Acting · Urbana, Illinois, USA · Born June 18, 1942
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.
MovieMineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
TVHollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive photo)
MovieKubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieAGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020
as Self
MovieThe AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)
MovieHoward
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBurden
2016
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLife Itself
2014
as Self - Film Critic
MovieDon't You Forget About Me
2010
as Self
MovieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFor the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009
as Self
MovieDark City: The Architecture of Dreams
2008
as Self
MovieCannes: All Access
2007
as Self
MovieVision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
as Self
MovieStanding on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
as Self
MovieThe Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007
as Self
MovieDead Teenager Movie
2006
as Self
MovieAbove, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
2006
as Self
MovieMidnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
MovieThe Outsider
2005
as Self
MovieJiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
MovieBest Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self
MovieNo Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
MovieSesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
MovieChicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
as Self
MovieAbby Singer
2003
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
MovieBiography: Humphrey Bogart
2003
as Self - Film Critic
MovieSex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
MovieSearching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
MovieAll the Love You Cannes!
2002
as Self
MovieMysteries of Love
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePrincess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
2001
as Himself
MovieIt Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
MovieChuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
MovieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
as Roger Ebert
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self
MovieJunket Whore
1998
as Self
MovieIndependent's Day
1998
as Self
MoviePitch
1997
as Self
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVEarly Edition
1996
as Roger Ebert
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieBallyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieYou Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
as Self - Host
TVThe Critic
1994
as Roger Ebert (voice)
MovieSesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieDoris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
MovieSiskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
as Roger Ebert
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
TVThe Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
as Self
MovieCitizen Yuppie
1987
as Citizen Yuppie
TVAt the Movies
1986
as Self
MovieReflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985
as Self
At the Movies
1982
MovieAn Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Sneak Previews
as Himself
