James Earl Jones
Born January 17, 1931 · Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
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
The Lion King
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Lion King
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Coming to America
Click
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Scary Movie 4
The Hunt for Red October
Robots
Judge Dredd
Conan the Barbarian
Patriot Games
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Sneakers
Clear and Present Danger
Fantasia 2000
Field of Dreams
The Sandlot
Coming 2 America
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Best of the Best
Primary Colors
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Three Fugitives
The Benchwarmers
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
The Sandlot 2
Gang Related
Sommersby
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Ambulance
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Looking for Richard
By Dawn's Early Light
Jefferson in Paris
The Meteor Man
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
The Second Civil War
Jack and the Beanstalk
Clean Slate
Unreleased
Broadway: The Next Generation
Finder's Fee
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Soul Man
TV Shows
House
Sesame Street
Two and a Half Men
Frasier
Stargate SG-1
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Touched by an Angel
Great Performances
Will & Grace
L.A. Law
American Playhouse
The One Show
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Big Bang Theory
The Dick Cavett Show
Tony Awards
Dr. Kildare
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Homicide: Life on the Street
Everwood
Highway to Heaven
The Defenders
According to Jim
Star Wars Rebels
Garfield and Friends
Dinah!
Reading Rainbow
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Faerie Tale Theatre
Picket Fences
The Kennedy Center Honors
Tarzan
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Movies That Made Us
Roots: The Next Generations
Jesus of Nazareth
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Merlin
The Magic of David Copperfield
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Gabriel's Fire
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Paris
Mathnet
The Atlanta Child Murders
East Side/West Side
Vegetable Soup
Signs and Wonders
Pros and Cons
Black Omnibus
More Movies
Gardens of Stone
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Flight of Dragons
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Night of 100 Stars
Earth
Muse of Fire
Night of 100 Stars II
Gimme Shelter
Matewan
What the Deaf Man Heard
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Feast of All Saints
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Bushido Blade
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
A Piece of the Action
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Our Friend, Martin
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Butterfly in the Sky
Blackfish
Swashbuckler
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Cry, the Beloved Country
The Making of Star Wars
The Vegas Strip War
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
The Story of Star Wars
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
The Great White Hope
Sports on the Silver Screen
The Greatest
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
The Making of the Lion King
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Undercover Angel
True Identity
On the Q.T.
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Excessive Force
Disney's American Legends
A Family Thing
The Annihilation of Fish
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
End of the Road
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Warning Shot
The Vernon Johns Story
Amy and the Angel
Scorchers
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Milius
The Comedians
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
On Broadway
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Nine Dog Christmas
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Words from a Bear
Heat Wave
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
The UFO Incident
When It Was a Game
Paul Robeson
Visitors from the Unknown
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Claudine
The Man
The Reading Room
Santa and Pete
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Percy & Thunder
Deadly Hero
The Lone Star Kid
My Little Girl
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
The Cay
The Me Nobody Knows
Grim Prairie Tales
Blood Tide
City Limits
Ivory Hunters
Convicts
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Africa: The Serengeti
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Timepiece
Alone
Gangs: Turning the Corner
King Lear
The River Niger
Driving Miss Daisy
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
The Space: Theatre of Survival
The Hunting of the Snark
People: A Musical Celebration
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Black Indians: An American Story
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
God's Trombones
Good Luck
Malcolm X
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Teach 109
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Who's in Rabbit's House?
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Terrorgram
Summer's End
The Great Year
Afro Promo
John, Paul, George and Ben
Dreamrider
The JFK Conspiracy
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Searching for Orson
