Roger Ebert

    Roger Ebert

    Acting

    June 18, 1942
    Died April 4, 2013 (70 years old)
    Urbana, Illinois, USA

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    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 revi...

    Known For

    Filmography

    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    2026

    as Self (archive footage)

    John Candy: I Like Me

    John Candy: I Like Me

    2025

    as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)

    7.8
    Remembering Gene Wilder

    Remembering Gene Wilder

    2024

    as Self (archive photo)

    7.4
    Hollywood Black

    Hollywood Black

    2024

    as Self (archive footage)

    3
    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

    2020

    as Self

    6.5
    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    2020

    as (archive footage)

    Kubrick by Kubrick

    Kubrick by Kubrick

    2020

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.3
    Howard

    Howard

    2018

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.8
    Burden

    Burden

    2016

    as Self (archive footage)

    5.8
    Life Itself

    Life Itself

    2014

    as Self - Film Critic

    7.5
    Don't You Forget About Me

    Don't You Forget About Me

    2010

    as Self

    5.2
    For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

    For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

    2009

    as Self

    5.8
    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    2009

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.2
    Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams

    Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams

    2008

    as Self

    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    2007

    as Self

    6
    Cannes: All Access

    Cannes: All Access

    2007

    as Self

    3.2
    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    2007

    as Self

    6
    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    2007

    as Self

    6.2
    Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

    Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

    2006

    as Self

    8
    Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

    Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

    2006

    as Self

    6.3
    Dead Teenager Movie

    Dead Teenager Movie

    2006

    as Self

    5.7
    The Outsider

    The Outsider

    2005

    as Self

    6.8
    Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    2005

    as Roger Ebert (uncredited)

    4.4
    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    2004

    as Self

    8
    Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

    Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

    2004

    as Self

    7.5
    Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

    Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

    2004

    as Self

    5.8
    No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

    No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

    2004

    as Self

    5.8
    Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

    Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

    2004

    The Tony Danza Show

    2004

    as Self

    6.4
    Biography: Humphrey Bogart

    Biography: Humphrey Bogart

    2003

    as Self - Film Critic

    Abby Singer

    Abby Singer

    2003

    as Roger Ebert (uncredited)

    6.8
    Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

    Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

    2003

    as Self

    5.3
    Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

    2002

    as Self

    6.4
    Mysteries of Love

    Mysteries of Love

    2002

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.1
    All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

    2002

    as Self

    6.5
    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    2001

    as Self

    7.4
    Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

    Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

    2001

    as Self

    9.7
    Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

    2000

    as Roger Ebert

    4.2
    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    2000

    as Self

    7.1

    Television: The First Fifty Years

    1999

    as Self

    Independent's Day

    Independent's Day

    1998

    as Self

    6
    Junket Whore

    Junket Whore

    1998

    as Self

    5.5
    Pitch

    Pitch

    1997

    as Self

    6.5
    The View

    The View

    1997

    as Self

    4.3
    Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

    Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

    1996

    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    1996

    as Self

    6.4
    Early Edition

    Early Edition

    1996

    as Roger Ebert

    7.4
    E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

    1996

    8.1
    You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

    You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

    1995

    as Self - Host

    8
    The Critic

    The Critic

    1994

    as Roger Ebert (voice)

    7.3
    Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

    Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

    1993

    as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")

    7
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    1993

    as Self - Guest

    7.3
    Late Show with David Letterman

    Late Show with David Letterman

    1993

    as Self - Guest

    6.5
    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    1992

    5.4
    Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

    Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

    1991

    as Narrator (voice) / Introduction

    7
    Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

    Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

    1991

    as Roger Ebert

    6
    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    1988

    5.6
    The Incredibly Strange Film Show

    The Incredibly Strange Film Show

    1988

    as Self

    8.3
    Citizen Yuppie

    Citizen Yuppie

    1987

    as Citizen Yuppie

    4
    At the Movies

    At the Movies

    1986

    as Self

    6
    Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

    Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

    1985

    as Self

    At the Movies

    1982

    6.8
    An Almost Perfect Affair

    An Almost Perfect Affair

    1979

    as Self

    5
    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

    1975

    as Self (uncredited)

    6.9
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    1962

    as Self

    7.5