James Earl Jones
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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
Credits
Star Wars (1977)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion King (1994)
as Mufasa (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Judge Dredd (1995)
as Narrator (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion King (2019)
as Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
as Mufasa (voice)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
as Thulsa Doom
Robots (2005)
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
as Narrator (uncredited)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
Coming to America (1988)
as King Jaffe Joffer
Click (2006)
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
as Vice ADM James Greer
Sneakers (1992)
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
The Sandlot (1993)
as Mr. Mertle
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
as Admiral James Greer
Patriot Games (1992)
as Adm. James Greer
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Older Kokumo
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
as Self - Host
Coming 2 America (2021)
as King Jaffe Joffer
Gang Related (1997)
as Arthur Baylor
Sommersby (1993)
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Field of Dreams (1989)
as Terrence Mann
Gardens of Stone (1987)
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Matewan (1987)
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Best of the Best (1989)
as Frank Couzo
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
as Papa Jenkins
The Benchwarmers (2006)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Three Fugitives (1989)
as Dugan
Undercover Angel (1999)
as The Judge
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)
as Mufasa (voice)
Looking for Richard (1996)
as Self - Interviewee
Finder's Fee (2001)
as Avery Phillips
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
as Ruben
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
as Umslopogaas
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
as Kibosh (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
as The Giant (voice)
Blackfish (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Feast of All Saints (2001)
as Older Marcel
Ennis' Gift (2000)
as Self
The Vegas Strip War (1984)
as Jack Madrid
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Primary Colors (1998)
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
The Ambulance (1990)
as Lt. Spencer
Soul Man (1986)
as Professor Banks
Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
as Self
Earth (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
as Daddy King (voice)
The Sandlot 2 (2005)
as Mr. Mertle
Santa and Pete (1999)
as Grandpa Nicholas
A Piece of the Action (1977)
as Joshua Burke
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (1993)
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Robeson (1979)
as Paul Robeson
Gimme Shelter (2013)
as Frank McCarthy
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
as Ommadon (voice)
Nine Dog Christmas (2004)
as Storyteller (voice)
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
as Self
The Meteor Man (1993)
as Earnest Moses
The Making of the Lion King (1994)
as Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (1978)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars (1977)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as Alice
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Diamonds on the Silver Screen (—)
as Self
Disney's American Legends (2001)
as Narrator
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Sheikh
Scorchers (1991)
as Bear
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
as Dr. McDuffie
My Little Girl (1986)
as Ike Bailey
A Family Thing (1996)
as Ray Murdock
When It Was a Game (1991)
as (voice)
Africa: The Serengeti (1994)
as Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Swashbuckler (1976)
as Nick Debrett
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
The Second Civil War (1997)
as Jim Kalla
Dreamrider (1993)
as Bill Perry
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
as Madison Hemings
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates (1985)
Actor
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
The Cay (1974)
as Timothy
The Great White Hope (1970)
as Jack Jefferson
Excessive Force (1993)
as Jake
The Reading Room (2005)
as William
The Greatest (1977)
as Malcolm X
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
as Archibald Thacker
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Me Nobody Knows (1980)
as Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
Actor
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
as Admiral (voice)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Moses (1985)
as Pharaoh
Visitors from the Unknown (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Beauty and the Beast (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Host
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001)
as Mister (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019)
as Self
Claudine (1974)
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
The Comedians (1967)
as Dr. Magiot
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
The Bushido Blade (1981)
as The Prisoner
Gangs: Turning the Corner (1994)
as Self
Clean Slate (1994)
as John Dolby
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Mara (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Warning Shot (2018)
as Pendleton
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
True Identity (1991)
as James Earl Jones
Heat Wave (1990)
as Junius Johnson
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
as Leon
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
as Host
Antietam: A Documentary Film (2000)
as Narrator
Blood Tide (1982)
as Frye
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter (2011)
as Himself
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989)
as Narrator
The Great Year (2003)
as Narrator
Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
as Morrison
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
as Self
Milius (2013)
as Self
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Alone (1997)
as Grey
A House Divided (1987)
Actor
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film (2002)
as Narrator
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
as Self
Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997)
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
as Narrator
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015)
as Self
End of the Road (1970)
as Doctor D
City Limits (1985)
as Albert
The Man (1972)
as Douglass Dilman
Deadly Hero (1975)
as Rabbit Shazam
Convicts (1991)
as Ben Johnson
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997)
as Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978)
as Self
Timepiece (1996)
as Lawrence
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
as Fish
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1986)
as Genie / Narrator
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000)
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
Words from a Bear (2019)
as Self
Last Flight Out (1990)
as Al Topping
Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
as Hoke Colburn
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
as Charles Lloyd
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World (2001)
as Self
On Broadway (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
God's Trombones (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012)
as Self
On the Q.T. (1999)
as Leo
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980)
as Dane Oliver
King Lear (1974)
as King Lear
The Hunting of the Snark (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019)
as Narrator
The Lone Star Kid (1986)
as Holmes
The UFO Incident (1975)
as Barney Hill
Malcolm X (1972)
as Biographical Narration (voice)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004)
as Self
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
as Morris Bird, Jr.
Amy and the Angel (1982)
as Gabriel
Hallelujah (1993)
as Old Man Taylor
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
as Self - Host
Good Luck (1997)
as James Bing
People: A Musical Celebration (1995)
as The Storyteller (voice)
Teach 109 (1990)
as Dr. Winston
John, Paul, George and Ben (2007)
as Narrator
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000)
as Self
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
as Vernon Johns
Ivory Hunters (1990)
as Inspector Nkuru
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark (1989)
as Narrator
The River Niger (1976)
as Johnny Williams
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995)
as Mufasa
Lincoln (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
as Narrator
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006)
as Narrator
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' (2003)
as Self
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981)
as himself, voice
Terrorgram (1990)
as Retribution (voice)
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands (2017)
as Mufasa (voice)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
as Self
Afro Promo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Percy & Thunder (1993)
as Percy Banks
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1984)
as Narrator
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream (1971)
as Narrator
The JFK Conspiracy (1992)
as Self - Host
Black Indians: An American Story (2004)
as Narrator
Portrait of Castro's Cuba (1991)
as Host/Narrator
The Creation (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
Summer's End (1999)
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Corwin (1996)
as Self
Searching for Orson (2006)
as Self