Acting
James Earl Jones
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA · Born 1931-01-17
- Films
- 203
- Avg rating
- 6.6
- Active since
- 1964
- Top genre
- Drama
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
Acting
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Butterfly in the Sky
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Coming 2 America
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
On Broadway
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
The Lion King
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Words from a Bear
Warning Shot
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Driving Miss Daisy
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Gimme Shelter
Muse of Fire
Blackfish
Milius
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Jack and the Beanstalk
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Earth
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Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
John, Paul, George and Ben
Searching for Orson
Click
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Scary Movie 4
The Benchwarmers
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
The Sandlot 2
The Reading Room
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Robots
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Nine Dog Christmas
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Story of Star Wars
Black Indians: An American Story
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
The Great Year
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Feast of All Saints
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Finder's Fee
Disney's American Legends
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Fantasia 2000
Santa and Pete
The Annihilation of Fish
Undercover Angel
On the Q.T.
Summer's End
Our Friend, Martin
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Primary Colors
Alone
The Second Civil War
What the Deaf Man Heard
Gang Related
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Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Sports on the Silver Screen
Good Luck
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Afro Promo
Timepiece
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Looking for Richard
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Corwin
A Family Thing
Cry, the Beloved Country
Who's in Rabbit's House?
Judge Dredd
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Jefferson in Paris
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
People: A Musical Celebration
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Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Clear and Present Danger
The Making of the Lion King
The Lion King
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Clean Slate
Africa: The Serengeti
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
The Vernon Johns Story
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Hallelujah
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Percy & Thunder
The Meteor Man
Dreamrider
Excessive Force
The Sandlot
Sommersby
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Lincoln
Sneakers
Patriot Games
The JFK Conspiracy
True Identity
When It Was a Game
Scorchers
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Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Visitors from the Unknown
Convicts
Grim Prairie Tales
Ivory Hunters
Heat Wave
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Last Flight Out
By Dawn's Early Light
The Ambulance
The Hunt for Red October
Teach 109
Terrorgram
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Best of the Best
Field of Dreams
Three Fugitives
The Hunting of the Snark
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Coming to America
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Matewan
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Gardens of Stone
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A House Divided
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Soul Man
My Little Girl
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
The Lone Star Kid
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Moses
City Limits
Night of 100 Stars II
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
The Vegas Strip War
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Return of the Jedi
Blood Tide
Amy and the Angel
The Flight of Dragons
Conan the Barbarian
Night of 100 Stars
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
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The Creation
The Bushido Blade
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
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Beauty and the Beast
God's Trombones
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
The Empire Strikes Back
The Me Nobody Knows
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Paul Robeson
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
A Piece of the Action
The Making of Star Wars
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Star Wars
The Greatest
Swashbuckler
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
The River Niger
Deadly Hero
The UFO Incident
The Cay
Claudine
King Lear
The Man
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
The Great White Hope
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
End of the Road
The Comedians
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Broadway: The Next Generation
