Acting

James Earl Jones

Born 1931-01-17 · Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA

Died 2024-09-09

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.

Credits

Newest first

Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
as Mara (voice)
2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
In Memory Of
2024
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2024
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Darth Vader (voice)
2022
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Coming 2 America
as King Jaffe Joffer
2021
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
2019
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Narrator
2019
Words from a Bear
as Self
2019
Warning Shot
as Pendleton
2018
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
as Mufasa (voice)
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Darth Vader (voice)
2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Mufasa (voice)
2016
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Darth Vader (voice)
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
2015
Star Wars Rebels
as Darth Vader (voice)
2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as Darth Vader (voice)
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Ruben
2014
Gimme Shelter
as Frank McCarthy
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
Blackfish
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Milius
as Self
2013
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
as Self
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2012
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
as Himself
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Admiral (voice)
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giant (voice)
2009
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Papa Jenkins
2008
Earth
as Narrator (voice)
2007
The Big Bang Theory
as James Earl Jones
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
as Narrator
2007
Searching for Orson
as Self
2006
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Click
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
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
The Benchwarmers
as Darth Vader (voice)
2006
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
as Narrator
2006
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
2005
The Sandlot 2
as Mr. Mertle
2005
The Reading Room
as William
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
2005
Robots
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Narrator
2005
House
as Dibala
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
2004
Nine Dog Christmas
as Storyteller (voice)
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
Black Indians: An American Story
as Narrator
2004
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
2003
Two and a Half Men
as James Earl Jones
2003
The Great Year
as Narrator
2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
as Self
2003
Everwood
as Will Cleveland
2002
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
2002
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
as Self
2001
Feast of All Saints
as Older Marcel
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
as Mister (voice)
2001
According to Jim
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
2001
Finder's Fee
as Avery Phillips
2001
Disney's American Legends
as Narrator
2001
Antietam: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
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
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
2000
Ennis' Gift
as Self
2000
Santa and Pete
as Grandpa Nicholas
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
as Fish
1999
Undercover Angel
as The Judge
1999