James AveryACTOR | PRODUCER

James Avery was best known as the Uncle Phil on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Avery was a classically trained actor and scholar from New Jersey who joined the US Navy after graduating high school and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Upon leaving the military, he moved to San Diego, California and began writing TV scripts and poetry for PBS.

He won an Emmy for production while at PBS. In addition sitcom television, Avery was also a voice actor for over a dozen animated television series and features and was host of the popular PBS travel and adventure series Going Places.