    2/25/05
  - S 4: Ep 15 Affliction (1)
    2/18/05
- All of Us
  Lucas Jewel
  - S 2: Ep 8 Parents Just Don't Understand
    11/23/04
  - S 1: Ep 11 I Saw Tia Kissing Santa Claus
    12/16/03
- That's So Raven
  Presto Jones
  - S 3: Ep 3 Opportunity Shocks
    11/5/04
- Girlfriends
  Dr. Couch
  - S 5: Ep 5 Maybe Baby
    10/18/04
- NYPD Blue
  Steve Pines
  - S 12: Ep 3 Great Balls of Ire
    10/12/04
- Charmed
  Zola
  - S 7: Ep 1 A Call To Arms
    9/12/04
- That '70s Show
  Officer Kennedy
  - S 6: Ep 17 Happy Jack
    3/24/04
  - S 6: Ep 10 A Legal Matter
    2/4/04
  - S 6: Ep 9 Young Man Blues
    1/14/04
- All About the Andersons
  Roscoe
  - S 1: Ep 7 Flo's Dream
    10/31/03
- Soul Food
  Walter Carter #2
  - S 4: Ep 1 All Together Alone
    4/9/03
  - S 2: Ep 20 This Must Be Love
    2/13/02
  - S 2: Ep 8 Life Lessons
    8/15/01
  - S 1: Ep 14 Nice Work If You Can Get It
    1/10/01
- Crossing Jordan
  Dr. Erkhart
  - S 2: Ep 16 Conspiracy
    3/17/03
- Reba
  Judge Samuel Bennett
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Feud
    2/21/03
- Judging Amy
  Mr. Ruff
  - S 4: Ep 7 Damage Control
    11/12/02
- The Division
  Charles Haybert
  - S 2: Ep 22 Sweet Sorrow (2)
    8/11/02
  - S 2: Ep 20 Long Day's Journey
    7/28/02
  - S 2: Ep 10 Angel Work
    3/31/02
  - S 2: Ep 7 A Priori
    2/24/02
- Dharma & Greg
  Walter
  - S 5: Ep 18 Mission: Implausible
    4/2/02
  - S 4: Ep 2 Love, Honor & Olé!
    10/24/00
- Philly
  Dean Mark Clivner
  - S 1: Ep 16 Here Comes the Judge
    3/5/02
- The Proud Family
  Crandall Smythe
  - S 1: Ep 6 Spelling Bee
    10/12/01
- The Legend of Tarzan
  Chief Keewazi
  - S 1: Ep 31 Tarzan and the Eagle's Feather
    10/8/01
  - S 1: Ep 10 Tarzan and the Fountain
    9/13/01
  - S 1: Ep 8 Poisoned River - Part Two
    9/11/01
  - S 1: Ep 7 Poisoned River - Part One
    9/10/01
- Strong Medicine
  Harold Jenkins
  - S 1: Ep 21 Wednesday Night Fever
    3/4/01
- The Jamie Foxx Show
  Reverend
  - S 5: Ep 12 Episode 100: Always and Forever (a.k.a. Happily Ever After)
    1/14/01
- Two Guys and a Girl
  Judge
  - S 4: Ep 10 Rescue Me
    12/15/00
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Preston Cash
  - S 1: Ep 9 Unfriendly Skies
    12/8/00
- One World
  William Richard
  - S 3: Ep 1 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
    9/23/00
- Family Law
  Dr. Phlager
  - S 1: Ep 2 Damages
    9/27/99
- For Your Love
  Rev. Hicks
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Mother Load
    4/29/99
- Vengeance Unlimited
  Judge Christoper Washington
  - S 1: Ep 15 Legalese
    2/11/99
- In the House
  Sampson Stanton
  - S 4: Ep 22 My Pest Friend's Wedding
    4/7/98
- Extreme Ghostbusters
  voice of Danny
  - S 1: Ep 16 Dry Spell
    9/29/97
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  War Machine/Jim Rhodes
  - S 3: Ep 12 Sins of the Fathers (11): Carnage (2)
    11/9/96
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  Jim Rhodes/War Machine
  - S 3: Ep 11 Sins of the Fathers (10): Venom Returns (1)
    11/2/96
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 27 October 31, 1996
    10/31/96
  - S 3: Ep 130 March 11, 1991
    3/11/91
- Duckman
  Voice of Sultan
  - S 3: Ep 16 The Road to Dendron
    5/11/96
- Gargoyles
  Shaman
  - S 2: Ep 33 Walkabout
    2/7/96
- In the House
  Mediator
  - S 2: Ep 14 Love on a One-Way Street
    1/22/96
- Murder One
  Judge Nathaniel Alexander
  - S 1: Ep 5 Chapter Five
    10/19/95
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 7: Ep 4 Midnight Ramble
    10/26/94
- Duckman
  Voice of Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 9 It's the Thing of the Principal
    5/7/94
- Roc
  Dale Hammers
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Car Accident from Heaven
    11/15/92
- The Chuck Woolery Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 64 December 13, 1991
    12/13/91
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 29 Show #4440
    11/25/91
  - S 29: Ep 41 Show #4271
    12/21/90
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 151 May 23, 1991
    5/23/91
- Night Court
  Judge Hopkins
  - S 7: Ep 15 Wedding Bell Blues (1)
    2/7/90
