James Earl Jones
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-01-17
Place of Birth
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
James Earl Jones
Biography
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.
Also Known For
Star Wars
May 25, 1977
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Jan 29, 1964
Sommersby
Feb 05, 1993
The Hunt for Red October
Mar 02, 1990
Sneakers
Sep 09, 1992
Field of Dreams
Apr 21, 1989
The Empire Strikes Back
May 20, 1980
Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983
Dreamrider
Jun 10, 1993
Amy and the Angel
Sep 22, 1982
Earth
Oct 10, 2007
Finder's Fee
Jun 19, 2001
By Dawn's Early Light
May 19, 1990
The Meteor Man
Aug 06, 1993
The Sandlot
Apr 07, 1993
Excessive Force
May 14, 1993
Matewan
Aug 28, 1987
Three Fugitives
Jan 27, 1989
Disney's American Legends
Feb 12, 2001
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Sep 17, 2010
The Lion King
Jun 15, 1994
Soul Man
Oct 24, 1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Dec 17, 1986
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Oct 24, 1998
Clear and Present Danger
Aug 03, 1994
Coming to America
Jun 29, 1988
Conan the Barbarian
Apr 02, 1982
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Feb 06, 1997
The Flight of Dragons
Aug 17, 1982
Patriot Games
Jun 04, 1992
Cry, the Beloved Country
Dec 15, 1995
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Feb 08, 2008
Africa: The Serengeti
Mar 31, 1994
Gardens of Stone
May 05, 1987
Gang Related
Oct 08, 1997
Jack and the Beanstalk
Nov 06, 2009
Swashbuckler
Jul 29, 1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Jul 16, 1976
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
May 19, 1994
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Nov 23, 1996
A Family Thing
Mar 29, 1996
A Piece of the Action
Oct 07, 1977
Undercover Angel
May 16, 1999
Scorchers
Jul 07, 1991
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Aug 06, 1987
The Reading Room
Nov 04, 2005
The Sandlot 2
Nov 10, 2005
Nine Dog Christmas
Oct 05, 2004
Grim Prairie Tales
Sep 14, 1990
Clean Slate
May 06, 1994
Fantasia 2000
Jan 01, 2000
People: A Musical Celebration
Jan 01, 1995
Timepiece
Dec 22, 1996
Who's in Rabbit's House?
Sep 21, 1995
Convicts
Jan 01, 1991
Claudine
Apr 22, 1974
Feast of All Saints
Nov 11, 2001
Santa and Pete
Dec 05, 1999
Deadly Hero
Dec 14, 1975
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Jun 15, 1977
True Identity
Aug 23, 1991
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Nov 17, 1978
The River Niger
Apr 14, 1976
On Broadway
Oct 12, 2019
What the Deaf Man Heard
Nov 23, 1997
The UFO Incident
Oct 20, 1975
The Comedians
Oct 31, 1967
Blood Tide
Sep 24, 1982
The Space: Theatre of Survival
Jun 07, 2019
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Apr 23, 2021
The Ambulance
Mar 22, 1990
Beauty and the Beast
Mar 31, 1981
Summer's End
Apr 18, 2000
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
Nov 22, 1989
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Apr 23, 1995
My Little Girl
Aug 31, 1986
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
May 30, 2000
End of the Road
Feb 10, 1970
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
May 23, 2014
The Bushido Blade
Jun 19, 1981
Gangs: Turning the Corner
Mar 15, 1994
The Great Year
Aug 01, 2003
A House Divided
Feb 06, 1987
Black Indians: An American Story
Jan 01, 2004
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Apr 30, 2012
The Vegas Strip War
Nov 25, 1984
The Cay
Oct 24, 1974
The Vernon Johns Story
Jan 15, 1994
The Man
Jul 19, 1972
Gimme Shelter
Oct 17, 2013
Best of the Best
Nov 10, 1989
The Creation
Jul 13, 1981
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jun 05, 1995
The Great White Hope
Oct 11, 1970
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Sep 05, 2009
Looking for Richard
Oct 11, 1996
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Jun 17, 1977
Dangerous: The Short Films
Sep 28, 1993
The Hunting of the Snark
Jan 01, 1989
Blackfish
Jun 07, 2013
Sports on the Silver Screen
Mar 16, 1997
The Second Civil War
Dec 04, 1997
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Oct 02, 1997
City Limits
Sep 01, 1985
Driving Miss Daisy
Jun 04, 2015
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Dec 25, 1994
Percy & Thunder
Sep 07, 1993
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Feb 08, 2005
Heat Wave
Aug 13, 1990
Ivory Hunters
Aug 20, 1990
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
Oct 31, 2003
Jefferson in Paris
Mar 31, 1995
The Greatest
May 17, 1977
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
Nov 19, 1971
Our Friend, Martin
Jan 12, 1999
Alone
Dec 21, 1997
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
Jan 01, 1989
Words from a Bear
Jan 29, 2019
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Jan 02, 1988
Milius
Mar 09, 2013
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Apr 18, 2015
Teach 109
Jan 01, 1990
Lincoln
Dec 26, 1992
The Annihilation of Fish
Sep 12, 1999
Broadway: The Next Generation
Nov 16, 2017
Last Flight Out
May 22, 1990
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Jan 25, 2016
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Jul 27, 2016
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
May 25, 1980
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Oct 03, 2014
Night of 100 Stars II
Mar 10, 1985
