James Earl Jones
Born January 17, 1931 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Star Wars
The Lion King
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Lion King
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Robots
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Return of the Jedi
The Hunt for Red October
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Conan the Barbarian
Click
Coming to America
Scary Movie 4
Sneakers
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Judge Dredd
Clear and Present Danger
Patriot Games
The Sandlot
Fantasia 2000
Field of Dreams
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Best of the Best
Coming 2 America
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
The Benchwarmers
Sommersby
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Primary Colors
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
The Sandlot 2
Three Fugitives
Gardens of Stone
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Gang Related
Matewan
Blackfish
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Jack and the Beanstalk
Earth
Santa and Pete
Looking for Richard
Soul Man
The Flight of Dragons
The Meteor Man
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
The Ambulance
TV Shows
The Mike Douglas Show
Two and a Half Men
Sesame Street
Frasier
Stargate SG-1
The Merv Griffin Show
Great Performances
The One Show
The Big Bang Theory
Will & Grace
Garfield and Friends
Tony Awards
The Dick Cavett Show
L.A. Law
Golden Globe Awards
Homicide: Life on the Street
3rd Rock from the Sun
Everwood
Touched by an Angel
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
According to Jim
Dr. Kildare
American Playhouse
Star Wars Rebels
Highway to Heaven
Dinah!
The Defenders
Picket Fences
Reading Rainbow
Faerie Tale Theatre
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tarzan
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Movies That Made Us
Jesus of Nazareth
Roots: The Next Generations
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Merlin
CBS Schoolbreak Special
The Magic of David Copperfield
Gabriel's Fire
Lamp Unto My Feet
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Mathnet
Vegetable Soup
East Side/West Side
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Paris
Black Omnibus
The Atlanta Child Murders
Signs and Wonders
Pros and Cons
More Movies
A Piece of the Action
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
When It Was a Game
The Second Civil War
By Dawn's Early Light
Gimme Shelter
Finder's Fee
Feast of All Saints
Jefferson in Paris
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Claudine
Swashbuckler
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
The Greatest
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Disney's American Legends
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
The Making of Star Wars
The Bushido Blade
Cry, the Beloved Country
Night of 100 Stars II
Paul Robeson
The Vegas Strip War
The Great White Hope
Clean Slate
End of the Road
A Family Thing
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
True Identity
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Our Friend, Martin
The Making of the Lion King
Unreleased
Broadway: The Next Generation
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Africa: The Serengeti
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Milius
Convicts
The Annihilation of Fish
Nine Dog Christmas
Undercover Angel
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Night of 100 Stars
What the Deaf Man Heard
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Grim Prairie Tales
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
The Story of Star Wars
Muse of Fire
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Warning Shot
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
My Little Girl
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Heat Wave
Deadly Hero
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Scorchers
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
The Man
Blood Tide
On Broadway
Excessive Force
Butterfly in the Sky
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Visitors from the Unknown
The Cay
City Limits
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Sports on the Silver Screen
The Me Nobody Knows
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
The Comedians
Alone
Timepiece
The Reading Room
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
The UFO Incident
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
On the Q.T.
The Lone Star Kid
God's Trombones
Summer's End
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Percy & Thunder
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
The River Niger
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Dreamrider
Driving Miss Daisy
Amy and the Angel
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
King Lear
Moses
Words from a Bear
The Space: Theatre of Survival
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Malcolm X
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Last Flight Out
Ivory Hunters
Who's in Rabbit's House?
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Gangs: Turning the Corner
People: A Musical Celebration
The Vernon Johns Story
Good Luck
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Black Indians: An American Story
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Teach 109
The Hunting of the Snark
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Terrorgram
The JFK Conspiracy
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Afro Promo
John, Paul, George and Ben
The Great Year
