James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. He was described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". Over his career, he received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985. He was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Honorary Academy Award in 2011. His deep voice has been praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects.
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Movies (205)
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025 · Mara (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 · In Memory Of
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 · Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Los Amigos del Barrio: Cómo llegamos a Plaza Sésamo
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Un príncipe en Nueva York 2
2021 · King Jaffe Joffer
Star Wars: El ascenso de Skywalker
2019 · Darth Vader (voice)
On Broadway
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019 · Self
El rey león
2019 · Mufasa (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019 · Narrator
Words from a Bear
2019 · Self
Warning Shot
2018 · Pendleton
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017 · Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars: Rogue One
2016 · Darth Vader (voice)
La Guardia del León: Un Nuevo Rugido
2016 · Mufasa (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
2015 · Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015 · Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015 · Self
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014 · Darth Vader (voice)
El hombre mas enfadado de Brooklyn
2014 · Ruben
Buscando un destino
2013 · Frank McCarthy
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
Blackfish
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Milius
2013 · Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012 · Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012 · Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011 · Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · Admiral (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009 · The Giant (voice)
Bienvenido a casa, Roscoe Jenkins
2008 · Papa Jenkins
La Tierra
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Self
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007 · Narrator
Searching for Orson
2006 · Self
Click: Perdiendo el control
2006 · Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4: Descuartizados de miedo
2006 · Narrator (uncredited)
Los Calienta Bancas
2006 · Darth Vader (voice)
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006 · Narrator
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005 · Self
Nuestra Pandilla 2: Historia de un verano
2005 · Mr. Mertle
The Reading Room
2005 · William
Star Wars: Episodio III - La Venganza de los Sith
2005 · Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots
2005 · Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005 · Narrator
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004 · Self
La Navidad de los nueve perritos
2004 · Storyteller (voice)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Self
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Darth Vader (archive footage)
Black Indians: An American Story
2004 · Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003 · Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Great Year
2003 · Narrator
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003 · Self
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002 · Narrator
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001 · Self
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Older Marcel
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001 · Mister (voice)
Finder's Fee
2001 · Avery Phillips
Disney's American Legends
2001 · Narrator
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000 · Narrator
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000 · Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000 · Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000 · Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Fantasía 2000
2000 · Self - Host
Ennis' Gift
2000 · Self
Santa and Pete
1999 · Grandpa Nicholas
The Annihilation of Fish
1999 · Fish
Undercover Angel
1999 · The Judge
On the Q.T.
1999 · Leo
Summer's End
1999 · Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin
1999 · Daddy King (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998 · Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors
1998 · CNN Voiceover (voice)
Alone
1997 · Grey
The Second Civil War
1997 · Jim Kalla
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 · Archibald Thacker
Gang Related
1997 · Arthur Baylor
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997 · Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997 · Kibosh (voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Good Luck
1997 · James Bing
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997 · Self
Afro Promo
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Timepiece
1996 · Lawrence
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Dr. McDuffie
Looking for Richard
1996 · Self - Interviewee
Corwin
1996 · Self
A Family Thing
1996 · Ray Murdock
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995 · Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Judge Dredd
1995 · Narrator (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · Host
Jefferson in Paris
1995 · Madison Hemings
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995 · Mufasa
People: A Musical Celebration
1995 · The Storyteller (voice)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994 · Narrator
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Admiral James Greer
The Making of the Lion King
1994 · Self
The Lion King
1994 · Mufasa (voice)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Host
Clean Slate
1994 · John Dolby
Africa: The Serengeti
1994 · Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994 · Self
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994 · Charles Lloyd
The Vernon Johns Story
1994 · Vernon Johns
Hallelujah
1993 · Old Man Taylor
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993 · Self (voice) (uncredited)
Percy & Thunder
1993 · Percy Banks
The Meteor Man
1993 · Earnest Moses
Dreamrider
1993 · Bill Perry
Excessive Force
1993 · Jake
The Sandlot
1993 · Mr. Mertle
Sommersby
1993 · Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Lincoln
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Sneakers
1992 · Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games
1992 · Adm. James Greer
The JFK Conspiracy
1992 · Self - Host
True Identity
