Name
James Earl Jones
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-01-17
Deathday
2024-09-09 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Biography
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
The Lion King
(20,063 Votes)
8.251
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under t...
Relase Date : 15 Jun, 1994
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Mufasa: The Lion King
(2,751 Votes)
7.29
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal blo...
Relase Date : 18 Dec, 2024
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The Empire Strikes Back
(18,776 Votes)
8.393
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire,...
Relase Date : 20 May, 1980
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(11,096 Votes)
6.25
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and ...
Relase Date : 18 Dec, 2019
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The Hunt for Red October
(3,727 Votes)
7.384
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S...
Relase Date : 2 Mar, 1990
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
(16,696 Votes)
7.51
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and ...
Relase Date : 14 Dec, 2016
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1977 Star Wars as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- 1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Lt. Lothar Zogg
- 1993 Sommersby as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
- 1990 The Hunt for Red October as Vice ADM James Greer
- 1992 Sneakers as Mr. Bernard Abbott
- 1989 Field of Dreams as Terrence Mann
- 1983 Return of the Jedi as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1980 The Empire Strikes Back as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- 1993 Dreamrider as Bill Perry
- 1982 Amy and the Angel as Gabriel
- 2007 Earth as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 Finder's Fee as Avery Phillips
- 1990 By Dawn's Early Light as Alice
- 1993 The Meteor Man as Earnest Moses
- 1993 The Sandlot as Mr. Mertle
- 1993 Excessive Force as Jake
- 1987 Matewan as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
- 2001 Disney's American Legends as Narrator
- 1989 Three Fugitives as Dugan
- 2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Admiral (voice)
- 1994 The Lion King as Mufasa (voice)
- 1986 Soul Man as Professor Banks
- 1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold as Umslopogaas
- 1998 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Mufasa (voice)
- 1994 Clear and Present Danger as Admiral James Greer
- 1988 Coming to America as King Jaffe Joffer
- 1982 Conan the Barbarian as Thulsa Doom
- 1997 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 1982 The Flight of Dragons as Ommadon (voice)
- 1992 Patriot Games as Adm. James Greer
- 1995 Cry, the Beloved Country as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
- 2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Papa Jenkins
- 1994 Africa: The Serengeti as Narrator
- 1987 Gardens of Stone as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
- 1997 Gang Related as Arthur Baylor
- 2009 Jack and the Beanstalk as The Giant (voice)
- 1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Leon
- 1976 Swashbuckler as Nick Debrett
- 1994 The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Host
- 1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Dr. McDuffie
- 1996 A Family Thing as Ray Murdock
- 1977 A Piece of the Action as Joshua Burke
- 1999 Undercover Angel as The Judge
- 1991 Scorchers as Bear
- 1987 Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Emperor of the Night (voice)
- 2005 The Reading Room as William
- 2005 The Sandlot 2 as Mr. Mertle
- 2004 Nine Dog Christmas as Storyteller (voice)
- 1990 Grim Prairie Tales as Morrison
- 1994 Clean Slate as John Dolby
- 2000 Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host
- 1995 People: A Musical Celebration as The Storyteller (voice)
- 1996 Timepiece as Lawrence
- 1995 Who's in Rabbit's House? as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 Convicts as Ben Johnson
- 1974 Claudine as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
- 2001 Feast of All Saints as Older Marcel
- 1999 Santa and Pete as Grandpa Nicholas
- 1975 Deadly Hero as Rabbit Shazam
- 1977 The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Sheikh
- 1991 True Identity as James Earl Jones
- 1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1976 The River Niger as Johnny Williams
- 2019 On Broadway as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 What the Deaf Man Heard as Archibald Thacker
- 1975 The UFO Incident as Barney Hill
- 1967 The Comedians as Dr. Magiot
- 1982 Blood Tide as Frye
- 2019 The Space: Theatre of Survival as Narrator
- 2021 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 The Ambulance as Lt. Spencer
- 1981 Beauty and the Beast as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 Summer's End as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
- 1989 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried as Narrator
- 1995 The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Host
- 1986 My Little Girl as Ike Bailey
- 2000 Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self
- 1970 End of the Road as Doctor D
- 2014 The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Ruben
- 1981 The Bushido Blade as The Prisoner
- 2003 The Great Year as Narrator
- 1994 Gangs: Turning the Corner as Self
- 1987 A House Divided
- 2004 Black Indians: An American Story as Narrator
- 2012 Joe Papp in Five Acts as Self
- 1984 The Vegas Strip War as Jack Madrid
- 1974 The Cay as Timothy
- 1994 The Vernon Johns Story as Vernon Johns
- 1972 The Man as Douglass Dilman
- 2013 Gimme Shelter as Frank McCarthy
- 1989 Best of the Best as Frank Couzo
- 1981 The Creation as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1970 The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson
- 2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 Looking for Richard as Self - Interviewee
- 1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic as Older Kokumo
- 1993 Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 1989 The Hunting of the Snark as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 Blackfish as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 The Second Civil War as Jim Kalla
- 1997 Hitler's Forgotten Victims as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
- 1985 City Limits as Albert
- 2015 Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
- 1994 Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator
- 1993 Percy & Thunder as Percy Banks
- 2005 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Narrator
- 1990 Heat Wave as Junius Johnson
- 1990 Ivory Hunters as Inspector Nkuru
- 2003 The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror as Maggie Simpson (voice)
- 1995 Jefferson in Paris as Madison Hemings
- 1977 The Greatest as Malcolm X
- 1971 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream as Narrator
- 1999 Our Friend, Martin as Daddy King (voice)
- 1997 Alone as Grey
- 1989 Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark as Narrator
- 2019 Words from a Bear as Self
- 1988 Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 Milius as Self
- 2015 Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1990 Teach 109 as Dr. Winston
- 1992 Lincoln as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 The Annihilation of Fish as Fish
- Soon Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 1990 Last Flight Out as Al Topping
- 2016 The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar as Mufasa (voice)
- 2016 God Bless You, Mr Rosewater as Kilgore Trout
- 1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Dane Oliver
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self
- 1981 Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self
- 2024 Butterfly in the Sky as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
- 2015 August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand as Self
- 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
- 1994 Confessions: Two Faces of Evil as Charles Lloyd
- 1972 Malcolm X as Biographical Narration (voice)
- 2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1990 Terrorgram as Retribution (voice)
- 2003 Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' as Self
- 2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
- 1997 Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 The Story of Star Wars as Darth Vader (archive footage)
- 2005 Robots as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
- 2013 Muse of Fire as Self
- 2019 The Lion King as Mufasa (voice)
- 1977 The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Morris Bird, Jr.
