Birth Day: 1931-01-17
Place of birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
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.
Credits
-
As Guest Narrator (archive footage) -
As Self (archive footage) -
As King Jaffe Joffer -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Mufasa (voice) -
As Self -
As Self -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Narrator -
As Pendleton -
As Mufasa (voice) -
As Mufasa (voice) -
As Kilgore Trout -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Hoke Colburn -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Self -
As Ruben -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Self -
As Self -
As Frank McCarthy -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Self -
As Self -
As Himself -
As Admiral (voice) -
As The Giant (voice) -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Papa Jenkins -
As Narrator -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Self
-
As Self -
As Narrator (uncredited) -
As Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) -
As Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Self -
As Narrator -
As Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) -
As Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) -
As William -
As Mr. Mertle -
As Narrator
-
As Darth Vader (archive footage) -
As Self -
As Self -
As Storyteller (voice) -
As Maggie Simpson (voice) -
As Self -
As Narrator -
As Narrator -
As Avery Phillips -
As Self -
As Narrator -
As Mister (voice) -
As Older Marcel -
As Self -
As Narrator -
As Self - Host -
As Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' -
As Self -
-
As James Earl Jones -
As Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely -
As Daddy King (voice) -
As Fish -
As Leo -
As The Judge -
As Mufasa (voice) -
As CNN Voiceover (voice) -
As Grey -
As Kibosh (voice) -
As Jim Kalla -
As Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
-
As Self (archive footage) -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Self -
As Archibald Thacker -
As James Bing -
As Arthur Baylor -
As Ray Murdock -
As Dr. McDuffie -
As Self
-
As Lawrence -
As Self - Interviewee -
As Madison Hemings -
As Narrator (voice) -
As The Storyteller (voice) -
As Mufasa -
As Rev. Stephen Kumalo -
As Self -
As Host -
As Narrator (uncredited) -
As Narrator
-
As Narrator -
As James Earl Jones (uncredited) -
As John Dolby -
As Charles Lloyd -
As Admiral James Greer -
As Mufasa (voice) -
As Host -
As Vernon Johns -
As Self -
As Self -
As Bill Perry -
As Judge Barry Conrad Issacs -
As Jake -
As Percy Banks -
As Old Man Taylor
-
As Mr. Mertle -
As Self (voice) (uncredited) -
As Earnest Moses -
As Narrator (voice)
-
As Adm. James Greer -
As Self - Host -
As Mr. Bernard Abbott -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Bear -
As Host/Narrator
-
As James Earl Jones -
As Ben Johnson -
As (voice) -
As Vice ADM James Greer -
As Junius Johnson -
As Inspector Nkuru -
As Retribution (voice) -
As Dr. Winston -
As Alice -
As Lt. Spencer -
As Morrison -
As Al Topping
-
As Narrator -
As Terrence Mann -
As Dugan -
As Frank Couzo -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator -
As Narrator (voice) -
As King Jaffe Joffer -
As Emperor of the Night (voice) -
As 'Few Clothes' Johnson -
As Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson -
-
As Holmes -
As Genie / Narrator -
As Ike Bailey -
As Umslopogaas -
As Professor Banks -
-
As Pharaoh
-
As Self -
As Albert -
As Jack Madrid -
As Narrator -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Thulsa Doom -
As Self -
As Ommadon (voice) -
As Frye -
As Gabriel -
As himself, voice -
As The Prisoner -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator (voice)
-
As Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator (voice)
-
As Self -
As Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) -
As Dane Oliver -
As Paul Robeson -
As Self - Host -
As Self -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Darth Vader (voice) -
As Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) -
As Morris Bird, Jr. -
As Joshua Burke -
As Malcolm X -
As Older Kokumo -
As Sheikh -
As Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) -
As Leon -
As Nick Debrett -
As Johnny Williams -
As Barney Hill -
As Rabbit Shazam -
As Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall -
As King Lear -
As Timothy -
As Biographical Narration (voice) -
As Douglass Dilman -
As Narrator -
As Doctor D -
As Jack Jefferson -
As Self -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Dr. Magiot -
As Lt. Lothar Zogg