
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.

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Star Wars

Lt. Lothar Zogg
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Sommersby

Vice ADM James Greer
The Hunt for Red October

Mr. Bernard Abbott
Sneakers

Terrence Mann
Field of Dreams

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back

Darth Vader (voice)
Return of the Jedi

Bill Perry
Dreamrider

Gabriel
Amy and the Angel

Narrator (voice)
Earth

Avery Phillips
Finder's Fee

Alice
By Dawn's Early Light

Earnest Moses
The Meteor Man

Mr. Mertle
The Sandlot

Jake
Excessive Force

'Few Clothes' Johnson
Matewan

Dugan
Three Fugitives

Narrator
Disney's American Legends

Admiral (voice)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

Mufasa (voice)
The Lion King

Professor Banks
Soul Man

Umslopogaas
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Mufasa (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Admiral James Greer
Clear and Present Danger

King Jaffe Joffer
Coming to America

Thulsa Doom
Conan the Barbarian

Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Ommadon (voice)
The Flight of Dragons

Adm. James Greer
Patriot Games

Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Cry, the Beloved Country

Papa Jenkins
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Narrator
Africa: The Serengeti

Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Gardens of Stone

Arthur Baylor
Gang Related

The Giant (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk

Nick Debrett
Swashbuckler

Leon
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

Host
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

Dr. McDuffie
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Ray Murdock
A Family Thing

Joshua Burke
A Piece of the Action

The Judge
Undercover Angel

Bear
Scorchers

Emperor of the Night (voice)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

William
The Reading Room

Mr. Mertle
The Sandlot 2

Storyteller (voice)
Nine Dog Christmas

Morrison
Grim Prairie Tales

John Dolby
Clean Slate

Self - Host
Fantasia 2000

The Storyteller (voice)
People: A Musical Celebration

Lawrence
Timepiece

Narrator (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House?

Ben Johnson
Convicts

Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
Claudine

Older Marcel
Feast of All Saints

James Earl Jones
Santa and Pete

Rabbit Shazam
Deadly Hero

Sheikh
The Last Remake of Beau Geste

James Earl Jones
True Identity

Darth Vader (voice)
The Star Wars Holiday Special

Johnny Williams
The River Niger

Self (archive footage)
On Broadway

Archibald Thacker
What the Deaf Man Heard

Barney Hill
The UFO Incident

Dr. Magiot
The Comedians

Frye
Blood Tide

Narrator
The Space: Theatre of Survival

Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Lt. Spencer
The Ambulance

Narrator (voice)
Beauty and the Beast

Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Summer's End

Narrator
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried

Host
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

Ike Bailey
My Little Girl

Self
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

Doctor D
End of the Road

Ruben
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

The Prisoner
The Bushido Blade

Self
Gangs: Turning the Corner

Narrator
The Great Year

A House Divided

Narrator
Black Indians: An American Story

Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts

Jack Madrid
The Vegas Strip War

Timothy
The Cay

Vernon Johns
The Vernon Johns Story

Douglass Dilman
The Man

Frank McCarthy
Gimme Shelter

Frank Couzo
Best of the Best

Narrator (voice)
The Creation

Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Jack Jefferson
The Great White Hope

Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Self - Interviewee
Looking for Richard

Older Kokumo
Exorcist II: The Heretic

Self (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

Narrator (voice)
The Hunting of the Snark

Self (archive footage)
Blackfish

Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen

Jim Kalla
The Second Civil War

Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims

Albert
City Limits

Hoke Colburn
Driving Miss Daisy

Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

Percy Banks
Percy & Thunder

Narrator
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

Junius Johnson
Heat Wave

Inspector Nkuru
Ivory Hunters

Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

Madison Hemings
Jefferson in Paris

Malcolm X
The Greatest

Narrator
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream

Daddy King (voice)
Our Friend, Martin

Grey
Alone

Narrator
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark

Self
Words from a Bear

Narrator (voice)
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

Self
Milius

Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

Dr. Winston
Teach 109

Narrator (voice)
Lincoln

Fish
The Annihilation of Fish

Self
Broadway: The Next Generation

Al Topping
Last Flight Out

Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

Kilgore Trout
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

Dane Oliver
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion

Self
Night of 100 Stars II

Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Narrator (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

Self
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky

Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Charles Lloyd
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

Biographical Narration (voice)
Malcolm X

Darth Vader (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Retribution (voice)
Terrorgram

Self
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'

Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Self (archive footage)
Afro Promo

Darth Vader (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars

Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Robots

Self
Muse of Fire

Mufasa (voice)
The Lion King

Morris Bird, Jr.
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Pendleton
Warning Shot

Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Click

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars

Genie / Narrator
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

King Lear
King Lear

Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands

Narrator (voice)
Visitors from the Unknown

Holmes
The Lone Star Kid

Darth Vader (voice)
The Benchwarmers

Narrator (uncredited)
Judge Dredd

Leo
On the Q.T.

Narrator
John, Paul, George and Ben

Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones

Self
Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates

Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson

King Jaffe Joffer
Coming 2 America

Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Kibosh (voice)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

Self
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

himself, voice
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Narrator (uncredited)
Scary Movie 4

Self
The Me Nobody Knows

Mister (voice)
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Self
Searching for Orson

Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

Narrator
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Old Man Taylor
Hallelujah

Narrator
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film

Narrator
Antietam: A Documentary Film

Self
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Self
The Making of the Lion King

Host/Narrator
Portrait of Castro's Cuba

Self
Night of 100 Stars

Self - Host
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

CNN Voiceover (voice)
Primary Colors

Self (archive footage)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy

Self
Corwin

(voice)
When It Was a Game

Pharaoh
Moses

Mufasa
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable

James Bing
Good Luck

Himself
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter

Self - Host
The JFK Conspiracy

Darth Vader (voice)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
201
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-01-17
Place of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
James Earl Boggins Jones