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.
Filmography (263)
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Butterfly in the Sky
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Coming 2 America
On Broadway
The Movies That Made Us
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Words from a Bear
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Warning Shot
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Driving Miss Daisy
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Blackfish
Milius
Gimme Shelter
Muse of Fire
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Jack and the Beanstalk
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
The Big Bang Theory
Earth
John, Paul, George and Ben- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Click
The Benchwarmers
Scary Movie 4
Searching for Orson
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
The One Show
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
The Reading Room
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Robots
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
The Sandlot 2
House
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Story of Star Wars
Black Indians: An American Story
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Nine Dog Christmas
The Great Year
Two and a Half Men
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Everwood
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Disney's American Legends
According to Jim
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Finder's Fee
Feast of All Saints
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Fantasia 2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Summer's End
Our Friend, Martin
On the Q.T.
Undercover Angel
The Annihilation of Fish
Santa and Pete
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Merlin
Will & Grace
Primary Colors- Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Sports on the Silver Screen
Stargate SG-1
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Afro Promo
Alone
Gang Related
What the Deaf Man Heard
The Second Civil War
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Good Luck
3rd Rock from the Sun
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Timepiece
Looking for Richard
A Family Thing- Corwin
- Under One Roof
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Signs and Wonders
Cry, the Beloved Country
People: A Musical Celebration
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Judge Dredd
Jefferson in Paris
Who's in Rabbit's House?
The Making of the Lion King
The Vernon Johns Story
The Lion King
Touched by an Angel
Africa: The Serengeti
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Clear and Present Danger
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult- Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Clean Slate
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Homicide: Life on the Street
Percy & Thunder
Frasier
The Sandlot
Dreamrider
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman- Hallelujah
Sommersby
The Meteor Man
Excessive Force
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Picket Fences- Lincoln
The JFK Conspiracy
Sneakers
Patriot Games
When It Was a Game
Pros and Cons
Visitors from the Unknown
Convicts
True Identity
Scorchers- Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Teach 109
The Hunt for Red October
Law & Order
Gabriel's Fire
Heat Wave
By Dawn's Early Light
The Ambulance
Grim Prairie Tales
Ivory Hunters
Terrorgram- Last Flight Out
The Hunting of the Snark
The Simpsons
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried- Long Ago and Far Away
Field of Dreams
Three Fugitives
Best of the Best
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Garfield and Friends
Coming to America
Matewan
Mathnet
Gardens of Stone
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night- A House Divided
L.A. Law
The Lone Star Kid
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Soul Man
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
My Little Girl
Night of 100 Stars II- Me & Mom
The Atlanta Child Murders
City Limits
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates- Moses
Highway to Heaven
CBS Schoolbreak Special
The Vegas Strip War
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Reading Rainbow
Return of the Jedi
Faerie Tale Theatre
Conan the Barbarian
The Flight of Dragons
Amy and the Angel
American Playhouse
Night of 100 Stars
Blood Tide- The Creation
The Bushido Blade- Beauty and the Beast
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
God's Trombones
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
The Empire Strikes Back
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
The Me Nobody Knows
Paul Robeson
Roots: The Next Generations
Paris
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Magic of David Copperfield
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Star Wars
Jesus of Nazareth
The Making of Star Wars
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
A Piece of the Action
The Greatest
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The River Niger
Swashbuckler
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Vegetable Soup
The UFO Incident
Deadly Hero
King Lear
Claudine
Dinah!
The Cay
Black Omnibus
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Malcolm X
The Man
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Great Performances
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Great White Hope
End of the Road
Sesame Street
The Dick Cavett Show
The Comedians
Tarzan
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
East Side/West Side
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Defenders
The Mike Douglas Show
Dr. Kildare
Tony Awards
Hallmark Hall of Fame- Lamp Unto My Feet
Golden Globe Awards
Broadway: The Next Generation