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