Roger Ebert
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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
Credits
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
as Self
Abby Singer (2003)
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Howard (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Life Itself (2014)
as Self - Film Critic
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A. (2001)
as Himself
The Outsider (2005)
as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive photo)
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Roger Ebert
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2006)
as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
as Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
as Roger Ebert (uncredited)
Biography: Humphrey Bogart (2003)
as Self - Film Critic
Cannes: All Access (2007)
as Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)
as (archive footage)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993)
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
as Self
An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
as Self
Don't You Forget About Me (2010)
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
as Self
Mysteries of Love (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Independent's Day (1998)
as Self
Pitch (1997)
as Self
All the Love You Cannes! (2002)
as Self
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991)
as Narrator (voice) / Introduction
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007)
as Self
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1995)
as Self - Host
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004)
Actor
Dead Teenager Movie (2006)
as Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004)
as Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
as Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
as Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis (2020)
as Self
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (2004)
as Self
Burden (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' (2004)
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
as Self
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide (1991)
as Roger Ebert
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (1996)
Actor
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy (2006)
as Self
Citizen Yuppie (1987)
as Citizen Yuppie
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams (2008)
as Self
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage (1985)
as Self