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Roger Ebert

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. 


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Born:
Jun 18, 1942
Movie/TV Credits:
41
First Appeared:
In the series At the Movies 1982-09-26
Latest Project:
Movie STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie 2023-01-20
Known For
Poster of The Outsider
Poster of Pitch
Poster of The View
Poster of The Daily Show
Filmography
Movie STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023-01-20
Movie AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS Self 2020-05-06
Movie Howard Self (archive footage) 2018-04-22
Movie Life Itself Self - Film Critic 2014-07-04
Movie Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Self (archive footage) 2010-05-04
Movie Don't You Forget About Me Himself 2010-07-13
Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty Self (archive footage) 2009-09-05
Movie For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism Self 2009-03-01
Movie Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 Self 2007-10-23
Movie The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Self 2007-01-01
Movie Cannes: All Access Self 2007-10-27
Movie Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Himself 2006-06-20
Movie Dead Teenager Movie 2006-07-25
Movie Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy Self 2006-06-30
Movie Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Self (uncredited) 2005-05-08
Movie The Outsider Self 2005-12-04
Movie Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Self 2004-07-25
Series The Tony Danza Show 2004-09-13
Movie No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat Self 2004-10-28
Movie Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' Self 2004-10-28
Movie Sex at 24 Frames Per Second Self 2003-09-23
Movie Abby Singer Self 2003-10-28
Movie All the Love You Cannes! Self 2002-05-16
Movie Mysteries of Love Self (archive footage) 2002-06-04
Movie Searching for Debra Winger Self 2002-07-13
Movie It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures Self 2001-05-01
Movie Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation Self 2000-11-08
Movie Welcome to Hollywood Roger Ebert 1998-10-01
Series The View Unknown 1997-08-11
Movie Pitch Himself 1997-09-04
Movie Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! 1996-08-13
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Series E! True Hollywood Story Unknown 1996-08-21
Series Early Edition Unknown 1996-09-28
Movie You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' Host 1995-01-01
Series The Critic Unknown 1994-01-26
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25
Movie Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey Narrator (voice) / Introduction 1991-11-16
Series At the Movies 1986-09-13
Series At the Movies 1982-09-26