James Earl Jones
- Acting
- January 17, 1931 · Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
- September 9, 2024
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
Filmography
- Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort · Mara (Voice)
- Mufasa: The Lion King · In Memory Of
- BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy · Self
- Butterfly in the Sky · Guest Narrator (archive footage)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi · Darth Vader (Voice)
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street · Self
- Coming 2 America · King Jaffe Joffer
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker · Darth Vader (Voice)
- The Movies That Made Us · Self
- On Broadway · Self
- 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)
- 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 · Darth Vader (Voice)
- 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
- 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 · Self
- Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey · Admiral (Voice)
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- Jack and the Beanstalk · The Giant (Voice)
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins · Papa Jenkins
- Earth · Narrator (Voice)
- The Big Bang Theory · James Earl Jones
- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson · Self
- John, Paul, George and Ben · Narrator
- Searching for Orson · Self
- The One Show · 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)
- The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy · Narrator
- 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
- House · Dibala
- 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)
- Two and a Half Men · James Earl Jones
- The Great Year · Narrator
- Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' · Self
- Everwood · Will Cleveland
- 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)
- According to Jim · Royal Flush Voice (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
- The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove · Self
- Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
- Fantasia 2000 · Self
- Ennis' Gift · Self
- Santa and Pete · Grandpa Nicholas
- The Annihilation of Fish · Fish
- Undercover Angel · The Judge