James Earl Jones
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: January 17, 1931
Place of Birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Mufasa (voice)
as Narrator
as Self
as Pendleton
as Mufasa (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Kilgore Trout
as Mufasa (voice)
as Hoke Colburn
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Ruben
as Frank McCarthy
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Admiral (voice)
as The Giant (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Papa Jenkins
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Mr. Mertle
as William
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
as Dibala
as Storyteller (voice)
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
as Himself
as Narrator
as Will Cleveland
as Narrator
as Older Marcel
as Mister (voice)
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
as Avery Phillips
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
as Self - Host
as James Earl Jones
as Fish
as The Judge
as Leo
as Daddy King (voice)
as Mufasa (voice)
as Self
as Rock of Ages
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
as Grey
as Jim Kalla
as Archibald Thacker
as Arthur Baylor
as Kibosh (voice)
as Unas (Voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as James Bing
as Self (archive footage)
as Lawrence
as Dr. McDuffie
as Self - Interviewee
as Ray Murdock
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Madison Hemings
as King Dakkar (voice)
as Diamond
as The Storyteller (voice)
as The Angel of Angels
as Admiral James Greer
as Self
as Mufasa (voice)
as John Dolby
as Narrator
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
as Self
as Charles Lloyd
as Vernon Johns
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
as Norman Royster
as Franklin Stern
as Percy Banks
as Earnest Moses
as Bill Perry
as Jake
as Mr. Mertle
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
as Bryant Thomas
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
as Adm. James Greer
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
as Gabriel Bird
as James Earl Jones
as (voice)
as Bear
as Narrator (voice)
as Ben Johnson
as Morrison
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
as Gabriel Bird
as Inspector Nkuru
as Junius Johnson
as Al Topping
as Alice
as Lt. Spencer
as Vice ADM James Greer
as Dr. Winston
as Retribution (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
as Narrator
as Frank Couzo
as Terrence Mann
as Dugan
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Diablo
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Narrator (voice)
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
as Chief Thad Green (voice)
as Chief Thad Green
as Chief Thad Greene
as Umslopogaas
as Professor Banks
as Lee Atkins
as Ike Bailey
as Genie / Narrator
as Holmes
as Albert
as Self
as Major Walker
as Jack Madrid
as Gabe Wilson
as Detective Robb
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Frye
as Gabriel
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
as Ommadon (voice)
as Thulsa Doom
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as The Prisoner
as Narrator (voice)
as Dane Oliver
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Father Divine
as Woody Paris
as Self - Host
as Alex Haley
as Paul Robeson
as Self
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Morris Bird, Jr.
as Joshua Burke
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Older Kokumo
as Sheikh
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Malcolm X
as Balthazar
as Nick Debrett
as Johnny Williams
as Rabbit Shazam
as Barney Hill
as Long John Spoilsport
as Self
as Timothy
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
as King Lear
as Self - Host
as Douglass Dilman
as Biographical Narration (voice)
as Narrator
as King Lear
as Jack Jefferson
as Self (archive footage)
as Doctor D
as Self - Guest
as Dr. Magiot
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
as Self
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Dr. Lou Rush
as Lieutenant Andrews
as Reverend Harris Bonham
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Winner/ Performer
as Self - Winner
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Winner/Performer
as Archibald Thacker
as Self - Nominee / Presenter