- 2006 Click as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
- 2018 Warning Shot as Pendleton
- 1977 The Making of Star Wars as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- 1986 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp as Genie / Narrator
- 1974 King Lear as King Lear
- 2017 The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands as Mufasa (voice)
- 1991 Visitors from the Unknown as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 The Lone Star Kid as Holmes
- 2006 The Benchwarmers as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1995 Judge Dredd as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1999 On the Q.T. as Leo
- 2007 John, Paul, George and Ben as Narrator
- 2006 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
- 1981 God's Trombones as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 Hollywood's Greatest Villains as Self
- 1985 Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
- 1979 Paul Robeson as Paul Robeson
- 2021 Coming 2 America as King Jaffe Joffer
- 2019 Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 1997 Casper: A Spirited Beginning as Kibosh (voice)
- 2004 No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat as Self
- 2000 Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
- 2000 The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove as Self
- 1981 There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues as himself, voice
- 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Darth Vader (voice)
- 2006 Scary Movie 4 as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1980 The Me Nobody Knows as Self
- 2001 Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street as Mister (voice)
- 2006 Searching for Orson as Self
- 1978 Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement as Self
- 2012 An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road as Self
- 1984 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears as Narrator
- 1993 Hallelujah as Old Man Taylor
- 2002 Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film as Narrator
- 2000 Antietam: A Documentary Film as Narrator
- 2007 Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self
- 2000 Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
- 1994 The Making of the Lion King as Self
- 1991 Portrait of Castro's Cuba as Host/Narrator
- 1982 Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1979 A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Self - Host
- 1998 Primary Colors as CNN Voiceover (voice)
- 2024 BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 Corwin as Self
- 1991 When It Was a Game as (voice)
- 1985 Moses as Pharaoh
- 1995 Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable as Mufasa
- 1997 Good Luck as James Bing
- 2011 Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter as Himself
- 1992 The JFK Conspiracy as Self - Host
- 2006 The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy as Narrator
- 2025 Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort as Mara (voice)
- 1978 The Story of the Faithful Wookiee as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- 2000 Ennis' Gift as Self
- Soon Diamonds on the Silver Screen as Self
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Lee Atkins
- 1969 Sesame Street ( 1 episode )
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Dibala
- 1990 Gabriel's Fire ( 22 episodes ) as Gabriel Bird
- 2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2001 According to Jim ( 1 episode ) as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
- 2002 Everwood ( 3 episodes ) as Will Cleveland
- 2003 Two and a Half Men ( 1 episode ) as James Earl Jones
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Norman Royster
- 1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman ( 1 episode ) as Franklin Stern
- 1997 Stargate SG-1 ( 1 episode ) as Unas (Voice)
- 1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as James Earl Jones
- 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 3 episodes ) as Felix Wilson
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Archibald Thacker
- 1987 Mathnet ( 1 episode ) as Chief Thad Green (voice)
- 1987 Mathnet ( 3 episodes ) as Chief Thad Green
- 1963 East Side/West Side ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Under One Roof ( 6 episodes ) as Neb Langston
- 1975 Vegetable Soup ( 57 episodes ) as Long John Spoilsport
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Andrews
- 1966 Tarzan ( 2 episodes )
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as Alex Haley
- 1979 Paris ( 13 episodes ) as Woody Paris
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Jesus of Nazareth ( 4 episodes ) as Balthazar
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Lou Rush
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Reverend Harris Bonham
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Me & Mom ( 6 episodes )
- 1991 Pros and Cons ( 12 episodes ) as Gabriel Bird
- 1998 Merlin ( 2 episodes ) as Rock of Ages
- 2007 The Big Bang Theory ( 1 episode ) as James Earl Jones
- 2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi ( 4 episodes ) as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1978 The Magic of David Copperfield ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels ( 2 episodes ) as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1989 Long Ago and Far Away ( 35 episodes ) as Host
- 1984 CBS Schoolbreak Special ( 1 episode ) as Detective Robb
- 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Genie / Narrator (voice)
- 1983 Reading Rainbow ( 1 episode ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1948 Lamp Unto My Feet ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Signs and Wonders ( 4 episodes ) as Diamond
- 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders ( 2 episodes ) as Major Walker
- 1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones ( 2 episodes ) as Father Divine
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Maggie Simpson (voice)
- 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ( 1 episode ) as King Dakkar (voice)
- 2019 The Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 Black Omnibus ( 13 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as The Angel of Angels
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as King Lear
- 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun ( 19 episodes ) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Gabe Wilson
- 1974 Dinah! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 11 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1987 Mathnet ( 1 episode ) as Chief Thad Greene
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 Garfield and Friends ( 1 episode ) as Diablo
- 1992 Picket Fences ( 1 episode ) as Bryant Thomas
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Winner / Performer
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 9 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Old Man Taylor
