James Earl Jones
Acting
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.
As actor 266
Sesame Street
1969
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
House
2004
Frasier
1993
Stargate SG-1
1997
Two and a Half Men
2003
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Tony Awards
1956
Great Performances
1971
Everwood
2002
Will & Grace
1998
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
L.A. Law
1986
Dr. Kildare
1961
American Playhouse
1982
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
The Lion King
1994
Garfield and Friends
1988
The One Show
2006
Star Wars
1977
Reading Rainbow
1983
Highway to Heaven
1984
According to Jim
2001
Star Wars Rebels
2014
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Defenders
1961
Dinah!
1974
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Tarzan
1966
The Lion King
2019
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Picket Fences
1992
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
Return of the Jedi
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Click
2006
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
Coming to America
1988
Robots
2005
Conan the Barbarian
1982
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Scary Movie 4
2006
Merlin
1998
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Patriot Games
1992
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Sneakers
1992
Judge Dredd
1995
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Gabriel's Fire
1990
East Side/West Side
1963
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Pros and Cons
1991
The Sandlot
1993
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
Coming 2 America
2021
Fantasia 2000
2000
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
Field of Dreams
1989
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
The Benchwarmers
2006
Mathnet
1987
The Sandlot 2
2005
Gang Related
1997
Best of the Best
1989
Sommersby
1993
Vegetable Soup
1975
Primary Colors
1998
Three Fugitives
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
Paris
1979
Finder's Fee
2001
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
Clean Slate
1994
Earth
2007
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
The Meteor Man
1993
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
The Ambulance
1990
Excessive Force
1993
Blackfish
2013
Soul Man
1986
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
Matewan
1987
Gardens of Stone
1987
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
Signs and Wonders
1995
Gimme Shelter
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
The Second Civil War
1997
Looking for Richard
1996
The Great Year
2003
Undercover Angel
1999
Under One Roof
1995
The Greatest
1977
Swashbuckler
1976
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Me & Mom
1985
The Flight of Dragons
1982
Black Omnibus
1973
Feast of All Saints
2001
The Comedians
1967
Santa and Pete
1999
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Night of 100 Stars
1982
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Disney's American Legends
2001
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
Jefferson in Paris
1995
Paul Robeson
1979
The Bushido Blade
1981
Milius
2013
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
True Identity
1991
On Broadway
2019
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
Heat Wave
1990
A Family Thing
1996
Claudine
1974
Timepiece
1996
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
Scorchers
1991
The Making of Star Wars
1977
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Dreamrider
1993
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
A Piece of the Action
1977
Ennis' Gift
2000
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
The Vegas Strip War
1984
The Man
1972
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
My Little Girl
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Amy and the Angel
1982
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
1978
Warning Shot
2018
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Blood Tide
1982
The Great White Hope
1970
Convicts
1991
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
Alone
1997
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
King Lear
1974
Broadway: The Next Generation
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
On the Q.T.
1999
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
Deadly Hero
1975
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994
The Making of the Lion King
1994
Malcolm X
1972
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
The Cay
1974
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
The UFO Incident
1975
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
Ivory Hunters
1990
City Limits
1985
The Reading Room
2005
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
Lincoln
1992
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
When It Was a Game
1991
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
Last Flight Out
1990
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Percy & Thunder
1993
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
God's Trombones
1981
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
The River Niger
1976
Moses
1985
Teach 109
1990
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Hallelujah
1993
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
End of the Road
1970
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
Beauty and the Beast
1981
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
Good Luck
1997
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
Summer's End
1999
Searching for Orson
2006
The Lone Star Kid
1986
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
A House Divided
1987
Terrorgram
1990
Corwin
1996
The Creation
1981
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
Words from a Bear
2019
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
Afro Promo
1997
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
Black Indians: An American Story
2004
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989
