James Earl Jones
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Self (archive footage) (2024)
Butterfly in the Sky
Guest Narrator (archive footage) (2024)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Darth Vader (voice) (2022)
Los amigos del barrio: Cómo llegamos a Barrio Sésamo
Self (archive footage) (2021)
El rey de Zamunda
King Jaffe Joffer (2021)
Star Wars: El ascenso de Skywalker
Darth Vader (voice) (2019)
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage) (2019)
On Broadway
Self (archive footage) (2019)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self (2019)
El rey león
Mufasa (voice) (2019)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Narrator (2019)
Words from a Bear
Self (2019)
Warning Shot
Pendleton (2018)
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Mufasa (voice) (2017)
Rogue One: Una historia de Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (2016)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Kilgore Trout (2016)
La guardia del león: El regreso del rugido
Mufasa (voice) (2016)
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn (2015)
Star Wars Rebels: El Asedio de Lothal
Darth Vader (voice) (2015)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self (2015)
Star Wars Rebels
Darth Vader (voice) (2014)
Star Wars Rebels: La chispa de la rebelión
Darth Vader (voice) (2014)
El hombre más enfadado de Brooklyn
Ruben (2014)
Buscando un destino
Frank McCarthy (2013)
Muse of Fire
Self (2013)
Blackfish
Self (archive footage) (2013)
Milius
Self (2013)
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Self (2012)
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self (2012)
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Himself (2011)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Admiral (voice) (2010)
Jack y las judías mágicas
The Giant (voice) (2009)
Despertando a la Bella Durmiente
Self (archive footage) (2009)
Bienvenido a casa Roscoe Jenkins
Papa Jenkins (2008)
Tierra
Narrator (voice) (2007)
Big Bang
Self (2007)
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self (2007)
John, Paul, George and Ben
Narrator (2007)
Searching for Orson
Self (2006)
The One Show
Self - Guest (2006)
Click
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) (2006)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") (2006)
Scary Movie 4
Narrator (uncredited) (2006)
Los calientabanquillos
Darth Vader (voice) (2006)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self (2005)
Historia de un verano 2
Mr. Mertle (2005)
The Reading Room
William (2005)
La guerra de las galaxias. Episodio III: La venganza de los Sith
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) (2005)
Robots
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) (2005)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Narrator (2005)
House
Dibala (2004)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self (2004)
¡Guau... qué Navidad!
Storyteller (voice) (2004)
El imperio de los sueños. La historia de Star Wars
Self (2004)
The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage) (2004)
Black Indians: An American Story
Narrator (2004)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Maggie Simpson (voice) (2003)
Dos hombres y medio
James Earl Jones (2003)
The Great Year
Narrator (2003)
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Self (2003)
Everwood
Will Cleveland (2002)
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Narrator (2002)
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Self (2001)
Feast of All Saints
Older Marcel (2001)
La banda del patio: Milagro en la calle tercera
Mister (voice) (2001)
El mundo según Jim
Royal Flush Voice (voice) (2001)
Última jugada
Avery Phillips (2001)
Leyendas americanas de Disney
Narrator (2001)
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Narrator (2000)
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self (2000)
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' (2000)
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Self (2000)
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
(2000)
Fantasía 2000
Self - Host (2000)
Santa and Pete
Grandpa Nicholas (1999)
The Annihilation of Fish
Fish (1999)
Undercover Angel
The Judge (1999)
On the Q.T.
