Acting
Roger Ebert
- Born
- Jun 18, 1942 · Aged 70
- Died
- Apr 4, 2013
- Place of birth
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 49
- TV credits
- 17
- Directing credits
- 1
Also known as (2)
- Roger Joseph Ebert
- Reinhold Timme
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…
