James Earl Jones · Actor
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Sealed
TBA
Diamonds on the Silver Screen
Self
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TBA
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Sealed
2025
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Mara (voice)
Sealed
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Sealed
2024
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
2021
Coming 2 America
King Jaffe Joffer
Sealed
2019
Words from a Bear
Self
Sealed
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Narrator
Sealed
2019
The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)
Sealed
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Darth Vader (voice)
Sealed
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
Sealed
2019
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
2018
Warning Shot
Pendleton
Sealed
2017
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Mufasa (voice)
Sealed
2016
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Mufasa (voice)
Sealed
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Darth Vader (voice)
Sealed
2015
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Darth Vader (voice)
Sealed
2015
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
Sealed
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
Sealed
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Ruben
Sealed
2014
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Darth Vader (voice)
Sealed
2013
Muse of Fire
Self
Sealed
2013
Milius
Self
Sealed
2013
Gimme Shelter
Frank McCarthy
Sealed
2013
Blackfish
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self
Sealed
2012
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Self
Sealed
2011
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
Himself
Sealed
2010
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
2009
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Giant (voice)
Sealed
2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Papa Jenkins
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Sealed
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
Sealed
2007
John, Paul, George and Ben
Narrator
Sealed
2007
Earth
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
2006
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
Narrator
Sealed
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Sealed
2006
The Benchwarmers
Darth Vader (voice)
Sealed
2006
Searching for Orson
Self
Sealed
2006
Scary Movie 4
Narrator (uncredited)
Sealed
2006
Click
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Sealed
2005
The Sandlot 2
Mr. Mertle
Sealed
2005
The Reading Room
William
Sealed
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Sealed
2005
Robots
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Sealed
2005
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Self
Sealed
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Narrator
Sealed
2004
The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage)
Sealed
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self
Sealed
2004
Nine Dog Christmas
Storyteller (voice)
Sealed
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
Sealed
2004
Black Indians: An American Story
Narrator
Sealed
2003
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Maggie Simpson (voice)
Sealed
2003
The Great Year
Narrator
Sealed
2003
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
Self
Sealed
2002
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Narrator
Sealed
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Mister (voice)
Sealed
2001
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Self
Sealed
2001
Finder's Fee
Avery Phillips
Sealed
2001
Feast of All Saints
Older Marcel
Sealed
2001
Disney's American Legends
Narrator
Sealed
2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Self
Sealed
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Sealed
2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
Sealed
2000
Fantasia 2000
Self - Host
Ennis' Gift
Sealed
2000
Ennis' Gift
Self
Sealed
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self
Sealed
2000
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Narrator
Sealed
1999
Undercover Angel
The Judge
Sealed
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
Fish
Sealed
1999
Summer's End
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Sealed
1999
Santa and Pete
Grandpa Nicholas
Sealed
1999
Our Friend, Martin
Daddy King (voice)
Sealed
1999
On the Q.T.
Leo
Sealed
1998
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Mufasa (voice)
Sealed
1998
Primary Colors
CNN Voiceover (voice)
Sealed
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
Archibald Thacker
Sealed
1997
The Second Civil War
Jim Kalla
Sealed
1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
Sealed
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Sealed
1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Sealed
1997
Good Luck
James Bing
Sealed
1997
Gang Related
Arthur Baylor
Sealed
1997
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Kibosh (voice)
Sealed
1997
Alone
Grey
Sealed
1997
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
1996
Timepiece
Lawrence
Sealed
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Dr. McDuffie
Sealed
1996
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
Corwin
Sealed
1996
Corwin
Self
Sealed
1996
A Family Thing
Ray Murdock
Sealed
1995
Who's in Rabbit's House?
