Acting
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.
Filmography
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Film · 2025
Butterfly in the Sky
Film · 2024
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Film · 2024
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Series · 2022
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Film · 2021
Coming 2 America
Film · 2021
On Broadway
Film · 2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Film · 2019
Words from a Bear
Film · 2019
The Lion King
Film · 2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Film · 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Film · 2019
The Movies That Made Us
Series · 2019
Warning Shot
Film · 2018
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Film · 2017
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Film · 2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Film · 2016
Driving Miss Daisy
Film · 2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Film · 2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Film · 2015
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Film · 2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Film · 2014
Star Wars Rebels
Series · 2014
Gimme Shelter
Film · 2013
Blackfish
Film · 2013
Milius
Film · 2013
Muse of Fire
Film · 2013
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Film · 2012
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Film · 2012
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Film · 2011
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Film · 2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Film · 2010
Jack and the Beanstalk
Film · 2009
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Film · 2008
Earth
Film · 2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
Film · 2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Film · 2007
The Big Bang Theory
Series · 2007
Click
Film · 2006
The Benchwarmers
Film · 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Film · 2006
Scary Movie 4
Film · 2006
Searching for Orson
Film · 2006
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
The Reading Room
Film · 2005
The Sandlot 2
Film · 2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Film · 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Film · 2005
Robots
Film · 2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Film · 2005
Nine Dog Christmas
Film · 2004
Black Indians: An American Story
Film · 2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Film · 2004
The Story of Star Wars
Film · 2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Film · 2004
House
Series · 2004
The Great Year
Film · 2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Film · 2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Film · 2003
Two and a Half Men
Series · 2003
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Film · 2002
Everwood
Series · 2002
Finder's Fee
Film · 2001
Disney's American Legends
Film · 2001
Feast of All Saints
Film · 2001
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Film · 2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Film · 2001
According to Jim
Series · 2001
Fantasia 2000
Film · 2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Film · 2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Film · 2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Film · 2000
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Film · 2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Film · 2000
Ennis' Gift
Film · 2000
Undercover Angel
Film · 1999
Santa and Pete
Film · 1999
Summer's End
Film · 1999
Our Friend, Martin
Film · 1999
The Annihilation of Fish
Film · 1999
On the Q.T.
Film · 1999
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Film · 1998
Primary Colors
Film · 1998
Will & Grace
Series · 1998
Merlin
Series · 1998
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Film · 1997
Gang Related
Film · 1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
Film · 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Film · 1997
The Second Civil War
Film · 1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Film · 1997
Alone
Film · 1997
Afro Promo
Film · 1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Film · 1997
Good Luck
Film · 1997
Stargate SG-1
Series · 1997
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Film · 1996
A Family Thing
Film · 1996
Timepiece
Film · 1996
Looking for Richard
Film · 1996
Corwin
Film · 1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Series · 1996
Cry, the Beloved Country
Film · 1995
People: A Musical Celebration
Film · 1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
Film · 1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Film · 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Film · 1995
Jefferson in Paris
Film · 1995
Judge Dredd
Film · 1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Film · 1995
Under One Roof
Series · 1995
Signs and Wonders
Series · 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Series · 1995
The Lion King
Film · 1994
Clear and Present Danger
Film · 1994
Africa: The Serengeti
Film · 1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Film · 1994
Clean Slate
Film · 1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Film · 1994
The Vernon Johns Story
Film · 1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Film · 1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Film · 1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Film · 1994
The Making of the Lion King
Film · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
Sommersby
Film · 1993
Dreamrider
Film · 1993
The Meteor Man
Film · 1993
The Sandlot
Film · 1993
Excessive Force
Film · 1993
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Film · 1993
Percy & Thunder
Film · 1993
Hallelujah
Film · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Series · 1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Series · 1993
Sneakers
Film · 1992
Patriot Games
Film · 1992
Lincoln
Film · 1992
The JFK Conspiracy
Film · 1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Series · 1992
Picket Fences
Series · 1992
Scorchers
Film · 1991
Convicts
Film · 1991
True Identity
Film · 1991
Visitors from the Unknown
Film · 1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Film · 1991
When It Was a Game
Film · 1991
Pros and Cons
Series · 1991
The Hunt for Red October
Film · 1990
By Dawn's Early Light
Film · 1990
Grim Prairie Tales
Film · 1990
The Ambulance
Film · 1990
Heat Wave
Film · 1990
Ivory Hunters
Film · 1990
Teach 109
Film · 1990
Last Flight Out
Film · 1990
Terrorgram
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Gabriel's Fire
Series · 1990
Field of Dreams
Film · 1989
Three Fugitives
Film · 1989
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Film · 1989
Best of the Best
Film · 1989
The Hunting of the Snark
Film · 1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Long Ago and Far Away
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Coming to America
Film · 1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Film · 1988
Garfield and Friends
Series · 1988
Matewan
Film · 1987
Gardens of Stone
Film · 1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Film · 1987
A House Divided
Film · 1987
Mathnet
Series · 1987
Mathnet
Series · 1987
Mathnet
Series · 1987
Soul Man
Film · 1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Film · 1986
My Little Girl
Film · 1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Film · 1986
The Lone Star Kid
Film · 1986
L.A. Law
Series · 1986
City Limits
Film · 1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Film · 1985
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
Film · 1985
Moses
Film · 1985
Me & Mom
Series · 1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Series · 1985
The Vegas Strip War
Film · 1984
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Film · 1984
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Series · 1984
Highway to Heaven
Series · 1984
Return of the Jedi
Film · 1983
Reading Rainbow
Series · 1983
Amy and the Angel
Film · 1982
Conan the Barbarian
Film · 1982
The Flight of Dragons
Film · 1982
Blood Tide
Film · 1982
Night of 100 Stars
Film · 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Beauty and the Beast
Film · 1981
The Bushido Blade
Film · 1981
The Creation
Film · 1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Film · 1981
God's Trombones
Film · 1981
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Film · 1981
The Empire Strikes Back
Film · 1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Film · 1980
The Me Nobody Knows
Film · 1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Series · 1980
Paul Robeson
Film · 1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Film · 1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Series · 1979
Paris
Series · 1979
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Film · 1978
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Film · 1978
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Film · 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
The Magic of David Copperfield
Series · 1978
Star Wars
Film · 1977
A Piece of the Action
Film · 1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Film · 1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Film · 1977
The Greatest
Film · 1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Film · 1977
The Making of Star Wars
Film · 1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Series · 1977
Swashbuckler
Film · 1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Film · 1976
The River Niger
Film · 1976
Deadly Hero
Film · 1975
The UFO Incident
Film · 1975
Vegetable Soup
Series · 1975
Claudine
Film · 1974
The Cay
Film · 1974
King Lear
Film · 1974
Dinah!
Series · 1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
Black Omnibus
Series · 1973
The Man
Film · 1972
Malcolm X
Film · 1972
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Film · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
End of the Road
Film · 1970
The Great White Hope
Film · 1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Film · 1970
Sesame Street
Series · 1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Comedians
Film · 1967
Tarzan
Series · 1966
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Film · 1964
East Side/West Side
Series · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Defenders
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Lamp Unto My Feet
Series · 1948
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Broadway: The Next Generation
Film
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Film