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