Roger Ebert

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.  The balcony is closed. 

Known For

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

The View

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

All Movies (49)

• Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
• Remembering Gene Wilder2024 · as Self (archive photo)
• Kubrick by Kubrick2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis2020 · as Self
• The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault2020 · as (archive footage)
• Howard2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Burden2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Life Itself2014 · as Self - Film Critic
• Don't You Forget About Me2010 · as Self
• Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism2009 · as Self
• Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams2008 · as Self
• Cannes: All Access2007 · as Self
• Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 20012007 · as Self
• Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 20012007 · as Self
• The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo2007 · as Self
• Dead Teenager Movie2006 · as Self
• Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy2006 · as Self
• Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream2006 · as Self
• The Outsider2005 · as Self
• Jiminy Glick in Lalawood2005 · as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
• Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'2004 · as Self
• No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat2004 · as Self
• Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover2004
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self
• Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River2004 · as Self
• Abby Singer2003 · as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
• Biography: Humphrey Bogart2003 · as Self - Film Critic
• Sex at 24 Frames Per Second2003 · as Self
• Searching for Debra Winger2002 · as Self
• All the Love You Cannes!2002 · as Self
• Mysteries of Love2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.2001 · as Himself
• It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures2001 · as Self
• Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000 · as Self
• Welcome to Hollywood2000 · as Roger Ebert
• Television: The First Fifty Years1999 · as Self
• Junket Whore1998 · as Self
• Independent's Day1998 · as Self
• Pitch1997 · as Self
• Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!1996
• You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'1995 · as Self - Host
• Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration1993 · as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
• Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey1991 · as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
• Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide1991 · as Roger Ebert
• Citizen Yuppie1987 · as Citizen Yuppie
• Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage1985 · as Self
• An Almost Perfect Affair1979 · as Self

All TV Shows (17)

• Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• Early Edition1996 · as Roger Ebert
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Critic1994 · as Roger Ebert (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• The Incredibly Strange Film Show1988 · as Self
• At the Movies1986 · as Self
• At the Movies1982
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Sneak Previews— · as Himself