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.
Filmography
When It Was a Game
1991 · 10.0
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997 · 10.0
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · 9.5
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948 · 9.0
Under One Roof
1995 · 9.0
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000 · 9.0
The Great Year
2003 · 9.0
King Lear
1974 · 9.0
The Hunting of the Snark
1989 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
House
2004 · 8.6
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · 8.4
Stargate SG-1
1997 · 8.3
The Lion King
1994 · 8.3
Star Wars
1977 · 8.2
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 · 8.2
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1
The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0
Vegetable Soup
1975 · 8.0
Long Ago and Far Away
1989 · 8.0
Paul Robeson
1979 · 8.0
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989 · 8.0
Driving Miss Daisy
2015 · 8.0
Percy & Thunder
1993 · 8.0
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971 · 8.0
Teach 109
1990 · 8.0
The Big Bang Theory
2007 · 7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983 · 7.9
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015 · 7.9
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · 7.8
East Side/West Side
1963 · 7.8
Frasier
1993 · 7.7
Star Wars Rebels
2014 · 7.7
Earth
2007 · 7.7
Everwood
2002 · 7.6
The Sandlot
1993 · 7.6
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988 · 7.6
Summer's End
1999 · 7.6
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · 7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · 7.5
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · 7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · 7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003 · 7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984 · 7.4
Picket Fences
1992 · 7.4
Matewan
1987 · 7.4
The Hunt for Red October
1990 · 7.4
Garfield and Friends
1988 · 7.3
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · 7.3
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014 · 7.3
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · 7.3
Lincoln
1992 · 7.3
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Dreamrider
1993 · 7.2
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · 7.2
Sesame Street
1969 · 7.1
Field of Dreams
1989 · 7.1
Disney's American Legends
2001 · 7.1
Our Friend, Martin
1999 · 7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · 7.1
Claudine
1974 · 7.1
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · 7.1
On the Q.T.
1999 · 7.1
The Lion King
2019 · 7.1
L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978 · 7.0
Mathnet
1987 · 7.0
Signs and Wonders
1995 · 7.0
Africa: The Serengeti
1994 · 7.0
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025 · 7.0
Timepiece
1996 · 7.0
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995 · 7.0
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · 7.0
Merlin
1998 · 6.9
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998 · 6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · 6.9
Tarzan
1966 · 6.9
Sneakers
1992 · 6.9
Gabriel's Fire
1990 · 6.9
Undercover Angel
1999 · 6.9
The Creation
1981 · 6.9
Will & Grace
1998 · 6.9
Coming to America
1988 · 6.9
Conan the Barbarian
1982 · 6.8
The Flight of Dragons
1982 · 6.8
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · 6.8
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995 · 6.8
Heat Wave
1990 · 6.8
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016 · 6.7
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003 · 6.7
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000 · 6.7
Amy and the Angel
1982 · 6.7
The River Niger
1976 · 6.7
Malcolm X
1972 · 6.7
Patriot Games
1992 · 6.7
Three Fugitives
1989 · 6.7
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · 6.6
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
A Family Thing
1996 · 6.6
The UFO Incident
1975 · 6.6
People: A Musical Celebration
1995 · 6.6
Gimme Shelter
2013 · 6.6
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · 6.5
Robots
2005 · 6.5
According to Jim
2001 · 6.5
Best of the Best
1989 · 6.5
Paris
1979 · 6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · 6.5
The Cay
1974 · 6.5
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994 · 6.5
The Man
1972 · 6.5
Hallelujah
1993 · 6.5
Sommersby
1993 · 6.4
Gang Related
1997 · 6.4
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 · 6.4
Black Indians: An American Story
2004 · 6.4
Click
2006 · 6.3
Coming 2 America
2021 · 6.3
The Defenders
1961 · 6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Pros and Cons
1991 · 6.3
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001 · 6.3
The Great White Hope
1970 · 6.3
The Annihilation of Fish
1999 · 6.3
The Lone Star Kid
1986 · 6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · 6.2
Primary Colors
1998 · 6.2
Gardens of Stone
1987 · 6.2
Finder's Fee
2001 · 6.2
Swashbuckler
1976 · 6.2
Great Performances
1971 · 6.1
The Second Civil War
1997 · 6.1
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976 · 6.1
The Comedians
1967 · 6.1
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008 · 6.0
The Ambulance
1990 · 6.0
Me & Mom
1985 · 6.0
Visitors from the Unknown
1991 · 6.0
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010 · 6.0
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986 · 6.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005 · 6.0
The Sandlot 2
2005 · 5.9
The Benchwarmers
2006 · 5.9
Judge Dredd
1995 · 5.9
The Meteor Man
1993 · 5.9
Santa and Pete
1999 · 5.8
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · 5.8
A Piece of the Action
1977 · 5.8
Deadly Hero
1975 · 5.8
Grim Prairie Tales
1990 · 5.8
Dr. Kildare
1961 · 5.7
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 · 5.7
The Greatest
1977 · 5.7
Clean Slate
1994 · 5.7
Convicts
1991 · 5.7
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · 5.6
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987 · 5.6
True Identity
1991 · 5.6
Nine Dog Christmas
2004 · 5.6
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984 · 5.5
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989 · 5.5
Scary Movie 4
2006 · 5.5
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997 · 5.4
The Bushido Blade
1981 · 5.3
Soul Man
1986 · 5.2
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009 · 5.2
Jefferson in Paris
1995 · 5.1
End of the Road
1970 · 5.1
Blood Tide
1982 · 5.1
Warning Shot
2018 · 5.0
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007 · 5.0
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · 4.9
Excessive Force
1993 · 4.9
Ivory Hunters
1990 · 4.9
Good Luck
1997 · 4.9
Feast of All Saints
2001 · 4.8
My Little Girl
1986 · 4.6
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · 4.5
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006 · 4.5
Terrorgram
1990 · 4.5
Scorchers
1991 · 4.4
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
1978 · 4.0
The Vegas Strip War
1984 · 4.0
Beauty and the Beast
1981 · 4.0
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · 3.4
City Limits
1985 · 2.8
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017 · 2.0
Moses
1985 · 0.0
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985 · 0.0
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · 0.0
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995 · 0.0
A House Divided
1987 · 0.0
God's Trombones
1981 · 0.0
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019 · 0.0
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002 · 0.0
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984 · 0.0
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981 · 0.0
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991 · 0.0