James Earl Jones

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.

Geburtstag: 17.01.1931

Todestag: 09.09.2024

Geburtsort: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA

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Anzahl der Filme, die wir schon mit James Earl Jones gesehen haben: 3

31.07.2017
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
21.01.2013
Sneakers - Die Lautlosen
Sneakers - Die Lautlosen
31.10.2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Die Rache der Sith
Star Wars: Episode III - Die Rache der Sith

Anzahl aller Filme, in denen James Earl Jones mitgespielt hat: 196

2024
  • BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • Butterfly in the Sky
    Rolle: Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2021
  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • Coming 2 America
    Rolle: King Jaffe Joffer
2019
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice)
  • On Broadway
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
    Rolle: Self
  • The Lion King
    Rolle: Mufasa (voice)
  • The Space: Theatre of Survival
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Words from a Bear
    Rolle: Self
2018
  • Warning Shot
    Rolle: Pendleton
2017
  • Broadway: The Next Generation
    Rolle: Self
  • The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
    Rolle: Mufasa (voice)
2016
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice)
  • God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
    Rolle: Kilgore Trout
2015
  • The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
    Rolle: Mufasa (voice)
  • Driving Miss Daisy
    Rolle: Hoke Colburn
  • Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice)
  • August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
    Rolle:
2014
  • Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice)
  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
    Rolle: Ruben
2013
  • Gimme Shelter
    Rolle: Frank McCarthy
  • Muse of Fire
    Rolle: Self
  • Blackfish
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • Milius
    Rolle: Self
2012
  • An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
    Rolle: Self
  • Joe Papp in Five Acts
    Rolle: Self
2010
  • Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
    Rolle: Admiral (voice)
2009
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
    Rolle: The Giant (voice)
  • Waking Sleeping Beauty
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
2008
  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
    Rolle: Papa Jenkins
2007
  • Earth
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
    Rolle: Self
  • John, Paul, George and Ben
    Rolle: Narrator
2006
  • Searching for Orson
    Rolle: Self
  • Click
    Rolle: Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
    Rolle: Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
  • Scary Movie 4
    Rolle: Narrator (uncredited)
  • The Benchwarmers
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice)
2005
  • Hollywood's Greatest Villains
    Rolle: Self
  • The Sandlot 2
    Rolle: Mr. Mertle
  • The Reading Room
    Rolle: William
  • Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
  • Robots
    Rolle: Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
  • By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
    Rolle: Narrator
2004
  • No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
    Rolle: Self
  • Nine Dog Christmas
    Rolle: Storyteller (voice)
  • Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
    Rolle: Self
  • The Story of Star Wars
    Rolle: Darth Vader (archive footage)
  • Black Indians: An American Story
    Rolle: Narrator
2003
  • The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
    Rolle: Maggie Simpson (voice)
  • The Great Year
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
    Rolle: Self
2002
  • The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
    Rolle:
  • Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
    Rolle: Narrator
2001
  • Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
    Rolle: Self
  • Feast of All Saints
    Rolle: Older Marcel
  • Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
    Rolle: Mister (voice)
  • Finder's Fee
    Rolle: Avery Phillips
  • Disney's American Legends
    Rolle: Narrator
2000
  • Antietam: A Documentary Film
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
    Rolle: Self
  • Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
    Rolle: Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
  • Summer's End
    Rolle: Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
  • The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
    Rolle: Self
  • Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
    Rolle:
  • Fantasia 2000
    Rolle: Self - Host
1999
  • Santa and Pete
    Rolle: James Earl Jones
  • The Annihilation of Fish
    Rolle: Fish
  • Undercover Angel
    Rolle: The Judge
  • On the Q.T.
    Rolle: Leo
  • Our Friend, Martin
    Rolle: Daddy King (voice)
1998
  • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
    Rolle: Mufasa (voice)
  • Primary Colors
    Rolle: CNN Voiceover (voice)
1997
  • Alone
    Rolle: Grey
  • The Second Civil War
    Rolle: Jim Kalla
  • What the Deaf Man Heard
    Rolle: Archibald Thacker
  • Gang Related
    Rolle: Arthur Baylor
  • Hitler's Forgotten Victims
    Rolle: Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
  • Casper: A Spirited Beginning
    Rolle: Kibosh (voice)
  • Sports on the Silver Screen
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
    Rolle: Self
  • Afro Promo
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
1996
  • Timepiece
    Rolle: Lawrence
  • Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
    Rolle: Dr. McDuffie
  • Looking for Richard
    Rolle: Self - Interviewee
  • A Family Thing
    Rolle: Ray Murdock
1995
  • Cry, the Beloved Country
    Rolle: Rev. Stephen Kumalo
  • Who's in Rabbit's House?
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • Judge Dredd
