James Earl Jones
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.
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Movies (45)
Mufasa: The Lion King
In Memory Of (Crew)
2024
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2024
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Coming 2 America
as King Jaffe Joffer
2021
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
2019
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Narrator
2019
Words from a Bear
as Self
2019
Warning Shot
as Pendleton
2018
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
as Mufasa (voice)
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Darth Vader (voice)
2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
as Kilgore Trout
2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Mufasa (voice)
2016
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Darth Vader (voice)
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
2015
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as Darth Vader (voice)
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Ruben
2014
Gimme Shelter
as Frank McCarthy
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
Blackfish
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Milius
as Self
2013
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
as Self
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2012
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
as Himself
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Admiral (voice)
2010
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giant (voice)
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Papa Jenkins
2008
Earth
as Narrator (voice)
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
as Narrator
2007
Searching for Orson
as Self
2006
Click
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
2006
Scary Movie 4
as Narrator (uncredited)
2006
The Benchwarmers
as Darth Vader (voice)
2006
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
2005
The Sandlot 2
as Mr. Mertle
2005
The Reading Room
as William
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
2005
