James Avery is so underrated. Man he was ahead of his time. Oroku Saki, Jim Rhodes during season 1 of Iron Man the Animated Series, The crossover with Spider-Man The Animated Series reprising his role as Jim Rhodes, then Jim Rhodes meeting future Jim Rhodes in season 1 of Fresh Prince of Bel Air with Don Cheadle were just memorable.
Like Peter Cullen is to Optimus Prime, Frank Welker to Megatron, Sean Schemmel to Goku, Kevin Conroy to Batman, Mark Hammil to Joker and the list goes on and on. James Avery will always be the true voice of the Shredder.
It's amazing who you listen to as a kid and then make a connection to them. Like: "OMG! That guy voiced that guy?!" RIP James Avery. Part of everybody's childhood. :( :'(
RIP James Avery You played a big part in our childhood...kids of the 80s and 90s. I'll always remember you as The Shredder and Uncle Phil. Shredder was so intimidating as a villain even though the show was a cartoon. As kids, we were easily influenced...and it was definitely a positive influence. God bless.
I miss him. He and Tony Jay had such awesome rich voices. Thankfully, we still have Keith David, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jim Cummings, and Rob Paulsen.
@ David and Shiirow Especially that time when Will and Carlton get arrested. You can hear the Shredder in him come out when he lays into the deputies. O_o
Obviously Uncle Phil and the Shredder are iconic, but he did a spot-on impression of the Junk Yard Dog on Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling. If I didn't know he was the voice actor, I would have assume he was the JYD himself.
James Avery is favorite actor I watch him on tv in the fresh prince of bel air who play as Uncle Phil and that was the first I saw him in person on tv he was the master of voice acting career he play the voices of Junk Yard Dog, James Rhode aka War Machine and The Shredder. He did a great job for playing those characters. It already been 5 years since James Avery pass away in 2013. Rest in Peace James Avery thank for the memories you give us we all love you and we all gonna miss you. R.I.P. Uncle Phil.
James Avery was a man of man talents but his iconic role of Uncle Phill from The Fresh Prince Of Belair has made him a household name. R.I.P to the incredibly talented James Avery.
I grew up watching TMNT and Fresh Prince, and I didn't make the connection till a few years ago that Uncle Phil was Shredder! My mind was so blown lol.
5:47 That is background music is from the "Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3" cartoon, particularly the song "Koopas Paint the Town" from the episode "True Colors," composed by Michael Tavera. The instrumental song was also edited into episodes of the "Super Show" to replace some of the pop culture song covers for legal reasons. 6:59 This character seems to be a parody of the Shredder.
I love James Avery since my childhood, he was part of my childhood, he was Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he was from Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he was War Machine from Iron Man the Animated Series, he was Haroud Hazi Bin from Aladdin, he was The Shaman from Gargoyles, he was Gor-illa from Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys, he was Flint Steel from Quack Pack, he was Gorilla from The Wild Thornberrys, he was the narrator from Animated Storybook: The Lion King, he was Junkyard Dog from Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, and he was many Characters from my favorite Animation series!. I still miss him he was one of the source of my happiness, my joy and my laughter in my childhood when he was Shredder, Uncle Phil and many Characters my favorite Animation series. It was the most beautiful days and the most wonderful days with James Avery!. When I heard the news of his pass away years ago I was very shocked and did not accept and I was unable to cry but I cried at in New Year's Eve. That's why I hated the years 2013 and 2014 because of what happened, the 1990s and 2000s was the most beautiful and most wonderful time Where our childhood was wonderful!. I wish from all the depths of my heart to go back in time or reset time to save James Avery from death, I really miss him, he was one of the reasons for my happiness and my laughter in my childhood in 1990s and 2000s!.
When I found out that James Avery provided the voice of Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I was like well it's no wonder that Uncle Phil was strict with Will. One other thing, James Avery also provided the voice of the Judge Ghost on the episode of The Real Ghostbusters titled Jailbusters.
Such a spot on impression of the junkyard dog almost thought it was actually JYD himself lol. RIP James Avery/Uncle Phil such a talented man both live action and animation.
James Avery was part of my childhood he was Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he was from Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and many Characters my favorite Animation series believe me he was everything to me in my beautiful childhood!. I still miss him.
