Personal Info
Known Credits
197
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1931-01-17 (94 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Also Known For
James Earl Boggins JonesTodd JonesJimmy
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 Scr ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Mufasa: The Lion King
| Mufasa (Archive Voice)
2024 --
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
| Self (archive footage)
2024 --
Butterfly in the Sky
| Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2021 --
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
| Self (archive footage)
2021 --
Coming 2 America
| King Jaffe Joffer
2019 --
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
| Darth Vader (voice)
2019 --
On Broadway
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
| Self
2019 --
The Lion King
| Mufasa (voice)
2019 --
The Space: Theatre of Survival
| Narrator
2019 --
Words from a Bear
| Self
2018 --
Warning Shot
| Pendleton
2017 --
Broadway: The Next Generation
| Self
2017 --
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
| Mufasa (voice)
2016 --
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
| Darth Vader (voice)
2016 --
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
| Kilgore Trout
2016 --
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
| Mufasa (voice)
2015 --
Driving Miss Daisy
| Hoke Colburn
2015 --
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
| Darth Vader (voice)
2015 --
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
|
2014 --
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
| Darth Vader (voice)
2014 --
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
| Ruben
2013 --
Gimme Shelter
| Frank McCarthy
2013 --
Muse of Fire
| Self
2013 --
Blackfish
| Self (archive footage)
2013 --
Milius
| Self
2012 --
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
| Self
2012 --
Joe Papp in Five Acts
| Self
2010 --
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
| Admiral (voice)
2009 --
Jack and the Beanstalk
| The Giant (voice)
2009 --
Waking Sleeping Beauty
| Self (archive footage)
2008 --
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
| Papa Jenkins
2007 --
Earth
| Narrator (voice)
2007 --
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
| Self
2007 --
John, Paul, George and Ben
| Narrator
2006 --
Searching for Orson
| Self
2006 --
Click
| Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
2006 --
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
| Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
2006 --
Scary Movie 4
| Narrator (uncredited)
2006 --
The Benchwarmers
| Darth Vader (voice)
2005 --
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
| Self
2005 --
The Sandlot 2
| Mr. Mertle
2005 --
The Reading Room
| William
2005 --
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
| Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
2005 --
Robots
| Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
2005 --
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
| Narrator
2004 --
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
| Self
2004 --
Nine Dog Christmas
| Storyteller (voice)
2004 --
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
| Self
2004 --
The Story of Star Wars
| Darth Vader (archive footage)
2004 --
Black Indians: An American Story
| Narrator
2003 --
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
| Maggie Simpson (voice)
2003 --
The Great Year
| Narrator
2003 --
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
| Self
2002 --
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
|
2002 --
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
| Narrator
2001 --
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
| Self
2001 --
Feast of All Saints
| Older Marcel
2001 --
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
| Mister (voice)
2001 --
Finder's Fee
| Avery Phillips
2001 --
Disney's American Legends
| Narrator
2000 --
Antietam: A Documentary Film
| Narrator
2000 --
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
| Self
2000 --
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
| Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
2000 --
Summer's End
| Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
2000 --
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
| Self
2000 --
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
|
2000 --
Fantasia 2000
| Self - Host
1999 --
Santa and Pete
| James Earl Jones
1999 --
The Annihilation of Fish
| Fish
1999 --
Undercover Angel
| The Judge
1999 --
On the Q.T.
| Leo
1999 --
Our Friend, Martin
| Daddy King (voice)
1998 --
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
| Mufasa (voice)
1998 --
Primary Colors
| CNN Voiceover (voice)
1997 --
Alone
| Grey
1997 --
The Second Civil War
| Jim Kalla
1997 --
What the Deaf Man Heard
| Archibald Thacker
1997 --
Gang Related
| Arthur Baylor
1997 --
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
| Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
1997 --
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
| Kibosh (voice)
1997 --
Sports on the Silver Screen
| Self (archive footage)
1997 --
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
| Self
1997 --
Afro Promo
| Self (archive footage)
1996 --
Timepiece
| Lawrence
1996 --
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
| Dr. McDuffie
1996 --
Looking for Richard
| Self - Interviewee
1996 --
A Family Thing
| Ray Murdock
1995 --
Cry, the Beloved Country
| Rev. Stephen Kumalo
1995 --
Who's in Rabbit's House?
