James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Acting

Born January 17, 1931 · Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA

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,…

Known for

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

1969

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

House

House

2004

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Acting(263)

2025Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland ResortMara (voice)

2024BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and LegacySelf (archive footage)

2024Butterfly in the SkyGuest Narrator (archive footage)

2022Obi-Wan KenobiDarth Vader (voice)

2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame StreetSelf (archive footage)

2021Coming 2 AmericaKing Jaffe Joffer

2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerDarth Vader (voice)

2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)

2019On BroadwaySelf (archive footage)

2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a StageSelf

2019The Lion KingMufasa (voice)

2019The Space: Theatre of SurvivalNarrator

2019Words from a BearSelf

2018Warning ShotPendleton

2017The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride LandsMufasa (voice)

2016Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryDarth Vader (voice)

2016God Bless You, Mr RosewaterKilgore Trout

2016The Lion Guard: Return of the RoarMufasa (voice)

2015Driving Miss DaisyHoke Colburn

2015Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of LothalDarth Vader (voice)

2015August Wilson: The Ground on Which I StandSelf

2014Star Wars RebelsDarth Vader (voice)

2014Star Wars Rebels: Spark of RebellionDarth Vader (voice)

2014The Angriest Man in BrooklynRuben

2013Gimme ShelterFrank McCarthy

2013Muse of FireSelf

2013BlackfishSelf (archive footage)

2012An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the RoadSelf

2012Joe Papp in Five ActsSelf

2011Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter EncounterHimself

2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space OdysseyAdmiral (voice)

2009Jack and the BeanstalkThe Giant (voice)

2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)

2008Welcome Home Roscoe JenkinsPapa Jenkins

2007EarthNarrator (voice)

2007The Big Bang TheoryJames Earl Jones

2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelf

2007John, Paul, George and BenNarrator

2006Searching for OrsonSelf

2006The One ShowSelf - Guest

2006ClickNarrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)

2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysJack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")

2006Scary Movie 4Narrator (uncredited)

2006The BenchwarmersDarth Vader (voice)

2006The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee LegacyNarrator

2005Hollywood's Greatest VillainsSelf

2005The Sandlot 2Mr. Mertle

2005The Reading RoomWilliam

2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithDarth Vader (voice - uncredited)

2005RobotsVoice Box at Hardware Store (voice)

2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Narrator

2004HouseDibala

2004No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear ThreatSelf

2004Nine Dog ChristmasStoryteller (voice)

2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars TrilogySelf

2004The Story of Star WarsDarth Vader (archive footage)

2004Black Indians: An American StoryNarrator

2003The Simpsons: Treehouse of HorrorMaggie Simpson (voice)

2003Two and a Half MenJames Earl Jones

2003The Great YearNarrator

2003Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'Self

2002EverwoodWill Cleveland

2002Fredericksburg: A Documentary FilmNarrator

2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The WorldSelf

2001Feast of All SaintsOlder Marcel

2001Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third StreetMister (voice)

2001According to JimRoyal Flush Voice (voice)

2001Finder's FeeAvery Phillips

2001Disney's American LegendsNarrator

2000Antietam: A Documentary FilmNarrator

2000Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'Self

2000Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'

2000The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to StrangeloveSelf

2000Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000Fantasia 2000Self - Host

1999Santa and PeteGrandpa Nicholas

1999The Annihilation of FishFish

1999Undercover AngelThe Judge

1999On the Q.T.Leo

1999Summer's EndDr. William 'Bill' Blakely

1999Our Friend, MartinDaddy King (voice)

1998The Lion King II: Simba's PrideMufasa (voice)

1998Will & GraceJames Earl Jones

1998MerlinRock of Ages

1998Primary ColorsCNN Voiceover (voice)

1997The Second Civil WarJim Kalla

1997What the Deaf Man HeardArchibald Thacker

1997Gang RelatedArthur Baylor

1997Hitler's Forgotten VictimsNarrator (voice) (DVD version)

1997Casper: A Spirited BeginningKibosh (voice)

1997Stargate SG-1Unas (Voice)

1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)

1997Good LuckJames Bing

1997Star Wars: The Magic & the MysterySelf

1997Afro PromoSelf (archive footage)

1996TimepieceLawrence

1996Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' ManigaultDr. McDuffie

1996Looking for RichardSelf - Interviewee

1996A Family ThingRay Murdock

19963rd Rock from the SunNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1995Cry, the Beloved CountryRev. Stephen Kumalo

1995Who's in Rabbit's House?Narrator (voice)

1995Judge DreddNarrator (uncredited)

1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf

1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Host

1995Jefferson in ParisMadison Hemings

1995Under One RoofNeb Langston

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildKing Dakkar (voice)

1995Circle of Life: An Environmental FableMufasa

1995Signs and WondersDiamond

1995People: A Musical CelebrationThe Storyteller (voice)

1994Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'Narrator

1994Touched by an AngelThe Angel of Angels

1994Clear and Present DangerAdmiral James Greer

1994The Making of the Lion KingSelf

1994The Lion KingMufasa (voice)

1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost ClassicsHost

1994Clean SlateJohn Dolby

1994Africa: The SerengetiNarrator

1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final InsultJames Earl Jones (uncredited)

