James Earl Jones
Born: 1931-01-17
Place of Birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
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
Star Wars
1977★ 8.2
The Lion King
1994★ 8.3
The Lion King
2019★ 7.1
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019★ 6.3
Conan the Barbarian
1982★ 6.8
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005★ 7.5
People: A Musical Celebration
1995★ 6.2
Robots
2005★ 6.5
Return of the Jedi
1983★ 7.9
The Empire Strikes Back
1980★ 8.4
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998★ 6.9
Primary Colors
1998★ 6.3
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016★ 7.5
Coming to America
1988★ 6.9
Click
2006★ 6.3
Sneakers
1992★ 6.9
Clear and Present Danger
1994★ 6.6
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994★ 6.5
Scary Movie 4
2006★ 5.5
The Hunt for Red October
1990★ 7.4
The Benchwarmers
2006★ 5.8
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964★ 8.1
Coming 2 America
2021★ 6.4
Soul Man
1986★ 5.3
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995★ 0.0
The Sandlot
1993★ 7.5
Judge Dredd
1995★ 5.8
Patriot Games
1992★ 6.7
Field of Dreams
1989★ 7.1
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994★ 5.0
Sommersby
1993★ 6.3
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007★ 5.0
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017★ 2.0
Fantasia 2000
2000★ 7.0
Jefferson in Paris
1995★ 5.0
Matewan
1987★ 7.4
Claudine
1974★ 7.1
Good Luck
1997★ 4.5
Blackfish
2013★ 7.8
City Limits
1985★ 2.6
Gimme Shelter
2013★ 6.6
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009★ 5.2
Heat Wave
1990★ 6.2
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977★ 4.5
Percy & Thunder
1993★ 0.0
Scorchers
1991★ 4.2
Best of the Best
1989★ 6.5
Deadly Hero
1975★ 5.7
Teach 109
1990★ 7.0
Swashbuckler
1976★ 6.1
The River Niger
1976★ 6.8
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011★ 0.0
King Lear
1974★ 0.0
Alone
1997★ 6.5
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971★ 0.0
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981★ 0.0
The Flight of Dragons
1982★ 6.7
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995★ 0.0
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003★ 6.0
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008★ 6.0
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997★ 5.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978★ 3.4
Three Fugitives
1989★ 6.6
Gang Related
1997★ 6.4
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016★ 6.7
The Comedians
1967★ 6.1
The Sandlot 2
2005★ 5.9
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019★ 0.0
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009★ 7.2
Convicts
1991★ 5.5
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016★ 9.0
The Ambulance
1990★ 5.8
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014★ 5.6
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986★ 4.8
Undercover Angel
1999★ 6.9
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000★ 0.0
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995★ 7.3
The UFO Incident
1975★ 6.6
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004★ 7.8
End of the Road
1970★ 4.6
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986★ 5.8
Earth
2007★ 7.6
The Meteor Man
1993★ 5.8
Finder's Fee
2001★ 6.0
The Bushido Blade
1981★ 5.4
Disney's American Legends
2001★ 7.4
Our Friend, Martin
1999★ 6.9
Looking for Richard
1996★ 6.8
The Vegas Strip War
1984★ 2.7
By Dawn's Early Light
1990★ 6.5
My Little Girl
1986★ 4.3
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014★ 7.3
God's Trombones
1981★ 0.0
Gardens of Stone
1987★ 6.2
Summer's End
2000★ 7.2
Muse of Fire
2013★ 6.5
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993★ 8.2
The Cay
1974★ 6.5
A Piece of the Action
1977★ 5.6
The Second Civil War
1997★ 6.0
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987★ 5.4
The Man
1972★ 6.3
Africa: The Serengeti
1994★ 6.8
The Annihilation of Fish
1999★ 6.3
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995★ 6.7
Warning Shot
2018★ 5.1
Night of 100 Stars II
1985★ 8.0
The Greatest
1977★ 5.4
Night of 100 Stars
1982★ 6.7
A Family Thing
1996★ 6.4
Feast of All Saints
2001★ 4.4
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021★ 7.5
The Story of Star Wars
2004★ 7.2
Clean Slate
1994★ 5.8
On the Q.T.
1999★ 6.9
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995★ 7.8
Dreamrider
1993★ 7.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017★ 10.0
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001★ 6.3
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997★ 6.2
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977★ 5.5
The Reading Room
2005★ 7.3
Visitors from the Unknown
1991★ 6.0
The Me Nobody Knows
1980★ 0.0
Nine Dog Christmas
2004★ 5.2
Santa and Pete
1999★ 5.3
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978★ 0.0
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994★ 0.0
The Great White Hope
1970★ 6.2
Milius
2013★ 7.0
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010★ 6.3
On Broadway
2019★ 8.7
Excessive Force
1993★ 4.8
The Great Year
2003★ 9.0
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005★ 10.0
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002★ 0.0
Grim Prairie Tales
1990★ 5.7
Searching for Orson
2006★ 5.5
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979★ 0.0
Malcolm X
1972★ 6.6
Amy and the Angel
1982★ 5.5
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019★ 0.0
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015★ 7.9
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970★ 7.1
Butterfly in the Sky
2024★ 8.2
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994★ 6.6
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985★ 0.0
Paul Robeson
1979★ 0.0
When It Was a Game
1991★ 0.0
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996★ 7.1
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989★ 0.0
True Identity
1991★ 5.5
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000★ 6.7
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006★ 0.0
The Making of Star Wars
1977★ 7.0
The Lone Star Kid
1986★ 5.5
The Making of the Lion King
1994★ 10.0
Blood Tide
1982★ 4.8
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976★ 5.9
Words from a Bear
2019★ 0.0
Terrorgram
1990★ 3.9
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997★ 10.0
Driving Miss Daisy
2015★ 8.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005★ 5.0
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997★ 0.0
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000★ 6.0
Ivory Hunters
1990★ 4.2
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988★ 7.2
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015★ 0.0
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
1978★ 6.0
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980★ 0.0
Timepiece
1996★ 7.0
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989★ 5.5
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003★ 5.4
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012★ 4.5
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000★ 5.1
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001★ 7.3
The Vernon Johns Story
1994★ 8.5
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004★ 5.0
The Hunting of the Snark
1989★ 0.0
The JFK Conspiracy
1992★ 6.0
Afro Promo
1997★ 0.0
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981★ 0.0
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984★ 0.0
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000★ 5.6
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977★ 0.0
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012★ 6.0
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024★ 0.0