Many Voices of James Avery (Animated Tribute - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Shredder) 

RIP Uncle Phil

His voice is so appropriate for every character he portrayed.What a talented Voice actor.

R.I.P James Avery . The Shedder and Uncle Phil

I had NO idea this man was such a prolific voice actor. I was today years old when I learned that he played Shredder. 🤯

James Avery can never be replaced as Shredder.

James Avery is so underrated. Man he was ahead of his time. Oroku Saki, Jim Rhodes during season 1 of Iron Man the Animated Series, The crossover with Spider-Man The Animated Series reprising his role as Jim Rhodes, then Jim Rhodes meeting future Jim Rhodes in season 1 of Fresh Prince of Bel Air with Don Cheadle were just memorable.

Like Peter Cullen is to Optimus Prime, Frank Welker to Megatron, Sean Schemmel to Goku, Kevin Conroy to Batman, Mark Hammil to Joker and the list goes on and on. James Avery will always be the true voice of the Shredder.

I didn't know Uncle Phil had that many VA roles under his belt. Clearly I haven't been paying enough attention...

It's amazing who you listen to as a kid and then make a connection to them. Like: "OMG! That guy voiced that guy?!" RIP James Avery. Part of everybody's childhood. :( :'(

I miss him. He and Tony Jay had such awesome rich voices. Thankfully, we still have Keith David, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jim Cummings, and Rob Paulsen.

Underrated voice actor, he will always be missed

RIP James Avery You played a big part in our childhood...kids of the 80s and 90s. I'll always remember you as The Shredder and Uncle Phil. Shredder was so intimidating as a villain even though the show was a cartoon. As kids, we were easily influenced...and it was definitely a positive influence. God bless.

His voice is so powerful

RIP James. You were a good dad with Will and you did a good job on “TMNT” doing the voice of “Shredder”. We will never forget you 🙏

I had no idea Uncle Phil was in so many animated classics, especially Gargoyles. In the name of the Fresh Prince, YOU THE MAN UNCLE PHIL!

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR OMG OMG!! May the Legend of James Avery live forever in our hearts. R.I.P

UNCLE PHIL WAS IN FIST OF THE NORTH STAR? !?!? My mind was blown

New Year’s Eve was the day he died when he suffered from surgery in Glendale, California, USA at the age of 68 RIP James Avery

I love voice-acting

Hes basically the black Vincent price imo

Well he did a very distinctive voice of the Shredder, not very much of a strong Japanese accent but still sounds dark and evil voice!

James Avery grew up not too far from where I live! I saw him in person in my city a few years before he died.

Damn! I never realized Uncle Phil and Shedder were the same guy!

When it comes to Voice acting he is one of the legends in Voice Acting . He can play anyone of any race and make it sound badass . He will be missed .

We lost him too soon, R.I.P., even though he was 68 when he passed away, that's quite below today's life expectancy, I heard he had diabetes

He’s in that big mashed potato bowl in the sky..

James Avery is favorite actor I watch him on tv in the fresh prince of bel air who play as Uncle Phil and that was the first I saw him in person on tv he was the master of voice acting career he play the voices of Junk Yard Dog, James Rhode aka War Machine and The Shredder. He did a great job for playing those characters. It already been 5 years since James Avery pass away in 2013. Rest in Peace James Avery thank for the memories you give us we all love you and we all gonna miss you. R.I.P. Uncle Phil.

I grew up watching TMNT and Fresh Prince, and I didn't make the connection till a few years ago that Uncle Phil was Shredder! My mind was so blown lol.

James Avery was a man of man talents but his iconic role of Uncle Phill from The Fresh Prince Of Belair has made him a household name. R.I.P to the incredibly talented James Avery.

RIP James Avery. We will always love you.

I miss Uncle Phil

Super talented guy. This guy made childhoods. Damn...

He played a Klingon Captain on Enterprise too! RIP. Shredder's voice was epic.

James Avery was a part of the TV star in Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel Air

He put in a lot of work. That gave me a lot of good flashbacks. Nostalgia moment.

He will be missed, one of the most memorable voices of all time :(

Currently watching TNMT again thanks for your work James Avery, it really is immortal.

When I found out that James Avery provided the voice of Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I was like well it's no wonder that Uncle Phil was strict with Will. One other thing, James Avery also provided the voice of the Judge Ghost on the episode of The Real Ghostbusters titled Jailbusters.

No matter how many characters Avery voiced, he will always be Shredder to me.

James Avery = talent.

I love James Avery since my childhood, he was part of my childhood, he was Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he was from Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he was War Machine from Iron Man the Animated Series, he was Haroud Hazi Bin from Aladdin, he was The Shaman from Gargoyles, he was Gor-illa from Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys, he was Flint Steel from Quack Pack, he was Gorilla from The Wild Thornberrys, he was the narrator from Animated Storybook: The Lion King, he was Junkyard Dog from Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, and he was many Characters from my favorite Animation series!. I still miss him he was one of the source of my happiness, my joy and my laughter in my childhood when he was Shredder, Uncle Phil and many Characters my favorite Animation series. It was the most beautiful days and the most wonderful days with James Avery!. When I heard the news of his pass away years ago I was very shocked and did not accept and I was unable to cry but I cried at in New Year's Eve. That's why I hated the years 2013 and 2014 because of what happened, the 1990s and 2000s was the most beautiful and most wonderful time Where our childhood was wonderful!. I wish from all the depths of my heart to go back in time or reset time to save James Avery from death, I really miss him, he was one of the reasons for my happiness and my laughter in my childhood in 1990s and 2000s!.

