Roger Ebert
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-06-18
Day of Death
2013-04-04 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Urbana, Illinois, USA
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
Acting
(2025)
(2025)
(2024)
Faye
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
(2020)
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2018)
Howard
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Burden
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Life Itself
as Self - Film Critic
(2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Don't You Forget About Me
as Self
(2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
(2007)
Cannes: All Access
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Self (uncredited)
(2005)
The Outsider
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
(2003)
Abby Singer
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
(2003)
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
as Self - Film Critic
(2002)
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
(2002)
Mysteries of Love
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
All the Love You Cannes!
as Self
(2001)
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
as Himself
(2001)
(2000)
(1999)
(1998)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Roger Ebert
(1998)
Junket Whore
as Self
(1998)
Independent's Day
as Self
(1997)
Pitch
as Self
(1996)
(1995)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self - Host
(1991)
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
(1987)
Citizen Yuppie
as Citizen Yuppie
(1985)
Crew
(2014)
The Thinking Molecules of Titan
Short Story
(1987)
Citizen Yuppie
Director, Writer
(1979)
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
Screenplay
(1976)
Up!
Original Story
(1970)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Screenplay, Story