James Earl Jones
Born:1/17/1931•Died:9/9/2024
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.
Filmography
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
20240.0
Butterfly in the Sky
20248.0
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
20217.4
Coming 2 America
20216.4
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
20196.3
On Broadway
20198.7
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
20190.0
The Lion King
20197.1
The Space: Theatre of Survival
20190.0
Words from a Bear
20190.0
Warning Shot
20185.3
Broadway: The Next Generation
201710.0
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
20172.0
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
20167.5
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
20169.0
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
20166.7
Driving Miss Daisy
20158.0
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
20157.9
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
20150.0
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
20147.3
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
20145.7
Gimme Shelter
20136.6
Muse of Fire
20136.5
Blackfish
20137.8
Milius
20137.1
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
20126.0
Joe Papp in Five Acts
20124.5
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
20106.8
Jack and the Beanstalk
20095.3
Waking Sleeping Beauty
20097.2
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
20086.0
Earth
20077.6
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
20070.0
John, Paul, George and Ben
20070.0
Searching for Orson
20065.5
Click
20066.3
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
20060.0
Scary Movie 4
20065.5
The Benchwarmers
20065.9
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
200510.0
The Sandlot 2
20055.9
The Reading Room
20057.0
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
20057.4
Robots
20056.5
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
20055.0
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
20045.0
Nine Dog Christmas
20045.2
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
20047.7
The Story of Star Wars
20047.1
Black Indians: An American Story
20046.3
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
20030.0
The Great Year
20039.0
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
20035.4
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
20020.0
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
20020.0
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
20017.3
Feast of All Saints
20014.6
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
20016.3
Finder's Fee
20016.1
Disney's American Legends
20017.4
Antietam: A Documentary Film
20000.0
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
20006.7
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
20005.6
Summer's End
20007.2
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
20005.1
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
20006.0
Fantasia 2000
20007.0
Santa and Pete
19995.3
The Annihilation of Fish
19996.6
Undercover Angel
19997.0
On the Q.T.
19996.9
Our Friend, Martin
19997.4
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
19986.9
Primary Colors
19986.3
Alone
19976.5
The Second Civil War
19976.2
What the Deaf Man Heard
19976.6
Gang Related
19976.3
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
199710.0
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
19975.4
Sports on the Silver Screen
199710.0
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
19970.0
Afro Promo
19970.0
Timepiece
19967.4
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
19967.3
Looking for Richard
19966.8
Corwin
19960.0
A Family Thing
19966.5
Cry, the Beloved Country
19956.7
Who's in Rabbit's House?
19950.0
Judge Dredd
19955.8
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
19958.1
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
19957.2
Jefferson in Paris
19955.2
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
19955.9
People: A Musical Celebration
19956.2
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
19946.0
Clear and Present Danger
19946.7
The Making of the Lion King
199410.0
The Lion King
19948.3
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
19946.5
Clean Slate
19945.8
Africa: The Serengeti
19946.7
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
19946.5
Gangs: Turning the Corner
19940.0
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
19945.0
The Vernon Johns Story
19948.5
Hallelujah
19930.0
Dangerous: The Short Films
19938.2
Percy & Thunder
19930.0
The Meteor Man
19935.8
Dreamrider
19937.0
Excessive Force
19934.9
The Sandlot
19937.5
Sommersby
19936.4
Lincoln
19927.2
Sneakers
19926.9
Patriot Games
19926.7
True Identity
19915.5
When It Was a Game
19910.0
Scorchers
19914.9
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
19910.0
Visitors from the Unknown
19916.0
Convicts
19915.5
Grim Prairie Tales
19905.8
Ivory Hunters
19904.2
Heat Wave
19906.2
Last Flight Out
19900.0
By Dawn's Early Light
19906.6
The Ambulance
19905.9
The Hunt for Red October
19907.4
Teach 109
19907.0
Terrorgram
19904.3
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
19890.0
Best of the Best
19896.4
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
19890.0
Field of Dreams
19897.1
Three Fugitives
19896.7
The Hunting of the Snark
19890.0
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
19895.5
Coming to America
19886.9
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
19886.8
Matewan
19877.4
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
19875.6
Gardens of Stone
19876.3
A House Divided
19870.0
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
19864.7
Soul Man
19865.3
My Little Girl
19864.8
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
19865.8
The Lone Star Kid
19865.5
Moses
19850.0
City Limits
19852.7
Night of 100 Stars II
19858.0
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
19850.0
The Vegas Strip War
19843.5
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
19840.0
Return of the Jedi
19837.9
Blood Tide
19824.9
Amy and the Angel
19825.5
The Flight of Dragons
19826.7
Conan the Barbarian
19826.8
Night of 100 Stars
19826.7
The Creation
19816.5
The Bushido Blade
19815.4
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
19810.0
Beauty and the Beast
19814.0
God's Trombones
19810.0
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
19800.0
The Empire Strikes Back
19808.4
The Me Nobody Knows
19800.0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
19790.0
Paul Robeson
19790.0
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
19780.0
The Star Wars Holiday Special
19783.4
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
19770.0
A Piece of the Action
19775.6
The Making of Star Wars
19777.0
Exorcist II: The Heretic
19774.5
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
19775.7
Star Wars
19778.2
The Greatest
19775.7
Swashbuckler
19766.2
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
19766.1
The River Niger
19767.3
Deadly Hero
19755.7
The UFO Incident
19756.9
The Cay
19746.5
Claudine
19747.0
King Lear
19740.0
The Man
19726.3
Malcolm X
19726.4
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
19710.0
The Great White Hope
19706.1
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
19707.3
End of the Road
19705.2
The Comedians
19676.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
19648.1