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.
Movies (189)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Coming 2 America
2021
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
On Broadway
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
The Lion King
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
Words from a Bear
2019
Warning Shot
2018
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Gimme Shelter
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
Blackfish
2013
Milius
2013
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
Earth
2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
Searching for Orson
2006
Click
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Scary Movie 4
2006
The Benchwarmers
2006
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
The Sandlot 2
2005
The Reading Room
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Robots
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Black Indians: An American Story
2004
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
The Great Year
2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
Feast of All Saints
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
Finder's Fee
2001
Disney's American Legends
2001
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Fantasia 2000
2000
Santa and Pete
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Undercover Angel
1999
On the Q.T.
1999
Summer's End
1999
Our Friend, Martin
1999
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
Primary Colors
1998
Alone
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Gang Related
1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Good Luck
1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
Afro Promo
1997
Timepiece
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
Looking for Richard
1996
A Family Thing
1996
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
Judge Dredd
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
Jefferson in Paris
1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
Clear and Present Danger
1994
The Making of the Lion King
1994
The Lion King
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Clean Slate
1994
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
Percy & Thunder
1993
The Meteor Man
1993
Dreamrider
1993
Excessive Force
1993
The Sandlot
1993
Sommersby
1993
Sneakers
1992
Patriot Games
1992
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
True Identity
1991
When It Was a Game
1991
Scorchers
1991
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
Convicts
1991
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Ivory Hunters
1990
Heat Wave
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
The Ambulance
1990
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Teach 109
1990
Terrorgram
1990
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
Best of the Best
1989
Field of Dreams
1989
Three Fugitives
1989
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989
Coming to America
1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
Matewan
1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
Gardens of Stone
1987
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
Soul Man
1986
My Little Girl
1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
The Lone Star Kid
1986
City Limits
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
The Vegas Strip War
1984
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
Return of the Jedi
1983
Blood Tide
1982
Amy and the Angel
1982
The Flight of Dragons
1982
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
The Bushido Blade
1981
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
God's Trombones
1981
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
Paul Robeson
1979
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
A Piece of the Action
1977
The Making of Star Wars
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
Star Wars
1977
The Greatest
1977
Swashbuckler
1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
The River Niger
1976
Deadly Hero
1975
The UFO Incident
1975
The Cay
1974
Claudine
1974
King Lear
1974
The Man
1972
Malcolm X
1972
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971
The Great White Hope
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
End of the Road
1970
The Comedians
1967
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Broadway: The Next Generation
TV Shows (67)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Star Wars Rebels
2014
The Big Bang Theory
2007
The One Show
2006
House
2004
Two and a Half Men
2003
Everwood
2002
According to Jim
2001
Will & Grace
1998
Merlin
1998
Stargate SG-1
1997
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Signs and Wonders
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Frasier
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Picket Fences
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Pros and Cons
1991
Law & Order
1990
Gabriel's Fire
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
Garfield and Friends
1988
Mathnet
1987
Mathnet
1987
Mathnet
1987
L.A. Law
1986
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Highway to Heaven
1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
Reading Rainbow
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Paris
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Vegetable Soup
1975
Dinah!
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Black Omnibus
1973
Great Performances
1971
Sesame Street
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Tarzan
1966
East Side/West Side
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Defenders
1961
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944