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.

Cast

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Lt. Lothar Zogg

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

The Hunt for Red October

Vice ADM James Greer

Mr. Bernard Abbott

Field of Dreams

The Empire Strikes Back

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

Return of the Jedi

Darth Vader (voice)

Amy and the Angel

Narrator (voice)

By Dawn's Early Light

Excessive Force

'Few Clothes' Johnson

Three Fugitives

Disney's American Legends

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

Admiral (voice)

Professor Banks

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Clear and Present Danger

Admiral James Greer

Coming to America

King Jaffe Joffer

Conan the Barbarian

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

The Flight of Dragons

Ommadon (voice)

Adm. James Greer

Cry, the Beloved Country

Rev. Stephen Kumalo

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Africa: The Serengeti

Gardens of Stone

Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson

Jack and the Beanstalk

The Giant (voice)

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

A Piece of the Action

Undercover Angel

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Emperor of the Night (voice)

The Reading Room

Nine Dog Christmas

Storyteller (voice)

Grim Prairie Tales

People: A Musical Celebration

The Storyteller (voice)

Who's in Rabbit's House?

Narrator (voice)

Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall

Feast of All Saints

James Earl Jones

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

James Earl Jones

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Darth Vader (voice)

The River Niger

Johnny Williams

Self (archive footage)

What the Deaf Man Heard

Archibald Thacker

The UFO Incident

The Space: Theatre of Survival

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Self (archive footage)

Beauty and the Beast

Narrator (voice)

Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely

11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

End of the Road

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

The Bushido Blade

Gangs: Turning the Corner

A House Divided

Black Indians: An American Story

Joe Papp in Five Acts

The Vegas Strip War

The Vernon Johns Story

Douglass Dilman

Best of the Best

Narrator (voice)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The Great White Hope

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Self (archive footage)

Looking for Richard

Self - Interviewee

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

Self (voice) (uncredited)

The Hunting of the Snark

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Sports on the Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

The Second Civil War

Hitler's Forgotten Victims

Narrator (voice) (DVD version)

Driving Miss Daisy

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

Percy & Thunder

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

Inspector Nkuru

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

Maggie Simpson (voice)

Jefferson in Paris

Madison Hemings

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream

Our Friend, Martin

Daddy King (voice)

Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark

Words from a Bear

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

Narrator (voice)

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

Darth Vader (voice)

Narrator (voice)

The Annihilation of Fish

Broadway: The Next Generation

Last Flight Out

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion

Darth Vader (voice)

Night of 100 Stars II

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

Narrator (voice)

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

Butterfly in the Sky

Guest Narrator (archive footage)

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

James Earl Jones (uncredited)

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

Biographical Narration (voice)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Darth Vader (voice)

Retribution (voice)

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)

Self (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars

Darth Vader (archive footage)

Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

Morris Bird, Jr.

Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)

The Making of Star Wars

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

Genie / Narrator

The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands

Visitors from the Unknown

Narrator (voice)

The Lone Star Kid

The Benchwarmers

Darth Vader (voice)

Narrator (uncredited)

John, Paul, George and Ben

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")

God's Trombones

Narrator (voice)

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates

Coming 2 America

King Jaffe Joffer

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Darth Vader (voice)

Narrator (uncredited)

The Me Nobody Knows

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Searching for Orson

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Antietam: A Documentary Film

Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

The Making of the Lion King

Portrait of Castro's Cuba

Night of 100 Stars

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

CNN Voiceover (voice)

BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy

Self (archive footage)

When It Was a Game

Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable

Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter

The JFK Conspiracy

The Story of the Faithful Wookiee

Darth Vader (voice)

Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

Darth Vader (Voice)

Crew

Mufasa: The Lion King