People
James Earl Jones
- Name: James Earl Jones
- Birthday: 1931-01-17
- Also known as: James Earl Boggins Jones,Todd Jones,Jimmy
- Place of birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
- Popularity: 28.037
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy as Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-12 |
| Butterfly in the Sky as Guest Narrator (archive footage) | 2024-03-17 |
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-23 |
| Coming 2 America as King Jaffe Joffer | 2021-03-04 |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Darth Vader (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| On Broadway as Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-12 |
| Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self | 2019-09-13 |
| The Lion King as Mufasa (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
| The Space: Theatre of Survival as Narrator | 2019-06-07 |
| Words from a Bear as Self | 2019-01-29 |
| Warning Shot as Pendleton | 2018-09-14 |
| Broadway: The Next Generation as Self | 2017-11-16 |
| The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands as Mufasa (voice) | 2017-01-10 |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Darth Vader (voice) | 2016-12-14 |
| God Bless You, Mr Rosewater as Kilgore Trout | 2016-07-27 |
| The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar as Mufasa (voice) | 2015-11-22 |
| Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn | 2015-06-04 |
| Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal as Darth Vader (voice) | 2015-04-18 |
| August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | 2015-02-20 |
| Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion as Darth Vader (voice) | 2014-10-03 |
| The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Ruben | 2014-05-23 |
| Gimme Shelter as Frank McCarthy | 2013-10-17 |
| Muse of Fire as Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Blackfish as Self (archive footage) | 2013-06-07 |
| Milius as Self | 2013-03-09 |
| An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road as Self | 2012-10-10 |
| Joe Papp in Five Acts as Self | 2012-04-30 |
| Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Admiral (voice) | 2010-09-17 |
| Jack and the Beanstalk as The Giant (voice) | 2009-11-06 |
| Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Papa Jenkins | 2008-02-08 |
| Earth as Narrator (voice) | 2007-10-10 |
| Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self | 2007-01-31 |
| John, Paul, George and Ben as Narrator | 2007-01-05 |
| Searching for Orson as Self | 2006-11-02 |
| Click as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) | 2006-06-23 |
| The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") | 2006-05-02 |
| Scary Movie 4 as Narrator (uncredited) | 2006-04-12 |
| The Benchwarmers as Darth Vader (voice) | 2006-04-07 |
| Hollywood's Greatest Villains as Self | 2005-12-01 |
| The Sandlot 2 as Mr. Mertle | 2005-11-10 |
| The Reading Room as William | 2005-11-04 |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) | 2005-05-17 |
| Robots as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
| By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Narrator | 2005-02-08 |
| No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat as Self | 2004-10-28 |
| Nine Dog Christmas as Storyteller (voice) | 2004-10-05 |
| Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self | 2004-09-12 |
| The Story of Star Wars as Darth Vader (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Black Indians: An American Story as Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
| The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror as Maggie Simpson (voice) | 2003-10-31 |
| The Great Year as Narrator | 2003-08-01 |
| Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' as Self | 2003-05-06 |
| The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | 2002-10-28 |
| Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film as Narrator | 2002-01-01 |
| Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self | 2001-11-19 |
| Feast of All Saints as Older Marcel | 2001-11-11 |
| Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street as Mister (voice) | 2001-11-06 |