Love these tribute videos. My list of actors you should do next: 1. Mark Hamill 2. Maurice Lamarche 3. Tom Kenny 4. Clancy Brown 5. Darren Norris 6. Phil Lamarr 7. James Woods 8. Dan Castellaneta 9. James Earl Jones
Dave Hallsen yea.. im saying ive noticed his voice on a lot of things also growing up. but phil llamar in particular cuz i used to watch mad tv then noticed most of their casts voices on family guy then many other things after
Wow, just saw a post on FB about him being the shredder, had to look it up. Woah so many different feelings happening right now. TMNT, Gargoyles and The Real Ghostbusters, Spiderman
Yeah he was no Billy West or Dan ( Homer Simpson etc) as far as versatility , he was more like Joe Di Magio , but his character voice and variations of it worked well for the characters he portrayed.
I remember watching Ninja Turtles & Fresh Prince around the same time when I was young & had no idea of the connection. What a brilliant & underrated actor!!
I grew up on 80's TMNT as a kid. After all these years, I had no idea the guy who played uncle phil, Voiced one of the greatest villains in TMNT. I learned that it was him through an old nostalgia critic episode. RIP James avery. No one made a better shredder than you!
I used to get hyped up over Shredders voice when watching the animated series.......tried imitating his voice and it wore out my larynx after about 5 seconds........😄
James Avery was also the acting voice of Pro Wrestling cartoon JYD Junkyard Dog from "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling" on CBS Ch. 2 back in 🗽 when I was 4 as a 🇭🇹n-🇺🇸n autistic wrestling fan.
![Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge [Bumbles McFumbles]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5R4q2V-_XmA/mqdefault.jpg)
RIP Uncle Phil
Mr Spectacals my man
Yif in heaven
For real, you the only father that I ever knew if I get my girlfriend pregnant I'm a be a better you..
You forgot the fang clan leader from fist of the north star...
It’s so sad
His voice is so appropriate for every character he portrayed.What a talented Voice actor.
It’s just such a shame his final role was on Problem Solverz...
R.I.P James Avery . The Shedder and Uncle Phil
Amen brother may you rest in peace my good sir always appreciated him for everything he has accomplished for children and adults alike
James Avery can never be replaced as Shredder.
DAMN RIGHT
And Uncle Phil
I agree, but Kevin Michael Richardson wasn't half-bad though
I watched fresh prince and the best tmnt imo. And I never connected the dots. 🤪
@@charlespennie3621 Kevin is definitely the guy to carry James Avery's legacy.
James Avery is so underrated. Man he was ahead of his time. Oroku Saki, Jim Rhodes during season 1 of Iron Man the Animated Series, The crossover with Spider-Man The Animated Series reprising his role as Jim Rhodes, then Jim Rhodes meeting future Jim Rhodes in season 1 of Fresh Prince of Bel Air with Don Cheadle were just memorable.
He was very underrated. Such an amazing talent.
Saturday Morning Rewind I still miss him.
I didn't know James/Uncle Phil voiced more than one character (other than Shredder).
I am surprised Reginald/Carl Winslow didn't voice any characters.
Don't forget about Turbo from Rambo.
@Albert Schiesser And has a short temper.
I had NO idea this man was such a prolific voice actor. I was today years old when I learned that he played Shredder. 🤯
@Marco Castillo She who?
@Marco Castillo Oh cool. What character?
@Marco Castillo Wow, awesome. Thanks for the trivia.
I’m 44 and love the turtles and never knew he was shredder
Like Peter Cullen is to Optimus Prime, Frank Welker to Megatron, Sean Schemmel to Goku, Kevin Conroy to Batman, Mark Hammil to Joker and the list goes on and on. James Avery will always be the true voice of the Shredder.
Son Goku- Amen, brother!
Ha! I met Peter Cullen! Got us autograph too. :D
I agree.
As well Marc Diraison, to Guts, Mike Pollock to Robotink/Eggman and Eric Stuart is to Brock and Seto Kaiba.
Lisa Ortiz as Lina Inverse.
I didn't know Uncle Phil had that many VA roles under his belt. Clearly I haven't been paying enough attention...
GrandmasterDevo 3:47 fist of the north star, wow.
