James Earl Jones
Acting
🎂 1931-01-17
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.
Cast credits(267)
Self
1962
Self
1962
Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
1990
Narrator (voice)
1989
Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
1989
Maggie Simpson (voice)
1989
Dibala
2004
1969
Himself
2003
Darth Vader (voice)
2014
King Lear
1971
The Angel of Angels
1994
Unas (Voice)
1997
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self
2007
Norman Royster
1993
Self - Guest
1968
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1996
Dr. Lou Rush
1961
Franklin Stern
1993
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Royal Flush Voice (voice)
2001
Lee Atkins
1986
Darth Vader (voice)
2022
Lieutenant Andrews
1961
Reverend Harris Bonham
1961
Genie / Narrator (voice)
1982
Self
1978
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Winner/ Performer
1956
Self - Winner
1956
Self - Nominee
1956
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1956
Self (archive footage)
1956
Self - Winner/Performer
1956
Will Cleveland
2002
Self
1998
Self (archive footage)
2019
King Dakkar (voice)
1995
Balthazar
1977
1948
1966
Detective Robb
1984
Gabe Wilson
1984
Self - Guest
2006
Archibald Thacker
1951
Rock of Ages
1998
1993
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1983
Mufasa (voice)
1994
1978
Gabriel Bird
1990
Chief Thad Green
1987
Chief Thad Green (voice)
1987
Chief Thad Greene
1987
Self
1973
Narrator (Voice)
1992
Woody Paris
1979
1963
Mufasa (voice)
2019
Self - Host
1973
Father Divine
1980
Long John Spoilsport
1975
Host
1989
Darth Vader (voice)
2019
Self
1974
Neb Langston
1995
Mr. Bernard Abbott
1992
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
2005
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
2005
Darth Vader (voice)
2016
King Jaffe Joffer
1988
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1980
Darth Vader (voice)
1983
Gabriel Bird
1991
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
2006
Major Walker
1985
Mufasa (voice)
1998
Narrator (uncredited)
2006
James Earl Jones (uncredited)
1994
King Jaffe Joffer
2021
Vice ADM James Greer
1990
Thulsa Doom
1982
Narrator (uncredited)
1995
Host
1995
Lt. Lothar Zogg
1964
Mr. Mertle
1993
Alex Haley
1979
Terrence Mann
1989
Admiral James Greer
1994
1985
Adm. James Greer
1992
Darth Vader (voice)
2006
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
1993
Older Kokumo
1977
CNN Voiceover (voice)
1998
Mufasa (voice)
2016
Self - Host
2000
Self (archive footage)
2013
Papa Jenkins
2008
Darth Vader (voice)
1978
The Giant (voice)
2009
Professor Banks
1986
Dugan
1989
Umslopogaas
1986
Frank Couzo
1989
Jim Kalla
1997
Self (archive footage)
2009
Mr. Mertle
2005
Ruben
2014
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
1987
Frank McCarthy
2013
'Few Clothes' Johnson
1987
Diamond
1995
Darth Vader (voice)
2015
Sheikh
1977
Kibosh (voice)
1997
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self
2004
Earnest Moses
1993
Narrator (voice)
2007
Lt. Spencer
1990
Bear
1991
Alice
1990
Nick Debrett
1976
Admiral (voice)
2010
Jim Kalla
1997
Frye
1982
Self
1985
Ommadon (voice)
1982
Ray Murdock
1996
Mister (voice)
2001
Host
1994
Self - Interviewee
1996
Archibald Thacker
1997
Emperor of the Night (voice)
1987
Self
1997
Joshua Burke
1977
Douglass Dilman
1972
Grey
1997
Self
1994
Madison Hemings
1995
Darth Vader (voice)
2014
Self
2013
Malcolm X
1977
Self
1982
Self
2013
Self (archive footage)
1970
Arthur Baylor
1997
Avery Phillips
2001
John Dolby
1994
Daddy King (voice)
1999
Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2024
The Prisoner
1981
Self (archive footage)
2019
Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
1974
Self
2019
Ben Johnson
1991
Doctor D
1970
Pendleton
2018
Dr. McDuffie
1996
Self
2017
Johnny Williams
1976
Self
1995
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977
2000
James Earl Jones
1991
Storyteller (voice)
2004
Biographical Narration (voice)
1972
Rabbit Shazam
1975
Jake
1993
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
2001
Leon
1976
Albert
1985
Dr. Magiot
1967
Older Marcel
2001
Darth Vader (archive footage)
2004
Jack Jefferson
1970
Charles Lloyd
1994
Barney Hill
1975
Self (archive footage)
1997
James Earl Jones
1999
Rev. Stephen Kumalo
1995
Junius Johnson
1990
Self
2004
Self
1996
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
2000
Genie / Narrator
1986
Narrator
2004
King Lear
1974
Narrator
1994
Lawrence
1996
Narrator
2001
Leo
1999
Old Man Taylor
1993
Jack Madrid
1984
Maggie Simpson (voice)
2003
Ike Bailey
1986
Fish
1999
Self - Host
1979
Self (voice) (uncredited)
1993
Self
2012
Morris Bird, Jr.
1977
Morrison
1990
Narrator (voice)
1981
The Judge
1999
Hoke Colburn
2015
William
2005
Self
2005
Self
2012
Narrator (voice)
1992
Holmes
1986
Gabriel
1982
Inspector Nkuru
1990
Self
2000
Self
2015
Kilgore Trout
2016
Self
2000
Dane Oliver
1980
Narrator (voice)
1995
Narrator (voice)
1988
Al Topping
1990
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
2006
Narrator
2005
Retribution (voice)
1990
Self
2003
Dr. Winston
1990
Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
1981
Vernon Johns
1994
Narrator (voice)
1989
Narrator
1994
Percy Banks
1993
(voice)
1991
Self
2006
Narrator
2003
Paul Robeson
1979
Self
1980
Narrator
2007
Self
1994
Narrator
1971
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
2000
1987
Timothy
1974
Narrator (voice)
1989
The Storyteller (voice)
1995
Narrator (voice)
1991
Self
2007
Host/Narrator
1991
Narrator (voice)
1981
Self
1978
Bill Perry
1993
Narrator
1989
Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
1997
himself, voice
1981
Narrator
1989
Self
2019
Narrator
2019
Narrator
2002
Narrator
1984
Mufasa (voice)
2017
1985
Narrator
2000
Self (archive footage)
2024
Pharaoh
1985
