Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025 · Movie
as Mara (voice)
James Earl Jones
1931-01-17
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Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
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.
Filmography
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 · Movie
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · TV Show
as Darth Vader (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America
2021 · Movie
as King Jaffe Joffer
On Broadway
2019 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019 · Movie
as Narrator
Words from a Bear
2019 · Movie
as Self
The Lion King
2019 · Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019 · Movie
as Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Warning Shot
2018 · Movie
as Pendleton
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017 · Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016 · Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016 · Movie
as Kilgore Trout
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
2015 · Movie
as Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015 · Movie
as Self
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · Movie
as Ruben
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels
2014 · TV Show
as Darth Vader (voice)
Gimme Shelter
2013 · Movie
as Frank McCarthy
Blackfish
2013 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Milius
2013 · Movie
as Self
Muse of Fire
2013 · Movie
as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012 · Movie
as Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012 · Movie
as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011 · Movie
as Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · Movie
as Admiral (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009 · Movie
as The Giant (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008 · Movie
as Papa Jenkins
Earth
2007 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007 · Movie
as Narrator
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Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Big Bang Theory
2007 · TV Show
as James Earl Jones
Click
2006 · Movie
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers
2006 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Movie
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4
2006 · Movie
as Narrator (uncredited)
Searching for Orson
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006 · Movie
as Narrator
The One Show
2006 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Reading Room
2005 · Movie
as William
The Sandlot 2
2005 · Movie
as Mr. Mertle
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005 · Movie
as Narrator
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots
2005 · Movie
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005 · Movie
as Self
Nine Dog Christmas
2004 · Movie
as Storyteller (voice)
Black Indians: An American Story
2004 · Movie
as Narrator
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Movie
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Movie
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004 · Movie
as Self
House
2004 · TV Show
as Dibala
The Great Year
2003 · Movie
as Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003 · Movie
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003 · Movie
as Self
Two and a Half Men
2003 · TV Show
as James Earl Jones
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002 · Movie
as Narrator
Everwood
2002 · TV Show
as Will Cleveland
Finder's Fee
2001 · Movie
as Avery Phillips
Disney's American Legends
2001 · Movie
as Narrator
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Movie
as Older Marcel
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001 · Movie
as Self
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001 · Movie
as Mister (voice)
According to Jim
2001 · TV Show
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Fantasia 2000
2000 · Movie
as Self - Host
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000 · Movie
as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000 · Movie
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000 · Movie
as Self
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000 · Movie
as Narrator
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000 · Movie
Undercover Angel
1999 · Movie
as The Judge
Santa and Pete
1999 · Movie
as Grandpa Nicholas
Summer's End
1999 · Movie
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin
1999 · Movie
as Daddy King (voice)
The Annihilation of Fish
1999 · Movie
as Fish
On the Q.T.
1999 · Movie
as Leo
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998 · Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors
1998 · Movie
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Will & Grace
1998 · TV Show
as James Earl Jones
Merlin
1998 · TV Show
as Rock of Ages
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997 · Movie
as Self
Gang Related
1997 · Movie
as Arthur Baylor
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 · Movie
as Archibald Thacker
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Second Civil War
1997 · Movie
as Jim Kalla
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Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997 · Movie
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Alone
1997 · Movie
as Grey
Afro Promo
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997 · Movie
as Kibosh (voice)
Good Luck
1997 · Movie
as James Bing
Stargate SG-1
1997 · TV Show
as Unas (Voice)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Movie
as Dr. McDuffie
A Family Thing
1996 · Movie
as Ray Murdock
Timepiece
1996 · Movie
as Lawrence
Looking for Richard
1996 · Movie
as Self - Interviewee
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Corwin
1996 · Movie
as Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995 · Movie
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
People: A Musical Celebration
1995 · Movie
as The Storyteller (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · Movie
as Host
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
as Self
Jefferson in Paris
1995 · Movie
as Madison Hemings
Judge Dredd
1995 · Movie
as Narrator (uncredited)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995 · Movie
as Mufasa
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Under One Roof
1995 · TV Show
as Neb Langston
Signs and Wonders
1995 · TV Show
as Diamond
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
as King Dakkar (voice)
The Lion King
1994 · Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Movie
as Admiral James Greer
Africa: The Serengeti
1994 · Movie
as Narrator
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Movie
as Host
Clean Slate
1994 · Movie
as John Dolby
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994 · Movie
as Self
The Vernon Johns Story
1994 · Movie
as Vernon Johns
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Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994 · Movie
as Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · Movie
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994 · Movie
as Charles Lloyd
The Making of the Lion King
1994 · Movie
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as The Angel of Angels
Sommersby
1993 · Movie
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Dreamrider
1993 · Movie
as Bill Perry
The Meteor Man
1993 · Movie
as Earnest Moses
The Sandlot
1993 · Movie
as Mr. Mertle
Excessive Force
1993 · Movie
as Jake
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993 · Movie