    Rolle: Narrator (uncredited)
  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
    Rolle: Self
  • The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
    Rolle: Host
  • Jefferson in Paris
    Rolle: Madison Hemings
  • Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
    Rolle: Mufasa (voice)
  • People: A Musical Celebration
    Rolle: The Storyteller (voice)
1994
  • Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Clear and Present Danger
    Rolle: Admiral James Greer
  • The Making of the Lion King
    Rolle: Self
  • The Lion King
    Rolle: Mufasa (voice)
  • The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
    Rolle: Host
  • Clean Slate
    Rolle: John Dolby
  • Africa: The Serengeti
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
    Rolle: James Earl Jones (uncredited)
  • Gangs: Turning the Corner
    Rolle: Self
  • Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
    Rolle: Charles Lloyd
  • The Vernon Johns Story
    Rolle: Vernon Johns
1993
  • Hallelujah
    Rolle: Old Man Taylor
  • Dangerous: The Short Films
    Rolle: Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
  • Percy & Thunder
    Rolle: Percy Banks
  • The Meteor Man
    Rolle: Earnest Moses
  • Dreamrider
    Rolle: Bill Perry
  • Excessive Force
    Rolle: Jake
  • The Sandlot
    Rolle: Mr. Mertle
  • Sommersby
    Rolle: Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
1992
  • Lincoln
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • Sneakers
    Rolle: Mr. Bernard Abbott
  • Patriot Games
    Rolle: Adm. James Greer
1991
  • True Identity
    Rolle: James Earl Jones
  • Scorchers
    Rolle: Bear
  • Portrait of Castro's Cuba
    Rolle: Host/Narrator
  • Visitors from the Unknown
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Convicts
    Rolle: Ben Johnson
1990
  • Grim Prairie Tales
    Rolle: Morrison
  • Ivory Hunters
    Rolle: Inspector Nkuru
  • Heat Wave
    Rolle: Junius Johnson
  • Last Flight Out
    Rolle: Al Topping
  • By Dawn's Early Light
    Rolle: Alice
  • The Ambulance
    Rolle: Lt. Spencer
  • The Hunt for Red October
    Rolle: Admiral Greer
  • Teach 109
    Rolle: Dr. Winston
  • Terrorgram
    Rolle: Retribution (voice)
1989
  • 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
    Rolle: Narrator
  • Best of the Best
    Rolle: Frank Couzo
  • Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • Field of Dreams
    Rolle: Terrence Mann
  • Three Fugitives
    Rolle: Dugan
  • Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
    Rolle: Narrator
  • The Hunting of the Snark
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
1988
  • Coming to America
    Rolle: King Jaffe Joffer
  • Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
1987
  • Matewan
    Rolle: 'Few Clothes' Johnson
  • Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
    Rolle: Emperor of the Night (voice)
  • Gardens of Stone
    Rolle: Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
  • A House Divided
    Rolle:
1986
  • Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
    Rolle: Umslopogaas
  • Soul Man
    Rolle: Professor Banks
  • My Little Girl
    Rolle: Ike Bailey
  • Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
    Rolle: Genie / Narrator
  • The Lone Star Kid
    Rolle: Holmes
1985
  • City Limits
    Rolle: Albert
  • Night of 100 Stars II
    Rolle: Self
  • Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
    Rolle:
1984
  • The Vegas Strip War
    Rolle: Jack Madrid
  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
    Rolle: Narrator
1983
  • Return of the Jedi
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice)
1982
  • Blood Tide
    Rolle: Frye
  • Amy and the Angel
    Rolle: Gabriel
  • The Flight of Dragons
    Rolle: Ommadon (voice)
  • Conan the Barbarian
    Rolle: Thulsa Doom
  • Night of 100 Stars
    Rolle: Self
1981
  • The Creation
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • The Bushido Blade
    Rolle: The Prisoner
  • There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
    Rolle: himself, voice
  • Beauty and the Beast
    Rolle: Narrator (voice)
  • God's Trombones
    Rolle: Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
1980
  • The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
    Rolle: Dane Oliver
  • The Empire Strikes Back
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Me Nobody Knows
    Rolle: Self
1979
  • A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
    Rolle: Self - Host
  • Paul Robeson
    Rolle: Paul Robeson
1978
  • Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
    Rolle: Self
  • The Star Wars Holiday Special
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice)
1977
  • The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
    Rolle: Morris Bird, Jr.
  • A Piece of the Action
    Rolle: Joshua Burke
  • The Making of Star Wars
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
  • Exorcist II: The Heretic
    Rolle: Older Kokumo
  • The Last Remake of Beau Geste
    Rolle: Sheikh
  • Star Wars
    Rolle: Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Greatest
    Rolle: Malcolm X
  • Jesus Of Nazareth
    Rolle: Balthazar
1976
  • Swashbuckler
    Rolle: Nick Debrett
  • The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
    Rolle: Leon
  • The River Niger
    Rolle: Johnny Williams
1975
  • Deadly Hero
    Rolle: Rabbit Shazam
  • The UFO Incident
    Rolle: Barney Hill
1974
  • The Cay
    Rolle: Timothy
  • Claudine
    Rolle: Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
  • King Lear
    Rolle: King Lear
1972
  • The Man
    Rolle: Douglass Dilman
  • Malcolm X
    Rolle: Biographical Narration (voice)
1971
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
    Rolle: Narrator
1970
  • The Great White Hope
    Rolle: Jack Jefferson
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
    Rolle: Self (archive footage)
  • End of the Road
    Rolle: Doctor D
1967
  • The Comedians
    Rolle: Dr. Magiot
1964
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    Rolle: Lt. Lothar Zogg