James Earl Jones

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.

Acting

2024

Butterfly in the Sky
Movie

Guest Narrator (archive footage)

2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tv

Darth Vader (voice)

2021

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2021

Coming 2 America
Movie

King Jaffe Joffer

2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

2019

The Movies That Made Us
Tv

Self (archive footage)

2019

On Broadway
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2019

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie

Self

2019

The Lion King
Movie

Mufasa (voice)

2019

Words from a Bear
Movie

Self

2019

Words from a Bear
Movie

Self

2018

Warning Shot
Movie

Pendleton

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

2016

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Movie

Kilgore Trout

2016

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Movie

Mufasa (voice)

2015

Driving Miss Daisy
Movie

Hoke Colburn

2015

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

2015

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Movie

Self

2014

Star Wars Rebels
Tv

Darth Vader (voice)

2014

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

2014

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Movie

Ruben

2013

Gimme Shelter
Movie

Frank McCarthy

2013

Muse of Fire
Movie

Self

2013

Blackfish
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2013

Milius
Movie

Self

2012

An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Movie

Self

2011

Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Movie

Himself

2010

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie

Admiral (voice)

2009

Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie

The Giant (voice)

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2008

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Movie

Papa Jenkins

2007

Earth
Movie

Narrator (voice)

2007

The Big Bang Theory
Tv

Self

2006

The One Show
Tv

Self - Guest

2006

Click
Movie

Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)

2006

Scary Movie 4
Movie

Narrator (uncredited)

2006

The Benchwarmers
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

2005

Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Movie

Self

2005

The Sandlot 2
Movie

Mr. Mertle

2005

The Reading Room
Movie

William

2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie

Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)

2005

Robots
Movie

Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)

2004

House
Tv

Dibala

2004

Nine Dog Christmas
Movie

Storyteller (voice)

2004

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Movie

Self

2004

The Story of Star Wars
Movie

Darth Vader (archive footage)

2003

Two and a Half Men
Tv

Himself

2003

The Great Year
Movie

Narrator

2003

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Movie

Self

2001

Feast of All Saints
Movie

Older Marcel

2001

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Movie

Mister (voice)

2001

According to Jim
Tv

Royal Flush Voice (voice)

2001

Finder's Fee
Movie

Avery Phillips

2001

Disney's American Legends
Movie

Narrator

2000

Summer's End
Movie

Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely

2000

Fantasia 2000
Movie

Self - Host

1999

Santa and Pete
Movie

James Earl Jones

1999

The Annihilation of Fish
Movie

Fish

1999

Undercover Angel
Movie

The Judge

1999

Our Friend, Martin
Movie

Daddy King (voice)

1998

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Movie

Mufasa (voice)

1998

Merlin
Tv

Rock of Ages

1998

Primary Colors
Movie

CNN Voiceover (voice)

1997

Alone
Movie

Grey

1997

The Second Civil War
Movie

Jim Kalla

1997

What the Deaf Man Heard
Movie

Archibald Thacker

1997

Gang Related
Movie

Arthur Baylor

1997

Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Movie

Kibosh (voice)

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie

Self (archive footage)

1997

Good Luck
Movie

James Bing

1997

Afro Promo
Movie

Self (archive footage)

1996

Timepiece
Movie

Lawrence

1996

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Movie

Dr. McDuffie

1996

Looking for Richard
Movie

Self - Interviewee

1996

A Family Thing
Movie

Ray Murdock

1996

3rd Rock from the Sun
Tv

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1995

Cry, the Beloved Country
Movie

Rev. Stephen Kumalo

1995

Judge Dredd
Movie

Narrator (uncredited)

1995

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie

Self

1995

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Movie

Host

1995

Jefferson in Paris
Movie

Madison Hemings

1995

People: A Musical Celebration
Movie

The Storyteller (voice)

1994

Touched by an Angel
Tv

The Angel of Angels

1994

Clear and Present Danger
Movie

Admiral James Greer

1994

The Lion King
Movie

Mufasa (voice)

1994

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie

Host

1994

Clean Slate
Movie

John Dolby

1994

Africa: The Serengeti
Movie

Narrator

1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Movie

James Earl Jones (uncredited)

1993

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Movie

Self (voice) (uncredited)

1993

Frasier
Tv

Norman Royster

1993

The Meteor Man
Movie

Earnest Moses

1993

Excessive Force
Movie

Jake

1993

The Sandlot
Movie

Mr. Mertle

1993

Sommersby
Movie

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

1992

Sneakers
Movie

Mr. Bernard Abbott

1992

Patriot Games
Movie

Adm. James Greer

1992

The JFK Conspiracy
Movie

Self - Host

1991

Pros and Cons
Tv

Gabriel Bird

1991

True Identity
Movie

James Earl Jones

1991

When It Was a Game
Movie

(voice)