Leo (1999)
Aquel verano
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely (1999)
Our Friend, Martin
Daddy King (voice) (1999)
El rey león 2: El tesoro de Simba
Mufasa (voice) (1998)
Will y Grace
James Earl Jones (1998)
Merlin
Rock of Ages (1998)
Primary Colors
CNN Voiceover (voice) (1998)
Alone
Grey (1997)
La Segunda Guerra Civil
Jim Kalla (1997)
La mentira del silencio
Archibald Thacker (1997)
La sombra de los culpables
Arthur Baylor (1997)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Narrator (voice) (DVD version) (1997)
Casper: La primera aventura
Kibosh (voice) (1997)
Stargate SG-1
Unas (Voice) (1997)
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage) (1997)
Good Luck
James Bing (1997)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self (1997)
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage) (1997)
Timepiece
Lawrence (1996)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Dr. McDuffie (1996)
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee (1996)
Corwin
Self (1996)
Un asunto de familia
Ray Murdock (1996)
Cosas De Marcianos
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) (1996)
Llanto por la tierra amada
Rev. Stephen Kumalo (1995)
Who's in Rabbit's House?
Narrator (voice) (1995)
Juez Dredd
Narrator (uncredited) (1995)
Los primeros 100 años: Un homenaje al cine norteamericano
Self (1995)
Asi Se Hizo (Jurassic Park)
Host (1995)
Jefferson en París (Los amores de un presidente)
Madison Hemings (1995)
Under One Roof
Neb Langston (1995)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Dakkar (voice) (1995)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Mufasa (1995)
Signs and Wonders
Diamond (1995)
People: A Musical Celebration
The Storyteller (voice) (1995)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator (1994)
Tocados por un ángel
The Angel of Angels (1994)
Peligro inminente
Admiral James Greer (1994)
The Making of the Lion King
Self (1994)
El rey león
Mufasa (voice) (1994)
Los clásicos perdidos de Rod Serling
Host (1994)
Borrón y cuenta nueva
John Dolby (1994)
África - El Serengeti
Narrator (1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
James Earl Jones (uncredited) (1994)
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Self (1994)
Las dos caras del mal
Charles Lloyd (1994)
The Vernon Johns Story
Vernon Johns (1994)
Hallelujah
Old Man Taylor (1993)
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Self (voice) (uncredited) (1993)
Frasier
Norman Royster (1993)
Lois y Clark: Las nuevas aventuras de Superman
Franklin Stern (1993)
Percy & Thunder
Percy Banks (1993)
Meteor Man
Earnest Moses (1993)
Dreamrider
Bill Perry (1993)
Fuerza excesiva
Jake (1993)
Historia de un verano
Mr. Mertle (1993)
Sommersby
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs (1993)
Homicidio
Felix Wilson (1993)
Lincoln
Narrator (voice) (1992)
Picket Fences
Bryant Thomas (1992)
Sneakers (Los fisgones)
Mr. Bernard Abbott (1992)
Juego de patriotas
Adm. James Greer (1992)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice) (1992)
The JFK Conspiracy
Self - Host (1992)
Pros and Cons
Gabriel Bird (1991)
¿Blanco o negro?
James Earl Jones (1991)
When It Was a Game
(voice) (1991)
Cuerpos ardientes
Bear (1991)
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Host/Narrator (1991)
Visitors from the Unknown
Narrator (voice) (1991)
Convictos
Ben Johnson (1991)
Grim Prairie Tales
Morrison (1990)
Ley y orden
Defense Attorney Horace McCoy (1990)
Gabriel's Fire
Gabriel Bird (1990)
Ivory Hunters
Inspector Nkuru (1990)
Heat Wave
Junius Johnson (1990)
Saigón: Último vuelo de salida
Al Topping (1990)
Misiles al Amanecer
Alice (1990)
La ambulancia
Lt. Spencer (1990)
La caza del Octubre Rojo
Vice ADM James Greer (1990)
Terrorgram
Retribution (voice) (1990)
Teach 109
Dr. Winston (1990)
Los Simpson
Maggie Simpson (voice) (1989)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Narrator (1989)
Campeón de campeones
Frank Couzo (1989)
Campo de sueños
Terrence Mann (1989)
Long Ago and Far Away
Host (1989)
Tres fugitivos
Dugan (1989)
The Hunting of the Snark
Narrator (voice) (1989)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Narrator (1989)
Garfield y sus amigos
Diablo (1988)
El príncipe de Zamunda
King Jaffe Joffer (1988)
Michael Jackson... La leyenda continúa
Narrator (voice) (1988)
