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 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.
Filmography
all 276
Movies 213
self 75
TV Shows 63
Voice 32
Narrator 27
In Memory Of
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy (2024)
Movie
Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
Movie
9
Darth Vader (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
TV
10
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Movie
King Jaffe Joffer
Coming 2 America (2021)
Movie
5.43
Troy Maxson
Giving Voice (2020)
Movie
Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Movie
6.62
Self (archive footage)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
TV
Self (archive footage)
On Broadway (2019)
Movie
Mufasa (voice)
The Lion King (2019)
Movie
6.3
Pendleton
Warning Shot (2018)
Movie
Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands (2017)
Movie
Darth Vader (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Movie
6.22
Kilgore Trout
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater (2016)
Movie
Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015)
Movie
5.87
Darth Vader (voice) / Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
TV
8.67
Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014)
Movie
5.22
Ruben (Video store owner)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
Movie
6
Frank McCarthy
Gimme Shelter (2013)
Movie
1
Self - SeaWorld Commercial Actor
Blackfish (2013)
Movie
6
The Giant (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
Movie
6
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Movie
Papa Jenkins
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Movie
Narrator
Earth (2007)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Click (2006)
Movie
7.29
Jack Jefferson (segment 'The Great White Hope') / Troy Maxson (segment 'Fences')
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
Movie
Narrator (uncredited)
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Movie
5.44
Darth Vader (voice)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
Movie
5.33
Self - Interviewee
Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
Movie
Mr. Mertle
The Sandlot 2 (2005)
Movie
5.14
William
The Reading Room (2005)
Movie
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Movie
6.07
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Robots (2005)
Movie
6.57
Dibala
House (2004)
TV
7.83
Narrator
Nine Dog Christmas (2004)
Movie
1
Darth Vader (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Movie
Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Great Year (2003)
Movie
Will Cleveland
Everwood (2002)
TV
7
Older Marcel
Feast of All Saints (2001)
Movie
Royal Flush Voice (voice)
According to Jim (2001)
TV
6
Avery Phillips
Finder's Fee (2001)
Movie
6
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Summer's End (2000)
Movie
Self - Host
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
Movie
6.46
Grandpa Nicholas
Santa and Pete (1999)
Movie
The Judge
Undercover Angel (1999)
Movie
Daddy King
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
Movie
Mufasa (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
Movie
6.2
Rock of Ages
Merlin (1998)
TV
6
CNN Voiceover (voice)
Primary Colors (1998)
Movie
5.65
Jim Kalla
The Second Civil War (1997)
Movie
Archibald Thacker
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
Movie
Arthur Baylor
Gang Related (1997)
Movie
6
Kibosh (voice)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Movie
4.69
Unas (Voice)
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
TV
7.33
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Movie
Jim Kalla
The Second Civil War (1997)
TV
James Bing
Good Luck (1997)
Movie
Lawrence
Timepiece (1996)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Looking for Richard (1996)
Movie
Ray Murdock
A Family Thing (1996)
Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
TV
5.98
Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Movie
Narrator (uncredited)
Judge Dredd (1995)
Movie
5.99
Self - Host
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
Movie
Madison Hemings
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Movie
Neb Langston
Under One Roof (1995)
TV
King Dakkar (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
TV
Diamond
Signs and Wonders (1995)
TV
The Storyteller
People: A Musical Celebration (1995)
Movie
The Angel of Angels
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV
8
Admiral James Greer
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Movie
5.93
Mufasa (voice)
The Lion King (1994)
Movie
7.87
John Dolby
Clean Slate (1994)
Movie
James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
Movie
5.89
Charles Lloyd
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
Movie
Vernon Johns
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
Movie
Old Man Taylor
Hallelujah (1993)
Movie
Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993)
Movie
6
Norman Royster
Frasier (1993)
TV
5.35
Franklin Stern
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
TV
6.7
Earnest Moses
The Meteor Man (1993)
Movie
William Perry
Dreamrider (1993)
Movie
Mr. Mertle
The Sandlot (1993)
Movie
5.53
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Sommersby (1993)
Movie
Narrator
Lincoln (1992)
Movie
Narrator
Lincoln (1992)
TV
Mr. Bernard Abbott
Sneakers (1992)
Movie
3.33
Narrator (American version)
Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Movie
Admiral Greer
Patriot Games (1992)
Movie
5.64
Self - Narrator (segment "Millions of Cats")
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
TV
Narrator
World Of Discovery (1992)
TV
Gabriel Bird
Pros and Cons (1991)
TV
James Earl Jones
True Identity (1991)
Movie
Host/Narrator
Portrait of Castro's Cuba (1991)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Visitors from the Unknown (1991)
