Who doesn't remember James Avery as the strict yet loveable Uncle Phil on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? It feels like so many afternoons went by watching Avery and Will Smith clash on screen in the most hilarious ways. Though you might be familiar with Avery as Uncle Phil, not many people know him as The Shredder from the animated series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. From the late '80s through to early '90s, Avery voiced the famous villain we all came to fear.
Avery began his career as a poet and script writer, and worked for PBS, where he won an Emmy for production. His other voice acting work includes James Rhodes in Iron Man, Junkyard Dog in Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, Turbo in Rambo and The Forces of Freedom, and Haroud Hazi Bin in Aladdin.