| Finder's Fee as Avery Phillips | 2001-06-19 |
| Disney's American Legends as Narrator | 2001-02-12 |
| Antietam: A Documentary Film as Narrator | 2000-12-03 |
| Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self | 2000-05-30 |
| Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' | 2000-05-05 |
| Summer's End as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely | 2000-04-18 |
| The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove as Self | 2000-04-10 |
| Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | 2000-02-02 |
| Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host | 2000-01-01 |
| Santa and Pete as James Earl Jones | 1999-12-05 |
| The Annihilation of Fish as Fish | 1999-09-12 |
| Undercover Angel as The Judge | 1999-05-16 |
| On the Q.T. as Leo | 1999-04-01 |
| Our Friend, Martin as Daddy King (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| The Lion King II: Simba's Pride as Mufasa (voice) | 1998-10-24 |
| Primary Colors as CNN Voiceover (voice) | 1998-03-20 |
| Alone as Grey | 1997-12-21 |
| The Second Civil War as Jim Kalla | 1997-12-04 |
| What the Deaf Man Heard as Archibald Thacker | 1997-11-23 |
| Gang Related as Arthur Baylor | 1997-10-08 |
| Hitler's Forgotten Victims as Narrator (voice) (DVD version) | 1997-10-02 |
| Casper: A Spirited Beginning as Kibosh (voice) | 1997-09-09 |
| Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self | 1997-02-06 |
| Afro Promo as Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-31 |
| Timepiece as Lawrence | 1996-12-22 |
| Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Dr. McDuffie | 1996-11-23 |
| Looking for Richard as Self - Interviewee | 1996-10-11 |
| A Family Thing as Ray Murdock | 1996-03-29 |
| Cry, the Beloved Country as Rev. Stephen Kumalo | 1995-12-15 |
| Who's in Rabbit's House? as Narrator (voice) | 1995-09-21 |
| Judge Dredd as Narrator (uncredited) | 1995-06-30 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self | 1995-06-05 |
| The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Host | 1995-04-23 |
| Jefferson in Paris as Madison Hemings | 1995-03-31 |
| Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable as Mufasa (voice) | 1995-01-21 |
| People: A Musical Celebration as The Storyteller (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
| Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator | 1994-12-25 |
| Clear and Present Danger as Admiral James Greer | 1994-08-03 |
| The Lion King as Mufasa (voice) | 1994-06-24 |
| The Making of the Lion King as Self | 1994-06-24 |
| The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Host | 1994-05-19 |
| Clean Slate as John Dolby | 1994-05-06 |
| Africa: The Serengeti as Narrator | 1994-03-31 |
| Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as James Earl Jones (uncredited) | 1994-03-18 |
| Gangs: Turning the Corner as Self | 1994-03-15 |
| Confessions: Two Faces of Evil as Charles Lloyd | 1994-01-17 |
| The Vernon Johns Story as Vernon Johns | 1994-01-15 |
| Hallelujah as Old Man Taylor | 1993-12-22 |
| Dangerous: The Short Films as Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice) | 1993-09-28 |
| Percy & Thunder as Percy Banks | 1993-09-07 |
| The Meteor Man as Earnest Moses | 1993-08-06 |
| Dreamrider as Bill Perry | 1993-06-10 |
| Excessive Force as Jake | 1993-05-14 |
| The Sandlot as Mr. Mertle | 1993-04-07 |
| Sommersby as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs | 1993-02-05 |
| Lincoln as Narrator (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
| Sneakers as Mr. Bernard Abbott | 1992-09-09 |
| Patriot Games as Adm. James Greer | 1992-06-04 |
| True Identity as James Earl Jones | 1991-08-23 |
| Scorchers as Bear | 1991-07-07 |
| Portrait of Castro's Cuba as Host/Narrator | 1991-04-07 |
| Visitors from the Unknown as Narrator | 1991-03-25 |
| Convicts as Ben Johnson | 1991-01-01 |
| Grim Prairie Tales as Morrison | 1990-09-14 |
| Ivory Hunters as Inspector Nkuru | 1990-08-20 |
| Heat Wave as Junius Johnson | 1990-08-13 |
| Last Flight Out as Al Topping | 1990-05-22 |
| By Dawn's Early Light as Alice | 1990-05-19 |
| The Ambulance as Lt. Spencer | 1990-03-22 |
| The Hunt for Red October as Admiral Greer | 1990-03-02 |
