James Avery

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    Will Smith gets emotional paying tribute to 'Fresh Prince' co-star who played Uncle Phil

    Avery played Smith’s on-screen uncle Phil Banks. He died aged 68 in 2013 following complications from open heart surgery.

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    Bungee-jumping picture of Will Smith looks just like Uncle Phil

    Hanging upside down and growing a salt & pepper beard has had a quite astonishingly transformative effect on Will Smith. This image – currently going viral – finds the ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ star looking the spitting image of Uncle Phil. Attached to a bungee rope, Smith filmed himself with a GoPro camera as he launched himself off the Victoria Falls 111-metres above the Zambezi river in Zimbabwe. However, rather than his fearlessness, it’s this still (his head’s even the same shape!) from the