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James Earl Jones

Born 17 January 1931 · Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA · Died 9 September 2024

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2025Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort4mMara (voice)
  2. 2024Butterfly in the Sky1h 27mGuest Narrator (archive footage)
  3. 2024BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and LegacySelf (archive footage)
  4. 2021Coming 2 America1h 48mKing Jaffe Joffer
  5. 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street1h 47mSelf (archive footage)
  6. 2019The Space: Theatre of Survival1h 28mNarrator
  7. 2019The Lion King1h 58mMufasa (voice)
  8. 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage1h 30mSelf
  9. 2019Words from a Bear1h 25mSelf
  10. 2018Warning Shot1h 30mPendleton
  11. 2017The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands1h 55mMufasa (voice)
  12. 2016God Bless You, Mr Rosewater1h 51mKilgore Trout
  13. 2016The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar44mMufasa (voice)
  14. 2015Driving Miss Daisy1h 22mHoke Colburn
  15. 2015Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal44mDarth Vader (voice)
  16. 2015August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand1h 30mSelf
  17. 2014Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion44mDarth Vader (voice)
  18. 2014The Angriest Man in Brooklyn1h 24mRuben
  19. 2013Gimme Shelter1h 41mFrank McCarthy
  20. 2013Milius1h 43mSelf
  21. 2012An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road34mSelf
  22. 2012Joe Papp in Five Acts1h 24mSelf
  23. 2011Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter1h 33mHimself
  24. 2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey45mAdmiral (voice)
  25. 2008Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins1h 54mPapa Jenkins
  26. 2007Earth1h 30mNarrator (voice)
  27. 2007John, Paul, George and Ben12mNarrator
  28. 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson45mSelf
  29. 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysJack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
  30. 2006The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy1h 55mNarrator
  31. 2006Searching for Orson1h 20mSelf
  32. 2005The Reading Room1h 33mWilliam
  33. 2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'30mNarrator
  34. 2005The Sandlot 21h 37mMr. Mertle
  35. 2005Hollywood's Greatest Villains1h 30mSelf
  36. 2004Nine Dog Christmas59mStoryteller (voice)
  37. 2004The Story of Star Wars1hDarth Vader (archive footage)
  38. 2004Black Indians: An American Story1hNarrator
  39. 2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy2h 31mSelf
  40. 2004No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat30mSelf
  41. 2003The Great Year46mNarrator
  42. 2003The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror1h 32mMaggie Simpson (voice)
  43. 2003Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'29mSelf
  44. 2002Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film58mNarrator
  45. 2001Disney's American Legends58mNarrator
  46. 2001Finder's Fee1h 40mAvery Phillips
  47. 2001Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street1h 3mMister (voice)
  48. 2001Feast of All Saints3h 33mOlder Marcel
  49. 2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World1h 44mSelf
  50. 2000Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light55m
  51. 2000Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'46mSelf - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
  52. 2000Antietam: A Documentary Film57mNarrator
  53. 2000Fantasia 20001h 14mSelf - Host
  54. 2000Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'53mSelf