1991 · James Earl Jones
When It Was a Game
1991 · (voice)
Scorchers
1991 · Bear
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991 · Host/Narrator
Visitors from the Unknown
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Convicts
1991 · Ben Johnson
Grim Prairie Tales
1990 · Morrison
Ivory Hunters
1990 · Inspector Nkuru
Heat Wave
1990 · Junius Johnson
Last Flight Out
1990 · Al Topping
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Alice
The Ambulance
1990 · Lt. Spencer
The Hunt for Red October
1990 · Vice ADM James Greer
Teach 109
1990 · Dr. Winston
Terrorgram
1990 · Retribution (voice)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989 · Narrator
Best of the Best
1989 · Frank Couzo
Field of Dreams
1989 · Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives
1989 · Dugan
The Hunting of the Snark
1989 · Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989 · Narrator
Coming to America
1988 · King Jaffe Joffer
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988 · Narrator (voice)
Matewan
1987 · 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987 · Emperor of the Night (voice)
Gardens of Stone
1987 · Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
A House Divided
1987
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · Umslopogaas
Soul Man
1986 · Professor Banks
My Little Girl
1986 · Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986 · Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid
1986 · Holmes
Moses
1985 · Pharaoh
City Limits
1985 · Albert
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
The Vegas Strip War
1984 · Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984 · Narrator
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Darth Vader (voice)
Blood Tide
1982 · Frye
Amy and the Angel
1982 · Gabriel
The Flight of Dragons
1982 · Ommadon (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
1982 · Thulsa Doom
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981 · Narrator (voice)
The Creation
1981 · Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
1981 · The Prisoner
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981 · himself, voice
Beauty and the Beast
1981 · Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones
1981 · Narrator (voice)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980 · Dane Oliver
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Me Nobody Knows
1980 · Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · Self - Host
Paul Robeson
1979 · Paul Robeson
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978 · Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Darth Vader (voice)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
1978 · Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977 · Morris Bird, Jr.
A Piece of the Action
1977 · Joshua Burke
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · Older Kokumo
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 · Sheikh
Star Wars
1977 · Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest
1977 · Malcolm X
Swashbuckler
1976 · Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976 · Leon
The River Niger
1976 · Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero
1975 · Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident
1975 · Barney Hill
The Cay
1974 · Timothy
Claudine
1974 · Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
King Lear
1974 · King Lear
The Man
1972 · Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X
1972 · Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971 · Narrator
The Great White Hope
1970 · Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
End of the Road
1970 · Doctor D
The Comedians
1967 · Dr. Magiot
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Lt. Lothar Zogg
Broadway: The Next Generation
· Self
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
· Self
TV shows (61)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · Darth Vader (voice)
Las películas que nos formaron
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Star Wars Rebels
2014 · Darth Vader (voice)
La Teoría del Big Bang
2007 · James Earl Jones
The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Dr. House
2004 · Dibala
Dos Hombres y Medio
2003 · James Earl Jones
Everwood
2002 · Will Cleveland
According to Jim
2001 · Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Will & Grace
1998 · James Earl Jones
Merlin
1998 · Rock of Ages
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Unas (Voice)
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Under One Roof
1995 · Neb Langston
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · King Dakkar (voice)
Signs and Wonders
1995 · Diamond
Touched by an Angel
1994 · The Angel of Angels
Frasier
1993 · Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Franklin Stern
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Felix Wilson
Picket Fences
1992 · Bryant Thomas
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Pros and Cons
1991 · Gabriel Bird
Law & Order
1990 · Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Gabriel's Fire
1990 · Gabriel Bird
Los Simpson
1989 · Narrator (voice), Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice), Maggie Simpson (voice)
Long Ago and Far Away
1989 · Host
Garfield and Friends
1988 · Diablo
Mathnet
1987 · Chief Thad Green (voice), Chief Thad Green, Chief Thad Greene
L.A. Law
1986 · Lee Atkins
Me & Mom
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Major Walker
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Gabe Wilson
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984 · Detective Robb
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Genie / Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109'), Old Man Taylor
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · Father Divine
Paris
1979 · Woody Paris
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Alex Haley
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Balthazar
Vegetable Soup
1975 · Long John Spoilsport
Dinah!
1974 · Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
Black Omnibus
1973 · Self - Host
Great Performances
1971 · King Lear
Sesame Street
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Tarzan
1966
East Side/West Side
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self - Co-Host
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Lou Rush
The Defenders
1961 · Lieutenant Andrews, Reverend Harris Bonham
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Winner / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self (archive footage), Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Archibald Thacker
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee / Presenter