Roger Ebert

Cast

Roger Ebert

Acting

Known for

Acting

Born

1942-06-18

From

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Died

2013-04-04

Also known as Roger Joseph Ebert, Reinhold Timme

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 cancer ended up taking much of his tongue and jaw, forcing Ebert to undergo massive reconstruction surgery and speak with the help of a computer program (which was configured with his own voice due to the volume of recorded spoken language from Ebert's TV show).   He continued to write reviews for his website later in life. On April 3rd, 2013 announced his cancer had returned and he would be taking a "leave of presence", lowering the amount he would be writing and only reviewing films he wanted to review.   Ebert succumbed to his cancer the next day, April 4th, 2013.  The balcony is closed. 

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
5.3
MOVIE2003

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

as Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
8.0
MOVIE2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self

John Candy: I Like Me
7.8
MOVIE2025

John Candy: I Like Me

as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)

Welcome to Hollywood
4.1
MOVIE2000

Welcome to Hollywood

as Roger Ebert

Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.2
MOVIE2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

Howard
6.8
MOVIE2018

Howard

as Self (archive footage)

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
4.3
MOVIE2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Roger Ebert (uncredited)

The Outsider
6.8
MOVIE2005

The Outsider

as Self

Pitch
6.4
MOVIE1997

Pitch

as Self

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
7.0
MOVIE2000

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

as Self

Life Itself
7.5
MOVIE2014

Life Itself

as Self - Film Critic

Television: The First Fifty Years
MOVIE1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Self

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
MOVIE2004

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

Don't You Forget About Me
5.3
MOVIE2010

Don't You Forget About Me

as Self

Searching for Debra Winger
6.4
MOVIE2002

Searching for Debra Winger

as Self

Junket Whore
5.0
MOVIE1998

Junket Whore

as Self

An Almost Perfect Affair
5.0
MOVIE1979

An Almost Perfect Affair

as Self

Mysteries of Love
7.1
MOVIE2002

Mysteries of Love

as Self (archive footage)

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
MOVIE2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

as (archive footage)

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
7.0
MOVIE1993

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

Abby Singer
6.8
MOVIE2003

Abby Singer

as Roger Ebert (uncredited)

Kubrick by Kubrick
7.5
MOVIE2020

Kubrick by Kubrick

as Self (archive footage)

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
7.4
MOVIE2001

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

as Self

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
5.7
MOVIE2009

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

as Self

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
7.0
MOVIE1991

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

as Narrator (voice) / Introduction

Biography: Humphrey Bogart
MOVIE2003

Biography: Humphrey Bogart

as Self - Film Critic

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
6.2
MOVIE2007

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

as Self

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
9.7
MOVIE2001

Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

as Himself

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
MOVIE1996

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Cannes: All Access
3.8
MOVIE2007

Cannes: All Access

as Self

All the Love You Cannes!
6.5
MOVIE2002

All the Love You Cannes!

as Self

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
6.5
MOVIE2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

as Self

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
6.3
MOVIE2006

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

as Self

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
6.0
MOVIE2007

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

as Self

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
5.8
MOVIE2004

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

as Self

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
MOVIE2026

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

as Self (archive footage)

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
7.5
MOVIE2004

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

as Self

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
5.8
MOVIE2004

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

as Self

Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
8.0
MOVIE2006

Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

as Self

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
MOVIE1991

Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

as Roger Ebert

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
8.0
MOVIE1995

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

as Self - Host

Independent's Day
6.0
MOVIE1998

Independent's Day

as Self

Burden
5.8
MOVIE2016

Burden

as Self (archive footage)

Dead Teenager Movie
5.7
MOVIE2006

Dead Teenager Movie

as Self

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
6.0
MOVIE2007

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

as Self

Citizen Yuppie
4.0
MOVIE1987

Citizen Yuppie

as Citizen Yuppie

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
MOVIE1985

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

as Self

Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams
MOVIE2008

Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams

as Self

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