James Earl Jones
male
Born on January 17, 1931 (94 years old)
Passed Away on September 09, 2024
From Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2024
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
Click
as
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
2006
The Benchwarmers
as
Darth Vader (voice)
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
2006
Scary Movie 4
as
Narrator (uncredited)
2006
Searching for Orson
as
Self
2006
The One Show
as
Self - Guest
2006
- 2005
- 2004
Nine Dog Christmas
as
Storyteller (voice)
2004
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Black Indians: An American Story
as
Narrator
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as
Self
2004
The Story of Star Wars
as
Darth Vader (archive footage)
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as
Self
2004
House
as
Dibala
2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
Fantasia 2000
as
Self - Host
2000
Summer's End
as
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as
Self
2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
as
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
as
Self
2000
Antietam: A Documentary Film
as
Narrator
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as
Self
1997
Gang Related
as
Arthur Baylor
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
as
Archibald Thacker
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as
Self (archive footage)
1997
The Second Civil War
as
Jim Kalla
1997
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Hitler's Forgotten Victims
as
Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
1997
Alone
as
Grey
1997
Afro Promo
as
Self (archive footage)
1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as
Kibosh (voice)
1997
Good Luck
as
James Bing
1997
Stargate SG-1
as
Unas (Voice)
1997
- 1996
- 1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
as
Rev. Stephen Kumalo
1995
People: A Musical Celebration
as
The Storyteller (voice)
1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
as
Narrator (voice)
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as
Host
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as
Self
1995
Jefferson in Paris
as
Madison Hemings
1995
Judge Dredd
as
Narrator (uncredited)
1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
as
Mufasa
1995
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Under One Roof
as
Neb Langston
1995
Signs and Wonders
as
Diamond
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as
King Dakkar (voice)
1995
- 1994
The Lion King
as
Mufasa (voice)
1994
Clear and Present Danger
as
Admiral James Greer
1994
Africa: The Serengeti
as
Narrator
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as
Host
1994
Clean Slate
as
John Dolby
1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner
as
Self
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
as
Vernon Johns
1994
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Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as
Narrator
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as
James Earl Jones (uncredited)
1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
as
Charles Lloyd
1994
The Making of the Lion King
as
Self
1994
Touched by an Angel
as
The Angel of Angels
1994
- 1993
Sommersby
as
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
1993
Dreamrider
as
Bill Perry
1993
The Meteor Man
as
Earnest Moses
1993
The Sandlot
as
Mr. Mertle
1993
Excessive Force
as
Jake
1993
Dangerous: The Short Films
as
Self (voice) (uncredited)
1993
Percy & Thunder
as
Percy Banks
1993
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Hallelujah
as
Old Man Taylor
1993
Frasier
as
Norman Royster
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as
Franklin Stern
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
The Hunt for Red October
as
Vice ADM James Greer
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
as
Alice
1990
Grim Prairie Tales
as
Morrison
1990
The Ambulance
as
Lt. Spencer
1990
Heat Wave
as
Junius Johnson
1990
Ivory Hunters
as
Inspector Nkuru
1990
Teach 109
as
Dr. Winston
1990
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Last Flight Out
as
Al Topping
1990
Terrorgram
as
Retribution (voice)
1990
Law & Order
as
Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
1990
Gabriel's Fire
as
Gabriel Bird
1990
- 1989
Field of Dreams
as
Terrence Mann
1989
Three Fugitives
as
Dugan
1989
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
as
Narrator
1989
Best of the Best
as
Frank Couzo
1989
The Hunting of the Snark
as
Narrator (voice)
1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
as
Narrator
1989
The Simpsons
as
Narrator (voice)
1989
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Long Ago and Far Away
as
Host
1989
The Simpsons
as
Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
1989
The Simpsons
as
Maggie Simpson (voice)
1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
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Beauty and the Beast
as
Narrator (voice)
1981
The Bushido Blade
as
The Prisoner
1981
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The Creation
as
Narrator (voice)
1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as
Narrator (voice)
1981
God's Trombones
as
Narrator (voice)
1981
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
as
himself, voice
1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
Star Wars
as
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977
A Piece of the Action
as
Joshua Burke
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as
Sheikh
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as
Older Kokumo
1977
The Greatest
as
Malcolm X
1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as
Morris Bird, Jr.
1977
The Making of Star Wars
as
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Jesus of Nazareth
as
Balthazar
1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1956
- 1951
- 1948
- 1944
