Roger Ebert

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

60

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The View

    The View

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Early Edition

    Early Edition

  • Pitch

    Pitch

  • It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

  • Abby Singer

    Abby Singer

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • The Critic

    The Critic

  • Dead Teenager Movie

    Dead Teenager Movie

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

  • Burden

    Burden

  • Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

    Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

  • Mysteries of Love

    Mysteries of Love

  • Cannes: All Access

    Cannes: All Access

  • Kubrick by Kubrick

    Kubrick by Kubrick

  • Biography: Humphrey Bogart

    Biography: Humphrey Bogart

  • John Candy: I Like Me

    John Candy: I Like Me

  • The Incredibly Strange Film Show

    The Incredibly Strange Film Show

  • All the Love You Cannes!

    All the Love You Cannes!

  • Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Life Itself

    Life Itself

  • Junket Whore

    Junket Whore

  • Howard

    Howard

  • At the Movies

    At the Movies

  • At the Movies

    At the Movies

  • Television: The First Fifty Years

    Television: The First Fifty Years

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

    Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

  • Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

    Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide

  • The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

  • Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

  • An Almost Perfect Affair

    An Almost Perfect Affair

  • Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

    Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

  • Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

    Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

  • Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

    Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

  • Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

    Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

  • The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • Sneak Previews

    Sneak Previews

  • Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

    Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

  • You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

    You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

  • Independent's Day

    Independent's Day

  • Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

    Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

  • AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

  • No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

    No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

  • Don't You Forget About Me

    Don't You Forget About Me

  • Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

    Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy

  • Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

    Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

  • Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

  • For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

    For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

  • Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

    Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

  • Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

    Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

  • Citizen Yuppie

    Citizen Yuppie