Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/17/1931
Place of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Also Known As
James Earl Jones
Biography
Known For
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Sandlot
as Mr. Mertle
Conan the Barbarian
as Thulsa Doom
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Sneakers
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Soul Man
as Professor Banks
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
Blackfish
as Self (archive footage)
Scary Movie 4
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
as Mufasa (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Darth Vader (voice)
Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Robots
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Patriot Games
as Adm. James Greer
Career Timeline
2024
2021
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Narrator
Words from a Bear
as Self
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2009
2007
2006
Searching for Orson
as Self
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Click
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers
as Darth Vader (voice)
2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
as Self
The Sandlot 2
as Mr. Mertle
The Reading Room
as William
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Narrator
2004
House
as Dibala
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self
Nine Dog Christmas
as Storyteller (voice)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Black Indians: An American Story
as Narrator
2003
2001
2000
Antietam: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
Summer's End
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
as Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Role unknown
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
1999
1998
1997
Alone
as Grey
The Second Civil War
as Jim Kalla
What the Deaf Man Heard
as Archibald Thacker
Gang Related
as Arthur Baylor
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
as Kibosh (voice)
Stargate SG-1
as Unas (Voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Good Luck
as James Bing
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
1996
1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Who's in Rabbit's House?
as Narrator (voice)
Judge Dredd
as Narrator (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Host
Jefferson in Paris
as Madison Hemings
Under One Roof
as Neb Langston
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Dakkar (voice)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
as Mufasa
Signs and Wonders
as Diamond
People: A Musical Celebration
as The Storyteller (voice)
1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Narrator
Touched by an Angel
as The Angel of Angels
Clear and Present Danger
as Admiral James Greer
The Making of the Lion King
as Self
The Lion King
as Mufasa (voice)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Host
Clean Slate
as John Dolby
Africa: The Serengeti
as Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Gangs: Turning the Corner
as Self
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
as Charles Lloyd
The Vernon Johns Story
as Vernon Johns
1993
Hallelujah
as Old Man Taylor
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
Frasier
as Norman Royster
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Franklin Stern
Percy & Thunder
as Percy Banks
The Meteor Man
as Earnest Moses
Dreamrider
as Bill Perry
Excessive Force
as Jake
The Sandlot
as Mr. Mertle
Sommersby
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Homicide: Life on the Street
Role unknown
1992
1991
1990
Grim Prairie Tales
as Morrison
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
Gabriel's Fire
as Gabriel Bird
Ivory Hunters
as Inspector Nkuru
Heat Wave
as Junius Johnson
Last Flight Out
as Al Topping
By Dawn's Early Light
as Alice
The Ambulance
as Lt. Spencer
The Hunt for Red October
as Vice ADM James Greer
Teach 109
as Dr. Winston
Terrorgram
as Retribution (voice)
1989
The Simpsons
as Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
as Narrator
Best of the Best
as Frank Couzo
Field of Dreams
as Terrence Mann
Long Ago and Far Away
as Host
Three Fugitives
as Dugan
The Hunting of the Snark
as Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
as Narrator
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1982
1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as Narrator (voice)
The Creation
as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
as The Prisoner
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
as himself, voice
Beauty and the Beast
as Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones
as Narrator (voice)
1980
1979
1978
1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Morris Bird, Jr.
A Piece of the Action
as Joshua Burke
The Making of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Older Kokumo
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Sheikh
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest
as Malcolm X
Jesus of Nazareth
as Balthazar