  55. 2000Ennis' Gift51mSelf
  56. 2000The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove14mSelf
  57. 1999The Annihilation of Fish1h 42mFish
  58. 1999Summer's End1h 38mDr. William 'Bill' Blakely
  59. 1999Santa and Pete1h 38mGrandpa Nicholas
  60. 1999On the Q.T.1h 30mLeo
  61. 1999Undercover Angel1h 32mThe Judge
  62. 1999Our Friend, Martin1hDaddy King (voice)
  63. 1998The Lion King II: Simba's Pride1h 21mMufasa (voice)
  64. 1998Merlin1 seasonRock of Ages
  65. 1997Hitler's Forgotten Victims58mNarrator (voice) (DVD version)
  66. 1997Alone1h 42mGrey
  67. 1997Good Luck1h 32mJames Bing
  68. 1997What the Deaf Man Heard1h 39mArchibald Thacker
  69. 1997Gang Related1h 51mArthur Baylor
  70. 1997The Second Civil War1h 37mJim Kalla
  71. 1997Casper: A Spirited Beginning1h 30mKibosh (voice)
  72. 1997Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery1hSelf
  73. 1997Afro Promo1h 31mSelf (archive footage)
  74. 1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault2hDr. McDuffie
  75. 1996A Family Thing1h 49mRay Murdock
  76. 1996Timepiece1h 40mLawrence
  77. 1996Looking for Richard1h 52mSelf - Interviewee
  78. 1996Corwin1h 20mSelf
  79. 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'51mHost
  80. 1995Signs and Wonders1 seasonDiamond
  81. 1995Who's in Rabbit's House?13mNarrator (voice)
  82. 1995Under One Roof1 seasonNeb Langston
  83. 1995Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable13mMufasa
  84. 1995Cry, the Beloved Country1h 46mRev. Stephen Kumalo
  85. 1995People: A Musical Celebration49mThe Storyteller (voice)
  86. 1995Jefferson in Paris2h 19mMadison Hemings
  87. 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1h 30mSelf
  88. 1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1h 29mHost
  89. 1994The Vernon Johns Story1h 40mVernon Johns
  90. 1994Clean Slate1h 47mJohn Dolby
  91. 1994Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'59mNarrator
  92. 1994Africa: The Serengeti40mNarrator
  93. 1994Confessions: Two Faces of Evil1h 28mCharles Lloyd
  94. 1994The Lion King1h 29mMufasa (voice)
  95. 1994Clear and Present Danger2h 21mAdmiral James Greer
  96. 1994Gangs: Turning the Corner56mSelf
  97. 1994The Making of the Lion King26mSelf
  98. 1993Percy & Thunder1h 40mPercy Banks
  99. 1993Hallelujah1h 22mOld Man Taylor
  100. 1993Excessive Force1h 27mJake
  101. 1993Sommersby1h 49mJudge Barry Conrad Issacs
  102. 1993The Meteor Man1h 40mEarnest Moses
  103. 1993Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films1h 52mSelf (voice) (uncredited)
  104. 1993Dreamrider1h 32mBill Perry
  105. 1993The Sandlot1h 41mMr. Mertle
  106. 1992Lincoln4hNarrator (voice)
  107. 1992The JFK Conspiracy2hSelf - Host
  108. 1992Patriot Games1h 57mAdm. James Greer
  109. 1992Sneakers2h 5mMr. Bernard Abbott
  110. 1991Portrait of Castro's Cuba1h 28mHost/Narrator
  111. 1991Pros and Cons1 seasonGabriel Bird
  112. 1991Visitors from the Unknown48mNarrator (voice)
  113. 1991When It Was a Game57m(voice)
  114. 1991Scorchers1h 28mBear
  115. 1991Convicts1h 33mBen Johnson
  116. 1991True Identity1h 33mJames Earl Jones
  117. 1990Grim Prairie Tales1h 26mMorrison
  118. 1990Terrorgram1h 28mRetribution (voice)
  119. 1990Gabriel's Fire1 seasonGabriel Bird
  120. 1990The Ambulance1h 36mLt. Spencer
  121. 1990Last Flight Out1h 35mAl Topping
  122. 1990By Dawn's Early Light1h 41mAlice
  123. 1990Ivory Hunters1h 34mInspector Nkuru
  124. 1990Heat Wave1h 40mJunius Johnson
  125. 1990Teach 10925mDr. Winston
  126. 1990The Hunt for Red October2h 15mVice ADM James Greer
  127. 1989Long Ago and Far Away4 seasonsHost
  128. 1989The Hunting of the Snark19mNarrator (voice)
  129. 1989Best of the Best1h 37mFrank Couzo
  130. 1989Three Fugitives1h 36mDugan
