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James Earl Jones
Born · January 17, 1931
Died · September 9, 2024 (93 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Bio
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.
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Guest Narrator (archive footage)
7.8
2024
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Darth Vader (voice) · (4 episodes)
7.1
2022
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
7.4
2021
Coming 2 America
King Jaffe Joffer
6.4
2021
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Darth Vader (voice)
6.3
2019
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.2
2019
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
8.7
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
0.0
2019
The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)
7.1
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Narrator
0.0
2019
Words from a Bear
Self
0.0
2019
Warning Shot
Pendleton
4.9
2018
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
10.0
2017
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Mufasa (voice)
2.0
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Darth Vader (voice)
7.5
2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Kilgore Trout
9.0
2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Mufasa (voice)
6.7
2015
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
8.1
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Darth Vader (voice)
7.8
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
0.0
2015
Star Wars Rebels
Darth Vader (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
2014
Star Wars Rebels
Anakin Skywalker (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Darth Vader (voice)
7.2
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Ruben
5.7
2014
Gimme Shelter
Frank McCarthy
6.6
2013
Muse of Fire
Self
6.5
2013
Blackfish
Self (archive footage)
7.9
2013
Milius
Self
7.0
2013
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Self
6.0
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self
4.5
2012
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Admiral (voice)
6.8
2010
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Giant (voice)
5.3
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
7.2
2009
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Papa Jenkins
6.0
2008
Earth
Narrator (voice)
7.6
2007
The Big Bang Theory
Self · (1 episode)
7.9
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
0.0
2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
Narrator
0.0
2007
Searching for Orson
Self
5.5
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.6
2006
Click
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
6.3
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
0.0
2006
Scary Movie 4
Narrator (uncredited)
5.5
2006
The Benchwarmers
Darth Vader (voice)
5.9
2006
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
10.0
2005
The Sandlot 2
Mr. Mertle
5.8
2005
The Reading Room
William
7.0
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
7.4
2005
Robots
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
6.5
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Narrator
5.0
2005
House
Dibala · (1 episode)
8.6
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self
5.0
2004
Nine Dog Christmas
Storyteller (voice)
5.2
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
7.7
2004
The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage)
7.0
2004
Black Indians: An American Story
Narrator
6.7
2004
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Maggie Simpson (voice)
0.0
2003
Two and a Half Men
Himself · (1 episode)
7.5
2003
The Great Year
Narrator
9.0
2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Self
5.4
2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
0.0
2002
Everwood
Will Cleveland · (3 episodes)
7.6
2002
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Narrator
0.0
2002
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Self
7.3
2001
Feast of All Saints
Older Marcel
4.6
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Mister (voice)
6.3
2001
According to Jim
Royal Flush Voice (voice) · (1 episode)
6.5
2001
Finder's Fee
Avery Phillips
6.1
2001
Disney's American Legends
Narrator
7.5
2001
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Narrator
0.0
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self
6.7
2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
5.6
2000
Summer's End
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
7.2
2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Self
5.1
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
6.0
2000
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
7.0
2000
Santa and Pete
James Earl Jones
5.3
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
Fish
6.2
1999
Undercover Angel
The Judge
7.0
1999
On the Q.T.
Leo
6.9
1999
Our Friend, Martin
Daddy King (voice)
7.4
1999
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Mufasa (voice)
6.9
1998
Will & Grace
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self · (1 episode)
8.2
1998
Merlin
Rock of Ages · (2 episodes)
6.8
1998
Primary Colors
CNN Voiceover (voice)
6.3
1998
Alone
Grey
6.5
1997
The Second Civil War
Jim Kalla
6.2
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
Archibald Thacker
6.6
1997
Gang Related
Arthur Baylor
6.3
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
10.0
1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Kibosh (voice)
5.4
1997
Stargate SG-1
Unas (Voice) · (1 episode)
8.3
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
10.0
1997
The Second Civil War
Jim Kalla · (1 episode)
6.0
1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
0.0
1997
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1997
Timepiece
Lawrence
7.4
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Dr. McDuffie
7.2
1996
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
6.8
1996
A Family Thing
Ray Murdock
6.4
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · (19 episodes)
7.5
1996
Cry, the Beloved Country
Rev. Stephen Kumalo
6.7
1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1995
Judge Dredd
Narrator (uncredited)
5.8
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
8.6
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Host
7.1
1995
Jefferson in Paris
Madison Hemings
5.1
1995
Under One Roof
Neb Langston · (6 episodes)
0.0
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Dakkar (voice) · (1 episode)
6.0
1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Mufasa (voice)
6.2
1995
Signs and Wonders
Diamond · (4 episodes)
0.0
1995
People: A Musical Celebration
The Storyteller (voice)
6.3
1995
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
0.0
1994
Touched by an Angel
The Angel of Angels · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Clear and Present Danger
Admiral James Greer
6.6
1994
The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)
8.3
1994
The Making of the Lion King
Self
10.0
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Host
6.5
1994
Clean Slate
John Dolby
5.8
1994
Africa: The Serengeti
Narrator
6.6
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
James Earl Jones (uncredited)
6.5
1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Self
0.0
1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Charles Lloyd
4.0
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