I grew up with this mans voice lol
He did a lot of things, he was a stage actor as well
His two biggest roles were the voice of Shredder from "TMNT (1987)" and Judge Phillip Banks a.k.a. Uncle Phil from "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".
Me too ✋
It's amazing who you listen to as a kid and then make a connection to them. Like: "OMG! That guy voiced that guy?!"
RIP James Avery. Part of everybody's childhood. :( :'(
RIP James Avery
You played a big part in our childhood...kids of the 80s and 90s. I'll always remember you as The Shredder and Uncle Phil. Shredder was so intimidating as a villain even though the show was a cartoon. As kids, we were easily influenced...and it was definitely a positive influence. God bless.
Donnie Yen voice Shredder
@@Shadow-lb8tf
When?
@@Red7669 Donnie Yen voice Shredder
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I'm referring to James Avery, who voiced Shredder, back in the 1980s and 1990s.
Underrated voice actor, he will always be missed
I miss him. He and Tony Jay had such awesome rich voices. Thankfully, we still have Keith David, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jim Cummings, and Rob Paulsen.
Almost forgot Frank Welker and Tress MacNeille
RIP James. You were a good dad with Will and you did a good job on “TMNT” doing the voice of “Shredder”. We will never forget you 🙏
His voice is so powerful
Well he did a very distinctive voice of the Shredder, not very much of a strong Japanese accent but still sounds dark and evil voice!
I had no idea Uncle Phil was in so many animated classics, especially Gargoyles. In the name of the Fresh Prince, YOU THE MAN UNCLE PHIL!
New Year’s Eve was the day he died when he suffered from surgery in Glendale, California, USA at the age of 68
RIP James Avery
We lost him too soon, R.I.P., even though he was 68 when he passed away, that's quite below today's life expectancy, I heard he had diabetes
nobodysperfect06 He died of heart surgical complications. :(
@@anthonyfarandatos7839 you are correct but prior to the surgery he had been suffering from diabetes for several years
@@nobodysperfect06 type 1 or 2?
FIST OF THE NORTH STAR OMG OMG!! May the Legend of James Avery live forever in our hearts. R.I.P
When it comes to Voice acting he is one of the legends in Voice Acting . He can play anyone of any race and make it sound badass . He will be missed .
UNCLE PHIL WAS IN FIST OF THE NORTH STAR? !?!?
My mind was blown
Damn! I never realized Uncle Phil and Shedder were the same guy!
well when Uncle Phil got mad, you could hear the Shredder poking out in those scenes.
@ David and Shiirow Especially that time when Will and Carlton get arrested. You can hear the Shredder in him come out when he lays into the deputies. O_o
Shiirow especially when he laugh.
Hes basically the black Vincent price imo
James Avery grew up not too far from where I live! I saw him in person in my city a few years before he died.
I love voice-acting
Obviously Uncle Phil and the Shredder are iconic, but he did a spot-on impression of the Junk Yard Dog on Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling. If I didn't know he was the voice actor, I would have assume he was the JYD himself.
James Avery is favorite actor I watch him on tv in the fresh prince of bel air who play as Uncle Phil and that was the first I saw him in person on tv he was the master of voice acting career he play the voices of Junk Yard Dog, James Rhode aka War Machine and The Shredder. He did a great job for playing those characters. It already been 5 years since James Avery pass away in 2013. Rest in Peace James Avery thank for the memories you give us we all love you and we all gonna miss you. R.I.P. Uncle Phil.
He’s in that big mashed potato bowl in the sky..
Me and my brother send each other that scene every Thanksgiving! “Pillowy mounds of mashed po-Ta-tos,”
With tiny onions... swimming in a sea of cream sauce...
I miss Uncle Phil
U forgot Aladdin tv series
RIP James Avery. We will always love you.
Super talented guy. This guy made childhoods. Damn...
James Avery was a man of man talents but his iconic role of Uncle Phill from The Fresh Prince Of Belair has made him a household name. R.I.P to the incredibly talented James Avery.
I grew up watching TMNT and Fresh Prince, and I didn't make the connection till a few years ago that Uncle Phil was Shredder! My mind was so blown lol.
Word Up!
He put in a lot of work. That gave me a lot of good flashbacks. Nostalgia moment.
He played a Klingon Captain on Enterprise too! RIP. Shredder's voice was epic.
