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