Acting credits
249
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Earl Jones
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.7
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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: 6.71
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.
as Mara (voice)
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025 • Movie
In Memory Of
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024 • Movie
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 • Movie
as King Jaffe Joffer
Coming 2 America
2021 • Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
On Broadway
2019 • Movie
as Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019 • Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
The Lion King
2019 • Movie
as Narrator
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019 • Movie
as Self
Words from a Bear
2019 • Movie
as Pendleton
Warning Shot
2018 • Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017 • Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 • Movie
as Kilgore Trout
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016 • Movie
as Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016 • Movie
as Hoke Colburn
Driving Miss Daisy
2015 • Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015 • Movie
as Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015 • Movie
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014 • Movie
as Ruben
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 • Movie
as Frank McCarthy
Gimme Shelter
2013 • Movie
as Self
Muse of Fire
2013 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Earl Jones.
as Darth Vader (voice) • 4 eps
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
The Movies That Made Us
2019 • Series
as Darth Vader (voice) • 2 eps
Star Wars Rebels
2014 • Series
as James Earl Jones • 1 eps
The Big Bang Theory
2007 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The One Show
2006 • Series
as Dibala • 1 eps
House
2004 • Series
as James Earl Jones • 1 eps
Two and a Half Men
2003 • Series
as Will Cleveland • 3 eps
Everwood
2002 • Series
as Royal Flush Voice (voice) • 1 eps
According to Jim
2001 • Series
as James Earl Jones • 1 eps
Will & Grace
1998 • Series
as Rock of Ages • 2 eps
Merlin
1998 • Series
as Unas (Voice) • 1 eps
Stargate SG-1
1997 • Series
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) • 19 eps
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 • Series
as King Dakkar (voice) • 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 • Series
as Diamond • 4 eps
Signs and Wonders
1995 • Series
as The Angel of Angels • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
as Norman Royster • 1 eps
Frasier
1993 • Series
as Franklin Stern • 1 eps
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 • Series
as Felix Wilson • 3 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 • Series
as Bryant Thomas • 1 eps
Picket Fences
1992 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 • Series
as Gabriel Bird • 12 eps
Pros and Cons
1991 • Series
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Gabriel Bird • 22 eps
Gabriel's Fire
1990 • Series