James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Filmography

As Cast

Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Mara (voice)
Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America (2021)
as King Jaffe Joffer
On Broadway (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019)
as Narrator
Words from a Bear (2019)
as Self
The Lion King (2019)
as Mufasa (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019)
as Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Warning Shot (2018)
as Pendleton
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands (2017)
as Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)
as Mufasa (voice)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater (2016)
as Kilgore Trout
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
as Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015)
as Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015)
as Self
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
as Ruben
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Gimme Shelter (2013)
as Frank McCarthy
Blackfish (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Milius (2013)
as Self
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
as Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012)
as Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter (2011)
as Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
as Admiral (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
as The Giant (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
as Papa Jenkins
Earth (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
John, Paul, George and Ben (2007)
as Narrator
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
as Self
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
as James Earl Jones
Click (2006)
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers (2006)
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
as Narrator (uncredited)
Searching for Orson (2006)
as Self
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006)
as Narrator
The One Show (2006)
as Self - Guest
The Reading Room (2005)
as William
The Sandlot 2 (2005)
as Mr. Mertle
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
as Narrator
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots (2005)
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
as Self
Nine Dog Christmas (2004)
as Storyteller (voice)
Black Indians: An American Story (2004)
as Narrator
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
as Self
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004)
as Self
House (2004)
as Dibala
The Great Year (2003)
as Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' (2003)
as Self
Two and a Half Men (2003)
as James Earl Jones
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film (2002)
as Narrator
Everwood (2002)
as Will Cleveland
Finder's Fee (2001)
as Avery Phillips
Disney's American Legends (2001)
as Narrator
Feast of All Saints (2001)
as Older Marcel
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World (2001)
as Self
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001)
as Mister (voice)
According to Jim (2001)
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
Fantasia 2000 (2000)
as Self - Host
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000)
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000)
as Self
Antietam: A Documentary Film (2000)
as Narrator
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
Ennis' Gift (2000)
as Self
Undercover Angel (1999)
as The Judge
Santa and Pete (1999)
as Grandpa Nicholas
Summer's End (1999)
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
as Daddy King (voice)
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
as Fish
On the Q.T. (1999)
as Leo
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
as Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors (1998)
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Will & Grace (1998)
as James Earl Jones
Merlin (1998)
as Rock of Ages
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997)
as Self
Gang Related (1997)
as Arthur Baylor
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
as Archibald Thacker
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
The Second Civil War (1997)
as Jim Kalla
Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997)
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Alone (1997)
as Grey
Afro Promo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
as Kibosh (voice)
Good Luck (1997)
as James Bing
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
as Unas (Voice)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
as Dr. McDuffie
A Family Thing (1996)
as Ray Murdock
Timepiece (1996)
as Lawrence
Looking for Richard (1996)
as Self - Interviewee
Corwin (1996)
as Self
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
People: A Musical Celebration (1995)
as The Storyteller (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995)
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
as Host
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
as Madison Hemings
Judge Dredd (1995)
as Narrator (uncredited)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995)
as Mufasa
Under One Roof (1995)
as Neb Langston
Signs and Wonders (1995)
as Diamond
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
as King Dakkar (voice)
The Lion King (1994)
as Mufasa (voice)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
as Admiral James Greer
Africa: The Serengeti (1994)
as Narrator
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Host
Clean Slate (1994)
as John Dolby
Gangs: Turning the Corner (1994)
as Self
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
as Vernon Johns
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
as Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
as Charles Lloyd
The Making of the Lion King (1994)
as Self
Touched by an Angel (1994)
as The Angel of Angels
Sommersby (1993)
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Dreamrider (1993)
as Bill Perry
The Meteor Man (1993)
as Earnest Moses
The Sandlot (1993)
as Mr. Mertle
Excessive Force (1993)
as Jake
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (1993)
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Percy & Thunder (1993)
as Percy Banks
Hallelujah (1993)
as Old Man Taylor
Frasier (1993)
as Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