1991

When It Was a Game
Movie

(voice)

1991

Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Movie

Host/Narrator

1991

Convicts
Movie

Ben Johnson

1990

Grim Prairie Tales
Movie

Morrison

1990

Law & Order
Tv

Defense Attorney Horace McCoy

1990

Ivory Hunters
Movie

Inspector Nkuru

1990

Last Flight Out
Movie

Al Topping

1990

Last Flight Out
Movie

Al Topping

1990

Last Flight Out
Movie

Al Topping

1990

By Dawn's Early Light
Movie

Alice

1990

The Ambulance
Movie

Lt. Spencer

1990

The Hunt for Red October
Movie

Vice ADM James Greer

1990

Terrorgram
Movie

Retribution (voice)

1989

The Simpsons
Tv

Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)

1989

The Simpsons
Tv

Narrator (voice)

1989

The Simpsons
Tv

Maggie Simpson (voice)

1989

Best of the Best
Movie

Frank Couzo

1989

Field of Dreams
Movie

Terrence Mann

1989

Long Ago and Far Away
Tv

Host

1989

Three Fugitives
Movie

Dugan

1988

Garfield and Friends
Tv

Diablo

1988

Coming to America
Movie

King Jaffe Joffer

1988

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1987

Matewan
Movie

'Few Clothes' Johnson

1987

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Movie

Emperor of the Night (voice)

1987

Gardens of Stone
Movie

Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson

1987

Mathnet
Tv

Chief Thad Green (voice)

1987

Mathnet
Tv

Chief Thad Greene

1987

Mathnet
Tv

Chief Thad Green

1986

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Movie

Umslopogaas

1986

Soul Man
Movie

Professor Banks

1986

L.A. Law
Tv

Lee Atkins

1986

My Little Girl
Movie

Ike Bailey

1986

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Movie

Genie / Narrator

1985

City Limits
Movie

Albert

1985

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie

Self

1985

The Atlanta Child Murders
Tv

Major Walker

1984

The Vegas Strip War
Movie

Jack Madrid

1983

Return of the Jedi
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

1982

Blood Tide
Movie

Frye

1982

Amy and the Angel
Movie

Gabriel

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Tv

Genie / Narrator (voice)

1982

The Flight of Dragons
Movie

Ommadon (voice)

1982

Conan the Barbarian
Movie

Thulsa Doom

1981

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1981

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1981

The Creation
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1981

The Bushido Blade
Movie

The Prisoner

1981

There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Movie

himself, voice

1981

There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Movie

himself, voice

1981

There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Movie

himself, voice

1981

Beauty and the Beast
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1981

God's Trombones
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1980

The Empire Strikes Back
Movie

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

1980

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Tv

Father Divine

1978

The Kennedy Center Honors
Tv

Self

1978

The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

1978

The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Movie

Darth Vader (voice)

1978

The Magic of David Copperfield
Tv

Unknown

1977

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Movie

Morris Bird, Jr.

1977

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Movie

Morris Bird, Jr.

1977

A Piece of the Action
Movie

Joshua Burke

1977

The Making of Star Wars
Movie

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic
Movie

Older Kokumo

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Movie

Sheikh

1977

Star Wars
Movie

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

1977

The Greatest
Movie

Malcolm X

1977

Jesus of Nazareth
Tv

Balthazar

1976

Swashbuckler
Movie

Nick Debrett

1976

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Movie

Leon

1975

Deadly Hero
Movie

Rabbit Shazam

1975

The UFO Incident
Movie

Barney Hill

1975

Vegetable Soup
Tv

Long John Spoilsport

1974

The Cay
Movie

Timothy

1974

Dinah!
Tv

Self

1974

Claudine
Movie

Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall

1974

King Lear
Movie

King Lear

1974

King Lear
Movie

King Lear

1972

The Man
Movie

Douglass Dilman

1972

Malcolm X
Movie

Biographical Narration (voice)

1971

Great Performances
Tv

King Lear

1970

The Great White Hope
Movie

Jack Jefferson

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie

Self (archive footage)

1970

End of the Road
Movie

Doctor D

1969

Sesame Street
Tv

Unknown

1967

The Comedians
Movie

Dr. Magiot

1964

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Movie

Lt. Lothar Zogg

1962

The Merv Griffin Show
Tv

Self

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tv

Archibald Thacker

1948

Lamp Unto My Feet
Tv

Unknown

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Tv

Self - Nominee / Presenter

Crew

2024

Mufasa: The Lion King
Movie

In Memory Of

Infos

Full Name
James Earl Jones
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1/17/1931
Date of Death
9/9/2024
Also Known As

James Earl Boggins Jones

Todd Jones

Jimmy

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