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.
Acted in 12
2020s
- 2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
2000s
- 2005
- 2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Movie
- 2003
Abby Singer
Roger Ebert (uncredited)
- 2000
Welcome to Hollywood
Roger Ebert
1990s
- 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
Movie
- 1994
- 1992
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
Citizen Yuppie
Citizen Yuppie
Wrote 5
2010s
- 2014
The Thinking Molecules of Titan
Short Story
1980s
- 1987
Citizen Yuppie
Writer
Directed 1
1980s
- 1987
Citizen Yuppie
Director
Appearances50
2020s
- 2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Self (archive footage)
- 2025
- 2024
- 2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Self
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
- 2014
- 2010
Don't You Forget About Me
Self
2000s
- 2009
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Self
- 2008
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams
Self
- 2007
Cannes: All Access
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Self
- 2006
Dead Teenager Movie
Self
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Self
- 2005
The Outsider
Self
- 2004
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
Self
- 2003
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
Self - Film Critic
- 2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Mysteries of Love
Self (archive footage)
- 2001
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
- 2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
1990s
- 1998
Independent's Day
Self
- 1997
Pitch
Self
- 1996
- 1995
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self - Host
- 1993
- 1991
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Narrator (voice) / Introduction
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
Self
1980s
- 1988
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Self · 1 episode
- 1986
At the Movies
Self · 49 episodes
- 1985
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Self
1970s
- 1979
An Almost Perfect Affair
Self
- 1975
