Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

Known for

Acting

Born

June 18, 1942

Birthplace

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Died

April 4, 2013 (aged 70)

Biography

Roger Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize winning film critic, journalist, and screenwriter.  Described by Forbes magazine as the "most powerful pundit in America", Ebert was the first film critic to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well as a Pulitzer Prize. 

Ebert's began his criticizing career in 1967 as a critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and later gained national recognition co-hosting a number of shows with Gene Siskel in which they coined the 'thumbs up- thumbs down' style of reviewing.  

Following Siskel's 1999 death Ebert continued to host "And The Movies" with Richard Roeper until 2006 when he stopped appearing due to developing Thyroid cancer.  Complications from the canc...

Best known work

The Daily Show
The Daily Show
1996
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
1975
Life Itself
Life Itself
2014
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
Early Edition
Early Edition
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Critic
The Critic
1994
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
1979
Up!
Up!
1976

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Sneak PreviewsTV

    as Himself

  2. 2026

    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    as Self (archive footage)

  3. 2025

    John Candy: I Like Me

    as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)

  4. 2024

    Hollywood BlackTV

    as Self (archive footage) (4 episodes)

  5. 2024

    Remembering Gene Wilder

    as Self (archive photo)

  6. 2020

    Kubrick by Kubrick

    as Self (archive footage)

  7. 2020

  8. 2020

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    as (archive footage)

  9. 2018

    Howard

    as Self (archive footage)

  10. 2016

    Burden

    as Self (archive footage)

  11. 2014

    Life Itself

    as Self - Film Critic

  12. 2014

  13. 2010

  14. 2009

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    as Self (archive footage)

  15. 2009

  16. 2008

  17. 2007

  18. 2007

  19. 2007

  20. 2007

  21. 2006

  22. 2006

  23. 2006

  24. 2005

  25. 2005

    Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    as Roger Ebert (uncredited)

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