Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 17, 1931 (94 years old)
James Earl Jones
Known For
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.
Acting
2024
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Coming 2 America
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
On Broadway
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
The Lion King
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
Words from a Bear
2018
Warning Shot
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2013
Gimme Shelter
2013
Blackfish
2013
Milius
2012
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
2006
Searching for Orson
2006
Click
2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
The Reading Room
2005
Robots
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2004
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Black Indians: An American Story
2003
The Great Year
2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2002
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2000
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
1999
Undercover Angel
1999
On the Q.T.
1999
Our Friend, Martin
1998
Merlin
1998
Primary Colors
1997
Alone
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1996
Timepiece
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
Looking for Richard
1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
Under One Roof
1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
Signs and Wonders
1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
The Making of the Lion King
1994
The Lion King
1994
Clean Slate
1994
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1993
Hallelujah
1993
Percy & Thunder
1993
The Meteor Man
1993
Dreamrider
1993
Excessive Force
1993
The Sandlot
1993
Sommersby
1992
Lincoln
1991
Pros and Cons
1991
True Identity
1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
Convicts
1990
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Gabriel's Fire
1990
Heat Wave
1990
Last Flight Out
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
The Ambulance
1990
Teach 109
1990
Terrorgram
1989
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1989
Three Fugitives
1989
The Hunting of the Snark
1988
Coming to America
1987
Matewan
1987
A House Divided
1986
My Little Girl
1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
The Lone Star Kid
1985
Moses
1985
Me & Mom
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
