James Avery

Born November 27, 1945· Pughsville [now Suffolk], Virginia, USA

† Died December 31, 2013

66Roles★ 6.8Average rating

Born in Pughsville, Virginia, and raised after a teenage move to Atlantic City, he graduated from Atlantic City High School, served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and began writing poetry and PBS scripts before his first stage role as God in a community-college production; a scholarship later took him to UC San Diego, where he earned a BA in drama and literature and won an Emmy for the produc…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy2005

Charmed

Spider-Man

Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)

That '70s Show

That '70s Show1998

Officer Kennedy

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers1980

Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1987

Shredder (voice)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000

The A-Team

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise2001

The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters1986

Killerwatt (voice)

The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt1998

Additional Voices (voice)

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo1988

Count Shockula (voice)

The Proud Family

The Proud Family2001

Crandall Smythe (voice)

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories1985

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast1987

That's So Raven

That's So Raven2003

Aladdin

Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys

The Wild Thornberrys1998

Gorilla (voice)

A Different World

A Different World1987

The Pin Punisher

Dallas

Judge J. Fowler

Quack Pack

Flint Steel (voice)

Family Matters

Family Matters1989

Dr. Dolittle 2

Dr. Dolittle 22001