Vernon Johns
8.5
1994
Hallelujah
Old Man Taylor
0.0
1993
Dangerous: The Short Films
Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
8.1
1993
Frasier
Norman Royster · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Franklin Stern · (1 episode)
7.0
1993
Percy & Thunder
Percy Banks
0.0
1993
The Meteor Man
Earnest Moses
5.8
1993
Dreamrider
Bill Perry
7.0
1993
Excessive Force
Jake
4.7
1993
The Sandlot
Mr. Mertle
7.5
1993
Sommersby
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
6.4
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
(3 episodes)
8.0
1993
Lincoln
Narrator (voice)
7.2
1992
Sneakers
Mr. Bernard Abbott
6.9
1992
Patriot Games
Adm. James Greer
6.7
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice) · (1 episode)
10.0
1992
Pros and Cons
Gabriel Bird · (12 episodes)
6.0
1991
True Identity
James Earl Jones
5.6
1991
Scorchers
Bear
4.9
1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Host/Narrator
0.0
1991
Visitors from the Unknown
Narrator
6.0
1991
Convicts
Ben Johnson
5.4
1991
Grim Prairie Tales
Morrison
5.8
1990
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Horace McCoy · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Gabriel's Fire
Gabriel Bird · (22 episodes)
6.2
1990
Ivory Hunters
Inspector Nkuru
4.2
1990
Heat Wave
Junius Johnson
6.2
1990
Last Flight Out
Al Topping
0.0
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
Alice
6.5
1990
The Ambulance
Lt. Spencer
5.9
1990
The Hunt for Red October
Admiral Greer
7.4
1990
Teach 109
Dr. Winston
7.0
1990
Terrorgram
Retribution (voice)
4.3
1990
The Simpsons
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
The Simpsons
Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
The Simpsons
Maggie Simpson (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Narrator
0.0
1989
Best of the Best
Frank Couzo
6.5
1989
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1989
Field of Dreams
Terrence Mann
7.1
1989
Long Ago and Far Away
Host · (35 episodes)
9.0
1989
Three Fugitives
Dugan
6.7
1989
The Hunting of the Snark
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Narrator
5.5
1989
Coming to America
King Jaffe Joffer
6.9
1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Narrator (voice)
6.8
1988
Matewan
'Few Clothes' Johnson
7.3
1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Emperor of the Night (voice)
5.6
1987
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
6.3
1987
A House Divided
0.0
1987
Mathnet
Chief Thad Green · (4 episodes)
7.0
1987
Mathnet
Chief Thad Green (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
1987
Mathnet
Chief Thad Greene · (1 episode)
7.0
1987
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Umslopogaas
4.7
1986
Soul Man
Professor Banks
5.3
1986
L.A. Law
Lee Atkins · (1 episode)
7.0
1986
My Little Girl
Ike Bailey
4.8
1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Genie / Narrator
6.0
1986
The Lone Star Kid
Holmes
5.5
1986
City Limits
Albert
2.7
1985
Me & Mom
(2 episodes)
5.0
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
8.0
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Major Walker · (2 episodes)
5.9
1985
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
0.0
1985
The Vegas Strip War
Jack Madrid
3.5
1984
Highway to Heaven
Gabe Wilson · (1 episode)
7.4
1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Detective Robb · (1 episode)
5.5
1984
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Narrator
0.0
1984
Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.4
1983
Return of the Jedi
Darth Vader (voice)
7.9
1983
Blood Tide
Frye
4.9
1982
Amy and the Angel
Gabriel
6.0
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Genie / Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
The Flight of Dragons
Ommadon (voice)
6.6
1982
Conan the Barbarian
Thulsa Doom
6.8
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
6.5
1982
The Creation
Narrator (voice)
6.9
1981
The Bushido Blade
The Prisoner
5.4
1981
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
himself, voice
0.0
1981
Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1981
God's Trombones
Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
0.0
1981
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Dane Oliver
0.0
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
8.4
1980
The Me Nobody Knows
Self
0.0
1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Father Divine · (2 episodes)
7.2
1980
Paris
Woody Paris · (13 episodes)
5.0
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self - Host
0.0
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Alex Haley · (7 episodes)
7.3
1979
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
0.0
1979
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self
0.0
1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
7.3
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Darth Vader (voice)
3.3
1978
The Magic of David Copperfield
(1 episode)
6.7
1978
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Morris Bird, Jr.
0.0
1977
A Piece of the Action
Joshua Burke
5.5
1977
The Making of Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
7.0
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Older Kokumo
4.5
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Sheikh
5.6
1977
Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
8.2
1977
The Greatest
Malcolm X
5.6
1977
Jesus Of Nazareth
Balthazar
9.0
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Balthazar · (4 episodes)
7.7
1977
Swashbuckler
Nick Debrett
6.2
1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Leon
6.0
1976
The River Niger
Johnny Williams
7.3
1976
Deadly Hero
Rabbit Shazam
5.7
1975
The UFO Incident
Barney Hill
6.9
1975
Vegetable Soup
Long John Spoilsport · (57 episodes)
0.0
1975
The Cay
Timothy
6.6
1974
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1974
Claudine
Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
7.0
1974
King Lear
King Lear
0.0
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
Black Omnibus
Self - Host · (13 episodes)
0.0
1973
The Man
Douglass Dilman
6.3
1972
Malcolm X
Biographical Narration (voice)
6.4
1972
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Narrator
0.0
1971
Great Performances
King Lear · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
The Great White Hope
Jack Jefferson
6.1
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
7.3
1970
End of the Road
Doctor D
5.2
1970
Sesame Street
(1 episode)
7.1
1969
Film Night
(1 episode)
0.0
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
6.7
1968
The Comedians
Dr. Magiot
6.1
1967
Tarzan
(2 episodes)
6.7
1966
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lt. Lothar Zogg
8.1
1964
East Side/West Side
(1 episode)
7.8
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (6 episodes)
7.4
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (11 episodes)
5.1
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Lou Rush · (3 episodes)
5.4
1961
The Defenders
Lieutenant Andrews · (1 episode)
6.2
1961
The Defenders
Reverend Harris Bonham · (1 episode)
6.2
1961
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (9 episodes)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner/ Performer · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Archibald Thacker · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Lamp Unto My Feet
(1 episode)
0.0
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944