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James Earl Jones

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Star Wars1977
The Lion King1994
The Empire Strikes Back1980
Return of the Jedi1983

About James Earl Jones

Known for: Acting
Born: January 17, 1931
Died: September 9, 2024 (age 93)
Birthplace: 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.…

Also credited as

James Earl Boggins Jones, Todd Jones

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Filmography

Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort2025as Mara (voice)

BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy2024as Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky2024as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021as Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America2021as King Jaffe Joffer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019as Darth Vader (voice)
On Broadway2019as Self (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage2019as Self
The Lion King2019as Mufasa (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival2019as Narrator
Words from a Bear2019as Self
Warning Shot2018as Pendleton
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar2016as Mufasa (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy2015as Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal2015as Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand2015as Self
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion2014as Darth Vader (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn2014as Ruben
Gimme Shelter2013as Frank McCarthy
Muse of Fire2013as Self
Blackfish2013as Self (archive footage)
Milius2013as Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road2012as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts2012as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter2011as Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey2010as Admiral (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty2010as Self (archive footage)
Jack and the Beanstalk2009as The Giant (voice)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins2008as Papa Jenkins
Earth2007as Narrator (voice)
John, Paul, George and Ben2007as Narrator
Searching for Orson2006as Self
Click2006as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Scary Movie 42006as Narrator (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers2006as Darth Vader (voice)
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy2006as Narrator
Hollywood's Greatest Villains2005as Self
The Sandlot 22005as Mr. Mertle
The Reading Room2005as William
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots2005as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'2005as Narrator
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat2004as Self
Nine Dog Christmas2004as Storyteller (voice)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy2004as Self
The Story of Star Wars2004as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Black Indians: An American Story2004as Narrator
The Great Year2003as Narrator
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'2003as Self
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film2002as Narrator
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World2001as Self
Feast of All Saints2001as Older Marcel
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street2001as Mister (voice)
Finder's Fee2001as Avery Phillips
Antietam: A Documentary Film2000as Narrator
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'2000as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'2000as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove2000as Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light2000
Ennis' Gift2000as Self
Fantasia 20002000as Self - Host
Santa and Pete1999as Grandpa Nicholas
The Annihilation of Fish1999as Fish
Undercover Angel1999as The Judge
On the Q.T.1999as Leo
Summer's End1999as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin1999as Daddy King (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride1998as Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors1998as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Alone1997as Grey
The Second Civil War1997as Jim Kalla
What the Deaf Man Heard1997as Archibald Thacker
Gang Related1997as Arthur Baylor
Hitler's Forgotten Victims1997as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning1997as Kibosh (voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen1997as Self (archive footage)
Good Luck1997as James Bing
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery1997as Self
Timepiece1996as Lawrence
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault1996as Dr. McDuffie
Looking for Richard1996as Self - Interviewee
Corwin1996as Self
A Family Thing1996as Ray Murdock
Cry, the Beloved Country1995as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Who's in Rabbit's House?1995as Narrator (voice)
Judge Dredd1995as Narrator (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'1995as Host
Jefferson in Paris1995as Madison Hemings
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable1995as Mufasa
People: A Musical Celebration1995as The Storyteller (voice)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'1994as Narrator
Clear and Present Danger1994as Admiral James Greer
The Making of the Lion King1994as Self
The Lion King1994as Mufasa (voice)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1994as Host
Clean Slate1994as John Dolby
Africa: The Serengeti1994as Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Gangs: Turning the Corner1994as Self
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil1994as Charles Lloyd
The Vernon Johns Story1994as Vernon Johns
Hallelujah1993as Old Man Taylor
Percy & Thunder1993as Percy Banks
The Meteor Man1993as Earnest Moses
Dreamrider1993as Bill Perry
Excessive Force1993as Jake
The Sandlot1993as Mr. Mertle
Sommersby1993as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Lincoln1992as Narrator (voice)
Sneakers1992as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games1992as Adm. James Greer
The JFK Conspiracy1992as Self - Host
True Identity1991as James Earl Jones
When It Was a Game1991as (voice)
Scorchers1991as Bear
Portrait of Castro's Cuba1991as Host/Narrator
Visitors from the Unknown1991as Narrator (voice)
Convicts1991as Ben Johnson
Grim Prairie Tales1990as Morrison
Ivory Hunters1990as Inspector Nkuru
Heat Wave1990as Junius Johnson
Last Flight Out1990as Al Topping
By Dawn's Early Light1990as Alice
The Ambulance1990as Lt. Spencer
The Hunt for Red October1990as Vice ADM James Greer
Teach 1091990as Dr. Winston
Terrorgram1990as Retribution (voice)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried1989as Narrator
Best of the Best1989as Frank Couzo
Field of Dreams1989as Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives1989as Dugan
The Hunting of the Snark1989as Narrator (voice)
Coming to America1988as King Jaffe Joffer
Matewan1987as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night1987as Emperor of the Night (voice)
Gardens of Stone1987as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
A House Divided1987
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold1986as Umslopogaas
Soul Man1986as Professor Banks
My Little Girl1986as Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp1986as Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid1986as Holmes
Moses1985as Pharaoh
City Limits1985as Albert
Night of 100 Stars II1985as Self
The Vegas Strip War1984as Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears1984as Narrator
Return of the Jedi1983as Darth Vader (voice)
Blood Tide1982as Frye
Amy and the Angel1982as Gabriel
The Flight of Dragons1982as Ommadon (voice)
Conan the Barbarian1982as Thulsa Doom
Night of 100 Stars1982as Self
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast1981as Narrator (voice)
The Creation1981as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade1981as The Prisoner
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues1981as himself, voice
Beauty and the Beast1981as Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones1981as Narrator (voice)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story1980as Dane Oliver
The Empire Strikes Back1980as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Me Nobody Knows1980as Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street1979as Self - Host
Paul Robeson1979as Paul Robeson
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement1978as Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special1978as Darth Vader (voice)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened1977as Morris Bird, Jr.
A Piece of the Action1977as Joshua Burke
The Making of Star Wars1977as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Exorcist II: The Heretic1977as Older Kokumo
The Last Remake of Beau Geste1977as Sheikh
Star Wars1977as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest1977as Malcolm X
Swashbuckler1976as Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings1976as Leon
The River Niger1976as Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero1975as Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident1975as Barney Hill
The Cay1974as Timothy
Claudine1974as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
King Lear1974as King Lear
The Man1972as Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X1972as Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream1971as Narrator
The Great White Hope1970as Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970as Self (archive footage)
End of the Road1970as Doctor D
The Comedians1967as Dr. Magiot
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964as Lt. Lothar Zogg
Broadway: The Next GenerationYear unavailableas Self
Diamonds on the Silver ScreenYear unavailableas Self

Mufasa: The Lion King2024In Memory Of

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