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.
261 acting credits
Acting · 261
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
House
2004
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Two and a Half Men
2003
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Stargate SG-1
1997
Frasier
1993
Sesame Street
1969
The Big Bang Theory
2007
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Will & Grace
1998
The One Show
2006
Garfield and Friends
1988
Great Performances
1971
Everwood
2002
Star Wars
1977
Dr. Kildare
1961
Touched by an Angel
1994
L.A. Law
1986
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Star Wars Rebels
2014
The Lion King
1994
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Defenders
1961
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
According to Jim
2001
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Dinah!
1974
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Reading Rainbow
1983
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
The Lion King
2019
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Tarzan
1966
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Picket Fences
1992
Return of the Jedi
1983
Scary Movie 4
2006
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Robots
2005
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Coming to America
1988
Sneakers
1992
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Click
2006
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Judge Dredd
1995
Merlin
1998
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
The Sandlot
1993
Patriot Games
1992
Paris
1979
Field of Dreams
1989
Coming 2 America
2021
Gabriel's Fire
1990
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
East Side/West Side
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Sandlot 2
2005
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Sommersby
1993
Fantasia 2000
2000
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Mathnet
1987
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Best of the Best
1989
Vegetable Soup
1975
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
The Benchwarmers
2006
Primary Colors
1998
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
Three Fugitives
1989
The Meteor Man
1993
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Blackfish
2013
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
Under One Roof
1995
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Soul Man
1986
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
The Flight of Dragons
1982
The Second Civil War
1997
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Earth
2007
Gang Related
1997
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Claudine
1974
The Bushido Blade
1981
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Looking for Richard
1996
Signs and Wonders
1995
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
Jefferson in Paris
1995
Clean Slate
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
The Greatest
1977
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
Gimme Shelter
2013
Milius
2013
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
Swashbuckler
1976
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
Pros and Cons
1991
Our Friend, Martin
1999
The Man
1972
The Ambulance
1990
Matewan
1987
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
On Broadway
2019
Gardens of Stone
1987
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
Feast of All Saints
2001
True Identity
1991
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
A Family Thing
1996
Muse of Fire
2013
Black Omnibus
1973
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
Alone
1997
Broadway: The Next Generation
—
Lincoln
1992
Excessive Force
1993
Heat Wave
1990
The UFO Incident
1975
Finder's Fee
2001
City Limits
1985
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
Convicts
1991
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
Scorchers
1991
Hallelujah
1993
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
End of the Road
1970
On the Q.T.
1999
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
Blood Tide
1982
A Piece of the Action
1977
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
The River Niger
1976
Me & Mom
1985
The Making of Star Wars
1977
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Disney's American Legends
2001
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
The Making of the Lion King
1994
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
Deadly Hero
1975
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
The Comedians
1967
The Reading Room
2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
Warning Shot
2018
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
Timepiece
1996
The Great White Hope
1970
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
Last Flight Out
1990
The Vegas Strip War
1984
Ivory Hunters
1990
Santa and Pete
1999
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
Terrorgram
1990
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
Good Luck
1997
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Teach 109
1990
When It Was a Game
1991
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
Malcolm X
1972
My Little Girl
1986
Summer's End
1999
Amy and the Angel
1982
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
Corwin
1996
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
Undercover Angel
1999
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989
King Lear
1974
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
Afro Promo
1997
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
The Cay
1974
Percy & Thunder
1993
Words from a Bear
2019
Black Indians: An American Story
2004
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
The Great Year
2003
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
Searching for Orson
2006
Beauty and the Beast
1981
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
God's Trombones
1981
The Lone Star Kid
1986
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
Dreamrider
1993
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
A House Divided
1987
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
The Creation
1981
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
Moses
1985
Paul Robeson
1979
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995