He was on Gargoyles so of course he was in Star Trek.
I watched Fresh Prince and TMNT religiously as a kid and only found out now that James Avery voiced shredder.
James Avery was a part of the TV star in Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Great interview; very fun to follow up with an episode guest almost 30 years later.
5:47 That is background music is from the "Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3" cartoon, particularly the song "Koopas Paint the Town" from the episode "True Colors," composed by Michael Tavera.
The instrumental song was also edited into episodes of the "Super Show" to replace some of the pop culture song covers for legal reasons.
6:59 This character seems to be a parody of the Shredder.
I love James Avery since my childhood, he was part of my childhood, he was Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he was from Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he was War Machine from Iron Man the Animated Series, he was Haroud Hazi Bin from Aladdin, he was The Shaman from Gargoyles, he was Gor-illa from Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys, he was Flint Steel from Quack Pack, he was Gorilla from The Wild Thornberrys, he was the narrator from Animated Storybook: The Lion King, he was Junkyard Dog from Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, and he was many Characters from my favorite Animation series!. I still miss him he was one of the source of my happiness, my joy and my laughter in my childhood when he was Shredder, Uncle Phil and many Characters my favorite Animation series. It was the most beautiful days and the most wonderful days with James Avery!. When I heard the news of his pass away years ago I was very shocked and did not accept and I was unable to cry but I cried at in New Year's Eve. That's why I hated the years 2013 and 2014 because of what happened, the 1990s and 2000s was the most beautiful and most wonderful time Where our childhood was wonderful!. I wish from all the depths of my heart to go back in time or reset time to save James Avery from death, I really miss him, he was one of the reasons for my happiness and my laughter in my childhood in 1990s and 2000s!.
As a kid, I used to say that Aladdin and Jasmine would fight George Costanza and Uncle Phil.
Currently watching TNMT again thanks for your work James Avery, it really is immortal.
He will be missed, one of the most memorable voices of all time :(
I had no clue James was in the fist of the North Star movie. Amazing!
Just seen the clip of him in Fresh Prince shouting at the cops and thought "damn, he sounds like Shredder". Turns out theres a reason for that 😂
No matter how many characters Avery voiced, he will always be Shredder to me.
When I found out that James Avery provided the voice of Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I was like well it's no wonder that Uncle Phil was strict with Will. One other thing, James Avery also provided the voice of the Judge Ghost on the episode of The Real Ghostbusters titled Jailbusters.
He was also Brer Bear in Walt Disney World's version of Splash Mountain!
Also Br’er Frog
i didnt know about this YAYAYAYAYAY SHREDDER WAS MY FAV CHARACTER AND UNCLE PHIL IS ALSO MY FAV COMEDIAN IN THE 90'S
Im 43 and just now finding out James Avery was the voice of Shredder🤯
Truly underrated. Thanks for paving the way, Mr. Avery. Rip a legend.
Such a spot on impression of the junkyard dog almost thought it was actually JYD himself lol. RIP James Avery/Uncle Phil such a talented man both live action and animation.
James Avery was part of my childhood he was Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he was from Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and many Characters my favorite Animation series believe me he was everything to me in my beautiful childhood!. I still miss him.
This guy was easily my favorite African American actor of the 80's & 90's...
The only ones I knew of were Shredder and War Machine. You couldn't mistake his war machine voice, he literally just used his own voice lol.
Didn't know that he voiced the grand ghoul,he's spectacular in the fresh prince of bel air
Cool I love the Ninja Turtles
Sarah McMann me 2!
David Samuel Blain awesome whose your favorite turtle
Sarah McMann Raph, Mikey and Donnie. Screw Leo.
@@sugarshark7626 my favorite is Raph
Love these tribute videos. My list of actors you should do next:
1. Mark Hamill
2. Maurice Lamarche
3. Tom Kenny
4. Clancy Brown
5. Darren Norris
6. Phil Lamarr
7. James Woods
8. Dan Castellaneta
9. James Earl Jones
Dave Hallsen
Absolutely! All great actors too. I’ll probably start on one for Dan soon.
Ive noticed phil llamars voice in a lot of cartoons.. and the dude that did goliaths voice in gargoyles.. hes all over the place
Jay B well actually, Keith David voiced Goliath. Phil Lamarr has voiced Samurai Jack, Ollie Williams, Green Lantern, Hermes Conrad, Bolbi, etc.