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Sep 20, 2004
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Sep 04, 1989
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Nov 19, 2001
Butterfly in the Sky
Mar 17, 2024
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Feb 20, 2015
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Mar 24, 1970
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Mar 18, 1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Jan 17, 1994
Malcolm X
May 24, 1972
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Dec 14, 2016
Terrorgram
Jan 01, 1990
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
May 06, 2003
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
May 17, 2005
Afro Promo
Jan 31, 1997
The Story of Star Wars
Aug 18, 2004
Robots
Mar 10, 2005
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
The Lion King
Jul 12, 2019
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Oct 26, 1977
Warning Shot
Sep 14, 2018
Click
Jun 23, 2006
The Making of Star Wars
Sep 16, 1977
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Jul 14, 1986
King Lear
Feb 20, 1974
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
Jan 10, 2017
Visitors from the Unknown
Mar 25, 1991
The Lone Star Kid
Feb 10, 1986
The Benchwarmers
Apr 07, 2006
Judge Dredd
Jun 30, 1995
On the Q.T.
Apr 01, 1999
John, Paul, George and Ben
Jan 05, 2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
May 02, 2006
God's Trombones
Jan 01, 1981
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
Dec 01, 2005
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
Jan 01, 1985
Paul Robeson
Jan 08, 1979
Coming 2 America
Mar 04, 2021
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Sep 13, 2019
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Sep 09, 1997
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Oct 28, 2004
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
May 05, 2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Apr 10, 2000
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Apr 03, 1981
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Dec 18, 2019
Scary Movie 4
Apr 12, 2006
The Me Nobody Knows
May 18, 1980
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Nov 06, 2001
Searching for Orson
Nov 02, 2006
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Dec 31, 1978
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Oct 10, 2012
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Jan 01, 1984
Hallelujah
Dec 22, 1993
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
Jan 01, 2002
Antietam: A Documentary Film
Dec 03, 2000
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Jan 31, 2007
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Feb 02, 2000
The Making of the Lion King
Jun 24, 1994
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
Apr 07, 1991
Night of 100 Stars
Mar 08, 1982
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Mar 01, 1979
Primary Colors
Mar 20, 1998
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
Sep 12, 2024
Corwin
Jun 14, 1996
When It Was a Game
Jul 08, 1991
Moses
Dec 01, 1985
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
Sesame Street
Nov 10, 1969
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
House
Nov 16, 2004
Gabriel's Fire
Sep 12, 1990
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
According to Jim
Oct 03, 2001
Everwood
Sep 16, 2002
Two and a Half Men
Sep 22, 2003
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Sep 12, 1993
Stargate SG-1
Jul 27, 1997
Will & Grace
Sep 21, 1998
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jan 31, 1993
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Mathnet
Jan 26, 1987
Mathnet
Jan 26, 1987
East Side/West Side
Sep 23, 1963
Under One Roof
Mar 14, 1995
Vegetable Soup
Sep 22, 1975
The Defenders
Sep 16, 1961
Tarzan
Sep 08, 1966
Roots: The Next Generations
Feb 18, 1979
Paris
Sep 29, 1979
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Apr 02, 1973
Jesus of Nazareth
Mar 27, 1977
Dr. Kildare
Sep 27, 1961
The Defenders
Sep 16, 1961
The Kennedy Center Honors
Dec 28, 1978
Me & Mom
Apr 05, 1985
Pros and Cons
Sep 26, 1991
Merlin
Apr 26, 1998
The Big Bang Theory
Sep 24, 2007
Obi-Wan Kenobi
May 26, 2022
The Magic of David Copperfield
Oct 27, 1978
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Star Wars Rebels
Oct 13, 2014
Long Ago and Far Away
Feb 11, 1989
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Jan 24, 1984
Faerie Tale Theatre
Sep 11, 1982
Reading Rainbow
Jun 06, 1983
Lamp Unto My Feet
Nov 21, 1948
Signs and Wonders
Jan 16, 1995
The Atlanta Child Murders
Feb 10, 1985
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Apr 15, 1980
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mar 12, 1995
The Movies That Made Us
Nov 29, 2019
Black Omnibus
Jan 01, 1973
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Apr 21, 1992
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
Touched by an Angel
Sep 21, 1994
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
3rd Rock from the Sun
Jan 09, 1996
Highway to Heaven
Sep 19, 1984
Dinah!
Oct 21, 1974
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Dec 11, 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Dec 11, 1961
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Mathnet
Jan 26, 1987
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
