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 273
Movies 212
self 68
TV Shows 61
Voice 53
Narrator 22
In Memory Of
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Movie
6.83
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: The Patterson Cut (2023)
Movie
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
6.31
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 (2016)
Movie
5.87
Hoke Colburn
Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
Movie
Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015)
Movie
Anakin Skywalker (voice) / Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
TV
8.67
Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014)
Movie
5.22
Frank McCarthy
Gimme Shelter (2013)
Movie
1
Self (archive footage)
Blackfish (2013)
Movie
6
Admiral (voice)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
Movie
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 (voice)
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
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
Storyteller (voice)
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
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
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000)
Movie
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Summer's End (2000)
Movie
Self - Host
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
Movie
6.46
James Earl Jones
Santa and Pete (1999)
Movie
The Judge
Undercover Angel (1999)
Movie
Daddy King (voice)
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
Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997)
Movie
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
Self (archive footage)
Afro Promo (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 (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995)
Movie
Narrator (uncredited)
Judge Dredd (1995)
Movie
5.99
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
Mufasa (voice)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995)
Movie
Diamond
Signs and Wonders (1995)
TV
The Storyteller (voice)
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
Percy Banks
Percy & Thunder (1993)
Movie
Earnest Moses
The Meteor Man (1993)
Movie
Bill Perry
Dreamrider (1993)
Movie
Mr. Mertle
The Sandlot (1993)
Movie
5.53
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Sommersby (1993)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Lincoln (1992)
Movie
Mr. Bernard Abbott
Sneakers (1992)
Movie
3.33
Narrator (American version)
Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Movie
Adm. James Greer
Patriot Games (1992)
Movie
5.64
Narrator (Voice)
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
Narrator (voice)
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
4.88
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
Vice ADM James Greer
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Movie
6.13
Dr. Winston
Teach 109 (1990)
Movie
Retribution (voice)
Terrorgram (1990)
Movie
Narrator (voice) / Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice) / Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.68
Frank Couzo
Best of the Best (1989)
Movie
4.6
Narrator (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast (1989)
Movie
Terrence Mann
Field of Dreams (1989)
Movie
6
Narrator (voice)
The Hunting of the Snark (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 (voice)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
Movie
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Movie
Chief Thad Green / Chief Thad Greene / Chief Thad Green (voice)
Mathnet (1987)
TV
Professor Banks
Soul Man (1986)
Movie
6
Lee Atkins
L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
Ike Bailey
My Little Girl (1986)
Movie
Genie / Narrator
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1986)
Movie
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
Ommadon (voice)
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Movie
10
Thulsa Doom
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Movie
5.45
Narrator (voice)
The Creation (1981)
Movie
The Prisoner
The Bushido Blade (1981)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Lions of Etosha (1981)
Movie
himself, voice
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
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
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)
TV
Nick Debrett
Swashbuckler (1976)
Movie
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
Rupert D. 'Roop' Marshall
Claudine (1974)
Movie
King Lear
King Lear (1974)
Movie
Self - Host
Black Omnibus (1973)
TV
Douglass Dilman
The Man (1972)
Movie
Biographical Narration (voice)
Malcolm X (1972)
Movie
King Lear
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Jack Jefferson
The Great White Hope (1970)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (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 - Nominee / Self - Winner/ Performer / Self - Winner
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Archibald Thacker
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Self - Nominee/Presenter
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Self - Host
The JFK Conspiracy
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1931-01-17
Deathday2024-09-09 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceArkabutla, United States
ReligionCatholicism
RelationshipsJulienne Marie (1968 - 1972), Cecilia Hart (1982 - 2016)
ChildrenFlynn Earl Jones
FatherRobert Earl Jones
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesArkabutla · Pawling, United States
Also Known AsJames Earl Boggins Jones, Todd Jones, Jimmy, جیمز ارل جونز
AwardsHumanitarian 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, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Theatre World Award, CableACE 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, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Daytime Emmy Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, 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
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