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