James Earl Jones
Known for Acting · 261 credits
- Born
- 1931-01-17
- Died
- 2024-09-09
- Place of birth
- Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
- Also known as
- James Earl Boggins Jones · Todd Jones
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 projects.
Known For
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
The Simpsons
1989
as Narrator (voice) / Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice) / Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
House
2004
as Dibala
Two and a Half Men
2003
as James Earl Jones
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Unas (Voice)
TV Shows (60)
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
The Simpsons
1989
as Narrator (voice) / Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice) / Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
House
2004
as Dibala
Two and a Half Men
2003
as James Earl Jones
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Unas (Voice)
Frasier
1993
as Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Franklin Stern
Sesame Street
1969
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as James Earl Jones
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Will & Grace
1998
as James Earl Jones
Garfield and Friends
1988
as Diablo
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
1971
as King Lear
L.A. Law
1986
as Lee Atkins
Everwood
2002
as Will Cleveland
Touched by an Angel
1994
as The Angel of Angels
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Star Wars Rebels
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Felix Wilson
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Lou Rush
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Performer / Self - Presenter / Self (archive footage) / Self - Nominee / Presenter
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Gabe Wilson
According to Jim
2001
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Defenders
1961
as Lieutenant Andrews / Reverend Harris Bonham
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Darth Vader (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as King Dakkar (voice)
Picket Fences
1992
as Bryant Thomas
Tarzan
1966
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Balthazar
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Alex Haley
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Merlin
1998
as Rock of Ages
East Side/West Side
1963
Paris
1979
as Woody Paris
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
as Detective Robb
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Father Divine
Gabriel's Fire
1990
as Gabriel Bird
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Archibald Thacker
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Major Walker
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Mathnet
1987
as Chief Thad Green / Chief Thad Green (voice) / Chief Thad Greene
Vegetable Soup
1975
as Long John Spoilsport
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
as Host
Pros and Cons
1991
as Gabriel Bird
Under One Roof
1995
as Neb Langston
Signs and Wonders
1995
as Diamond
Black Omnibus
1973
as Self - Host
Me & Mom
1985
Movies (201)
Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion King
1994
as Mufasa (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion King
2019
as Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Darth Vader (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Darth Vader (voice)
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Darth Vader (voice)
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Narrator (uncredited)
Robots
2005
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
as Mufasa (voice)
Click
2006
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as Thulsa Doom
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Vice ADM James Greer
Coming to America
1988
as King Jaffe Joffer
Judge Dredd
1995
as Narrator (uncredited)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Admiral James Greer
Sneakers
1992
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
The Sandlot
1993
as Mr. Mertle
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Coming 2 America
2021
as King Jaffe Joffer
Field of Dreams
1989
as Terrence Mann
Patriot Games
1992
as Adm. James Greer
Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
Sommersby
1993
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
The Benchwarmers
2006
as Darth Vader (voice)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
as Papa Jenkins
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
as Umslopogaas
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Older Kokumo
The Sandlot 2
2005
as Mr. Mertle
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Best of the Best
1989
as Frank Couzo
Primary Colors
1998
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
as Kibosh (voice)
Soul Man
1986
as Professor Banks
Three Fugitives
1989
as Dugan
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
as Mufasa (voice)
Blackfish
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
as Ruben
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Darth Vader (voice)
Gang Related
1997
as Arthur Baylor
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
as The Giant (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Clean Slate
1994
as John Dolby
The Meteor Man
1993
as Earnest Moses
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Daddy King (voice)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
as Self
Matewan
1987
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Ommadon (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Bushido Blade
1981
as The Prisoner
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Alice
Gimme Shelter
2013
as Frank McCarthy
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Claudine
1974
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
The Greatest
1977
as Malcolm X
Milius
2013
as Self
The Ambulance
1990
as Lt. Spencer
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Admiral (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Madison Hemings
Swashbuckler
1976
as Nick Debrett
Earth
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Heat Wave
1990
as Junius Johnson
Scorchers
1991
as Bear
On Broadway
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
as Darth Vader (voice)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Dr. McDuffie
True Identity
1991
as James Earl Jones
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Host
The River Niger
1976
as Johnny Williams
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Leon
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
The Second Civil War
1997
as Jim Kalla
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Older Marcel
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Host
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
as Self
A Family Thing
1996
as Ray Murdock
Alone
1997
as Grey
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Man
1972
as Douglass Dilman
The Cay
1974
as Timothy
Convicts
1991
as Ben Johnson
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
as Dane Oliver
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
as Narrator (voice)
City Limits
1985
as Albert
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
as Narrator
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Sheikh
Lincoln
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Undercover Angel
1999
as The Judge
The UFO Incident
1975
as Barney Hill
Finder's Fee
2001
as Avery Phillips
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Archibald Thacker
Good Luck
1997
as James Bing
The Great White Hope
1970
as Jack Jefferson
Warning Shot
2018
as Pendleton
Blood Tide
1982
as Frye
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Self - Host
Excessive Force
1993
as Jake
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Mister (voice)
The Reading Room
2005
as William
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
as Morrison
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
as Storyteller (voice)
Hallelujah
1993
as Old Man Taylor
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Joshua Burke
Timepiece
1996
as Lawrence
About James Earl Jones
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 a… With 261 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, James Earl Jones has appeared in 201 films and 60 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Earl Jones Movies
- Star Wars (1977) — as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- The Lion King (1994) — as Mufasa (voice)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- The Lion King (2019) — as Mufasa (voice)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
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