James Earl Jones
Known for Acting · 263 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
TV Shows (61)
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
Sesame Street
1969
Frasier
1993
as Norman Royster
Two and a Half Men
2003
as James Earl Jones
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Unas (Voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
Everwood
2002
as Will Cleveland
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as James Earl Jones
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner / Performer / Self - Presenter / Self (archive footage) / Self - Nominee / Presenter
Great Performances
1971
as King Lear
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Franklin Stern
Will & Grace
1998
as James Earl Jones
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
L.A. Law
1986
as Lee Atkins
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Felix Wilson
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Garfield and Friends
1988
as Diablo
Touched by an Angel
1994
as The Angel of Angels
According to Jim
2001
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Lou Rush
American Playhouse
1982
as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109') / Old Man Taylor
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Gabe Wilson
Star Wars Rebels
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Lieutenant Andrews / Reverend Harris Bonham
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as King Dakkar (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Darth Vader (voice)
Picket Fences
1992
as Bryant Thomas
Tarzan
1966
Merlin
1998
as Rock of Ages
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Balthazar
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Vegetable Soup
1975
as Long John Spoilsport
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Alex Haley
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
as Detective Robb
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Archibald Thacker
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Gabriel's Fire
1990
as Gabriel Bird
Paris
1979
as Woody Paris
Mathnet
1987
as Chief Thad Green / Chief Thad Green (voice) / Chief Thad Greene
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Father Divine
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Major Walker
East Side/West Side
1963
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
as Host
Under One Roof
1995
as Neb Langston
Pros and Cons
1991
as Gabriel Bird
Signs and Wonders
1995
as Diamond
Black Omnibus
1973
as Self - Host
Movies (202)
The Lion King
1994
as Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion King
2019
as Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Vice ADM James Greer
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
as Mufasa (voice)
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Narrator (uncredited)
Robots
2005
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as Thulsa Doom
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Darth Vader (voice)
Coming to America
1988
as King Jaffe Joffer
Click
2006
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Sneakers
1992
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Field of Dreams
1989
as Terrence Mann
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
Judge Dredd
1995
as Narrator (uncredited)
Coming 2 America
2021
as King Jaffe Joffer
The Sandlot
1993
as Mr. Mertle
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Admiral James Greer
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Patriot Games
1992
as Adm. James Greer
Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Older Kokumo
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
as Papa Jenkins
Sommersby
1993
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
The Sandlot 2
2005
as Mr. Mertle
The Benchwarmers
2006
as Darth Vader (voice)
Best of the Best
1989
as Frank Couzo
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Darth Vader (voice)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
as Umslopogaas
Three Fugitives
1989
as Dugan
The Bushido Blade
1981
as The Prisoner
Blackfish
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Ambulance
1990
as Lt. Spencer
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
as The Giant (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
as Ruben
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
as Kibosh (voice)
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Older Marcel
Matewan
1987
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Ommadon (voice)
Gang Related
1997
as Arthur Baylor
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Daddy King (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Host
Primary Colors
1998
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Joshua Burke
Earth
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Gimme Shelter
2013
as Frank McCarthy
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
Finder's Fee
2001
as Avery Phillips
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
as Mufasa (voice)
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Archibald Thacker
The Meteor Man
1993
as Earnest Moses
Disney's American Legends
2001
as Narrator
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Madison Hemings
Soul Man
1986
as Professor Banks
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Alice
Undercover Angel
1999
as The Judge
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
as Self
The Second Civil War
1997
as Jim Kalla
The Vegas Strip War
1984
as Jack Madrid
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Mister (voice)
When It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
True Identity
1991
as James Earl Jones
The Reading Room
2005
as William
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Dr. McDuffie
My Little Girl
1986
as Ike Bailey
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Sheikh
Milius
2013
as Self
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
as Self
Santa and Pete
1999
as Grandpa Nicholas
The Greatest
1977
as Malcolm X
The Great White Hope
1970
as Jack Jefferson
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
as Fish
The Comedians
1967
as Dr. Magiot
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Swashbuckler
1976
as Nick Debrett
A House Divided
1987
The Making of the Lion King
1994
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Host
A Family Thing
1996
as Ray Murdock
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Narrator (voice)
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
as Storyteller (voice)
Dreamrider
1993
as Bill Perry
Scorchers
1991
as Bear
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Claudine
1974
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
as Self
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
as Morrison
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
The Man
1972
as Douglass Dilman
Paul Robeson
1979
as Paul Robeson
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Admiral (voice)
The Cay
1974
as Timothy
Deadly Hero
1975
as Rabbit Shazam
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
City Limits
1985
as Albert
End of the Road
1970
as Doctor D
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
Lincoln
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Self
Warning Shot
2018
as Pendleton
Convicts
1991
as Ben Johnson
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
as Genie / Narrator
Excessive Force
1993
as Jake
Moses
1985
as Pharaoh
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
as Darth Vader (voice)
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 263 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, James Earl Jones has appeared in 202 films and 61 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Earl Jones Movies
- The Lion King (1994) — as Mufasa (voice)
- Star Wars (1977) — as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- The Lion King (2019) — as Mufasa (voice)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) — as Darth Vader (voice)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
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