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.
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Full Filmography
All Credits (257)
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
as Mara (voice)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Darth Vader (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America
as King Jaffe Joffer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Narrator
Words from a Bear
as Self
Warning Shot
as Pendleton
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
as Mufasa (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Mufasa (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
Star Wars Rebels
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Ruben
Gimme Shelter
as Frank McCarthy
Muse of Fire
as Self
Blackfish
as Self (archive footage)
Milius
as Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
as Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Admiral (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giant (voice)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Papa Jenkins
Earth
as Narrator (voice)
The Big Bang Theory
as James Earl Jones
John, Paul, George and Ben
as Narrator
Searching for Orson
as Self
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Click
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
as Narrator
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
The Sandlot 2
as Mr. Mertle
The Reading Room
as William
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Narrator
House
as Dibala
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
Nine Dog Christmas
as Storyteller (voice)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Black Indians: An American Story
as Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Two and a Half Men
as James Earl Jones
The Great Year
as Narrator
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
as Self
Everwood
as Will Cleveland
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
as Self
Feast of All Saints
as Older Marcel
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
as Mister (voice)
According to Jim
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Finder's Fee
as Avery Phillips
Disney's American Legends
as Narrator
Antietam: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
as Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
as Unknown
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
Santa and Pete
as Grandpa Nicholas
The Annihilation of Fish
as Fish
Undercover Angel
as The Judge
On the Q.T.
as Leo
Summer's End
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin
as Daddy King (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
as Mufasa (voice)
Will & Grace
as James Earl Jones
Merlin
as Rock of Ages
Primary Colors
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Alone
as Grey
The Second Civil War
as Jim Kalla
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Archibald Thacker
Gang Related
as Arthur Baylor
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as Kibosh (voice)
Stargate SG-1
as Unas (Voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Good Luck
as James Bing
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
Timepiece
as Lawrence
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Dr. McDuffie
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
A Family Thing
as Ray Murdock
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Who's in Rabbit's House?
as Narrator (voice)
Judge Dredd
as Narrator (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Host
Jefferson in Paris
as Madison Hemings
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Dakkar (voice)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
as Mufasa
Signs and Wonders
as Diamond
People: A Musical Celebration
as The Storyteller (voice)
Touched by an Angel
as The Angel of Angels
Clear and Present Danger
as Admiral James Greer
The Making of the Lion King
as Self
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Host
Clean Slate
as John Dolby
Africa: The Serengeti
as Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Gangs: Turning the Corner
as Self
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
as Charles Lloyd
The Vernon Johns Story
as Vernon Johns
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Frasier
as Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Franklin Stern
Percy & Thunder
as Percy Banks
The Meteor Man
as Earnest Moses
Dreamrider
as Bill Perry
Excessive Force
as Jake
The Sandlot
as Mr. Mertle
Sommersby
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Felix Wilson
Picket Fences
as Bryant Thomas
Sneakers
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games
as Adm. James Greer
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
The JFK Conspiracy
as Self - Host
Pros and Cons
as Gabriel Bird
True Identity
as James Earl Jones
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
Scorchers
as Bear
Visitors from the Unknown
as Narrator (voice)
Convicts
as Ben Johnson
Grim Prairie Tales
as Morrison
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Gabriel's Fire
as Gabriel Bird
Ivory Hunters
as Inspector Nkuru
Heat Wave
as Junius Johnson
Last Flight Out
as Al Topping
By Dawn's Early Light
as Alice
The Ambulance
as Lt. Spencer
The Hunt for Red October
as Vice ADM James Greer
Teach 109
as Dr. Winston
Terrorgram
as Retribution (voice)
The Simpsons
as Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
as Narrator
Field of Dreams
as Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives
as Dugan
The Hunting of the Snark
as Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
as Narrator
Garfield and Friends
as Diablo
Coming to America
as King Jaffe Joffer
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
as Narrator (voice)
Matewan
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Mathnet
as Chief Thad Green (voice)
Mathnet
as Chief Thad Green
Mathnet
as Chief Thad Greene
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Umslopogaas
Soul Man
as Professor Banks
L.A. Law
as Lee Atkins
My Little Girl
as Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
as Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid
as Holmes
City Limits
as Albert
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Major Walker
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
as Unknown
The Vegas Strip War
as Jack Madrid
Highway to Heaven
as Gabe Wilson
CBS Schoolbreak Special
as Detective Robb
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
as Narrator
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader (voice)
Blood Tide
as Frye
Amy and the Angel
as Gabriel
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
The Flight of Dragons
as Ommadon (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
as Thulsa Doom
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
American Playhouse
as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')
American Playhouse
as Old Man Taylor
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
as The Prisoner
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
as himself, voice
God's Trombones
as Narrator (voice)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Dane Oliver
The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Me Nobody Knows
as Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Father Divine
Paris
as Woody Paris
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self - Host
Roots: The Next Generations
as Alex Haley
Paul Robeson
as Paul Robeson
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Magic of David Copperfield
as Unknown
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Morris Bird, Jr.
A Piece of the Action
as Joshua Burke
The Making of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Older Kokumo
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Sheikh
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest
as Malcolm X
Jesus of Nazareth
as Balthazar
Swashbuckler
as Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Leon
The River Niger
as Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero
as Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident
as Barney Hill
Vegetable Soup
as Long John Spoilsport
The Cay
as Timothy
Dinah!
as Self
Claudine
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
King Lear
as King Lear
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Black Omnibus
as Self - Host
The Man
as Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X
as Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
as Narrator
Great Performances
as King Lear
The Great White Hope
as Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
End of the Road
as Doctor D
Sesame Street
as Unknown
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Comedians
as Dr. Magiot
Tarzan
as Unknown
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
East Side/West Side
as Unknown
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Lou Rush
The Defenders
as Lieutenant Andrews
The Defenders
as Reverend Harris Bonham
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner / Performer
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Archibald Thacker
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter