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James Earl Jones
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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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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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BODY OF WORK
James Earl Jones's Filmography
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Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
as Mara (voice)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America
as King Jaffe Joffer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Narrator
Words from a Bear
as Self
Warning Shot
as Pendleton
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
as Mufasa (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Mufasa (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Ruben
Gimme Shelter
as Frank McCarthy
Muse of Fire
as Self
Blackfish
as Self (archive footage)
Milius
as Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
as Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Admiral (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giant (voice)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Papa Jenkins
Earth
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
as Self
John, Paul, George and Ben
as Narrator
Searching for Orson
as Self
Click
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
as Narrator
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
The Sandlot 2
as Mr. Mertle
The Reading Room
as William
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Narrator
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
Nine Dog Christmas
as Storyteller (voice)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Black Indians: An American Story
as Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
The Great Year
as Narrator
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
as Self
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
as Self
Feast of All Saints
as Older Marcel
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
as Mister (voice)
Finder's Fee
as Avery Phillips
Disney's American Legends
as Narrator
Antietam: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
as Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
No Poster
Ennis' Gift
as Self
Santa and Pete
as Grandpa Nicholas
The Annihilation of Fish
as Fish
Undercover Angel
as The Judge
On the Q.T.
as Leo
Summer's End
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin
as Daddy King (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
as Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Alone
as Grey
The Second Civil War
as Jim Kalla
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Archibald Thacker
Gang Related
as Arthur Baylor
No Poster
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as Kibosh (voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Good Luck
as James Bing
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
Timepiece
as Lawrence
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Dr. McDuffie
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
No Poster
Corwin
as Self
A Family Thing
as Ray Murdock
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Who's in Rabbit's House?
as Narrator (voice)
Judge Dredd
as Narrator (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Host
Jefferson in Paris
as Madison Hemings
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
as Mufasa
People: A Musical Celebration
as The Storyteller (voice)
No Poster
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Narrator
Clear and Present Danger
as Admiral James Greer
The Making of the Lion King
as Self
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Host
Clean Slate
as John Dolby
Africa: The Serengeti
as Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Gangs: Turning the Corner
as Self
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
as Charles Lloyd
The Vernon Johns Story
as Vernon Johns
No Poster
Hallelujah
as Old Man Taylor
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Percy & Thunder
as Percy Banks
The Meteor Man
as Earnest Moses
Dreamrider
as Bill Perry
Excessive Force
as Jake
The Sandlot
as Mr. Mertle
Sommersby
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
No Poster
Lincoln
as Narrator (voice)
Sneakers
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games
as Adm. James Greer
The JFK Conspiracy
as Self - Host
True Identity
as James Earl Jones
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
Scorchers
as Bear
No Poster
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
as Host/Narrator
Visitors from the Unknown
as Narrator (voice)
Convicts
as Ben Johnson
Grim Prairie Tales
as Morrison
Ivory Hunters
as Inspector Nkuru
Heat Wave
as Junius Johnson
Last Flight Out
as Al Topping
By Dawn's Early Light
as Alice
The Ambulance
as Lt. Spencer
The Hunt for Red October
as Vice ADM James Greer
Teach 109
as Dr. Winston
Terrorgram
as Retribution (voice)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
as Narrator
Best of the Best
as Frank Couzo
Field of Dreams
as Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives
as Dugan
The Hunting of the Snark
as Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
as Narrator
Coming to America
as King Jaffe Joffer
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
as Narrator (voice)
Matewan
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
Gardens of Stone
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
No Poster
A House Divided
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
as Umslopogaas
Soul Man
as Professor Banks
My Little Girl
as Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
as Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid
as Holmes
Moses
as Pharaoh
City Limits
as Albert
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
The Vegas Strip War
as Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
as Narrator
Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader (voice)
Blood Tide
as Frye
Amy and the Angel
as Gabriel
The Flight of Dragons
as Ommadon (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
as Thulsa Doom
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
The Creation
as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
as The Prisoner
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
as himself, voice
No Poster
Beauty and the Beast
as Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones
as Narrator (voice)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Dane Oliver
The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Me Nobody Knows
as Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self - Host
Paul Robeson
as Paul Robeson
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
as Self
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Morris Bird, Jr.
A Piece of the Action
as Joshua Burke
The Making of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Older Kokumo
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Sheikh
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest
as Malcolm X
Swashbuckler
as Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
as Leon
The River Niger
as Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero
as Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident
as Barney Hill
The Cay
as Timothy
Claudine
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
King Lear
as King Lear
The Man
as Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X
as Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
as Narrator
The Great White Hope
as Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
End of the Road
as Doctor D
The Comedians
as Dr. Magiot
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
No Poster
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
as Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self