James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a multi-award-winning American actor of theater and film, well known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership. He is known for providing the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise and the tagline for CNN. James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, the son of Ruth (née Connolly) and Robert Earl Jones. At the age of five, ...
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Star Wars
As Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
As Lt. Lothar Zogg
Sommersby
As Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
The Hunt for Red October
As Admiral Greer
Sneakers
As Mr. Bernard Abbott
Field of Dreams
As Terrence Mann
The Empire Strikes Back
As Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Return of the Jedi
As Darth Vader (voice)
Dreamrider
As Bill Perry
Amy and the Angel
As Gabriel
Earth
As Narrator (voice)
Finder's Fee
As Avery Phillips
By Dawn's Early Light
As Alice
The Meteor Man
As Earnest Moses
The Sandlot
As Mr. Mertle
Excessive Force
As Jake
Matewan
As 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Three Fugitives
As Dugan
Disney's American Legends
As Narrator
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
As Admiral (voice)
The Lion King
As Mufasa (voice)
Soul Man
As Professor Banks
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
As Umslopogaas
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
As Mufasa (voice)
Clear and Present Danger
As Admiral James Greer
Coming to America
As King Jaffe Joffer
Conan the Barbarian
As Thulsa Doom
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
As Self
The Flight of Dragons
As Ommadon (voice)
Patriot Games
As Adm. James Greer
Cry, the Beloved Country
As Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
As Papa Jenkins
Africa: The Serengeti
As Narrator
Gardens of Stone
As Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Gang Related
As Arthur Baylor
Jack and the Beanstalk
As The Giant (voice)
Swashbuckler
As Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
As Leon
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
As Host
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
As Dr. McDuffie
A Family Thing
As Ray Murdock
A Piece of the Action
As Joshua Burke
Undercover Angel
As The Judge
Scorchers
As Bear
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
As Emperor of the Night (voice)
The Reading Room
As William
The Sandlot 2
As Mr. Mertle
Nine Dog Christmas
As Narrator
Grim Prairie Tales
As Morrison
Clean Slate
As John Dolby
Fantasia 2000
As Self - Host
People: A Musical Celebration
As The Storyteller (voice)
Timepiece
As Lawrence
Who's in Rabbit's House?
As Narrator (voice)
Convicts
As Ben Johnson
Claudine
As Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
Feast of All Saints
As Older Marcel
Santa and Pete
As James Earl Jones
Deadly Hero
As Rabbit Shazam
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
As Sheikh
True Identity
As Himself
The Star Wars Holiday Special
As Darth Vader (voice)
The River Niger
As Johnny Williams
On Broadway
As Self (archive footage)
What the Deaf Man Heard
As Archibald Thacker
The UFO Incident
As Barney Hill
The Comedians
As Dr. Magiot
Blood Tide
As Frye
The Space: Theatre of Survival
As Narrator
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
As Self (archive footage)
The Ambulance
As Lt. Spencer
Beauty and the Beast
As Narrator (voice)
Summer's End
As Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
As Narrator
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
As Host
My Little Girl
As Ike Bailey
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
As Self
End of the Road
As Doctor D
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
As Ruben
The Bushido Blade
As The Prisoner
Gangs: Turning the Corner
As Self
The Great Year
As Narrator
A House Divided
Black Indians: An American Story
As Narrator
Joe Papp in Five Acts
As Self
The Vegas Strip War
As Jack Madrid
The Cay
As Timothy
The Vernon Johns Story
As Vernon Johns
The Man
As Douglass Dilman
Gimme Shelter
As Frank McCarthy
Best of the Best
As Frank Couzo
The Creation
As Narrator (voice)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
As Self
The Great White Hope
As Jack Jefferson
Waking Sleeping Beauty
As Self (archive footage)
Looking for Richard
As Self - Interviewee
Exorcist II: The Heretic
As Older Kokumo
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
As Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
The Hunting of the Snark
As Narrator (voice)
Blackfish
As Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
As Self (archive footage)
The Second Civil War
As Jim Kalla
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
As Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
City Limits
As Albert
Driving Miss Daisy
As Hoke Colburn
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
As Narrator
Percy & Thunder
As Percy Banks
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
As Narrator
Heat Wave
As Junius Johnson
Ivory Hunters
As Inspector Nkuru
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
As Maggie Simpson (voice)
Jefferson in Paris
As Madison Hemings
The Greatest
As Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
As Narrator
Our Friend, Martin
As Daddy King (voice)
Alone
As Grey
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
As Narrator
Words from a Bear
As Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
As Narrator (voice)
Milius
As Self
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
As Darth Vader (voice)
Teach 109
As Dr. Winston
Lincoln
As Narrator (voice)
The Annihilation of Fish
As Fish
Broadway: The Next Generation
As Self
Last Flight Out
As Al Topping
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
As Mufasa (voice)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
As Kilgore Trout
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
As Dane Oliver
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
As Darth Vader (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
As Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
As Self
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
As Mufasa (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
As Narrator (voice)
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
As Self
Butterfly in the Sky
As Guest Narrator (archive footage)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
As Self (archive footage)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
As James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
As Charles Lloyd
Malcolm X
As Biographical Narration (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
As Darth Vader (voice)
Terrorgram
As Retribution (voice)
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
As Self
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
As Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Afro Promo
As Self (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
As Darth Vader (archive footage)
Robots
As Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Muse of Fire
As Self
The Lion King
As Mufasa (voice)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
As Morris Bird, Jr.
