James Earl Jones
Age: N/A | From: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: James Earl Boggins Jones , Todd Jones , Jimmy , جیمز ارل جونز
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 155
TV Involvements: 44
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Dr. Lou Rush
Stargate SG-1
(1997) Unas (Voice)
Law & Order
(1990) Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
The Movies That Made Us
(2019) Self (archive footage)
The Kennedy Center Honors
(1978) Self
House
(2004) Dibala
The Defenders
(1961) Reverend Harris Bonham
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
(1998) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mufasa (Archive Voice) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Guest Narrator (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | Darth Vader (voice) | |
| 2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
| King Jaffe Joffer | ||
| 2019 | Darth Vader (voice) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Mufasa (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Pendleton | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| Mufasa (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Darth Vader (voice) | |
| Kilgore Trout | ||
| Mufasa (voice) | ||
| 2015 | Hoke Colburn | |
| Darth Vader (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2014 | Darth Vader (voice) | |
| Anakin Skywalker (voice) | ||
| Darth Vader (voice) | ||
| Ruben | ||
| 2013 | Frank McCarthy | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2010 | Admiral (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Giant (voice) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2008 | Papa Jenkins | |
| 2007 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") | ||
| Narrator (uncredited) | ||
| Darth Vader (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| Mr. Mertle | ||
| William | ||
| Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) | ||
| Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2004 | Dibala | |
| Self | ||
| Storyteller (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Darth Vader (archive footage) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2003 | Maggie Simpson (voice) | |
| Himself | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| Will Cleveland | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| Older Marcel | ||
| Mister (voice) | ||
| Royal Flush Voice (voice) | ||
| Avery Phillips | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2000 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' | ||
| Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 1999 | James Earl Jones | |
| Fish | ||
| The Judge | ||
| Leo | ||
| Daddy King (voice) | ||
| 1998 | Mufasa (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Rock of Ages | ||
| CNN Voiceover (voice) | ||
| 1997 | Grey | |
| Jim Kalla | ||
| Archibald Thacker | ||
| Arthur Baylor | ||
| Narrator (voice) (DVD version) | ||
| Kibosh (voice) | ||
| Unas (Voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Jim Kalla | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1996 | Lawrence | |
| Dr. McDuffie | ||
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| Self | ||
| Ray Murdock | ||
| Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| 1995 | Rev. Stephen Kumalo | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Narrator (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Host | ||
| Madison Hemings | ||
| Neb Langston | ||
| King Dakkar (voice) | ||
| Mufasa (voice) | ||
| Diamond | ||
| The Storyteller (voice) | ||
| 1994 | Narrator | |
| The Angel of Angels | ||
| Admiral James Greer | ||
| Self | ||
| Mufasa (voice) | ||
| Host | ||
| John Dolby | ||
| Narrator | ||
| James Earl Jones (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Charles Lloyd | ||
| Vernon Johns | ||
| 1993 | Old Man Taylor | |
| Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice) | ||
| Norman Royster | ||
| Franklin Stern | ||
| Percy Banks | ||
| Earnest Moses | ||
| Bill Perry | ||
| Jake | ||
| Mr. Mertle | ||
| Judge Barry Conrad Issacs | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1992 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Mr. Bernard Abbott | ||
| Adm. James Greer | ||
| Narrator (Voice) | ||
| 1991 | Gabriel Bird | |
| James Earl Jones | ||
| (voice) | ||
| Bear | ||
| Host/Narrator | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Ben Johnson | ||
| 1990 | Morrison | |
| Defense Attorney Horace McCoy | ||
| Gabriel Bird | ||
| Inspector Nkuru | ||
| Junius Johnson | ||
| Al Topping | ||
| Alice | ||
| Lt. Spencer | ||
| Vice ADM James Greer | ||
| Dr. Winston | ||
| Retribution (voice) | ||
| 1989 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice) | ||
| Maggie Simpson (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Frank Couzo | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Terrence Mann | ||
| Host | ||
| Dugan | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1988 | King Jaffe Joffer | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1987 | 'Few Clothes' Johnson | |
| Emperor of the Night (voice) | ||
| Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Chief Thad Green | ||
| Chief Thad Green (voice) | ||
| Chief Thad Greene | ||
| 1986 | Umslopogaas | |
| Professor Banks | ||
| Lee Atkins | ||
| Ike Bailey | ||
| Genie / Narrator | ||
| Holmes | ||
| 1985 | Albert | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Major Walker | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Jack Madrid | |
| Gabe Wilson | ||
| Detective Robb | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1983 | Himself - Narrator (voice) | |
| Darth Vader (voice) | ||
| 1982 | Frye | |
| Gabriel | ||
| Genie / Narrator (voice) | ||
| Ommadon (voice) | ||
| Thulsa Doom | ||
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Narrator (voice) | |
| The Prisoner | ||
| himself, voice | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation") | ||
| 1980 | Dane Oliver | |
| Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Father Divine | ||
| 1979 | Woody Paris | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Alex Haley | ||
| Paul Robeson | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Darth Vader (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Morris Bird, Jr. | |
| Joshua Burke | ||
| Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Older Kokumo | ||
| Sheikh | ||
| Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Malcolm X | ||
| Balthazar | ||
| 1976 | Nick Debrett | |
| Leon | ||
| Johnny Williams | ||
| 1975 | Rabbit Shazam | |
| Barney Hill | ||
| Long John Spoilsport | ||
| 1974 | Timothy | |
| Self | ||
| Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall | ||
| King Lear | ||
| 1973 | Self | |
| Self - Host | ||
| 1972 | Douglass Dilman | |
| Biographical Narration (voice) | ||
| 1971 | Narrator | |
| King Lear | ||
| 1970 | Jack Jefferson | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Doctor D | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1967 | Dr. Magiot | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1964 | Lt. Lothar Zogg | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1961 | Self | |
| Self - Co-Host | ||
| Dr. Lou Rush | ||
| Lieutenant Andrews | ||
| Reverend Harris Bonham | ||
| 1956 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self - Winner/ Performer | ||
| Self - Winner | ||
| Self - Nominee | ||
| Self - Nominee/Presenter | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Winner/Performer | ||
| 1951 | Archibald Thacker | |
| 1948 | N/A | |
| 1944 | Self - Nominee/Presenter | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | In Memory Of | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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