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 …

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
2. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self (uncredited)
3. Life Itself (2014) — Self - Film Critic
4. Early Edition (1996) — Roger Ebert
5. Late Show with David Letterman (1993) — Self - Guest
6. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
7. The Critic (1994) — Roger Ebert (voice)
8. Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) — Self (archive footage)
9. The View (1997) — Self
10. John Candy: I Like Me (2025) — Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
11. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
12. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
13. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006) — Self
14. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
15. Howard (2018) — Self (archive footage)
16. Kubrick by Kubrick (2020) — Self (archive footage)
17. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
18. Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005) — Roger Ebert (uncredited)
19. At the Movies (1986) — Self
20. Pitch (1997) — Self
21. Remembering Gene Wilder (2024) — Self (archive photo)
22. Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) — Self
23. All the Love You Cannes! (2002) — Self
24. Searching for Debra Winger (2002) — Self
25. Burden (2016) — Self (archive footage)
26. Don't You Forget About Me (2010) — Self
27. For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009) — Self
28. Welcome to Hollywood (2000) — Roger Ebert
29. Mysteries of Love (2002) — Self (archive footage)
30. At the Movies (1982)
31. Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) — Self
32. Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) — Self
33. Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007) — Self
34. The Tony Danza Show (2004) — Self
35. An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) — Self
36. The Outsider (2005) — Self
37. No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004) — Self
38. Independent's Day (1998) — Self
39. Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' (2004) — Self
40. Cannes: All Access (2007) — Self

Directed

1. Citizen Yuppie (1987) — Director