1994Gangs: Turning the CornerSelf

1994Confessions: Two Faces of EvilCharles Lloyd

1994The Vernon Johns StoryVernon Johns

1993HallelujahOld Man Taylor

1993Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short FilmsSelf (voice) (uncredited)

1993FrasierNorman Royster

1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanFranklin Stern

1993Percy & ThunderPercy Banks

1993The Meteor ManEarnest Moses

1993DreamriderBill Perry

1993Excessive ForceJake

1993The SandlotMr. Mertle

1993SommersbyJudge Barry Conrad Issacs

1993Homicide: Life on the StreetFelix Wilson

1992LincolnNarrator (voice)

1992Picket FencesBryant Thomas

1992SneakersMr. Bernard Abbott

1992Patriot GamesAdm. James Greer

1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesNarrator (voice)

1992The JFK ConspiracySelf - Host

1991Pros and ConsGabriel Bird

1991True IdentityJames Earl Jones

1991When It Was a Game(voice)

1991ScorchersBear

1991Portrait of Castro's CubaHost/Narrator

1991Visitors from the UnknownNarrator (voice)

1991ConvictsBen Johnson

1990Grim Prairie TalesMorrison

1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Horace McCoy

1990Gabriel's FireGabriel Bird

1990Ivory HuntersInspector Nkuru

1990Heat WaveJunius Johnson

1990Last Flight OutAl Topping

1990By Dawn's Early LightAlice

1990The AmbulanceLt. Spencer

1990The Hunt for Red OctoberVice ADM James Greer

1990Teach 109Dr. Winston

1990TerrorgramRetribution (voice)

1989The SimpsonsNarrator (voice)

198911-22-63: The Day the Nation CriedNarrator

1989Best of the BestFrank Couzo

1989Field of DreamsTerrence Mann

1989Long Ago and Far AwayHost

1989Three FugitivesDugan

1989The Hunting of the SnarkNarrator (voice)

1989Stories to Remember: Noah's ArkNarrator

1988Garfield and FriendsDiablo

1988Coming to AmericaKing Jaffe Joffer

1988Michael Jackson: The Legend ContinuesNarrator (voice)

1987Matewan'Few Clothes' Johnson

1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightEmperor of the Night (voice)

1987Gardens of StoneSgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson

1987A House Divided

1987MathnetChief Thad Green (voice)

1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of GoldUmslopogaas

1986Soul ManProfessor Banks

1986L.A. LawLee Atkins

1986My Little GirlIke Bailey

1986Aladdin and His Wonderful LampGenie / Narrator

1986The Lone Star KidHolmes

1985MosesPharaoh

1985City LimitsAlbert

1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf

1985The Atlanta Child MurdersMajor Walker

1985Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates

1984The Vegas Strip WarJack Madrid

1984Highway to HeavenGabe Wilson

1984CBS Schoolbreak SpecialDetective Robb

1984Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's EarsNarrator

1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)

1983Return of the JediDarth Vader (voice)

1982Blood TideFrye

1982Amy and the AngelGabriel

1982Faerie Tale TheatreGenie / Narrator (voice)

1982The Flight of DragonsOmmadon (voice)

1982Conan the BarbarianThulsa Doom

1982Night of 100 StarsSelf

1982American PlayhouseDr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')

1981Golden Book Video - Beauty and the BeastNarrator (voice)

1981The CreationNarrator (voice)

1981The Bushido BladeThe Prisoner

1981There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagueshimself, voice

1981Beauty and the BeastNarrator (voice)

1981God's TrombonesNarrator (voice)

1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love StoryDane Oliver

1980The Empire Strikes BackDarth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

1980The Me Nobody KnowsSelf

1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesFather Divine

1979ParisWoody Paris

1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetSelf - Host

1979Roots: The Next GenerationsAlex Haley

1979Paul RobesonPaul Robeson

1978Black Theatre: The Making of a MovementSelf

1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf

1978The Star Wars Holiday SpecialDarth Vader (voice)

1978The Magic of David Copperfield

1977The Greatest Thing That Almost HappenedMorris Bird, Jr.

1977A Piece of the ActionJoshua Burke

1977The Making of Star WarsDarth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

1977Exorcist II: The HereticOlder Kokumo

1977The Last Remake of Beau GesteSheikh

1977Star WarsDarth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

1977The GreatestMalcolm X

1977Jesus of NazarethBalthazar

1976SwashbucklerNick Debrett

1976The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor KingsLeon

1976The River NigerJohnny Williams

1975Deadly HeroRabbit Shazam

1975The UFO IncidentBarney Hill

1975Vegetable SoupLong John Spoilsport

1974The CayTimothy

1974ClaudineRupert D. "Roop" Marshall

1974King LearKing Lear

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1973Black OmnibusSelf - Host

1972The ManDouglass Dilman

1972Malcolm XBiographical Narration (voice)

1971Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a DreamNarrator

1971Great PerformancesKing Lear

1970The Great White HopeJack Jefferson

1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)

1970End of the RoadDoctor D

1969Sesame Street

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1967The ComediansDr. Magiot

1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombLt. Lothar Zogg

1963East Side/West Side

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1961Dr. KildareDr. Lou Rush

1961The DefendersLieutenant Andrews

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner / Performer

1951Hallmark Hall of FameArchibald Thacker

1948Lamp Unto My Feet

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter

Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf

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