  131. 1989Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark27mNarrator
  132. 198911-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried52mNarrator
  133. 1989Field of Dreams1h 45mTerrence Mann
  134. 1988Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues53mNarrator (voice)
  135. 1988Coming to America1h 57mKing Jaffe Joffer
  136. 1987A House Divided1h
  137. 1987Matewan2h 12m'Few Clothes' Johnson
  138. 1987Gardens of Stone1h 51mSgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
  139. 1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night1h 23mEmperor of the Night (voice)
  140. 1986My Little Girl1h 58mIke Bailey
  141. 1986Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp47mGenie / Narrator
  142. 1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold1h 39mUmslopogaas
  143. 1986The Lone Star Kid53mHolmes
  144. 1986Soul Man1h 44mProfessor Banks
  145. 1985Me & Mom1 season
  146. 1985Moses28mPharaoh
  147. 1985Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates50m
  148. 1985The Atlanta Child Murders1 seasonMajor Walker
  149. 1985City Limits1h 26mAlbert
  150. 1984The Vegas Strip War1h 36mJack Madrid
  151. 1984Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears10mNarrator
  152. 1983Return of the Jedi2h 12mDarth Vader (voice)
  153. 1982Blood Tide1h 22mFrye
  154. 1982Conan the Barbarian2h 10mThulsa Doom
  155. 1982Amy and the Angel45mGabriel
  156. 1982The Flight of Dragons1h 36mOmmadon (voice)
  157. 1981The Creation9mNarrator (voice)
  158. 1981Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast12mNarrator (voice)
  159. 1981God's Trombones26mNarrator (voice)
  160. 1981Beauty and the BeastNarrator (voice)
  161. 1981There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues58mhimself, voice
  162. 1981The Bushido Blade1h 44mThe Prisoner
  163. 1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story3h 19mDane Oliver
  164. 1980The Me Nobody Knows1h 20mSelf
  165. 1979Paul Robeson1h 58mPaul Robeson
  166. 1979Paris1 seasonWoody Paris
  167. 1979A Walking Tour of Sesame Street29mSelf - Host
  168. 1978The Star Wars Holiday Special1h 37mDarth Vader (voice)
  169. 1978The Story of the Faithful Wookiee9mDarth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
  170. 1978Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement2h 10mSelf
  171. 1977The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened1h 40mMorris Bird, Jr.
  172. 1977A Piece of the Action2h 15mJoshua Burke
  173. 1977The Last Remake of Beau Geste1h 25mSheikh
  174. 1977Exorcist II: The Heretic1h 58mOlder Kokumo
  175. 1977Star Wars2h 1mDarth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
  176. 1977The Making of Star Wars49mDarth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
  177. 1977Jesus of Nazareth1 seasonBalthazar
  178. 1977The Greatest1h 42mMalcolm X
  179. 1976The River Niger1h 45mJohnny Williams
  180. 1976Swashbuckler1h 41mNick Debrett
  181. 1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings1h 51mLeon
  182. 1975Vegetable Soup2 seasonsLong John Spoilsport
  183. 1975The UFO Incident1h 37mBarney Hill
  184. 1975Deadly Hero1h 42mRabbit Shazam
  185. 1974King Lear2h 55mKing Lear
  186. 1974The Cay1hTimothy
  187. 1974Claudine1h 32mRupert D. "Roop" Marshall
  188. 1973Black Omnibus1 seasonSelf - Host
  189. 1972The Man1h 33mDouglass Dilman
  190. 1972Malcolm X1h 31mBiographical Narration (voice)
  191. 1971Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream26mNarrator
  192. 1970The Great White Hope1h 43mJack Jefferson
  193. 1970End of the Road1h 50mDoctor D
  194. 1967The Comedians2h 32mDr. Magiot
  195. 1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1h 35mLt. Lothar Zogg
  196. Diamonds on the Silver Screen58mSelf