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