James Earl Jones
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Mara (voice)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Darth Vader (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America
2021
as King Jaffe Joffer
On Broadway
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
as Narrator
Words from a Bear
2019
as Self
The Lion King
2019
as Mufasa (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
as Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Warning Shot
2018
as Pendleton
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017
as Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
as Mufasa (voice)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
as Kilgore Trout
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Darth Vader (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
as Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
as Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
as Self
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
as Ruben
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
Gimme Shelter
2013
as Frank McCarthy
Blackfish
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Milius
2013
as Self
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
as Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
as Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Admiral (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
as The Giant (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
as Papa Jenkins
Earth
2007
as Narrator (voice)
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
as Narrator
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as James Earl Jones
Click
2006
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers
2006
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Narrator (uncredited)
Searching for Orson
2006
as Self
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
as Narrator
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The Reading Room
2005
as William
The Sandlot 2
2005
as Mr. Mertle
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
as Narrator
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots
2005
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
as Self
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
as Storyteller (voice)
Black Indians: An American Story
2004
as Narrator
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
as Self
House
2004
as Dibala
The Great Year
2003
as Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
as Self
Two and a Half Men
2003
as James Earl Jones
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
as Narrator
Everwood
2002
as Will Cleveland
Finder's Fee
2001
as Avery Phillips
Disney's American Legends
2001
as Narrator
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Older Marcel
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
as Self
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Mister (voice)
According to Jim
2001
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
as Self
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
as Narrator
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Ennis' Gift
2000
as Self
Undercover Angel
1999
as The Judge
Santa and Pete
1999
as Grandpa Nicholas
Summer's End
1999
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Daddy King (voice)
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
as Fish
On the Q.T.
1999
as Leo
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
as Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors
1998
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Will & Grace
1998
as James Earl Jones
Merlin
1998
as Rock of Ages
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
as Self
Gang Related
1997
as Arthur Baylor
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Archibald Thacker
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Second Civil War
1997
as Jim Kalla
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Alone
1997
as Grey
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
as Kibosh (voice)
Good Luck
1997
as James Bing
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Unas (Voice)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Dr. McDuffie
A Family Thing
1996
as Ray Murdock
Timepiece
1996
as Lawrence
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
Corwin
1996
as Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
as The Storyteller (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Host
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Madison Hemings
Judge Dredd
1995
as Narrator (uncredited)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
as Mufasa
Under One Roof
1995
as Neb Langston
Signs and Wonders
1995
as Diamond
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as King Dakkar (voice)
The Lion King
1994
as Mufasa (voice)
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Admiral James Greer
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
as Narrator
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Host
Clean Slate
1994
as John Dolby
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
as Self
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
as Vernon Johns
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
as Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994
as Charles Lloyd
The Making of the Lion King
1994
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994
as The Angel of Angels
Sommersby
1993
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Dreamrider
1993
as Bill Perry
The Meteor Man
1993
as Earnest Moses
The Sandlot
1993
as Mr. Mertle
Excessive Force
1993
as Jake
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Percy Banks
Hallelujah
1993
as Old Man Taylor
Frasier
1993
as Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Franklin Stern
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Felix Wilson
Sneakers
1992
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games
1992
as Adm. James Greer
Lincoln
1992
as Narrator (voice)
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
as Self - Host
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Picket Fences
1992
as Bryant Thomas
Scorchers
1991
as Bear
Convicts
1991
as Ben Johnson
True Identity
1991
as James Earl Jones
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
as Host/Narrator
When It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
Pros and Cons
1991
as Gabriel Bird
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Vice ADM James Greer
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Alice
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
as Morrison
The Ambulance
1990
as Lt. Spencer
Heat Wave
1990
as Junius Johnson
Ivory Hunters
1990
as Inspector Nkuru
Teach 109
1990
as Dr. Winston
Last Flight Out
1990
as Al Topping
Terrorgram
1990
as Retribution (voice)
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Gabriel's Fire
1990
as Gabriel Bird
Field of Dreams
1989
as Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives
1989
as Dugan
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
as Narrator
Best of the Best
1989
as Frank Couzo
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989
as Narrator
The Simpsons
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
as Host
The Simpsons
1989
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Coming to America
1988
as King Jaffe Joffer
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Garfield and Friends
1988
as Diablo
Matewan
1987
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
A House Divided
1987
Mathnet
1987
as Chief Thad Green (voice)
Mathnet
1987
as Chief Thad Green
Mathnet
1987
as Chief Thad Greene
Soul Man
1986
as Professor Banks
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
as Umslopogaas
My Little Girl
1986
as Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
as Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid
1986
as Holmes
L.A. Law
1986
as Lee Atkins
City Limits
1985
as Albert
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
Moses
1985
as Pharaoh
Me & Mom
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Major Walker
The Vegas Strip War
1984
as Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
as Narrator
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
as Detective Robb
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Gabe Wilson
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Darth Vader (voice)
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Amy and the Angel
1982
as Gabriel
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as Thulsa Doom
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Ommadon (voice)
Blood Tide
1982
as Frye
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982
as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')
American Playhouse
1982
as Old Man Taylor
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
1981
as The Prisoner
The Creation
1981
as Narrator (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones
1981
as Narrator (voice)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
as himself, voice
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
as Dane Oliver
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
as Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Father Divine
Paul Robeson
1979
as Paul Robeson
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Self - Host
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Alex Haley
Paris
1979
as Woody Paris
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Darth Vader (voice)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
as Self
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
1978
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Joshua Burke
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Sheikh
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Older Kokumo
The Greatest
1977
as Malcolm X
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
as Morris Bird, Jr.
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Balthazar
Swashbuckler
1976
as Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Leon
The River Niger
1976
as Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero
1975
as Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident
1975
as Barney Hill
Vegetable Soup
1975
as Long John Spoilsport
Claudine
1974
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
The Cay
1974
as Timothy
King Lear
1974
as King Lear
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Black Omnibus
1973
as Self - Host
The Man
1972
as Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X
1972
as Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971
as Narrator
Great Performances
1971
as King Lear
End of the Road
1970
as Doctor D
The Great White Hope
1970
as Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Comedians
1967
as Dr. Magiot
Tarzan
1966
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
East Side/West Side
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Lieutenant Andrews
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Lou Rush
The Defenders
1961
as Reverend Harris Bonham
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Performer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Archibald Thacker
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter