James Earl Jones
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 Lif
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Id 15152
Known For Acting
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Gender Male
Birthday 1931-01-17
Place of Birth Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As James Earl Boggins Jones Todd Jones Content Score
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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 . . . . Read More moss
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BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy as Self (archive footage) 2024
Butterfly in the Sky as Guest Narrator (archive footage) 2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage) 2021
Coming 2 America as King Jaffe Joffer 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Darth Vader (voice) 2019
On Broadway as Self (archive footage) 2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self 2019
The Lion King as Mufasa (voice) 2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival as Narrator 2019
Words from a Bear as Self 2018
Warning Shot as Pendleton 2017
Broadway: The Next Generation as Self 2017
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands as Mufasa (voice) 2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Darth Vader (voice) 2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater as Kilgore Trout 2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar as Mufasa (voice) 2015
Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn 2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal as Darth Vader (voice) 2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand as Self 2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as Darth Vader (voice) 2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Ruben 2013
Gimme Shelter as Frank McCarthy 2013
Blackfish as Self (archive footage) 2012
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road as Self 2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts as Self 2011
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter as Himself 2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Admiral (voice) 2009
Jack and the Beanstalk as The Giant (voice) 2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage) 2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Papa Jenkins 2007
Earth as Narrator (voice) 2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self 2007
John, Paul, George and Ben as Narrator 2006
Searching for Orson as Self 2006
Click as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") 2006
Scary Movie 4 as Narrator (uncredited) 2006
The Benchwarmers as Darth Vader (voice) 2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains as Self 2005
The Sandlot 2 as Mr. Mertle 2005
The Reading Room as William 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) 2005
Robots as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) 2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Narrator 2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat as Self 2004
Nine Dog Christmas as Storyteller (voice) 2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self 2004
The Story of Star Wars as Darth Vader (archive footage) 2004
Black Indians: An American Story as Narrator 2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror as Maggie Simpson (voice) 2003
The Great Year as Narrator 2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' as Self 2002
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film as Narrator 2001
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self 2001
Feast of All Saints as Older Marcel 2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street as Mister (voice) 2001
Finder's Fee as Avery Phillips 2001
Disney's American Legends as Narrator 2000
Antietam: A Documentary Film as Narrator 2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self 2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' 2000
Summer's End as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely 2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove as Self 2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light as 2000
Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host 1999
Santa and Pete as James Earl Jones 1999
The Annihilation of Fish as Fish 1999
Undercover Angel as The Judge 1999
Our Friend, Martin as Daddy King (voice) 1998
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Mufasa (voice) 1998
Primary Colors as CNN Voiceover (voice) 1997
The Second Civil War as Jim Kalla 1997
What the Deaf Man Heard as Archibald Thacker 1997
Gang Related as Arthur Baylor 1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims as Narrator (voice) (DVD version) 1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning as Kibosh (voice) 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage) 1997
Good Luck as James Bing 1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self 1997
Afro Promo as Self (archive footage) 1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Dr. McDuffie 1996
Looking for Richard as Self - Interviewee 1996
A Family Thing as Ray Murdock 1995
Cry, the Beloved Country as Rev. Stephen Kumalo 1995
Who's in Rabbit's House? as Narrator (voice) 1995
Judge Dredd as Narrator (uncredited) 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self 1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Host 1995
Jefferson in Paris as Madison Hemings 1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable as Mufasa 1995
People: A Musical Celebration as The Storyteller (voice) 1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator 1994
Clear and Present Danger as Admiral James Greer 1994
The Making of the Lion King as Self 1994
The Lion King as Mufasa (voice) 1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Host 1994
Clean Slate as John Dolby 1994
Africa: The Serengeti as Narrator 1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as James Earl Jones (uncredited) 1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner as Self 1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil as Charles Lloyd 1994
The Vernon Johns Story as Vernon Johns 1993
Hallelujah as Old Man Taylor 1993
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films as Self (voice) (uncredited) 1993
Percy & Thunder as Percy Banks 1993
The Meteor Man as Earnest Moses 1993
Dreamrider as Bill Perry 1993
Excessive Force as Jake 1993
The Sandlot as Mr. Mertle 1993
Sommersby as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs 1992
Lincoln as Narrator (voice) 1992
Sneakers as Mr. Bernard Abbott 1992
Patriot Games as Adm. James Greer 1992
The JFK Conspiracy as Self - Host 1991
True Identity as James Earl Jones 1991
When It Was a Game as (voice) 1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba as Host/Narrator 1991
Visitors from the Unknown as Narrator (voice) 1991
