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