James Earl Jones
Birthday
1931/01/17
Day of death
2024/09/09 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
James Earl Boggins Jones, Todd Jones, Jimmy
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 Scr...Read more
Acting
(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 Admiral Greer
(1992) Sneakers
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
(1989) Field of Dreams
as Terrence Mann
(1980) The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
(1983) Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader (voice)
(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
(1989) Three Fugitives
as Dugan
(2001) Disney's American Legends
as Narrator
(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) Swashbuckler
as Nick Debrett
(1976) The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Leon
(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 James Earl Jones
(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)
(2000) 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
(1994) Gangs: Turning the Corner
as Self
(2003) The Great Year
as Narrator
(1987) A House Divided
as ---
(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) Dangerous: The Short Films
as Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
(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) Ivory Hunters
as Inspector Nkuru
(1990) Heat Wave
as Junius Johnson
(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
(2017) Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
(1990) Last Flight Out
as Al Topping
(2015) 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
(1995) Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
as Mufasa (voice)
(1989) 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 ---
(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)
(2002) The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as ---
(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.
(2018) Warning Shot
as Pendleton
(2006) Click
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
(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 Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
(2005) Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
(1985) Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
as ---
(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)
(2000) Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
(2004) No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
(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
(2000) Antietam: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
(2002) Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
(2007) Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
(2000) Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
as ---
(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)
(1977) Jesus Of Nazareth
as Balthazar
(1986) L.A. Law
as Lee Atkins
(1969) Sesame Street
as ---
(1989) The Simpsons
as Narrator (voice)
(1990) Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
(2004) House
as Dibala
(1990) Gabriel's Fire
as Gabriel Bird
(2006) The One Show
as Self - Guest
(2001) According to Jim
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
(2002) Everwood
as Will Cleveland
(2003) Two and a Half Men
as Himself
(1993) Frasier
as Norman Royster
(1993) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Franklin Stern
(1997) Stargate SG-1
as Unas (Voice)
(1998) Will & Grace
as Self
(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Archibald Thacker
(1987) Mathnet
as Chief Thad Green
(1987) Mathnet
as Chief Thad Green (voice)
(1963) East Side/West Side
as ---
(1995) Under One Roof
as Neb Langston
(1975) Vegetable Soup
as Long John Spoilsport
(1961) The Defenders
as Lieutenant Andrews
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as Alex Haley
(1979) Paris
as Woody Paris
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1977) Jesus of Nazareth
as Balthazar
(1968) Film Night
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Lou Rush
(1961) The Defenders
as Reverend Harris Bonham
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1985) Me & Mom
as ---
(1991) Pros and Cons
as Gabriel Bird
(1998) Merlin
as Rock of Ages
(2007) The Big Bang Theory
as Self
(2022) Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Darth Vader (voice)
(1978) The Magic of David Copperfield
as ---
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2014) Star Wars Rebels
as Darth Vader (voice)
(1989) Long Ago and Far Away
as Host
(1984) CBS Schoolbreak Special
as Detective Robb
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1948) Lamp Unto My Feet
as ---
(1995) Signs and Wonders
as Diamond
(1985) The Atlanta Child Murders
as Major Walker
(1980) Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Father Divine
(1989) The Simpsons
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
(1989) The Simpsons
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Dakkar (voice)
(2019) The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) Black Omnibus
as Self - Host
(2014) Star Wars Rebels
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
(1992) Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (Voice)
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner/ Performer
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1998) AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
as Self
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as The Angel of Angels
(1971) Great Performances
as King Lear
(1997) The Second Civil War
as Jim Kalla
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
(1996) 3rd Rock from the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as Gabe Wilson
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
(1987) Mathnet
as Chief Thad Greene