Roger Ebert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1942
- Died
- April 4, 2013
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders 2026
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me 2025
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder 2024
as Self (archive photo)
Kubrick by Kubrick 2020
as Self (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis 2020
as Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault 2020
as (archive footage)
Howard 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Burden 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Life Itself 2014
as Self - Film Critic
The Thinking Molecules of Titan 2014
Short Story
Don't You Forget About Me 2010
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010
as Self (archive footage)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism 2009
as Self
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams 2008
as Self
Cannes: All Access 2007
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 2007
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 2007
as Self
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo 2007
as Self
Dead Teenager Movie 2006
as Self
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy 2006
as Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream 2006
as Self
The Outsider 2005
as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood 2005
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat 2004
as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' 2004
as Self
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover 2004
Actor
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River 2004
as Self
Abby Singer 2003
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Biography: Humphrey Bogart 2003
as Self - Film Critic
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second 2003
as Self
Searching for Debra Winger 2002
as Self
All the Love You Cannes! 2002
as Self
Mysteries of Love 2002
as Self (archive footage)
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A. 2001
as Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures 2001
as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation 2000
as Self
Welcome to Hollywood 2000
as Roger Ebert
- Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years 1999
as Self
Junket Whore 1998
as Self
Independent's Day 1998
as Self
Pitch 1997
as Self
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! 1996
Actor
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' 1995
as Self - Host
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration 1993
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey 1991
as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide 1991
as Self
Citizen Yuppie 1987
as Citizen Yuppie, Director, Writer
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage 1985
as Self
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens 1979
Screenplay
An Almost Perfect Affair 1979
as Self
Up! 1976
Original Story
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970
Screenplay, Story
Credits from TMDB.