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