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.
201 movies · 61 shows
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025·9.0
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024·0.0
Butterfly in the Sky
2024·8.3
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021·7.4
Coming 2 America
2021·6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019·6.3
On Broadway
2019·8.7
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019·0.0
The Lion King
2019·7.1
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019·0.0
Words from a Bear
2019·0.0
Warning Shot
2018·5.1
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017·2.0
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016·7.5
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016·9.0
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016·6.7
Driving Miss Daisy
2015·8.0
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015·7.9
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015·0.0
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014·7.3
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014·5.6
Gimme Shelter
2013·6.6
Muse of Fire
2013·6.5
Blackfish
2013·7.8
Milius
2013·7.1
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012·6.0
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012·4.5
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011·0.0
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010·5.8
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009·5.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009·7.2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008·6.0
Earth
2007·7.6
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007·0.0
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007·5.0
Searching for Orson
2006·5.5
Click
2006·6.3
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006·0.0
Scary Movie 4
2006·5.5
The Benchwarmers
2006·5.9
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006·4.5
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005·9.5
The Sandlot 2
2005·5.9
The Reading Room
2005·7.5
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005·7.5
Robots
2005·6.5
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005·6.0
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004·5.8
Nine Dog Christmas
2004·5.6
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004·7.6
The Story of Star Wars
2004·7.2
Black Indians: An American Story
2004·6.4
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003·6.0
The Great Year
2003·9.0
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003·5.4
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002·0.0
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001·8.0
Feast of All Saints
2001·4.8
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001·6.3
Finder's Fee
2001·6.2
Disney's American Legends
2001·7.4
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000·9.0
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000·6.8
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000·5.9
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000·5.6
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000·6.7
Fantasia 2000
2000·7.0
Santa and Pete
1999·5.8
The Annihilation of Fish
1999·6.4
Undercover Angel
1999·6.9
On the Q.T.
1999·7.1
Summer's End
1999·7.6
Our Friend, Martin
1999·7.1
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998·6.9
Primary Colors
1998·6.3
Alone
1997·6.7
The Second Civil War
1997·6.1
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997·6.4
Gang Related
1997·6.4
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997·10.0
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997·5.4
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997·9.0
Good Luck
1997·4.9
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997·8.0
Afro Promo
1997·8.0
Timepiece
1996·7.0
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996·7.1
Looking for Richard
1996·6.8
Corwin
1996·5.0
A Family Thing
1996·6.5
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995·6.8
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995·0.0
Judge Dredd
1995·5.9
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·8.0
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995·7.3
Jefferson in Paris
1995·5.1
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995·8.0
People: A Musical Celebration
1995·6.6
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994·6.5
Clear and Present Danger
1994·6.7
The Making of the Lion King
1994·10.0
The Lion King
1994·8.3
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994·6.8
Clean Slate
1994·5.8
Africa: The Serengeti
1994·7.0
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994·6.5
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994·0.0
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994·5.4
The Vernon Johns Story
1994·9.0
Hallelujah
1993·6.5
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993·8.2
Percy & Thunder
1993·8.0
The Meteor Man
1993·5.8
Dreamrider
1993·7.2
Excessive Force
1993·4.9
The Sandlot
1993·7.6
Sommersby
1993·6.4
Lincoln
1992·7.3
Sneakers
1992·6.9
Patriot Games
1992·6.7
The JFK Conspiracy
1992·7.3
True Identity
1991·5.6
When It Was a Game
1991·10.0
Scorchers
1991·4.4
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991·0.0
Visitors from the Unknown
1991·6.0
Convicts
1991·5.7
Grim Prairie Tales
1990·5.8
Ivory Hunters
1990·4.9
Heat Wave
1990·6.8
Last Flight Out
1990·0.0
By Dawn's Early Light
1990·6.5
The Ambulance
1990·5.8
The Hunt for Red October
1990·7.4
Teach 109
1990·8.0
Terrorgram
1990·4.5
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989·8.0
Best of the Best
1989·6.5
Field of Dreams
1989·7.1
Three Fugitives
1989·6.7
The Hunting of the Snark
1989·9.0
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989·5.5
Coming to America
1988·6.9
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988·7.6
Matewan
1987·7.3
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987·5.6
Gardens of Stone
1987·6.2
A House Divided
1987·0.0
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986·4.8
Soul Man
1986·5.3
My Little Girl
1986·4.6
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986·6.0
The Lone Star Kid
1986·6.3
Moses
1985·0.0
City Limits
1985·2.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985·0.0
The Vegas Strip War
1984·4.0
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984·0.0
Return of the Jedi
1983·7.9
Blood Tide
1982·5.1
Amy and the Angel
1982·6.7
The Flight of Dragons
1982·6.7
Conan the Barbarian
1982·6.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981·0.0
The Creation
1981·6.9
The Bushido Blade
1981·5.5
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981·0.0
Beauty and the Beast
1981·4.0
God's Trombones
1981·0.0
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980·0.0
The Empire Strikes Back
1980·8.4
The Me Nobody Knows
1980·0.0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979·0.0
Paul Robeson
1979·8.0
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978·9.0
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978·3.4
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977·7.0
A Piece of the Action
1977·5.8
The Making of Star Wars
1977·7.1
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977·4.5
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977·5.7
Star Wars
1977·8.2
The Greatest
1977·5.7
Swashbuckler
1976·6.1
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976·6.1
The River Niger
1976·7.4
Deadly Hero
1975·5.8
The UFO Incident
1975·6.6
The Cay
1974·6.5
Claudine
1974·7.1
King Lear
1974·9.0
The Man
1972·6.5
Malcolm X
1972·6.7
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971·8.0
The Great White Hope
1970·6.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970·7.3
End of the Road
1970·5.1
The Comedians
1967·6.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964·8.1