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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Personal Info

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-01-17
Day of Death
2024-09-09 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA

James Earl Jones

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

(2024)
Butterfly in the Sky
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
(2024)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Coming 2 America
as King Jaffe Joffer
(2021)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
(2019)
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
(2019)
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
(2019)
Words from a Bear
as Self
(2019)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Narrator
(2018)
Warning Shot
as Pendleton
(2017)
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
(2017)
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
as Mufasa (voice)
(2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Darth Vader (voice)
(2016)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Mufasa (voice)
(2016)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
as Kilgore Trout
(2015)
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Darth Vader (voice)
(2015)
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
(2015)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
(2014)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Ruben
(2014)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as Darth Vader (voice)
(2013)
Blackfish
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Gimme Shelter
as Frank McCarthy
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2013)
Milius
as Self
(2012)
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
(2012)
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
as Self
(2010)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Admiral (voice)
(2009)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giant (voice)
(2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Papa Jenkins
(2007)
Earth
as Narrator (voice)
(2007)
John, Paul, George and Ben
as Narrator
(2007)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
(2006)
Click
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
(2006)
Scary Movie 4
as Narrator (uncredited)
(2006)
The Benchwarmers
as Darth Vader (voice)
(2006)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
(2006)
Searching for Orson
as Self
(2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
(2005)
Robots
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
(2005)
The Sandlot 2
as Mr. Mertle
(2005)
The Reading Room
as William
(2005)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Narrator
(2005)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
(2004)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
(2004)
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
(2004)
Nine Dog Christmas
as Storyteller (voice)
(2004)
Black Indians: An American Story
as Narrator
(2004)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
(2003)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
(2003)
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
as Self
(2003)
The Great Year
as Narrator
(2002)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
(2002)
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
(2001)
Feast of All Saints
as Older Marcel
(2001)
Finder's Fee
as Avery Phillips
(2001)
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
as Mister (voice)
(2001)
Disney's American Legends
as Narrator
(2001)
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
as Self
(2000)
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
(2000)
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
(2000)
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Self
(2000)
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
as Self
(2000)
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
(2000)
Summer's End
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
(2000)
Antietam: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
(1999)
Our Friend, Martin
as Daddy King (voice)
(1999)
Undercover Angel
as The Judge
(1999)
The Annihilation of Fish
as Fish
(1999)
On the Q.T.
as Leo
(1999)
Santa and Pete
as James Earl Jones
(1998)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
as Mufasa (voice)
(1998)
Primary Colors
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
(1997)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as Kibosh (voice)
(1997)
Gang Related
as Arthur Baylor
(1997)
The Second Civil War
as Jim Kalla
(1997)
Alone
as Grey
(1997)
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Archibald Thacker
(1997)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
(1997)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
(1996)
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
(1996)
A Family Thing
as Ray Murdock
(1996)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Dr. McDuffie
(1996)
Timepiece
as Lawrence
(1996)
Corwin
as Self
(1995)
Judge Dredd
as Narrator (uncredited)
(1995)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Host
(1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
(1995)
Jefferson in Paris
as Madison Hemings
(1995)
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
(1995)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
as Mufasa (voice)
(1995)
People: A Musical Celebration
as The Storyteller (voice)
(1995)
Who's in Rabbit's House?
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
(1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
(1994)
Clear and Present Danger
as Admiral James Greer
(1994)
Clean Slate
as John Dolby
(1994)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Host
(1994)
Africa: The Serengeti
as Narrator
(1994)
The Making of the Lion King
as Self
(1994)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Narrator
(1994)
Gangs: Turning the Corner
as Self
(1994)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
as Charles Lloyd
(1994)
The Vernon Johns Story
as Vernon Johns
(1993)
The Sandlot
as Mr. Mertle
(1993)
Sommersby
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
(1993)
The Meteor Man
as Earnest Moses
(1993)
Excessive Force
as Jake
(1993)
Dangerous: The Short Films
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
(1993)
Hallelujah
as Old Man Taylor
(1993)
Percy & Thunder
as Percy Banks
(1993)
Dreamrider
as Bill Perry
(1992)
Sneakers
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
(1992)
Patriot Games
as Adm. James Greer
(1992)
Lincoln
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
Convicts
as Ben Johnson
(1991)
True Identity
as James Earl Jones
(1991)
Scorchers
as Bear
(1991)
Visitors from the Unknown
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
(1991)
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
as Host/Narrator
(1990)
The Hunt for Red October
as Vice ADM James Greer
(1990)
The Ambulance
as Lt. Spencer
(1990)
By Dawn's Early Light
as Alice
(1990)
Heat Wave
as Junius Johnson
(1990)
Terrorgram
as Retribution (voice)
(1990)
Teach 109
as Dr. Winston
(1990)
Grim Prairie Tales
as Morrison
(1990)
Last Flight Out
as Al Topping
(1990)
Ivory Hunters
as Inspector Nkuru
(1989)
Field of Dreams
as Terrence Mann
(1989)
Best of the Best
as Frank Couzo
(1989)
Three Fugitives
as Dugan
(1989)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as Narrator (voice)
(1989)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
as Narrator
(1989)
The Hunting of the Snark
as Narrator (voice)
(1989)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
as Narrator
(1988)
Coming to America
as King Jaffe Joffer
(1988)
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
as Narrator (voice)
(1987)
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
(1987)
Matewan
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
(1987)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
(1987)
A House Divided
(1986)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Umslopogaas
(1986)
Soul Man
as Professor Banks
(1986)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
as Genie / Narrator
(1986)
My Little Girl
as Ike Bailey
(1986)
The Lone Star Kid
as Holmes
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
City Limits
as Albert
(1985)
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
(1985)
Moses
as Pharaoh
(1984)
The Vegas Strip War
as Jack Madrid
(1984)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
as Narrator
(1983)
Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader (voice)
(1982)
Conan the Barbarian
as Thulsa Doom
(1982)
The Flight of Dragons
as Ommadon (voice)
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Blood Tide
as Frye
(1982)
Amy and the Angel
as Gabriel
(1981)
The Bushido Blade
as The Prisoner
(1981)
Beauty and the Beast
as Narrator (voice)
(1981)
God's Trombones
as Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
(1981)
The Creation
as Narrator (voice)
(1981)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
as himself, voice
(1980)
The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
(1980)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Dane Oliver
(1980)
The Me Nobody Knows
as Self
(1979)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self - Host
(1979)
Paul Robeson
as Paul Robeson
(1978)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Darth Vader (voice)
(1978)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
as Self
(1977)
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
(1977)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Older Kokumo
(1977)
The Making of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
(1977)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Sheikh
(1977)
The Greatest
as Malcolm X
(1977)
A Piece of the Action
as Joshua Burke
(1977)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Morris Bird, Jr.
(1976)
Swashbuckler
as Nick Debrett
(1976)
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Leon
(1976)
The River Niger
as Johnny Williams
(1975)
Deadly Hero
as Rabbit Shazam
(1975)
The UFO Incident
as Barney Hill
(1974)
Claudine
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
(1974)
King Lear
as King Lear
(1974)
The Cay
as Timothy
(1972)
The Man
as Douglass Dilman
(1972)
Malcolm X
as Biographical Narration (voice)
(1971)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
as Narrator
(1970)
The Great White Hope
as Jack Jefferson
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1970)
End of the Road
as Doctor D
(1967)
The Comedians
as Dr. Magiot
(1964)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Lt. Lothar Zogg

Crew

(2024)
Mufasa: The Lion King
In Memory Of