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