Convicts as Ben Johnson 1990
Grim Prairie Tales as Morrison 1990
Ivory Hunters as Inspector Nkuru 1990
Heat Wave as Junius Johnson 1990
Last Flight Out as Al Topping 1990
By Dawn's Early Light as Alice 1990
The Ambulance as Lt. Spencer 1990
The Hunt for Red October as Vice ADM James Greer 1990
Teach 109 as Dr. Winston 1990
Terrorgram as Retribution (voice) 1989
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried as Narrator 1989
Best of the Best as Frank Couzo 1989
Field of Dreams as Terrence Mann 1989
Three Fugitives as Dugan 1989
The Hunting of the Snark as Narrator (voice) 1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark as Narrator 1988
Coming to America as King Jaffe Joffer 1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Narrator (voice) 1987
Matewan as 'Few Clothes' Johnson 1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Emperor of the Night (voice) 1987
Gardens of Stone as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson 1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold as Umslopogaas 1986
Soul Man as Professor Banks 1986
My Little Girl as Ike Bailey 1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp as Genie / Narrator 1986
The Lone Star Kid as Holmes 1985
Night of 100 Stars II as Self 1985
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates as 1984
The Vegas Strip War as Jack Madrid 1984
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears as Narrator 1983
Return of the Jedi as Darth Vader (voice) 1982
Amy and the Angel as Gabriel 1982
The Flight of Dragons as Ommadon (voice) 1982
Conan the Barbarian as Thulsa Doom 1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self 1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast as Narrator (voice) 1981
The Creation as Narrator (voice) 1981
The Bushido Blade as The Prisoner 1981
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues as himself, voice 1981
Beauty and the Beast as Narrator (voice) 1981
God's Trombones as Narrator (voice) 1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Dane Oliver 1980
The Empire Strikes Back as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) 1980
The Me Nobody Knows as Self 1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Self - Host 1979
Paul Robeson as Paul Robeson 1978
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement as Self 1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special as Darth Vader (voice) 1978
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee as Darth Vader (voice) 1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Morris Bird, Jr. 1977
A Piece of the Action as Joshua Burke 1977
The Making of Star Wars as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) 1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic as Older Kokumo 1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Sheikh 1977
Star Wars as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) 1977
The Greatest as Malcolm X 1976
Swashbuckler as Nick Debrett 1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Leon 1976
The River Niger as Johnny Williams 1975
Deadly Hero as Rabbit Shazam 1975
The UFO Incident as Barney Hill 1974
Claudine as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall 1972
The Man as Douglass Dilman 1972
Malcolm X as Biographical Narration (voice) 1971
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream as Narrator 1970
The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson 1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage) 1970
End of the Road as Doctor D 1967
The Comedians as Dr. Magiot 1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Lt. Lothar Zogg
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Lee Atkins
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Dibala
Coming Soon (22 episode) as Gabriel Bird
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Guest
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Will Cleveland
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Himself
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Norman Royster
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Franklin Stern
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Unas (Voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Felix Wilson
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Archibald Thacker
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Chief Thad Green (voice)
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Chief Thad Green
Coming Soon (6 episode) as Neb Langston
Coming Soon (57 episode) as Long John Spoilsport
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Lieutenant Andrews
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Alex Haley
Coming Soon (13 episode) as Woody Paris
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Balthazar
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Dr. Lou Rush
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Reverend Harris Bonham
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (12 episode) as Gabriel Bird
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Rock of Ages
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Darth Vader (voice)
Coming Soon (9 episode) as Self - Presenter
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Darth Vader (voice)
Coming Soon (35 episode) as Host
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Detective Robb
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Genie / Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (4 episode) as Diamond
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Major Walker
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Father Divine
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as King Dakkar (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self (archive footage)
Coming Soon (13 episode) as Self - Host
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Winner/ Performer
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Self - Guest
Coming Soon (1 episode) as The Angel of Angels
Coming Soon (1 episode) as King Lear
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Winner
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Nominee
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Nominee/Presenter
Coming Soon (19 episode) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Gabe Wilson
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (6 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (11 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Co-Host
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self (archive footage)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Chief Thad Greene
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Winner/Performer
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Diablo
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Bryant Thomas 