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
  Security Guard
  - S 3: Ep 38 Mister Ogg Goes to Town
    12/7/89
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
  Shibano-Sama
  - S 3: Ep 20 Blast from the Past
    11/3/89
- A Different World
  The Pin Punisher
  - S 3: Ep 4 To Have and Have Not
    10/26/89
- The Hogan Family
  Mr. Erdman
  - S 5: Ep 6 License to Drive
    10/23/89
- The Real Ghostbusters
  voice of The Judge
  - S 5: Ep 7 Jailbusters
    10/21/89
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
  Burger monster/Count Rockula
  - S 2: Ep 5 Night of the Living Burger
    10/7/89
- 227
  Jo Jo
  - S 3: Ep 22 My Aching Back
    4/9/88
- Beauty and the Beast
  Winslow
  - S 1: Ep 20 To Reign in Hell
    3/18/88
  - S 1: Ep 18 Fever
    2/26/88
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Alchemist
    1/22/88
  - S 1: Ep 12 Shades of Grey
    1/8/88
- Dallas
  Judge Fowler
  - S 11: Ep 21 Malice in Dallas
    2/26/88
- Jake and the Fatman
  Detective
  - S 1: Ep 2 Fatal Attraction (1)
    9/29/87
- Jake and the Fatman
  Unknown
- The Hogan Family
  Judge
  - S 2: Ep 18 Hogan vs. Hogan
    3/16/87
- Amen
  Arnie Samples
  - S 1: Ep 6 Retreat, Heck!
    11/15/86
- The Real Ghostbusters
  voice of Killerwatt
  - S 1: Ep 2 Killerwatt
    9/20/86
- Amazing Stories
  Chief Hansen
  - S 1: Ep 21 Hell Toupee
    4/13/86
- Moonlighting
  Reuben King
  - S 2: Ep 10 Twas the Episode Before Christmas
    12/17/85
- The A-Team
  Unknown
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Heart of Rock N' Roll
    11/5/85
- Brothers (1984)
  Bubba Dean
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Stranger
    10/23/85
  - S 1: Ep 2 You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me
    8/16/84
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Nabuti
  - S 2: Ep 22 Murder Between Friends
    5/6/85
- Cagney & Lacey
  School Prinicipal (uncredited)
  - S 4: Ep 16 Who Says It's Fair (1)
    2/11/85
- Street Hawk
  Councilman Waters
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/4/85
- The Dukes of Hazzard
  Charlie
  - S 7: Ep 7 Cool Hands, Luke & Bo
    11/9/84
- Webster
  Judge
  - S 2: Ep 1 Webster Long (2)
    9/21/84
- Simon & Simon
  Roy
  - S 3: Ep 20 Harm's Way
    3/1/84
- Hill Street Blues
  Toliver
  - S 4: Ep 13 Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!
    1/26/84
  - S 4: Ep 12 Nichols from Heaven
    1/19/84
- Hill Street Blues
  Tolliver
  - S 4: Ep 11 Ratman and Bobbin
    1/12/84
- The Jeffersons
  Coleman
  - S 10: Ep 10 Father Christmas
    12/11/83
- Newhart
  Construction Worker
  - S 1: Ep 19 Heaven Knows Mr. Utley
    3/20/83
- Tales of the Gold Monkey
  Gabriel
  - S 1: Ep 13 God Save the Queen
    1/19/83
- Nobody's Watching
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 This is the Show
Cameo (1)

Role
- Family Matters
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 12 Scenes from a Mall
    12/17/93
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Sherri
  Redmond
  - S 1: Ep 3 Thrown For a Hoop
    10/7/09
  - S 1: Ep 2 I Have a Dreamboard
    10/6/09
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    10/5/09

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- While starring in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, James appeared in 1 The More You Know spot for NBC's public service announcement campaign. His topic was school support.
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- James appeared on DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's music video I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson as Don King.
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- After James left the military, he relocated to San Diego, and began to write TV scripts and poetry for PBS.
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- James Avery: You couldn't get mad. You always had to remain calm no matter what, because they wanted you to get mad. And you had to succeed no matter what.
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- James Avery: You make a decision about how you want to live your life."
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