Jim Jones
Known for Acting · 29 credits
- Born
- 1931-05-13
- Died
- 1978-11-18
- Place of birth
- Crete, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Reverend Jim Jones
Biography
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder–suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jones and the events which occurred at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults.
Known For
TV Shows (16)
American Experience
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Explained
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Seconds from Disaster
2005
as Self (archival footage)
History's Mysteries
1998
as Self (archive footage)
America's Book of Secrets
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Very Scary People
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Forensic Justice
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Criminal Mind
2018
as Self (archive footage)
People Magazine Investigates: Cults
2018
as Self (archive footage)
QAnon: The Search for Q
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Mother Undercover
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (13)
Witness to Jonestown
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Killing of America
1981
as Self (archive footage)
True Gore
1987
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006
as Self (archive footage)
605 Adults 304 Children
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Miracle Healers
1976
as Self
Psychic TV: First Transmission
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Killer Cults - Blinded By The Light
1998
People's Temple
1973
Deceived: The Jonestown Tragedy
1979
as Self (archive footage)
Motorgasm: a cinematic act of terrorism
2026
as self (archive footage)
About Jim Jones
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder–suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jones and the events which occurred at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults. With 29 credits spanning from 1973 to 2026, Jim Jones has appeared in 13 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jim Jones Movies
- Witness to Jonestown (2008) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Killing of America (1981) — as Self (archive footage)
- True Gore (1987) — as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost (2018) — as Self (archive footage)
- Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) — as Self (archive footage)
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