James Earl Jones
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-01-17 (93 years old)
Deathday
2024-09-09
Place of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Also known As
James Earl Boggins Jones
Todd Jones
Jimmy
جیمز ارل جونز
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 ...
Acting
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1964
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
1993
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
1990
as Vice ADM James Greer
1992
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
1989
as Terrence Mann
1980
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1983
as Darth Vader (voice)
1993
as Bill Perry
1982
as Gabriel
2007
as Narrator (voice)
2001
as Avery Phillips
1990
as Alice
1993
as Earnest Moses
1993
as Mr. Mertle
1993
as Jake
1987
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
1989
as Dugan
2001
as Narrator
2010
as Admiral (voice)
1994
as Mufasa (voice)
1986
as Professor Banks
1986
as Umslopogaas
1998
as Mufasa (voice)
1994
as Admiral James Greer
1988
as King Jaffe Joffer
1982
as Thulsa Doom
1997
1982
as Ommadon (voice)
1992
as Adm. James Greer
1995
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
2008
as Papa Jenkins
1994
as Narrator
1987
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
1997
as Arthur Baylor
2009
as The Giant (voice)
1976
as Nick Debrett
1996
as Dr. McDuffie
1996
as Ray Murdock
1977
as Joshua Burke
1999
as The Judge
1991
as Bear
1987
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
2005
as William
2005
as Mr. Mertle
2004
as Storyteller (voice)
1990
as Morrison
1994
as John Dolby
2000
as Self - Host
1995
as The Storyteller (voice)
1996
as Lawrence
1995
as Narrator (voice)
1991
as Ben Johnson
1974
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
2001
as Older Marcel
1999
as James Earl Jones
1975
as Rabbit Shazam
1977
as Sheikh
1991
as James Earl Jones
1978
as Darth Vader (voice)
1976
as Johnny Williams
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Archibald Thacker
1975
as Barney Hill
1967
as Dr. Magiot
1982
as Frye
2019
as Narrator
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Lt. Spencer
1981
as Narrator (voice)
2000
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
1989
as Narrator
1995
1986
as Ike Bailey
2000
1970
as Doctor D
2014
as Ruben
1981
as The Prisoner
1994
as Self
2003
as Narrator
1987
2004
as Narrator
2012
as Self
1984
as Jack Madrid
1974
as Timothy
1994
as Vernon Johns
1972
as Douglass Dilman
2013
as Frank McCarthy
1989
as Frank Couzo
1981
as Narrator (voice)
1970
as Jack Jefferson
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1996
as Self - Interviewee
1977
as Older Kokumo
1993
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
1989
as Narrator (voice)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Jim Kalla
1997
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
1985
as Albert
2015
as Hoke Colburn
1993
as Percy Banks
2005
1990
as Inspector Nkuru
1990
as Junius Johnson
2003
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
1995
as Madison Hemings
1977
as Malcolm X
1971
as Narrator
1999
as Daddy King (voice)
1997
as Grey
1989
as Narrator
2019
as Self
1988
as Narrator (voice)
2013
as Self
2015
as Darth Vader (voice)
1990
as Dr. Winston
1992
as Narrator (voice)
1999
as Fish
2017
1990
as Al Topping
2016
as Mufasa (voice)
2016
as Kilgore Trout
1980
as Dane Oliver
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
1985
as Self
1989
as Narrator (voice)
2001
2024
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2015
1970
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
1994
as Charles Lloyd
1972
as Biographical Narration (voice)
2016
as Darth Vader (voice)
1990
as Retribution (voice)
2005
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
1997
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
2005
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
2013
as Self
2019
as Mufasa (voice)
1977
as Morris Bird, Jr.
2018
as Pendleton
2006
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1986
as Genie / Narrator
1974
as King Lear
2017
as Mufasa (voice)
1991
as Narrator (voice)
1986
as Holmes
2006
as Darth Vader (voice)
1995
as Narrator (uncredited)
1999
as Leo
2007
as Narrator
2006
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
1981
as Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
2005
1979
as Paul Robeson
2021
as King Jaffe Joffer
2019
1997
as Kibosh (voice)
2000
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
1981
2019
as Darth Vader (voice)
2006
as Narrator (uncredited)
1980
as Self
2001
as Mister (voice)
2006
as Self
1978
1984
as Narrator
1993
as Old Man Taylor
2000
as Narrator
2002
as Narrator
2007
1994
as Self
1991
as Host/Narrator
1982
as Self
1979
as Self - Host
1998
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1996
as Self
1991
as (voice)
1985
as Pharaoh
Production
2024
as In Memory Of
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