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Percy & Thunder
1993 · Movie
as Percy Banks
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Hallelujah
1993 · Movie
as Old Man Taylor
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
as Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · TV Show
as Franklin Stern
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · TV Show
as Felix Wilson
Sneakers
1992 · Movie
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games
1992 · Movie
as Adm. James Greer
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Lincoln
1992 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The JFK Conspiracy
1992 · Movie
as Self - Host
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Picket Fences
1992 · TV Show
as Bryant Thomas
Scorchers
1991 · Movie
as Bear
Convicts
1991 · Movie
as Ben Johnson
True Identity
1991 · Movie
as James Earl Jones
Visitors from the Unknown
1991 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991 · Movie
as Host/Narrator
When It Was a Game
1991 · Movie
as (voice)
Pros and Cons
1991 · TV Show
as Gabriel Bird
The Hunt for Red October
1990 · Movie
as Vice ADM James Greer
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · Movie
as Alice
Grim Prairie Tales
1990 · Movie
as Morrison
The Ambulance
1990 · Movie
as Lt. Spencer
Ivory Hunters
1990 · Movie
as Inspector Nkuru
Heat Wave
1990 · Movie
as Junius Johnson
Teach 109
1990 · Movie
as Dr. Winston
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Last Flight Out
1990 · Movie
as Al Topping
Terrorgram
1990 · Movie
as Retribution (voice)
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Gabriel's Fire
1990 · TV Show
as Gabriel Bird
Field of Dreams
1989 · Movie
as Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives
1989 · Movie
as Dugan
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989 · Movie
as Narrator
Best of the Best
1989 · Movie
as Frank Couzo
The Hunting of the Snark
1989 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989 · Movie
as Narrator
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice), Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice), Maggie Simpson (voice)
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Long Ago and Far Away
1989 · TV Show
as Host
Coming to America
1988 · Movie
as King Jaffe Joffer
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Garfield and Friends
1988 · TV Show
as Diablo
Matewan
1987 · Movie
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Gardens of Stone
1987 · Movie
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987 · Movie
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
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A House Divided
1987 · Movie
Mathnet
1987 · TV Show
as Chief Thad Green (voice), Chief Thad Green, Chief Thad Greene
Soul Man
1986 · Movie
as Professor Banks
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · Movie
as Umslopogaas
My Little Girl
1986 · Movie
as Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986 · Movie
as Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid
1986 · Movie
as Holmes
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
as Lee Atkins
City Limits
1985 · Movie
as Albert
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
as Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985 · Movie
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Moses
1985 · Movie
as Pharaoh
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Me & Mom
1985 · TV Show
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · TV Show
as Major Walker
The Vegas Strip War
1984 · Movie
as Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984 · Movie
as Narrator
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984 · TV Show
as Detective Robb
Highway to Heaven
1984 · TV Show
as Gabe Wilson
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Reading Rainbow
1983 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Amy and the Angel
1982 · Movie
as Gabriel
Conan the Barbarian
1982 · Movie
as Thulsa Doom
The Flight of Dragons
1982 · Movie
as Ommadon (voice)
Blood Tide
1982 · Movie
as Frye
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
as Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV Show
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109'), Old Man Taylor
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Beauty and the Beast
1981 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
1981 · Movie
as The Prisoner
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The Creation
1981 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones
1981 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981 · Movie
as himself, voice
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980 · Movie
as Dane Oliver
The Me Nobody Knows
1980 · Movie
as Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · TV Show
as Father Divine
Paul Robeson
1979 · Movie
as Paul Robeson
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · Movie
as Self - Host
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · TV Show
as Alex Haley
Paris
1979 · TV Show
as Woody Paris
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978 · Movie
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978 · TV Show
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
A Piece of the Action
1977 · Movie
as Joshua Burke
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 · Movie
as Sheikh
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · Movie
as Older Kokumo
The Greatest
1977 · Movie
as Malcolm X
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977 · Movie
as Morris Bird, Jr.
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Movie
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · TV Show
as Balthazar
Swashbuckler
1976 · Movie
as Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976 · Movie
as Leon
The River Niger
1976 · Movie
as Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero
1975 · Movie
as Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident
1975 · Movie
as Barney Hill
Vegetable Soup
1975 · TV Show
as Long John Spoilsport
Claudine
1974 · Movie
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
The Cay
1974 · Movie
as Timothy
King Lear
1974 · Movie
as King Lear
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Black Omnibus
1973 · TV Show
as Self - Host
The Man
1972 · Movie
as Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X
1972 · Movie
as Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971 · Movie
as Narrator
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as King Lear
End of the Road
1970 · Movie
as Doctor D
The Great White Hope
1970 · Movie
as Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street
1969 · TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Comedians
1967 · Movie
as Dr. Magiot
Tarzan
1966 · TV Show
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Movie
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
East Side/West Side
1963 · TV Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Defenders
1961 · TV Show
as Lieutenant Andrews, Reverend Harris Bonham
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV Show
as Dr. Lou Rush
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Winner / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self (archive footage), Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Archibald Thacker
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Lamp Unto My Feet
1948 · TV Show
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Broadway: The Next Generation
· Movie
as Self
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
· Movie
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
