Roger Ebert
Actor
- Born
- June 18, 1942 · Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Died
- April 4, 2013 (age 70)
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.
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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
Life Itself
July 4, 2014
John Candy: I Like Me
September 4, 2025
Waking Sleeping Beauty
March 26, 2010
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
June 20, 2006
Howard
April 22, 2018
Kubrick by Kubrick
October 22, 2020
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
May 8, 2005
Pitch
September 4, 1997
Remembering Gene Wilder
March 15, 2024
Don't You Forget About Me
July 13, 2010
Searching for Debra Winger
July 13, 2002
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
September 23, 2003
Acting49
- 2026Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders as Self (archive footage)
- 2025John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
- 2024Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive photo)
- 2020Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis as Self
- 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
- 2018Howard as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Burden as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Life Itself as Self - Film Critic
- 2010