James Earl Jones
Born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA — Jan 17 1931• Died Sep 09 2024
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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 Hono…
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Law & Order
Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
The Simpsons
Narrator (voice)
House
Dibala
Stargate SG-1
Unas (Voice)
Two and a Half Men
James Earl Jones
Frasier
Norman Royster
Sesame Street
Great Performances
King Lear
Will & Grace
James Earl Jones
Everwood
Will Cleveland
Homicide: Life on the Street
Felix Wilson
The Big Bang Theory
James Earl Jones
L.A. Law
Lee Atkins
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Franklin Stern
3rd Rock from the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Touched by an Angel
The Angel of Angels
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Lou Rush
The Defenders
Lieutenant Andrews
Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Garfield and Friends
Diablo
According to Jim
Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Highway to Heaven
Gabe Wilson
Star Wars Rebels
Darth Vader (voice)
Dinah!
Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
Genie / Narrator (voice)
Picket Fences
Bryant Thomas
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Dakkar (voice)
The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Crew
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Tarzan
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Darth Vader (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Scary Movie 4
Narrator (uncredited)
Robots
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
Jesus of Nazareth
Balthazar
Return of the Jedi
Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Darth Vader (voice)
Coming to America
King Jaffe Joffer
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Mufasa (voice)
The Hunt for Red October
Vice ADM James Greer
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Detective Robb
Sneakers
Mr. Bernard Abbott
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
Alex Haley
Paris
Woody Paris
Click
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Conan the Barbarian
Thulsa Doom
Merlin
Rock of Ages
Sommersby
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Archibald Thacker
Clear and Present Danger
Admiral James Greer
Gabriel's Fire
Gabriel Bird
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lt. Lothar Zogg
Judge Dredd
Narrator (uncredited)
Field of Dreams
Terrence Mann
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Lamp Unto My Feet
East Side/West Side
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Mathnet
Chief Thad Green (voice)
The Sandlot
Mr. Mertle
The Benchwarmers
Darth Vader (voice)
Patriot Games
Adm. James Greer
The Atlanta Child Murders
Major Walker
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Father Divine
Coming 2 America
King Jaffe Joffer
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Blackfish
Self (archive footage)
The Magic of David Copperfield
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
Primary Colors
CNN Voiceover (voice)
Under One Roof
Neb Langston
Vegetable Soup
Long John Spoilsport
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Three Fugitives
Dugan
Matewan
'Few Clothes' Johnson
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Older Kokumo
The Flight of Dragons
Ommadon (voice)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Papa Jenkins
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Mufasa (voice)
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Soul Man
Professor Banks
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Darth Vader (voice)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Host
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Umslopogaas
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Dr. McDuffie
Pros and Cons
Gabriel Bird
Signs and Wonders
Diamond
Gang Related
Arthur Baylor
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Best of the Best
Frank Couzo
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
The Sandlot 2
Mr. Mertle
Milius
Self
The Second Civil War
Jim Kalla
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Self (voice) (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Alone
Grey
The Bushido Blade
The Prisoner
Earth
Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Maggie Simpson (voice)
City Limits
Albert
The Ambulance
Lt. Spencer
Swashbuckler
Nick Debrett
Muse of Fire
Self
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Giant (voice)
True Identity
James Earl Jones
The Making of the Lion King
Self
The Man
Douglass Dilman
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Emperor of the Night (voice)
The Making of Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Admiral (voice)
Gimme Shelter
Frank McCarthy
A Family Thing
Ray Murdock
The Meteor Man
Earnest Moses
The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage)
Clean Slate
John Dolby
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Kibosh (voice)
Claudine
Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
Heat Wave
Junius Johnson
By Dawn's Early Light
Alice
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Jefferson in Paris
Madison Hemings
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Ruben
Grim Prairie Tales
Morrison
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Mister (voice)
The Greatest
Malcolm X
Lincoln
Narrator (voice)
End of the Road
Doctor D
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self
Scorchers
Bear
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Leon
A Piece of the Action
Joshua Burke
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Sheikh
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
The Great White Hope
Jack Jefferson
Me & Mom
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Darth Vader (voice)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Host
Finder's Fee
Avery Phillips
Hallelujah
Old Man Taylor
What the Deaf Man Heard
Archibald Thacker
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Self
The Reading Room
William
Warning Shot
Pendleton
Feast of All Saints
Older Marcel
Deadly Hero
Rabbit Shazam
Last Flight Out
Al Topping
Disney's American Legends
Narrator
Excessive Force
Jake
Our Friend, Martin
Daddy King (voice)
The Annihilation of Fish
Fish
The Comedians
Dr. Magiot
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Dane Oliver
Blood Tide
Frye
Timepiece
Lawrence
Convicts
Ben Johnson
My Little Girl
Ike Bailey
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Darth Vader (voice)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Genie / Narrator
Butterfly in the Sky
Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Narrator (voice)
Corwin
Self
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)
The UFO Incident
Barney Hill
Santa and Pete
James Earl Jones
King Lear
King Lear
Amy and the Angel
Gabriel
Good Luck
James Bing
Malcolm X
Biographical Narration (voice)
On the Q.T.
Leo
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
Cry, the Beloved Country
Rev. Stephen Kumalo
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self - Host
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
The Vegas Strip War
Jack Madrid
Long Ago and Far Away
Host
Ivory Hunters
Inspector Nkuru
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Percy & Thunder
Percy Banks
Nine Dog Christmas
Storyteller (voice)
Summer's End
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Narrator
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self
Undercover Angel
The Judge
The River Niger
Johnny Williams
Africa: The Serengeti
Narrator
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Narrator
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
The Creation
Narrator (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Narrator
The Vernon Johns Story
Vernon Johns
The Cay
Timothy
Teach 109
Dr. Winston
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
The JFK Conspiracy
Self - Host
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Morris Bird, Jr.
When It Was a Game
(voice)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Charles Lloyd
Words from a Bear
Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Self
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Narrator
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Mufasa
People: A Musical Celebration
The Storyteller (voice)
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Mufasa (voice)
Searching for Orson
Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Kilgore Trout
God's Trombones
Narrator (voice)
The Me Nobody Knows
Self
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
Visitors from the Unknown
Narrator (voice)
Dreamrider
Bill Perry
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
The Lone Star Kid
Holmes
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Narrator
The Great Year
Narrator
Black Indians: An American Story
Narrator
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Himself
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
Terrorgram
Retribution (voice)
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Self
Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)
A House Divided
The Hunting of the Snark
Narrator (voice)
Moses
Pharaoh
John, Paul, George and Ben
Narrator
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House?
Narrator (voice)
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Narrator
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Narrator
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Host/Narrator
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Self (archive footage)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
himself, voice
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Self
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer