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.
- Known ForActing
- Born17 January 1931 (age 94)
- Place of BirthArkabutla, Mississippi, USA
James Earl Jones
- Known ForActing
- Born17 January 1931 (age 94)
- Place of BirthArkabutla, Mississippi, USA
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
Butterfly in the Sky
8.0
2024
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
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2024
Mufasa: The Lion King
7.444
2024
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
7.4
2021
Coming 2 America
6.385
2021
On Broadway
8.7
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
-
2019
Words from a Bear
-
2019
The Lion King
7.111
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
-
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
6.301
2019
Warning Shot
5.294
2018
Broadway: The Next Generation
10.0
2017
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2.0
2017
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
6.7
2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
9.0
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.494
2016
Star Wars Rebels: Twilight of the Apprentice
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2016
Driving Miss Daisy
8.1
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
7.9
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
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2015
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
5.7
2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
7.3
2014
Gimme Shelter
6.6
2013
Blackfish
7.847
2013
Milius
7.1
2013
Muse of Fire
6.5
2013
Joe Papp in Five Acts
4.5
2012
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
6.0
2012
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
6.8
2010
Jack and the Beanstalk
5.3
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.22
2009
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
5.979
2008
Earth
7.6
2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
-
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
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2007
Click
6.292
2006
The Benchwarmers
5.852
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
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2006
Scary Movie 4
5.48
2006
Searching for Orson
5.5
2006
The Reading Room
7.0
2005
The Sandlot 2
5.867
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
5.0
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
7.4
2005
Robots
6.5
2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
10.0
2005
Nine Dog Christmas
5.2
2004
Black Indians: An American Story
6.25
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
7.706
2004
The Story of Star Wars
7.119
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
5.0
2004
The Great Year
9.0
2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
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2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
5.4
2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
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2002
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
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2002
Finder's Fee
6.096
2001
Disney's American Legends
7.5
2001
Feast of All Saints
4.6
2001
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
7.3
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
6.3
2001
Fantasia 2000
6.97
2000
Summer's End
7.2
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
6.667
2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
5.6
2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
5.1
2000
Antietam: A Documentary Film
-
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
6.0
2000
Undercover Angel
7.0
1999
Santa and Pete
5.3
1999
Our Friend, Martin
7.4
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
6.6
1999
On the Q.T.
6.9
1999
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
7.0
1998
Primary Colors
6.301
1998
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
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1997
Gang Related
6.313
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
6.6
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
10.0
1997
The Second Civil War
6.2
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
10.0
1997
Alone
6.5
1997
Afro Promo
-
1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
5.4
1997
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
7.3
1996
A Family Thing
6.5
1996
Timepiece
7.4
1996
Looking for Richard
6.8
1996
Corwin
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1996
Cry, the Beloved Country
6.7
1995
People: A Musical Celebration
6.2
1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
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1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
7.167
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.143
1995
Jefferson in Paris
5.2
1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
5.857
1995
Judge Dredd
5.8
1995
The Lion King
8.255
1994
Clear and Present Danger
6.7
1994
Africa: The Serengeti
6.7
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
6.5
1994
Clean Slate
5.813
1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner
-
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
8.5
1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
6.0
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
6.476
1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
5.0
1994
The Making of the Lion King
10.0
1994
Sommersby
6.4
1993
Dreamrider
7.0
1993
The Meteor Man
5.778
1993
The Sandlot
7.53
1993
Excessive Force
4.8
1993
Dangerous: The Short Films
8.2
1993
Percy & Thunder
-
1993
Hallelujah
-
1993
Sneakers
6.9
1992
Patriot Games
6.7
1992
Lincoln
7.2
1992
Scorchers
4.9
1991
Convicts
5.5
1991
True Identity
5.5
1991
Visitors from the Unknown
6.0
1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
-
1991
When It Was a Game
-
1991
The Hunt for Red October
7.38
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
6.6
1990
Grim Prairie Tales
5.8
1990
The Ambulance
5.9
1990
Heat Wave
6.2
1990
Ivory Hunters
4.2
1990
Teach 109
7.0
1990
Last Flight Out
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1990
Terrorgram
4.3
1990
Field of Dreams
7.099
1989
Three Fugitives
6.683
1989
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
-
1989
Best of the Best
6.4
1989
The Hunting of the Snark
-
1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
5.5
1989
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
-
1989
Coming to America
6.883
1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
6.8
1988
Matewan
7.3
1987
Gardens of Stone
6.3
1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
5.6
1987
A House Divided
-
1987
Soul Man
5.3
1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
4.7
1986
My Little Girl
4.8
1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
5.8
1986
The Lone Star Kid
5.5
1986
City Limits
2.7
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8.0
1985
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
-
1985
Moses
-
1985
The Vegas Strip War
3.5
1984
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
-
1984
Return of the Jedi
7.895
1983
Amy and the Angel
5.5
1982
Conan the Barbarian
6.808
1982
The Flight of Dragons
6.675
1982
Blood Tide
4.9
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6.5
1982
Beauty and the Beast
4.0
1981
The Bushido Blade
5.4
1981
The Creation
6.5
1981
God's Trombones
-
1981
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
-
1981
The Empire Strikes Back
8.391
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
-
1980
The Me Nobody Knows
-
1980
Paul Robeson
-
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
-
1979
The Star Wars Holiday Special
3.36
1978
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
-
1978
Star Wars
8.203
1977
A Piece of the Action
5.6
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
5.6
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
4.529
1977
The Greatest
5.6
1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
-
1977
The Making of Star Wars
7.0
1977
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
6.1
1976
Swashbuckler
6.2
1976
The River Niger
7.3
1976
Deadly Hero
5.7
1975
The UFO Incident
6.9
1975
Claudine
7.0
1974
The Cay
6.6
1974
King Lear
-
1974
The Man
6.3
1972
Malcolm X
6.4
1972
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
-
1971
End of the Road
5.2
1970
The Great White Hope
6.1
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3
1970
The Comedians
6.1
1967
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
8.117