This guy was easily my favorite African American actor of the 80's & 90's...

James Avery was part of my childhood he was Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he was from Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and many Characters my favorite Animation series believe me he was everything to me in my beautiful childhood!. I still miss him.

Cool I love the Ninja Turtles

Omg he was Killerwatt in Ghostbusters!

Great interview; very fun to follow up with an episode guest almost 30 years later.

Such a spot on impression of the junkyard dog almost thought it was actually JYD himself lol. RIP James Avery/Uncle Phil such a talented man both live action and animation.

Wow, just saw a post on FB about him being the shredder, had to look it up. Woah so many different feelings happening right now. TMNT, Gargoyles and The Real Ghostbusters, Spiderman

The only man who went up against Raoh The Conquer :)

I grew up on 80's TMNT as a kid. After all these years, I had no idea the guy who played uncle phil, Voiced one of the greatest villains in TMNT. I learned that it was him through an old nostalgia critic episode. RIP James avery. No one made a better shredder than you!

Didn't know that he voiced the grand ghoul,he's spectacular in the fresh prince of bel air

All these I never knew did voice acting. wow so cool RIP Uncle Phil you will be missed

The only ones I knew of were Shredder and War Machine. You couldn't mistake his war machine voice, he literally just used his own voice lol.

Truly underrated. Thanks for paving the way, Mr. Avery. Rip a legend.

I had no clue James was in the fist of the North Star movie. Amazing!

Love these tribute videos. My list of actors you should do next: 1. Mark Hamill 2. Maurice Lamarche 3. Tom Kenny 4. Clancy Brown 5. Darren Norris 6. Phil Lamarr 7. James Woods 8. Dan Castellaneta 9. James Earl Jones

Happy Birthday 11/27/45. True icon. Legend 👑 RIP ❤

“I promise not to hurt your pretty little horse”. Fist of the North Star is one of my GOAT movies.

Uncle Phil = Shredder Kevin Nash = Super Shredder

I had no clue of his catalog in voiceover. What a powerful voice! Rest in tranquility, Uncle Phil. #L0V3

I just realized James Avery would've been a great voice for one of the Fallout games.

I didn't think the one that played Uncle Phil was a voice actor. And Junkyard Dog? WOW!

RIP 🪦 God Rest UR Soul James Avery

I've seen 95% of these. The man was all in my childhood. I loved The Legend of Prince Valiant, it use to come on the old school Family Channel.

I never knew he was a VA for many of these all time favorite cartoons wow this is amazing r.i.p. uncle Phil

Just seen the clip of him in Fresh Prince shouting at the cops and thought "damn, he sounds like Shredder". Turns out theres a reason for that 😂

Our Uncle Phil was also the voices of our childhood

Junk Yard Dog....OMG! I never knew. RIP James Avery.

Damn! Another great voice actor who I was not aware of but love his works. Especially fist of the north star!

Wow so many credits under his belt more than I actually knew

I never realized Mr. Avery did all these voices . Most cartoons , I actually watched but never caught the voice .

Wow! He did the voice of the character in Fist of the NorthStar!!! That is my favorite anime movie of all time! And he was JYD too!

RIP Shredder - You're one badass ninja

A nice tribute 4 Avery from this channel. Thxs. 🙏⛪️

Wow, i did not know how many voice-role he did.... Rest In Peace

Rip Uncle Phil AKA James Avery from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

We miss you Uncle Phil. :(

I didn't know it was him doing the opening narration for R.L. Stein's The Nightmare Room?

I remember watching Ninja Turtles & Fresh Prince around the same time when I was young & had no idea of the connection. What a brilliant & underrated actor!!

He was also Brer Bear in Walt Disney World's version of Splash Mountain!

I knew there was something familiar about the Shredder, and the guy in Gargoyles.

As a kid, I used to say that Aladdin and Jasmine would fight George Costanza and Uncle Phil.

Wow 😮 I Didn’t Know He Did All These Shows

James was everybody’s uncle 😭

I loved this thanks for sharing.

The best voice he did for a cartoon show/ short is a guard from the Aladdin cartoon series on ABC's Saturday morning lineup in the 1990s!!

Did they forget that he was in Fist of the North Star

James Avery: "I'm R. L. Stine!"

The only character I remember James playing was not an animated character but in real life Uncle Phil, from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I used to watch that show and I was in Middle School.

Welp, time to watch Real Ghostbusters on Netflix

He sounds a bit just like Peter Cullen, Gary Chalk and Corey Burton when playing Vector Sigma.

James Avery was also the acting voice of Pro Wrestling cartoon JYD Junkyard Dog from "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling" on CBS Ch. 2 back in 🗽 when I was 4 as a 🇭🇹n-🇺🇸n autistic wrestling fan.

Man, I would have never thought that he was the voice behind all of those characters.....

Wow he was all over the place. Never thought that was him in Fist of the North Star! Eh.. It grates me to hear him say "None of us *is* safe from the turtles" though

omg he did shredder!!!

I didn't know uncle Phil really died, he was still young, i hoped it was just a rumor. Grew up watching and listening to the mans work. Rest in peace 😰🙏🏾😔

"My foot soldiers beaten up by a bunch of turtles!? And mutant turtles at that!" So getting beaten up by regular turtles is better?

RIP JAMES AVERY “UNCLE PHIL” GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Obviously Uncle Phil and the Shredder are iconic, but he did a spot-on impression of the Junk Yard Dog on Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling. If I didn't know he was the voice actor, I would have assume he was the JYD himself.

He was an absolute legend thank you for those memories 👍🏻🙏🏻😎😔RIHP you are still sadly missed