Dave Hallsen yea.. im saying ive noticed his voice on a lot of things also growing up. but phil llamar in particular cuz i used to watch mad tv then noticed most of their casts voices on family guy then many other things after
Jay B ya I loved watching Justice League as a kid and him voicing Green Lantern was badass.
James Avery = talent.
James was everybody’s uncle 😭
He sounds a bit just like Peter Cullen, Gary Chalk and Corey Burton when playing Vector Sigma.
4:40 TMNT (1987) the best ... Plus I'm watching season 2 of it right now
Wow, just saw a post on FB about him being the shredder, had to look it up. Woah so many different feelings happening right now. TMNT, Gargoyles and The Real Ghostbusters, Spiderman
I had no clue of his catalog in voiceover. What a powerful voice!
Rest in tranquility, Uncle Phil. #L0V3
James Avery was not a superstar, but he could do some intimidating voices. I wish that he would've lived another 10 or so years.
Yeah he was no Billy West or Dan ( Homer Simpson etc)
as far as versatility , he was more like Joe Di Magio , but his character voice and variations of it worked well for the characters he portrayed.
Spectre I would agree with that.
I've seen 95% of these. The man was all in my childhood. I loved The Legend of Prince Valiant, it use to come on the old school Family Channel.
Happy Birthday 11/27/45. True icon. Legend 👑 RIP ❤
I remember watching Ninja Turtles & Fresh Prince around the same time when I was young & had no idea of the connection. What a brilliant & underrated actor!!
Whoever's voice he did I he did I hear the Shredder in all of them
The only man who went up against Raoh The Conquer :)
All these I never knew did voice acting. wow so cool RIP Uncle Phil you will be missed
I grew up on 80's TMNT as a kid. After all these years, I had no idea the guy who played uncle phil, Voiced one of the greatest villains in TMNT. I learned that it was him through an old nostalgia critic episode.
RIP James avery. No one made a better shredder than you!
Omg he was Killerwatt in Ghostbusters!
Shredder is black. I'm black and i'm proud. wow.
I knew about Shredder. The rest was new to me!
Wow! He did the voice of the character in Fist of the NorthStar!!! That is my favorite anime movie of all time! And he was JYD too!
Wow so many credits under his belt more than I actually knew
Damn! Another great voice actor who I was not aware of but love his works. Especially fist of the north star!
I just realized James Avery would've been a great voice for one of the Fallout games.
Wow, i did not know how many voice-role he did....
Rest In Peace
I never knew he was a VA for many of these all time favorite cartoons wow this is amazing r.i.p. uncle Phil
The best voice he did for a cartoon show/ short is a guard from the Aladdin cartoon series on ABC's Saturday morning lineup in the 1990s!!
Junk Yard Dog....OMG! I never knew.
RIP James Avery.
NEVER knew James did the nightmare room intro this man is outstanding rip beautiful man
James Avery: "I'm R. L. Stine!"
Be honest, everybody. How many of you didn't know James Avery was the voice behind the original Shredder?
I used to get hyped up over Shredders voice when watching the animated series.......tried imitating his voice and it wore out my larynx after about 5 seconds........😄
I never realized Mr. Avery did all these voices . Most cartoons , I actually watched but never caught the voice .
James Avery goat shredder voice 💎
“I promise not to hurt your pretty little horse”.
Fist of the North Star is one of my GOAT movies.
Rip Uncle Phil AKA James Avery from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Problem solvers Shredder is my favorite shredder. :3
I didn't know it was him doing the opening narration for R.L. Stein's The Nightmare Room?
James Avery was also the acting voice of Pro Wrestling cartoon JYD Junkyard Dog from "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling" on CBS Ch. 2 back in 🗽 when I was 4 as a 🇭🇹n-🇺🇸n autistic wrestling fan.
Uncle Phil = Shredder
Kevin Nash = Super Shredder
I knew there was something familiar about the Shredder, and the guy in Gargoyles.
RIP Shredder - You're one badass ninja
James Avery actually passed away in *2015.* 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Man, I would have never thought that he was the voice behind all of those characters.....
He was an absolute legend thank you for those memories 👍🏻🙏🏻😎😔RIHP you are still sadly missed