Celebrity Biographies
James Avery
If any actor identifies with a character, that is surely the case with James Avery, whose Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” made him wildly popular.
James Avery, the endearing Judge Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , has died at the age of 65 from complications while undergoing heart surgery. The news was released on Twitter thanks to Alfonso Ribeiro , who played his son in the popular television series, who assured that he “was a second father to me.”
James La Rue Every grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and graduated from high school there. He would take part in the Vietnam War in 1968 and 1969. After the war his interest in literature deepened, which led him to graduate from the University of California, San Diego, and to write poetry.
His voice would be very present in animated television series, such as those of the characters of Iron Man and the Ninja Turtles, but it is clear that the popularity on the small screen is due to judge Philip Banks, the funny patriarch of the series The prince of Bel -Air , which he played between 1990 and 1996 in the company of Will Smith . He was also in series with a minor presence, such as The Closer or Grey’s Anatomy .
In cinema his first appearance, uncredited, was in Rogues at full speed . Also the long animations would have his voice, there the prince of Egypt stands out .