James Earl Jones
Acting
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.
Born: January 17, 1931
Place of Birth: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Known For
Sports on the Silver Screen
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Broadway: The Next Generation
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
The Making of the Lion King
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Lion King.
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia Lee Burton, Marilyn Sadler and others are voiced by Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Candice Bergen, Ringo Starr, Michael J. Fox, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Kathy Bates and many more.
The Great Year
The Great Year is a compelling documentary that explores the possibility that the fall of ancient civilizations around the globe, and the rise of modern civilization, might be related to our Sun’s motion around a companion star. The film examines evidence that ancient civilizations may have known of this celestial cycle and that our Sun may indeed display the characteristics of binary motion. Just as the Earth’s spin on its axis causes day and night and our planet’s annual orbit around the Sun is responsible for the ongoing cycle of the seasons, what if there is some greater celestial cycle, lasting thousands of years, slowly influencing the rise and fall of civilization across the globe? Where is the evidence? What could be the cause?
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Follows Elliot Rosewater, heir of a massive fortune controlled by the Rosewater Foundation, as he deals with the guilt surrounding his wealth. At the same time, young lawyer Norman Mushari attempts to track down the other. less wealthy branch of the Rosewater family, to convince them to sue their wealthy cousins.
On Broadway
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Mufasa (voice)
as Narrator
as Self
as Pendleton
as Mufasa (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Kilgore Trout
as Mufasa (voice)
as Hoke Colburn
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Ruben
as Frank McCarthy
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Admiral (voice)
as The Giant (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Papa Jenkins
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Mr. Mertle
as William
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
as Dibala
as Storyteller (voice)
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
as James Earl Jones
as Narrator
as Will Cleveland
as Narrator
as Older Marcel
as Mister (voice)
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
as Avery Phillips
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
as Self - Host
as James Earl Jones
as Fish
as The Judge
as Leo
as Daddy King (voice)
as Mufasa (voice)
as James Earl Jones
as Rock of Ages
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
as Grey
as Jim Kalla
as Archibald Thacker
as Arthur Baylor
as Kibosh (voice)
as Unas (Voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as James Bing
as Self (archive footage)
as Lawrence
as Dr. McDuffie
as Self - Interviewee
as Ray Murdock
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Madison Hemings
as King Dakkar (voice)
as Diamond
as The Storyteller (voice)
as The Angel of Angels
as Admiral James Greer
as Self
as Mufasa (voice)
as John Dolby
as Narrator
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
as Self
as Charles Lloyd
as Vernon Johns
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
as Norman Royster
as Franklin Stern
as Percy Banks
as Earnest Moses
as Bill Perry
as Jake
as Mr. Mertle
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
as Felix Wilson
as Bryant Thomas
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
as Adm. James Greer
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
as Gabriel Bird
as James Earl Jones
as (voice)
as Bear
as Narrator (voice)
as Ben Johnson
as Morrison
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
as Gabriel Bird
as Inspector Nkuru
as Junius Johnson
as Al Topping
as Alice
as Lt. Spencer
as Vice ADM James Greer
as Dr. Winston
as Retribution (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
as Narrator
as Frank Couzo
as Terrence Mann
as Dugan
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Diablo
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Narrator (voice)
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
as Chief Thad Green (voice)
as Chief Thad Green
as Chief Thad Greene
as Umslopogaas
as Professor Banks
as Lee Atkins
as Ike Bailey
as Genie / Narrator
as Holmes
as Albert
as Self
as Major Walker
as Jack Madrid
as Gabe Wilson
as Detective Robb
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Frye
as Gabriel
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
as Ommadon (voice)
as Thulsa Doom
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as The Prisoner
as Narrator (voice)
as Dane Oliver
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Father Divine
as Woody Paris
as Self - Host
as Alex Haley
as Paul Robeson
as Self
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Morris Bird, Jr.
as Joshua Burke
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Older Kokumo
as Sheikh
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Malcolm X
as Balthazar
as Nick Debrett
as Johnny Williams
as Rabbit Shazam
as Barney Hill
as Long John Spoilsport
as Self
as Timothy
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
as King Lear
as Self - Host
as Douglass Dilman
as Biographical Narration (voice)
as Narrator
as King Lear
as Jack Jefferson
as Self (archive footage)
as Doctor D
as Self - Guest
as Dr. Magiot
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
as Self
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Dr. Lou Rush
as Lieutenant Andrews
as Reverend Harris Bonham
as Archibald Thacker
as Self - Nominee / Presenter