Movie
Ben Johnson
Convicts (1991)
Movie
Morrison
Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
Movie
Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Gabriel Bird
Gabriel's Fire (1990)
TV
Inspector Nkuru
Ivory Hunters (1990)
Movie
Junius Johnson
Heat Wave (1990)
Movie
Al Topping
Last Flight Out (1990)
Movie
Lt. Spencer
The Ambulance (1990)
Movie
Admiral Greer
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Movie
6.13
Dr. Winston
Teach 109 (1990)
Movie
Retribution
Terrorgram (1990)
Movie
Narrator (voice) / Maggie Simpson (voice) / Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Frank Couzo
Best of the Best (1989)
Movie
4.6
Narrator (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast (1989)
Movie
Terence Mann
Field of Dreams (1989)
Movie
6
Self - Host
Long Ago and Far Away (1989)
TV
Self - Narrator
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark (1989)
Movie
King Jaffe Joffer
Coming to America (1988)
Movie
7.1
Narrator (voice)
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
Movie
Few Clothes Johnson
Matewan (1987)
Movie
Emperor of the Night
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
Movie
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Movie
Chief Thad Green / Chief Thad Green (voice)
Mathnet (1987)
TV
Professor Banks
Soul Man (1986)
Movie
6
Lee Atkins
L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
Mr. Bailey
My Little Girl (1986)
Movie
Genie of the Lamp
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1986)
Movie
M. Holmes
The Lone Star Kid (1986)
Movie
Lou Garfield
Me & Mom (1985)
TV
Major Walker
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
TV
Jack Madrid
The Vegas Strip War (1984)
Movie
Gabe Wilson
Highway to Heaven (1984)
TV
Detective Robb
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
TV
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
TV
6
Darth Vader (voice)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Movie
6.06
Genie / Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
TV
Thulsa Doom
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Movie
5.45
Narrator
The Creation (1981)
Movie
The Prisoner
The Bushido Blade (1981)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Lions of Etosha (1981)
Movie
Self - Narrator
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981)
Movie
Narrator
Beauty and the Beast (1981)
Movie
Himself - Narrator (segment 'The Creation')
God's Trombones (1981)
Movie
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Movie
6.02
Self - Introduced by
The Me Nobody Knows (1980)
Movie
Father Divine
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
TV
Woody Paris
Paris (1979)
TV
Self - Host
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Movie
Alex Haley
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV
6
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson (1979)
Movie
Darth Vader (voice)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Movie
Morris Bird, Jr.
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
Movie
Joshua Burke
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Movie
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars (1977)
Movie
Older Kokumo
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Movie
5.31
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Star Wars (1977)
Movie
6.1
Malcolm X
The Greatest (1977)
Movie
Balthazar
Jesus Of Nazareth (1977)
Movie
Balthazar
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
TV
Nick Debrett
Swashbuckler (1976)
Movie
Leon Carter, All-Star (C)
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
Movie
6
Johnny Williams
The River Niger (1976)
Movie
Rabbit Shazam
Deadly Hero (1975)
Movie
Barney Hill
The UFO Incident (1975)
Movie
6
Long John Spoilsport
Vegetable Soup (1975)
TV
Timothy
The Cay (1974)
Movie
Self
Dinah! (1974)
TV
King Lear
King Lear (1974)
Movie
Self - Host
Black Omnibus (1973)
TV
Douglass Dilman
The Man (1972)
Movie
Biographical Narration
Malcolm X (1972)
Movie
King Lear
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Jack Jefferson
The Great White Hope (1970)
Movie
Doctor D
End of the Road (1970)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Dr. Magiot
The Comedians (1967)
Movie
Self / Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Dr. Lou Rush
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Lieutenant Andrews / Reverend Harris Bonham
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Self - Presenter / Self - Winner/ Performer / Self - Nominee/Presenter / Self (archive footage) / Self - Winner / Self - Nominee
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Archibald Thacker
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Jack Jefferson (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Self
Corwin
Movie
Self - Host
The JFK Conspiracy
Movie
Daddy King
Our Friend, Martin
TV
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1931-01-17
Deathday2024-09-09 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceArkabutla, United States of America
ReligionCatholicism
RelationshipsJulienne Marie (1968 - 1972), Cecilia Hart (1982 - 2016)
ChildrenFlynn Earl Jones
FatherRobert Earl Jones
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesArkabutla · Pawling, United States of America
Also Known AsJames Earl Boggins Jones, Todd Jones, Jimmy
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Humanitarian of the Year, Horatio Alger Award, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special, Paul Robeson Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Theatre World Award, CableACE Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Daytime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Academy Honorary Award, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor
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