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