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Host
Sealed
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Sealed
1995
People: A Musical Celebration
The Storyteller (voice)
Sealed
1995
Judge Dredd
Narrator (uncredited)
Sealed
1995
Jefferson in Paris
Madison Hemings
Sealed
1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Sealed
1995
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
Mufasa
Sealed
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
Vernon Johns
Sealed
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Host
Sealed
1994
The Making of the Lion King
Self
Sealed
1994
The Lion King
Mufasa (voice)
Sealed
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Sealed
1994
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Self
Sealed
1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Charles Lloyd
Sealed
1994
Clear and Present Danger
Admiral James Greer
Sealed
1994
Clean Slate
John Dolby
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Sealed
1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Narrator
Sealed
1994
Africa: The Serengeti
Narrator
Sealed
1993
The Sandlot
Mr. Mertle
Sealed
1993
The Meteor Man
Earnest Moses
Sealed
1993
Sommersby
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Sealed
1993
Percy & Thunder
Percy Banks
Sealed
1993
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Hallelujah
Sealed
1993
Hallelujah
Old Man Taylor
Sealed
1993
Excessive Force
Jake
Sealed
1993
Dreamrider
Bill Perry
Sealed
1992
The JFK Conspiracy
Self - Host
Sealed
1992
Sneakers
Mr. Bernard Abbott
Sealed
1992
Patriot Games
Adm. James Greer
Lincoln
Sealed
1992
Lincoln
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1991
When It Was a Game
(voice)
Sealed
1991
Visitors from the Unknown
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1991
True Identity
James Earl Jones
Sealed
1991
Scorchers
Bear
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Sealed
1991
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Host/Narrator
Sealed
1991
Convicts
Ben Johnson
Sealed
1990
The Hunt for Red October
Vice ADM James Greer
Sealed
1990
The Ambulance
Lt. Spencer
Sealed
1990
Terrorgram
Retribution (voice)
Sealed
1990
Teach 109
Dr. Winston
Sealed
1990
Last Flight Out
Al Topping
Sealed
1990
Ivory Hunters
Inspector Nkuru
Sealed
1990
Heat Wave
Junius Johnson
Sealed
1990
Grim Prairie Tales
Morrison
Sealed
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
Alice
Sealed
1989
Three Fugitives
Dugan
Sealed
1989
The Hunting of the Snark
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1989
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Narrator
Sealed
1989
Field of Dreams
Terrence Mann
Sealed
1989
Best of the Best
Frank Couzo
Sealed
1989
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Narrator
Sealed
1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1988
Coming to America
King Jaffe Joffer
Sealed
1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Emperor of the Night (voice)
Sealed
1987
Matewan
'Few Clothes' Johnson
Sealed
1987
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
A House Divided
Sealed
1987
A House Divided
Sealed
1986
The Lone Star Kid
Holmes
Sealed
1986
Soul Man
Professor Banks
Sealed
1986
My Little Girl
Ike Bailey
Sealed
1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Umslopogaas
Sealed
1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Genie / Narrator
Sealed
1985
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
Sealed
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Sealed
1985
Moses
Pharaoh
Sealed
1985
City Limits
Albert
Sealed
1984
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Narrator
Sealed
1984
The Vegas Strip War
Jack Madrid
Sealed
1983
Return of the Jedi
Darth Vader (voice)
Sealed
1982
The Flight of Dragons
Ommadon (voice)
Sealed
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Sealed
1982
Conan the Barbarian
Thulsa Doom
Sealed
1982
Blood Tide
Frye
Sealed
1982
Amy and the Angel
Gabriel
Sealed
1981
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
himself, voice
The Creation
Sealed
1981
The Creation
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1981
The Bushido Blade
The Prisoner
Sealed
1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1981
God's Trombones
Narrator (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
Sealed
1981
Beauty and the Beast
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1980
The Me Nobody Knows
Self
Sealed
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Dane Oliver
Sealed
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Sealed
1979
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Sealed
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self - Host
Sealed
1978
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Sealed
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Darth Vader (voice)
Sealed
1978
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self
Sealed
1977
The Making of Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Sealed
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Sheikh
Sealed
1977
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Morris Bird, Jr.
Sealed
1977
The Greatest
Malcolm X
Sealed
1977
Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Sealed
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Older Kokumo
Sealed
1977
A Piece of the Action
Joshua Burke
Sealed
1976
The River Niger
Johnny Williams
Sealed
1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Leon
Sealed
1976
Swashbuckler
Nick Debrett
Sealed
1975
The UFO Incident
Barney Hill
Sealed
1975
Deadly Hero
Rabbit Shazam
Sealed
1974
The Cay
Timothy
Sealed
1974
King Lear
King Lear
Sealed
1974
Claudine
Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
Sealed
1972
The Man
Douglass Dilman
Sealed
1972
Malcolm X
Biographical Narration (voice)
Sealed
1971
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Narrator
Sealed
1970
The Great White Hope
Jack Jefferson
Sealed
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Sealed
1970
End of the Road
Doctor D
Sealed
1967
The Comedians
Dr. Magiot
Sealed
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lt. Lothar Zogg