as Franklin Stern
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
as Felix Wilson
Sneakers (1992)
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games (1992)
as Adm. James Greer
Lincoln (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
The JFK Conspiracy (1992)
as Self - Host
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Picket Fences (1992)
as Bryant Thomas
Scorchers (1991)
as Bear
Convicts (1991)
as Ben Johnson
True Identity (1991)
as James Earl Jones
Visitors from the Unknown (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Portrait of Castro's Cuba (1991)
as Host/Narrator
When It Was a Game (1991)
as (voice)
Pros and Cons (1991)
as Gabriel Bird
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
as Vice ADM James Greer
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
as Alice
Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
as Morrison
The Ambulance (1990)
as Lt. Spencer
Heat Wave (1990)
as Junius Johnson
Ivory Hunters (1990)
as Inspector Nkuru
Teach 109 (1990)
as Dr. Winston
Last Flight Out (1990)
as Al Topping
Terrorgram (1990)
as Retribution (voice)
Law & Order (1990)
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Gabriel's Fire (1990)
as Gabriel Bird
Field of Dreams (1989)
as Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives (1989)
as Dugan
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989)
as Narrator
Best of the Best (1989)
as Frank Couzo
The Hunting of the Snark (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark (1989)
as Narrator
The Simpsons (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
Long Ago and Far Away (1989)
as Host
The Simpsons (1989)
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Coming to America (1988)
as King Jaffe Joffer
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Garfield and Friends (1988)
as Diablo
Matewan (1987)
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Gardens of Stone (1987)
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
A House Divided (1987)
Mathnet (1987)
as Chief Thad Green
Mathnet (1987)
as Chief Thad Green (voice)
Mathnet (1987)
as Chief Thad Greene
Soul Man (1986)
as Professor Banks
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
as Umslopogaas
My Little Girl (1986)
as Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1986)
as Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid (1986)
as Holmes
L.A. Law (1986)
as Lee Atkins
City Limits (1985)
as Albert
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates (1985)
Moses (1985)
as Pharaoh
Me & Mom (1985)
The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
as Major Walker
The Vegas Strip War (1984)
as Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1984)
as Narrator
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
as Detective Robb
Highway to Heaven (1984)
as Gabe Wilson
Return of the Jedi (1983)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Amy and the Angel (1982)
as Gabriel
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
as Thulsa Doom
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
as Ommadon (voice)
Blood Tide (1982)
as Frye
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
as Genie / Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse (1982)
as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')
American Playhouse (1982)
as Old Man Taylor
Beauty and the Beast (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade (1981)
as The Prisoner
The Creation (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981)
as himself, voice
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980)
as Dane Oliver
The Me Nobody Knows (1980)
as Self
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
as Father Divine
Paul Robeson (1979)
as Paul Robeson
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
as Self - Host
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
as Alex Haley
Paris (1979)
as Woody Paris
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
as Darth Vader (voice)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978)
as Self
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (1978)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
as Self
The Magic of David Copperfield (1978)
Star Wars (1977)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
as Joshua Burke
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Sheikh
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Older Kokumo
The Greatest (1977)
as Malcolm X
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
as Morris Bird, Jr.
The Making of Star Wars (1977)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
as Balthazar
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
as Leon
Swashbuckler (1976)
as Nick Debrett
The River Niger (1976)
as Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero (1975)
as Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident (1975)
as Barney Hill
Vegetable Soup (1975)
as Long John Spoilsport
Claudine (1974)
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
The Cay (1974)
as Timothy
King Lear (1974)
as King Lear
Dinah! (1974)
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
as Self
Black Omnibus (1973)
as Self - Host
The Man (1972)
as Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X (1972)
as Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream (1971)
as Narrator
Great Performances (1971)
as King Lear
End of the Road (1970)
as Doctor D
The Great White Hope (1970)
as Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
as Self - Guest
The Comedians (1967)
as Dr. Magiot
Tarzan (1966)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
East Side/West Side (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
as Self
The Defenders (1961)
as Lieutenant Andrews
Dr. Kildare (1961)
as Dr. Lou Rush
The Defenders (1961)
as Reverend Harris Bonham
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
as Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards (1956)
as Self - Winner / Performer
Tony Awards (1956)
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards (1956)
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards (1956)
as Self - Winner
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
as Archibald Thacker
Lamp Unto My Feet (1948)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
as Self

As Crew

Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
In Memory Of