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