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James Earl Jones
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
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…
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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.
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2025
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Movie Mara (voice)
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2024
Mufasa: The Lion King
Movie In Memory Of
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2024
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Movie Guest Narrator (archive footage)
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2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV show Darth Vader (voice)
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2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Coming 2 America
Movie King Jaffe Joffer
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2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie Darth Vader (voice)
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2019
The Movies That Made Us
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2019
On Broadway
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie Self
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2019
The Lion King
Movie Mufasa (voice)
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2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Movie Narrator
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2019
Words from a Bear
Movie Self
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2018
Warning Shot
Movie Pendleton
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2017
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Movie Mufasa (voice)
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2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie Darth Vader (voice)
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2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Movie Kilgore Trout
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2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Movie Mufasa (voice)
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2015
Driving Miss Daisy
Movie Hoke Colburn
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2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Movie Darth Vader (voice)
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2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Movie Self
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2014
Star Wars Rebels
TV show Darth Vader (voice)
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2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Movie Darth Vader (voice)
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2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Movie Ruben
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2013
Gimme Shelter
Movie Frank McCarthy
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2013
Muse of Fire
Movie Self
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2013
Blackfish
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
Milius
Movie Self
- 2012
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2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Movie Self
- 2011
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2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie Admiral (voice)
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2009
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie The Giant (voice)
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Movie Papa Jenkins
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2007
Earth
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2007
The Big Bang Theory
TV show James Earl Jones
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2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Movie Self
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2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
Movie Narrator
