James Earl Jones
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1931-01-17
Place of Birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Popularity: 2.0
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 Filmography
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
House
2004
Stargate SG-1
1997
Sesame Street
1969
Two and a Half Men
2003
Frasier
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Everwood
2002
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Great Performances
1971
Will & Grace
1998
L.A. Law
1986
The One Show
2006
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Tony Awards
1956
Garfield and Friends
1988
Touched by an Angel
1994
Star Wars Rebels
2014
The Lion King
1994
Dr. Kildare
1961
According to Jim
2001
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Highway to Heaven
1984
Scary Movie 4
2006
Star Wars
1977
The Defenders
1961
Dinah!
1974
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Lion King
2019
Reading Rainbow
1983
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Tarzan
1966
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Picket Fences
1992
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Return of the Jedi
1983
Click
2006
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Robots
2005
Coming to America
1988
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Judge Dredd
1995
Sneakers
1992
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Merlin
1998
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
The Sandlot
1993
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Paris
1979
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Patriot Games
1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
Coming 2 America
2021
Field of Dreams
1989
Fantasia 2000
2000
Gabriel's Fire
1990
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
Mathnet
1987
The Benchwarmers
2006
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Sommersby
1993
Soul Man
1986
East Side/West Side
1963No Photo
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
Best of the Best
1989
The Sandlot 2
2005
Blackfish
2013
Three Fugitives
1989
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
Primary Colors
1998
Vegetable Soup
1975
Gang Related
1997
The Meteor Man
1993
The Bushido Blade
1981
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
Gimme Shelter
2013
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
The Ambulance
1990
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Finder's Fee
2001
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
The Making of Star Wars
1977
Swashbuckler
1976
Earth
2007
Looking for Richard
1996
The Flight of Dragons
1982
The Man
1972
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Clean Slate
1994
Signs and Wonders
1995No Photo
The Creation
1981No Photo
Under One Roof
1995
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Matewan
1987
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Gardens of Stone
1987
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
Pros and Cons
1991
True Identity
1991
A Family Thing
1996
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
The Comedians
1967
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
Deadly Hero
1975
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Santa and Pete
1999
Claudine
1974
The Second Civil War
1997No Photo
Long Ago and Far Away
1989
Jefferson in Paris
1995
The Reading Room
2005
Scorchers
1991
Feast of All Saints
2001
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
City Limits
1985
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Broadway: The Next Generation
N/A
The Greatest
1977
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Muse of Fire
2013
Excessive Force
1993
The Great White Hope
1970
Milius
2013
King Lear
1974
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
Heat Wave
1990
Alone
1997
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987No Photo
Lincoln
1992
Teach 109
1990
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
The UFO Incident
1975No Photo
Me & Mom
1985
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
My Little Girl
1986
On Broadway
2019
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
The Making of the Lion King
1994
Amy and the Angel
1982
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Summer's End
1999
A Piece of the Action
1977
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
Warning Shot
2018
On the Q.T.
1999
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986No Photo
Last Flight Out
1990
The River Niger
1976
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Blood Tide
1982
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
The Vegas Strip War
1984
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
Malcolm X
1972
Undercover Angel
1999
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977No Photo
Hallelujah
1993
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994No Photo
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
Ivory Hunters
1990
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Words from a Bear
2019
Convicts
1991
Percy & Thunder
1993
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
Searching for Orson
2006
End of the Road
1970
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
The Cay
1974
Black Omnibus
1973
Good Luck
1997
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000No Photo
Corwin
1996
Disney's American Legends
2001
Afro Promo
1997
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
When It Was a Game
1991
The Lone Star Kid
1986
Timepiece
1996
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
Terrorgram
1990
People: A Musical Celebration
1995No Photo
A House Divided
1987
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019No Photo
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005No Photo
Beauty and the Beast
1981
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003No Photo
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
Paul Robeson
1979
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017
The Great Year
2003
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
God's Trombones
1981
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
Dreamrider
1993
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
Black Indians: An American Story
2004No Photo
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025No Photo