
James Earl Jones
Acting
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.

BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Self (archive footage)

Butterfly in the Sky
Guest Narrator (archive footage)

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)

Coming 2 America
King Jaffe Joffer

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Darth Vader (voice)

On Broadway
Self (archive footage)

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self

The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)

The Space: Theatre of Survival
Narrator

Words from a Bear
Self

Warning Shot
Pendleton

The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Mufasa (voice)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Darth Vader (voice)

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Kilgore Trout

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Mufasa (voice)

Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Darth Vader (voice)

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Darth Vader (voice)

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Ruben

Gimme Shelter
Frank McCarthy

Muse of Fire
Self

Blackfish
Self (archive footage)

Milius
Self

An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Self

Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self

Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Himself

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Admiral (voice)

Jack and the Beanstalk
The Giant (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Papa Jenkins

Earth
Narrator (voice)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self

John, Paul, George and Ben
Narrator

Searching for Orson
Self

Click
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")

Scary Movie 4
Narrator (uncredited)

The Benchwarmers
Darth Vader (voice)

Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self

The Sandlot 2
Mr. Mertle

The Reading Room
William

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)

Robots
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Narrator

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self

Nine Dog Christmas
Storyteller (voice)

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self

The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage)
Black Indians: An American Story
Narrator

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Maggie Simpson (voice)

The Great Year
Narrator

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Self

Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Narrator

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Self

Feast of All Saints
Older Marcel

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Mister (voice)

Finder's Fee
Avery Phillips

Disney's American Legends
Narrator

Antietam: A Documentary Film
Narrator

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Self

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Fantasia 2000
Self - Host

Santa and Pete
James Earl Jones

The Annihilation of Fish
Fish

Undercover Angel
The Judge

On the Q.T.
Leo

Summer's End
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely

Our Friend, Martin
Daddy King (voice)

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Mufasa (voice)

Primary Colors
CNN Voiceover (voice)

Alone
Grey

The Second Civil War
Jim Kalla

What the Deaf Man Heard
Archibald Thacker

Gang Related
Arthur Baylor
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Narrator (voice) (DVD version)

Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Kibosh (voice)

Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)

Good Luck
James Bing

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self

Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)

Timepiece
Lawrence

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Dr. McDuffie

Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
Corwin
Self

A Family Thing
Ray Murdock

Cry, the Beloved Country
Rev. Stephen Kumalo

Who's in Rabbit's House?
Narrator (voice)

Judge Dredd
Narrator (uncredited)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Host

Jefferson in Paris
Madison Hemings

Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Mufasa

People: A Musical Celebration
The Storyteller (voice)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator

Clear and Present Danger
Admiral James Greer

The Making of the Lion King
Self

The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Host

Clean Slate
John Dolby

Africa: The Serengeti
Narrator

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
James Earl Jones (uncredited)

Gangs: Turning the Corner
Self

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Charles Lloyd

The Vernon Johns Story
Vernon Johns
Hallelujah
Old Man Taylor

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Self (voice) (uncredited)

Percy & Thunder
Percy Banks

The Meteor Man
Earnest Moses

Dreamrider
Bill Perry

Excessive Force
Jake

The Sandlot
Mr. Mertle

Sommersby
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Lincoln
Narrator (voice)

Sneakers
Mr. Bernard Abbott

Patriot Games
Adm. James Greer

The JFK Conspiracy
Self - Host

True Identity
James Earl Jones

When It Was a Game
(voice)

Scorchers
Bear
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Host/Narrator

Visitors from the Unknown
Narrator (voice)

Convicts
Ben Johnson

Grim Prairie Tales
Morrison

Ivory Hunters
Inspector Nkuru

Heat Wave
Junius Johnson
Last Flight Out
Al Topping

By Dawn's Early Light
Alice

The Ambulance
Lt. Spencer

The Hunt for Red October
Vice ADM James Greer

Terrorgram
Retribution (voice)

Teach 109
Dr. Winston

11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Narrator

Best of the Best
Frank Couzo

Field of Dreams
Terrence Mann

Three Fugitives
Dugan

Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Narrator

The Hunting of the Snark
Narrator (voice)

Coming to America
King Jaffe Joffer

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Narrator (voice)

Matewan
'Few Clothes' Johnson

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Emperor of the Night (voice)

Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
A House Divided

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Umslopogaas

Soul Man
Professor Banks

My Little Girl
Ike Bailey

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Genie / Narrator

The Lone Star Kid
Holmes
Moses
Pharaoh

City Limits
Albert

Night of 100 Stars II
Self

Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates

The Vegas Strip War
Jack Madrid

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Narrator

Return of the Jedi
Darth Vader (voice)

Blood Tide
Frye

Amy and the Angel
Gabriel

The Flight of Dragons
Ommadon (voice)

Conan the Barbarian
Thulsa Doom

Night of 100 Stars
Self

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)
The Creation
Narrator (voice)

The Bushido Blade
The Prisoner

There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
himself, voice
Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)

God's Trombones
Narrator (voice)

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Dane Oliver

The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

The Me Nobody Knows
Self

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self - Host

Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self

The Star Wars Holiday Special
Darth Vader (voice)

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Morris Bird, Jr.

A Piece of the Action
Joshua Burke

The Making of Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

Exorcist II: The Heretic
Older Kokumo

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Sheikh

Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

The Greatest
Malcolm X

Swashbuckler
Nick Debrett

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Leon

The River Niger
Johnny Williams

Deadly Hero
Rabbit Shazam

The UFO Incident
Barney Hill

The Cay
Timothy

Claudine
Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall

King Lear
King Lear

The Man
Douglass Dilman

Malcolm X
Biographical Narration (voice)

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Narrator

The Great White Hope
Jack Jefferson

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)

End of the Road
Doctor D

The Comedians
Dr. Magiot

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lt. Lothar Zogg







