Acting credits
249
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Earl Jones
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.6
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Movies: 193Series: 57Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 15152
IMDb ID: nm0000469
Known for: Acting
Born: January 17, 1931
Died: September 9, 2024
Age: 93
Place of birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
Wikidata: Q203960
Also known as
James Earl Boggins Jones • Todd Jones
Other jobs
In Memory Of (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with James Earl Jones.
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
as Mara (voice)
2025 Movie
Mufasa: The Lion King
In Memory Of
2024 Movie
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Butterfly in the Sky
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Coming 2 America
as King Jaffe Joffer
2021 Movie
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
2019 Movie
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019 Movie
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
2019 Movie
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Narrator
2019 Movie
Words from a Bear
as Self
2019 Movie
Warning Shot
as Pendleton
2018 Movie
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
as Mufasa (voice)
2017 Movie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Darth Vader (voice)
2016 Movie
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
as Mufasa (voice)
2016 Movie
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
2015 Movie
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
as Darth Vader (voice)
2015 Movie
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
2015 Movie
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
as Darth Vader (voice)
2014 Movie
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Ruben
2014 Movie
Gimme Shelter
as Frank McCarthy
2013 Movie
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013 Movie
Blackfish
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with James Earl Jones.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Darth Vader (voice) • 4 eps
2022 Series
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2019 Series
Star Wars Rebels
as Darth Vader (voice) • 2 eps
2014 Series
The Big Bang Theory
as James Earl Jones • 1 eps
2007 Series
The One Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2006 Series
House
as Dibala • 1 eps
2004 Series
Two and a Half Men
as James Earl Jones • 1 eps
2003 Series
Everwood
as Will Cleveland • 3 eps
2002 Series
According to Jim
as Royal Flush Voice (voice) • 1 eps
2001 Series
Will & Grace
as James Earl Jones • 1 eps
1998 Series
Merlin
as Rock of Ages • 2 eps
1998 Series
Stargate SG-1
as Unas (Voice) • 1 eps
1997 Series
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) • 19 eps
1996 Series
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Dakkar (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
Signs and Wonders
as Diamond • 4 eps
1995 Series
Touched by an Angel
as The Angel of Angels • 1 eps
1994 Series
Frasier
as Norman Royster • 1 eps
1993 Series
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Franklin Stern • 1 eps
1993 Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Felix Wilson • 3 eps
1993 Series
Picket Fences
as Bryant Thomas • 1 eps
1992 Series
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1992 Series
Pros and Cons
as Gabriel Bird • 12 eps
1991 Series
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy • 1 eps
1990 Series
Gabriel's Fire
as Gabriel Bird • 22 eps
1990 Series