10.0
10.0
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
as Self
James Earl Jones
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Michigan, Ranger School, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. A pioneer for black actors in the entertainment industry, he was acclaimed for his performances on stage and screen. Jones is one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985, and 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 Academy Honorary Award in 2011. Born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, during the Jim Crow era (the period of racial segregation in the Southern United States), Jones overcame a childhood stutter. A pre-med major in college, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before pursuing a career in acting. His deep voice was praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects. Jones made his Broadway debut in the play Sunrise at Campobello (1957) and gained fame starring in several productions with Shakespeare in the Park including Othello (1964), Coriolanus (1965), Hamlet (1972), and King Lear (1973). For his roles on Broadway, Jones won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play for playing a boxer in the Howard Sackler play The Great White Hope (1968) and a working class father in August Wilson's Fences (1987). He was also nominated for other Tonys for his roles as part of an elderly couple in On Golden Pond (2005) and as a former president in The Best Man (2012). Jones also acted in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008), Driving Miss Daisy (2010–2011), You Can't Take It with You (2014), and The Gin Game (2015). He received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. On film, Jones made his acting debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964). He reprised his role as a boxer in the film adaptation of The Great White Hope (1970), earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Notable Works
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New HopeThe Lion King
Filmography (179 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Making of the Lion King
1994
as Self
10.0
10.0
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
9.0
9.0
The Great Year
2003
as Narrator
9.0
9.0
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
as Kilgore Trout
8.5
8.5
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
as Vernon Johns
8.3
8.3
The Lion King
1994
as Mufasa (voice)
8.2
8.2
Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
8.2
8.2
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
8.2
8.2
Dangerous: The Short Films
1993
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
8.1
8.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
8.1
8.1
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
8.0
8.0
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
as Hoke Colburn
7.9
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Darth Vader (voice)
7.9
7.9
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
as Darth Vader (voice)
7.7
7.7
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
7.6
7.6
Earth
2007
as Narrator (voice)
7.5
7.5
The Sandlot
1993
as Mr. Mertle
7.5
7.5
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Disney's American Legends
2001
as Narrator
7.4
7.4
Matewan
1987
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
7.4
7.4
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Vice ADM James Greer
7.3
7.3
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
as Self
7.3
7.3
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Host
7.3
7.3
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
7.2
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
Summer's End
2000
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
7.2
7.2
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
as Narrator (voice)
7.1
7.1
Field of Dreams
1989
as Terrence Mann
7.1
7.1
The Lion King
2019
as Mufasa (voice)
7.1
7.1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Dr. McDuffie
7.1
7.1
Claudine
1974
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
7.1
7.1
Milius
2013
as Self
7.0
7.0
Teach 109
1990
as Dr. Winston
7.0
7.0
Dreamrider
1993
as Bill Perry
7.0
7.0
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
The Reading Room
2005
as William
7.0
7.0
Timepiece
1996
as Lawrence
7.0
7.0
Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
6.9
6.9
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
as Mufasa (voice)
6.9
6.9
Undercover Angel
1999
as The Judge
6.9
6.9
Sneakers
1992
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
6.9
6.9
On the Q.T.
1999
as Leo
6.9
6.9
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Daddy King (voice)
6.9
6.9
Coming to America
1988
as King Jaffe Joffer
6.8
6.8
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as Thulsa Doom
6.8
6.8
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
as Narrator
6.8
6.8
Lincoln
1992
as Narrator (voice)
6.8
6.8
The River Niger
1976
as Johnny Williams
6.8
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self - Interviewee
6.7
6.7
The UFO Incident
1975
as Barney Hill
6.7
6.7
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
as Mufasa (voice)
6.7
6.7
Patriot Games
1992
as Adm. James Greer
6.7
6.7
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Self
6.7
6.7
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
6.7
6.7
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Ommadon (voice)
6.6
6.6
Three Fugitives
1989
as Dugan
6.6
6.6
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Admiral James Greer
6.6
6.6
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Host
6.6
6.6
Gimme Shelter
2013
as Frank McCarthy
6.5
6.5
Alone
1997
as Grey
6.5
6.5
Malcolm X
1972
as Biographical Narration (voice)
6.5
6.5
The Cay
1974
as Timothy
6.5
6.5
Best of the Best
1989
as Frank Couzo
6.5
6.5
The Creation
1981
as Narrator (voice)
6.5
6.5
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Alice
6.4
6.4
A Family Thing
1996
as Ray Murdock
6.4