Warning Shot
As Pendleton
Click
As Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars
As Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
As Genie / Narrator
King Lear
As King Lear
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
As Mufasa (voice)
Visitors from the Unknown
As Narrator
The Lone Star Kid
As Holmes
The Benchwarmers
As Darth Vader (voice)
Judge Dredd
As Narrator (uncredited)
On the Q.T.
As Leo
John, Paul, George and Ben
As Narrator
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
As Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
God's Trombones
As Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
As Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
Paul Robeson
As Paul Robeson
Coming 2 America
As King Jaffe Joffer
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
As Self
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
As Kibosh (voice)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
As Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
As Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
As Self
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
As himself, voice
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
As Darth Vader (voice)
Scary Movie 4
As Narrator (uncredited)
The Me Nobody Knows
As Self
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
As Mister (voice)
Searching for Orson
As Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
As Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
As Self
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
As Narrator
Hallelujah
As Old Man Taylor
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
As Narrator
Antietam: A Documentary Film
As Narrator
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
As Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
The Making of the Lion King
As Self
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
As Host/Narrator
Night of 100 Stars
As Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
As Self - Host
Primary Colors
As CNN Voiceover (voice)
L.A. Law
As Lee Atkins
Sesame Street
The Simpsons
As Narrator (voice)
Law & Order
As Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
House
As Dibala
Gabriel's Fire
As Gabriel Bird
The One Show
As Self - Guest
According to Jim
As Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Everwood
As Will Cleveland
Two and a Half Men
As Himself
Frasier
As Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
As Franklin Stern
Stargate SG-1
As Unas (Voice)
Will & Grace
As Self
Homicide: Life on the Street
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Archibald Thacker
Mathnet
As Chief Thad Green (voice)
East Side/West Side
Under One Roof
As Neb Langston
Vegetable Soup
As Long John Spoilsport
The Defenders
As Lieutenant Andrews
Tarzan
Roots: The Next Generations
As Alex Haley
Paris
As Woody Paris
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
As Self
Jesus of Nazareth
As Balthazar
Film Night
Dr. Kildare
As Dr. Lou Rush
The Kennedy Center Honors
As Self
Me & Mom
Pros and Cons
As Gabriel Bird
Merlin
As Rock of Ages
The Big Bang Theory
As Self
Obi-Wan Kenobi
As Darth Vader (voice)
The Magic of David Copperfield
Tony Awards
As Self - Presenter
Star Wars Rebels
As Darth Vader (voice)
Long Ago and Far Away
As Host
CBS Schoolbreak Special
As Detective Robb
Faerie Tale Theatre
As Genie / Narrator (voice)
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Jack Jefferson (archive footage)
Reading Rainbow
As Himself - Narrator (voice)
Lamp Unto My Feet
Signs and Wonders
As Diamond
The Atlanta Child Murders
As Major Walker
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
As Father Divine
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
As King Dakkar (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
As Self (archive footage)
Black Omnibus
As Self - Host
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
As Narrator (Voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
As Self - Guest
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
As Self
Touched by an Angel
As The Angel of Angels
Great Performances
As King Lear