| Narrator (voice)
1995 --
Judge Dredd
| Narrator (uncredited)
1995 --
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
| Self
1995 --
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
| Host
1995 --
Jefferson in Paris
| Madison Hemings
1995 --
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
| Mufasa (voice)
1995 --
People: A Musical Celebration
| The Storyteller (voice)
1994 --
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
| Narrator
1994 --
Clear and Present Danger
| Admiral James Greer
1994 --
The Making of the Lion King
| Self
1994 --
The Lion King
| Mufasa (voice)
1994 --
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
| Host
1994 --
Clean Slate
| John Dolby
1994 --
Africa: The Serengeti
| Narrator
1994 --
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
| James Earl Jones (uncredited)
1994 --
Gangs: Turning the Corner
| Self
1994 --
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
| Charles Lloyd
1994 --
The Vernon Johns Story
| Vernon Johns
1993 --
Hallelujah
| Old Man Taylor
1993 --
Dangerous: The Short Films
| Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
1993 --
Percy & Thunder
| Percy Banks
1993 --
The Meteor Man
| Earnest Moses
1993 --
Dreamrider
| Bill Perry
1993 --
Excessive Force
| Jake
1993 --
The Sandlot
| Mr. Mertle
1993 --
Sommersby
| Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
1992 --
Lincoln
| Narrator (voice)
1992 --
Sneakers
| Mr. Bernard Abbott
1992 --
Patriot Games
| Adm. James Greer
1991 --
True Identity
| James Earl Jones
1991 --
Scorchers
| Bear
1991 --
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
| Host/Narrator
1991 --
Visitors from the Unknown
| Narrator (voice)
1991 --
Convicts
| Ben Johnson
1990 --
Grim Prairie Tales
| Morrison
1990 --
Ivory Hunters
| Inspector Nkuru
1990 --
Heat Wave
| Junius Johnson
1990 --
Last Flight Out
| Al Topping
1990 --
By Dawn's Early Light
| Alice
1990 --
The Ambulance
| Lt. Spencer
1990 --
The Hunt for Red October
| Vice ADM James Greer
1990 --
Terrorgram
| Retribution (voice)
1990 --
Teach 109
| Dr. Winston
1989 --
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
| Narrator
1989 --
Best of the Best
| Frank Couzo
1989 --
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
| Narrator (voice)
1989 --
Field of Dreams
| Terrence Mann
1989 --
Three Fugitives
| Dugan
1989 --
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
| Narrator
1989 --
The Hunting of the Snark
| Narrator (voice)
1988 --
Coming to America
| King Jaffe Joffer
1988 --
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
| Narrator (voice)
1987 --
Matewan
| 'Few Clothes' Johnson
1987 --
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
| Emperor of the Night (voice)
1987 --
Gardens of Stone
| Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
1987 --
A House Divided
|
1986 --
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
| Umslopogaas
1986 --
Soul Man
| Professor Banks
1986 --
My Little Girl
| Ike Bailey
1986 --
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
| Genie / Narrator
1986 --
The Lone Star Kid
| Holmes
1985 --
City Limits
| Albert
1985 --
Night of 100 Stars II
| Self
1985 --
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
|
1984 --
The Vegas Strip War
| Jack Madrid
1984 --
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
| Narrator
1983 --
Return of the Jedi
| Darth Vader (voice)
1982 --
Blood Tide
| Frye
1982 --
Amy and the Angel
| Gabriel
1982 --
The Flight of Dragons
| Ommadon (voice)
1982 --
Conan the Barbarian
| Thulsa Doom
1982 --
Night of 100 Stars
| Self
1981 --
The Creation
| Narrator (voice)
1981 --
The Bushido Blade
| The Prisoner
1981 --
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
| himself, voice
1981 --
Beauty and the Beast
| Narrator (voice)
1981 --
God's Trombones
| Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
1980 --
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
| Dane Oliver
1980 --
The Empire Strikes Back
| Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1980 --
The Me Nobody Knows
| Self
1979 --
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
| Self - Host
1979 --
Paul Robeson
| Paul Robeson
1978 --
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
| Self
1978 --
The Star Wars Holiday Special
| Darth Vader (voice)
1977 --
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
| Morris Bird, Jr.
1977 --
A Piece of the Action
| Joshua Burke
1977 --
The Making of Star Wars
| Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977 --
Exorcist II: The Heretic
| Older Kokumo
1977 --
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
| Sheikh
1977 --
Star Wars
| Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977 --
The Greatest
| Malcolm X
1977 --
Jesus of Nazareth
| Balthazar
1976 --
Swashbuckler
| Nick Debrett
1976 --
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
| Leon
1976 --
The River Niger
| Johnny Williams
1975 --
Deadly Hero
| Rabbit Shazam
1975 --
The UFO Incident
| Barney Hill
1974 --
The Cay
| Timothy
1974 --
Claudine
| Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
1974 --
King Lear
| King Lear
1972 --
The Man
| Douglass Dilman
1972 --
Malcolm X
| Biographical Narration (voice)
1971 --
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
| Narrator
1970 --
The Great White Hope
| Jack Jefferson
1970 --
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
| Self (archive footage)
1970 --
End of the Road
| Doctor D
1967 --
The Comedians
| Dr. Magiot
1964 --
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
| Lt. Lothar Zogg