Matewan
'Few Clothes' Johnson (1987)
Pinocho y el Emperador de la Noche
Emperor of the Night (voice) (1987)
Jardines de piedra
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson (1987)
A House Divided
(1987)
Mathnet
Chief Thad Greene (1987)
Allan Quatermain y la ciudad perdida del oro
Umslopogaas (1986)
Harvard: movida americana
Professor Banks (1986)
La ley de Los Ángeles
Lee Atkins (1986)
Mi pequeña
Ike Bailey (1986)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Genie / Narrator (1986)
The Lone Star Kid
Holmes (1986)
Moses
Pharaoh (1985)
City Limits
Albert (1985)
Me and Mom
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self (1985)
The Atlanta Child Murders
Major Walker (1985)
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
(1985)
El hombre de Las Vegas
Jack Madrid (1984)
Autopista hacia el cielo
Gabe Wilson (1984)
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Detective Robb (1984)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Narrator (1984)
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) (1983)
El retorno del Jedi
Darth Vader (voice) (1983)
Marea de sangre
Frye (1982)
Amy and the Angel
Gabriel (1982)
Cuentos de las estrellas
Genie / Narrator (voice) (1982)
El vuelo de los dragones
Ommadon (voice) (1982)
Conan, el bárbaro
Thulsa Doom (1982)
Night of 100 Stars
Self (1982)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice) (1981)
The Creation
Narrator (voice) (1981)
La espada del samurái
The Prisoner (1981)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
himself, voice (1981)
Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice) (1981)
God's Trombones
Narrator (voice) (1981)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Dane Oliver (1980)
El imperio contraataca
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) (1980)
The Me Nobody Knows
Self (1980)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Father Divine (1980)
Paris
Woody Paris (1979)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self - Host (1979)
Raíces: La nueva generación
Alex Haley (1979)
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson (1979)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self (1978)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self (1978)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Darth Vader (voice) (1978)
El especial navideño de Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (1978)
The Magic of David Copperfield
(1978)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Morris Bird, Jr. (1977)
De profesión estafadores
Joshua Burke (1977)
Cómo se hizo La Guerra de las Galaxias
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) (1977)
El exorcista II: El hereje
Older Kokumo (1977)
Mi bello legionario
Sheikh (1977)
La guerra de las galaxias
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) (1977)
The Greatest
Malcolm X (1977)
Jesús de Nazaret
Balthazar (1977)
El corsario escarlata
Nick Debrett (1976)
Los Bingo Long, equipo de estrellas
Leon (1976)
The River Niger
Johnny Williams (1976)
Deadly Hero
Rabbit Shazam (1975)
El caso OVNI
Barney Hill (1975)
Vegetable Soup
Long John Spoilsport (1975)
Dinah!
Self (1974)
The Cay
Timothy (1974)
Claudine
Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall (1974)
King Lear
King Lear (1974)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self (1973)
Black Omnibus
Self - Host (1973)
The Man
Douglass Dilman (1972)
Malcolm X
Biographical Narration (voice) (1972)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Narrator (1971)
Great Performances
King Lear (1971)
La gran esperanza blanca
Jack Jefferson (1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage) (1970)
End of the Road
Doctor D (1970)
Barrio Sesamo
(1969)
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest (1968)
Los comediantes
Dr. Magiot (1967)
Tarzan
(1966)
¿Teléfono rojo? Volamos hacia Moscú
Lt. Lothar Zogg (1964)
East Side/West Side
(1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host (1961)
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Lou Rush (1961)
Los defensores
Reverend Harris Bonham (1961)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Archibald Thacker (1951)
Lamp Unto My Feet
(1948)
Premios Globo de Oro
Self - Nominee / Presenter (1944)
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self