James Earl Jones
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1931-01-17
Deathday 2024-09-09 (93 years old)
Place of Birth Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As James Earl Boggins Jones, Todd Jones, Jimmy
James Earl Jones
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.
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Mufasa (voice)
as Narrator
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Pendleton
as Self
as Mufasa (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Kilgore Trout
as Mufasa (voice)
as Hoke Colburn
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Ruben
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
as Frank McCarthy
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Admiral (voice)
as The Giant (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Papa Jenkins
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Mr. Mertle
as William
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
as Storyteller (voice)
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Dibala
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
as Narrator
as Himself
as Narrator
as Will Cleveland
as Older Marcel
as Mister (voice)
as Avery Phillips
as Narrator
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
as Narrator
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
as Self - Host
as James Earl Jones
as Fish
as The Judge
as Leo
as Daddy King (voice)
as Mufasa (voice)
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Rock of Ages
as Grey
as Jim Kalla
as Archibald Thacker
as Arthur Baylor
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
as Kibosh (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Unas (Voice)
as Jim Kalla
as Lawrence
as Dr. McDuffie
as Self - Interviewee
as Ray Murdock
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Host
as Madison Hemings
as Mufasa (voice)
as The Storyteller (voice)
as Neb Langston
as King Dakkar (voice)
as Diamond
as Admiral James Greer
as Mufasa (voice)
as Self
as John Dolby
as Narrator
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
as Self
as Charles Lloyd
as Vernon Johns
as The Angel of Angels
as Old Man Taylor
as Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
as Percy Banks
as Earnest Moses
as Bill Perry
as Jake
as Mr. Mertle
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
as Norman Royster
as Franklin Stern
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
as Adm. James Greer
as Narrator (Voice)
as Himself
as Bear
as Host/Narrator
as Narrator
as Ben Johnson
as Gabriel Bird
as Morrison
as Inspector Nkuru
as Junius Johnson
as Al Topping
as Alice
as Lt. Spencer
as Admiral Greer
as Dr. Winston
as Retribution (voice)
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
as Gabriel Bird
as Narrator
as Frank Couzo
as Narrator (voice)
as Terrence Mann
as Dugan
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
as Host
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Narrator (voice)
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
as Chief Thad Green
as Chief Thad Green (voice)
as Umslopogaas
as Professor Banks
as Ike Bailey
as Genie / Narrator
as Holmes
as Lee Atkins
as Albert
as Self
as Major Walker
as Jack Madrid
as Narrator
as Gabe Wilson
as Detective Robb
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
as Frye
as Gabriel
as Ommadon (voice)
as Thulsa Doom
as Self
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as The Prisoner
as Narrator (voice)
as Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
as Dane Oliver
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Father Divine
as Self - Host
as Paul Robeson
as Woody Paris
as Alex Haley
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self
as Morris Bird, Jr.
as Joshua Burke
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Older Kokumo
as Sheikh
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Malcolm X
as Balthazar
as Balthazar
as Nick Debrett
as Johnny Williams
as Rabbit Shazam
as Barney Hill
as Long John Spoilsport
as Timothy
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
as King Lear
as Self
as Self - Host
as Douglass Dilman
as Biographical Narration (voice)
as Narrator
as King Lear
as Jack Jefferson
as Self (archive footage)
as Doctor D
as Self - Guest
as Dr. Magiot
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Dr. Lou Rush
as Lieutenant Andrews
as Reverend Harris Bonham
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Winner/ Performer
as Self - Winner
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
as Self (archive footage)
as Archibald Thacker
as Jack Jefferson (archive footage)
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
Crew
as In Memory Of