Roger Ebert

Age: 67
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: Urbana, Illinois, USA
Born: Jun. 18th, 1942

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Roger Ebert's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Late Late Show With Tom Snyder	Roger Ebert
Ebert & Roeper & The Movies	Himself - H…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Wrote an introduction for the book "Mad at a Movies," a compilation of past movie satires from the pages of "Mad" magazine. He credits Mad's movie satires as one of his earliest inspirations for becoming a film critic.
His top ten films of all time are: _The General (1926)_ (qv), _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv), _T�ky� monogatari (1953)_ (qv) ("Tokyo Story "), _Vertigo (1958)_ (qv), _La dolce vita (1960)_ (qv), _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv), _Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)_ (qv) ("Aguirre: The Wrath of God"), _Apocalypse Now (1979)_ (qv), _Raging Bull (1980)_ (qv) and _"Dekalog" (1989)_ (qv).
Once told 'David Letterman' (qv) that if he were trapped on a deserted island with only one film to watch, that film would be _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv).
Shoulder surgery in May 2002 caused him to miss attending Cannes Film Festival for first time in 25 years. Broke left shoulder in two places after slipping on wet floor.
Film critic.
Hobbies: walking, reading, travel, sketching, cosmology, Darwinism.
Member of Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame since 1997.
His home has a mini-movie theatre and a glass enclosed workout room; he also has a life-sized statue of 'Oliver Hardy' (qv).

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