| Terrorgram as Retribution (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Teach 109 as Dr. Winston | 1990-01-01 |
| 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried as Narrator | 1989-11-22 |
| Best of the Best as Frank Couzo | 1989-11-10 |
| Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast as Narrator (voice) | 1989-09-04 |
| Field of Dreams as Terrence Mann | 1989-04-21 |
| Three Fugitives as Dugan | 1989-01-27 |
| The Hunting of the Snark as Narrator (voice) | 1989-01-01 |
| Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark as Narrator | 1989-01-01 |
| Coming to America as King Jaffe Joffer | 1988-06-29 |
| Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Narrator (voice) | 1988-01-02 |
| Matewan as 'Few Clothes' Johnson | 1987-08-28 |
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Emperor of the Night (voice) | 1987-08-06 |
| Gardens of Stone as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson | 1987-05-05 |
| A House Divided | 1987-02-06 |
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold as Umslopogaas | 1986-12-17 |
| Soul Man as Professor Banks | 1986-10-24 |
| My Little Girl as Ike Bailey | 1986-08-31 |
| Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp as Genie / Narrator | 1986-07-14 |
| The Lone Star Kid as Holmes | 1986-02-10 |
| City Limits as Albert | 1985-09-01 |
| Night of 100 Stars II as Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates | 1985-01-01 |
| The Vegas Strip War as Jack Madrid | 1984-11-25 |
| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears as Narrator | 1984-01-01 |
| Return of the Jedi as Darth Vader (voice) | 1983-05-25 |
| Blood Tide as Frye | 1982-09-24 |
| Amy and the Angel as Gabriel | 1982-09-22 |
| The Flight of Dragons as Ommadon (voice) | 1982-08-17 |
| Conan the Barbarian as Thulsa Doom | 1982-04-02 |
| Night of 100 Stars as Self | 1982-03-08 |
| The Creation as Narrator (voice) | 1981-07-13 |
| The Bushido Blade as The Prisoner | 1981-06-19 |
| There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues as himself, voice | 1981-04-03 |
| Beauty and the Beast as Narrator (voice) | 1981-03-31 |
| God's Trombones as Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation") | 1981-01-01 |
| The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Dane Oliver | 1980-05-25 |
| The Empire Strikes Back as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) | 1980-05-20 |
| The Me Nobody Knows as Self | 1980-05-18 |
| A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Self - Host | 1979-03-01 |
| Paul Robeson as Paul Robeson | 1979-01-08 |
| Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement as Self | 1978-12-31 |
| The Star Wars Holiday Special as Darth Vader (voice) | 1978-11-17 |
| The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Morris Bird, Jr. | 1977-10-26 |
| A Piece of the Action as Joshua Burke | 1977-10-07 |
| The Making of Star Wars as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) | 1977-09-16 |
| Exorcist II: The Heretic as Older Kokumo | 1977-06-17 |
| The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Sheikh | 1977-06-15 |
| Star Wars as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) | 1977-05-25 |
| The Greatest as Malcolm X | 1977-05-17 |
| Jesus Of Nazareth as Balthazar | 1977-03-27 |
| Swashbuckler as Nick Debrett | 1976-07-29 |
| The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Leon | 1976-07-16 |
| The River Niger as Johnny Williams | 1976-04-14 |
| Deadly Hero as Rabbit Shazam | 1975-12-14 |
| The UFO Incident as Barney Hill | 1975-10-20 |
| The Cay as Timothy | 1974-10-24 |
| Claudine as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall | 1974-04-22 |
| King Lear as King Lear | 1974-02-20 |
| The Man as Douglass Dilman | 1972-07-19 |
| Malcolm X as Biographical Narration (voice) | 1972-05-24 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream as Narrator | 1971-11-19 |
| The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson | 1970-10-11 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
| End of the Road as Doctor D | 1970-02-10 |
| The Comedians as Dr. Magiot | 1967-10-31 |
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Lt. Lothar Zogg | 1964-01-29 |
