Roger Ebert
Born
June 18, 1942
Died
April 4, 2013 (70 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Urbana, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
2025
Faye
Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
2024
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
2020
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
Self
2020
Howard
Self (archive footage)
2018
Burden
Self (archive footage)
2016
Life Itself
Self - Film Critic
2014
Don't You Forget About Me
Self
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Self
2009
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Self
2007
Dead Teenager Movie
2006
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
Self
2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Self
2006
The Outsider
Self
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Self (uncredited)
2005
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
2004
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
Self
2004
Abby Singer
Roger Ebert (uncredited)
2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Self - Film Critic
2003
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
2003
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
All the Love You Cannes!
Self
2002
Mysteries of Love
Self (archive footage)
2002
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
Himself
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
2001
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self
1999
Junket Whore
Self
1998
Welcome to Hollywood
Roger Ebert
1998
Independent's Day
Self
1998
Pitch
Self
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Early Edition
Roger Ebert · (1 episode)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
(2 episodes)
1996
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self - Host
1995
The Critic
Roger Ebert (voice) · (1 episode)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(3 episodes)
1992
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Narrator (voice) / Introduction
1991
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Roger Ebert
1991
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
1988
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Self · (1 episode)
1988
Citizen Yuppie
Citizen Yuppie
1987
At the Movies
(49 episodes)
1986
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Self
1985
At the Movies
(50 episodes)
1982
An Almost Perfect Affair
Self
1979
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (3 episodes)
1962
Sneak Previews
Himself · (0 episode)