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Roger Ebert
Actor
Died April 4, 2013 (70 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2020 | Console Wars · as Self |
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick · as Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth · as Self |
| 2019 | You Don't Nomi · as Self |
| 2018 | Howard · as Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | re:View (TV Series) · as Himself (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Everything Is Copy · as Self |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · as Self - Film Critic |
| 2014 | Life Itself · as Self - Film Critic |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Film Critic (In Memoriam) |
| 2013 | The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self (In Memoriam) |
| 2011 | Reel Black Love · as Self |
| 2010 | The People vs. George Lucas · as Self |
| 2010 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy · as Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Ebert Presents At The Movies (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Don't You Forget About Me · as Himself |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty · as Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Manufacturing Dissent · as Self - Film Critic |
| 2007 | Strictly Background · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream · as Himself |
| 2005 | Howard TV (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Service Above Self · as Self |
| 2004 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Film Critic |
| 2003 | Sex at 24 Frames Per Second · as Himself - Interviewee |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger · as Self |
| 2002 | Mysteries of Love · as Himself (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s · as Self |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 · as Self |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1998 | E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | 29th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind The Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Bill Nye: The Science Guy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration · as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | The Howard Stern Channel 9 Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | 48 Hours (TV Series) · as Self - Film Critic |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Movie Critic |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Nightline (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Sneak Previews (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Film Critic (segment "I Know It When I See It") |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |