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James Earl Jones
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Awards and Nominations Received by James Earl Jones
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Movies Featuring James Earl Jones
A Family Thing
The Lion King
Coming 2 America
The Lion King
Gimme Shelter
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Three Fugitives
Field of Dreams
Conan the Barbarian
Soul Man
Best of the Best
Cry, the Beloved Country
The Great White Hope
Gang Related
The Annihilation of Fish
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Milius
Muse of Fire
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Broadway: The Next Generation
Warning Shot
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
On Broadway
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Conan Unchained: The Making of ‘Conan’
Disney’s American Legends
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Feast of All Saints
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Summer’s End
Finder’s Fee
No Fighting in the War Room Or: ‘Dr Strangelove’ and the Nuclear Threat
Words from a Bear
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Inside: ‘Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’
The Story of Star Wars
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of ‘Malcolm X’
The Sandlot 2
The Reading Room
Hollywood’s Greatest Villains
Nine Dog Christmas
Searching for Orson
By Dawn’s Early Light
Grim Prairie Tales
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
The Empire Strikes Back
The Bushido Blade
The Creation
Night of 100 Stars
The Flight of Dragons
The Ambulance
Ivory Hunters
Convicts
Scorchers
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
Return of the Jedi
City Limits
The Vegas Strip War
Night of 100 Stars II
Visitors from the Unknown
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
The Atlanta Child Murders
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
True Identity
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
My Little Girl
Blood Tide
Gardens of Stone
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
When It Was a Game
The River Niger
The Greatest
Swashbuckler
A Piece of the Action
The UFO Incident
Malcolm X
The Meteor Man
Lincoln
Clean Slate
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Comedians
Africa: The Serengeti
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Looking for Richard
The Making of Star Wars
The Making of ‘Jurassic Park’
Roots: The Next Generations
The Annihilation of Fish
Deadly Hero
Timepiece
Santa and Pete
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
What the Deaf Man Heard
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Jesus of Nazareth
Alone
The Second Civil War
The Vernon Johns Story
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Excessive Force
Our Friend, Martin
Judge Dredd
The Cay
Sommersby
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
Undercover Angel
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics
Claudine
End of the Road
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
The Making of the Lion King
Rebound: The Legend of Earl ‘The Goat’ Manigault
Jack and the Beanstalk
Career Timeline
Track the complete movie timeline of James Earl Jones, including all film releases, career breakthroughs, and notable roles. Follow their journey from early performances to recent blockbusters and upcoming projects.
2019
The Lion King
Mufasa
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Darth Vader (voice)
Words from a Bear
Self
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Self
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Mufasa (voice)
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of ‘Malcolm X’
Narrator
The Sandlot 2
Mr. Mertle
The Reading Room
William
Hollywood’s Greatest Villains
Self
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: ‘Dr Strangelove’ and the Nuclear Threat
Self
The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
Nine Dog Christmas
Storyteller (voice)
2001
The Annihilation of Fish
Disney’s American Legends
Narrator
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Mister (voice)
Feast of All Saints
Older Marcel
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Self
Finder’s Fee
Avery Phillips
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of ‘Conan’
Self
Summer’s End
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Self
Inside: ‘Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
Fish
Santa and Pete
James Earl Jones
Our Friend, Martin
Daddy King (voice)
Undercover Angel
The Judge
1997
Gang Related
What the Deaf Man Heard
Archibald Thacker
Alone
Grey
The Second Civil War
Jim Kalla
1996
A Family Thing
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
Timepiece
Lawrence
Rebound: The Legend of Earl ‘The Goat’ Manigault
Dr. McDuffie
1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Making of ‘Jurassic Park’
Host
Judge Dredd
Narrator (uncredited)
1994
The Lion King
Clean Slate
John Dolby
Africa: The Serengeti
Narrator
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Charles Lloyd
The Vernon Johns Story
Vernon Johns
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics
Host
The Making of the Lion King
Self
1991
Convicts
Ben Johnson
Scorchers
Bear
Visitors from the Unknown
Narrator (voice)
True Identity
James Earl Jones
When It Was a Game
(voice)
1990
By Dawn’s Early Light
Alice
Grim Prairie Tales
Morrison
The Ambulance
Lt. Spencer
Ivory Hunters
Inspector Nkuru
1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Emperor of the Night (voice)
Gardens of Stone
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
1986
Soul Man
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Umslopogaas
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Genie / Narrator
My Little Girl
Ike Bailey
1984
City Limits
Albert
The Vegas Strip War
Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Narrator
1982
Conan the Barbarian
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Flight of Dragons
Ommadon (voice)
Blood Tide
Frye
1981
The Bushido Blade
The Prisoner
The Creation
Narrator (voice)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
himself, voice
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Darth Vader (voice)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Darth Vader (uncredited) (voice)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Greatest
Malcolm X
A Piece of the Action
Joshua Burke
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Sheikh
The Making of Star Wars
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
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