Roger Ebert
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.
Filmography · 62
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self (uncredited)
The View
1997 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Early Edition
1996 · Roger Ebert
The Critic
1994 · Roger Ebert (voice)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Film Critic (ar...
Junket Whore
1998 · Self
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988 · Self
At the Movies
1986 · Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003 · Self
Welcome to Hollywood
2000 · Roger Ebert
Searching for Debra Winger
2002 · Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005 · Roger Ebert (uncredite...
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive photo)
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Abby Singer
2003 · Roger Ebert (uncredite...
Howard
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · (archive footage)
Burden
2016 · Self (archive footage)
All the Love You Cannes!
2002 · Self
The Outsider
2005 · Self
Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.
2001 · Himself
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993 · Self (segment "Monster...
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Don't You Forget About Me
2010 · Self
An Almost Perfect Affair
1979 · Self
Life Itself
2014 · Self - Film Critic
Biography: Humphrey Bogart
2003 · Self - Film Critic
Mysteries of Love
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Dead Teenager Movie
2006 · Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000 · Self
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
2007 · Self
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991 · Narrator (voice) / Int...
Pitch
1997 · Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self
Cannes: All Access
2007 · Self
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001 · Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020 · Self
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 · Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004 · Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams
2008 · Self
Independent's Day
1998 · Self
Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
1991 · Roger Ebert
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004 · Self
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
2009 · Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004 · Self
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
2006 · Self
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995 · Self - Host
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985 · Self
Citizen Yuppie
1987 · Citizen Yuppie