6.4
Coming 2 America
2021
as King Jaffe Joffer
6.4
6.4
Gang Related
1997
as Arthur Baylor
6.3
6.3
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Admiral (voice)
6.3
6.3
The Man
1972
as Douglass Dilman
6.3
6.3
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Mister (voice)
6.3
6.3
Sommersby
1993
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
6.2
6.2
Black Indians: An American Story
2004
as Narrator
6.2
6.2
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
as The Storyteller (voice)
6.2
6.2
The Great White Hope
1970
as Jack Jefferson
6.2
6.2
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
6.2
6.2
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Archibald Thacker
6.2
6.2
Heat Wave
1990
as Junius Johnson
6.1
6.1
The Comedians
1967
as Dr. Magiot
6.0
6.0
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
as Fish
6.0
6.0
Swashbuckler
1976
as Nick Debrett
6.0
6.0
Finder's Fee
2001
as Avery Phillips
6.0
6.0
The Second Civil War
1997
as Jim Kalla
6.0
6.0
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
as Self - Host
6.0
6.0
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
as Narrator (voice)
6.0
6.0
Hallelujah
1993
as Old Man Taylor
6.0
6.0
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
6.0
6.0
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
6.0
6.0
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
as Papa Jenkins
5.9
5.9
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Leon
5.9
5.9
The Sandlot 2
2005
as Mr. Mertle
5.8
5.8
The Ambulance
1990
as Lt. Spencer
5.8
5.8
The Meteor Man
1993
as Earnest Moses
5.8
5.8
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
as Genie / Narrator
5.8
5.8
Clean Slate
1994
as John Dolby
5.7
5.7
Deadly Hero
1975
as Rabbit Shazam
5.7
5.7
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
as Morrison
5.6
5.6
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
as Ruben
5.6
5.6
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Joshua Burke
5.6
5.6
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
5.5
5.5
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Sheikh
5.5
5.5
The Lone Star Kid
1986
as Holmes
5.5
5.5
True Identity
1991
as James Earl Jones
5.5
5.5
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989
as Narrator
5.5
5.5
Amy and the Angel
1982
as Gabriel
5.5
5.5
Searching for Orson
2006
as Self
5.5
5.5
Convicts
1991
as Ben Johnson
5.4
5.4
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
as Kibosh (voice)
5.4
5.4
The Greatest
1977
as Malcolm X
5.4
5.4
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
5.4
5.4
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
as Self
5.4
5.4
The Bushido Blade
1981
as The Prisoner
5.3
5.3
Soul Man
1986
as Professor Banks
5.3
5.3
Santa and Pete
1999
as James Earl Jones
5.2
5.2
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
as Storyteller (voice)
5.1
5.1
Warning Shot
2018
as Pendleton
5.1
5.1
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
as Self
5.0
5.0
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Madison Hemings
5.0
5.0
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
as Narrator
5.0
5.0
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
as Self
5.0
5.0
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994
as Charles Lloyd
5.0
5.0
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
as Narrator
4.8
4.8
Blood Tide
1982
as Frye
4.8
4.8
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
as Umslopogaas
4.8
4.8
Excessive Force
1993
as Jake
4.6
4.6
End of the Road
1970
as Doctor D
4.5
4.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Older Kokumo
4.5
4.5
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
as Self
4.5
4.5
Good Luck
1997
as James Bing
4.4
4.4
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Older Marcel
4.3
4.3
My Little Girl
1986
as Ike Bailey
4.2
4.2
Ivory Hunters
1990
as Inspector Nkuru
4.2
4.2
Scorchers
1991
as Bear
4.0
4.0
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Narrator (voice)
3.9
3.9
Terrorgram
1990
as Retribution (voice)
3.4
3.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Darth Vader (voice)
2.7
2.7
The Vegas Strip War
1984
as Jack Madrid
2.6
2.6
City Limits
1985
as Albert
2.0
2.0
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017
as Mufasa (voice)
Words from a Bear
2019
as Self
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
as himself, voice
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971
as Narrator
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
as Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
as Self
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
as Narrator
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
as Self
Last Flight Out
1990
as Al Topping
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
as Narrator
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
as Narrator
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
as Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
as Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Self - Host
King Lear
1974
as King Lear
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
as Narrator
A House Divided
1987
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Narrator (voice)
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Percy Banks
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
as Himself
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Moses
1985
as Pharaoh
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
as Mufasa
Corwin
1996
as Self
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
as Host/Narrator
Paul Robeson
1979
as Paul Robeson
When It Was a Game
1991
as (voice)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
as Narrator
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
as Dane Oliver
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
as Self
God's Trombones
1981
as Narrator (voice)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
as Morris Bird, Jr.
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