Roger Ebert
Known for Acting · 65 credits
- Born
- 1942-06-18
- Died
- 2013-04-04
- Place of birth
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Roger Joseph Ebert · Reinhold Timme
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (17)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Early Edition
1996
as Roger Ebert
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
The Critic
1994
as Roger Ebert (voice)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
as Self
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
At the Movies
1982
At the Movies
1986
Sneak Previews
as Himself
Movies (48)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Roger Ebert
The Outsider
2005
as Self
Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Pitch
1997
as Self
Life Itself
2014
as Self - Film Critic
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979
as Self
Don't You Forget About Me
2010
as Self
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
Mysteries of Love
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
as (archive footage)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
Abby Singer
2003
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
2001
as Himself
All the Love You Cannes!
2002
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
as Self
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007
as Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009
as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003
as Self - Film Critic
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
as Self
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
2006
as Self
Independent's Day
1998
as Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
as Self
Burden
2016
as Self (archive footage)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
as Self - Host
Dead Teenager Movie
2006
as Self
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991
as Roger Ebert
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
as Self
Citizen Yuppie
1987
as Citizen Yuppie
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985
as Self
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams
2008
as Self
About 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… With 65 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Roger Ebert has appeared in 48 films and 17 TV shows.
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- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) — as Self
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) — as Self
- John Candy: I Like Me (2025) — as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
- Welcome to Hollywood (2000) — as Roger Ebert
- The Outsider (2005) — as Self
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