James Earl Jones
Jan 17, 1931
- Sep 9, 2024

IMDb Page
Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy 09/12/24 Self (archive footage) 93
Butterfly in the Sky 03/17/24 Guest Narrator (archive footage) 93
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 04/23/21 Self (archive footage) 90
Coming 2 America 03/04/21 King Jaffe Joffer 90
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 12/18/19 Darth Vader (voice) 88
On Broadway 10/12/19 Self (archive footage) 88
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage 09/13/19 Self 88
The Lion King 07/12/19 Mufasa (voice) 88
The Space: Theatre of Survival 06/07/19 Narrator 88
Words from a Bear 01/29/19 Self 88
Warning Shot 09/14/18 Pendleton 87
Broadway: The Next Generation 11/16/17 Self 86
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands 01/10/17 Mufasa (voice) 85
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 12/14/16 Darth Vader (voice) 85
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater 07/27/16 Kilgore Trout 85
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar 11/22/15 Mufasa (voice) 84
Driving Miss Daisy 06/04/15 Hoke Colburn 84
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal 04/18/15 Darth Vader (voice) 84
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 02/20/15 84
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion 10/03/14 Darth Vader (voice) 83
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn 05/23/14 Ruben 83
Gimme Shelter 10/17/13 Frank McCarthy 82
Muse of Fire 09/26/13 Self 82
Blackfish 06/07/13 Self (archive footage) 82
Milius 03/09/13 Self 82
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road 10/10/12 Self 81
Joe Papp in Five Acts 04/30/12 Self 81
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey 09/17/10 Admiral (voice) 79
Jack and the Beanstalk 11/06/09 The Giant (voice) 78
Waking Sleeping Beauty 09/05/09 Self (archive footage) 78
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 02/08/08 Papa Jenkins 77
Earth 10/10/07 Narrator (voice) 76
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson 01/31/07 Self 76
John, Paul, George and Ben 01/05/07 Narrator 75
Searching for Orson 11/02/06 Self 75
Click 06/23/06 Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) 75
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays 05/02/06 Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") 75
Scary Movie 4 04/12/06 Narrator (uncredited) 75
The Benchwarmers 04/07/06 Darth Vader (voice) 75
Hollywood's Greatest Villains 12/01/05 Self 74
The Sandlot 2 11/10/05 Mr. Mertle 74
The Reading Room 11/04/05 William 74
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 05/17/05 Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) 74
Robots 03/10/05 Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) 74
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' 02/08/05 Narrator 74
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat 10/28/04 Self 73
Nine Dog Christmas 10/05/04 Narrator 73
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 09/12/04 Self 73
The Story of Star Wars 08/18/04 Darth Vader (archive footage) 73
Black Indians: An American Story 01/01/04 Narrator 72
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror 10/31/03 Maggie Simpson (voice) 72
The Great Year 08/01/03 Narrator 72
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' 05/06/03 Self 72
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror 10/28/02 71
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film 01/01/02 Narrator 70
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World 11/19/01 Self 70
Feast of All Saints 11/11/01 Older Marcel 70
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street 11/06/01 Mister (voice) 70
Finder's Fee 06/19/01 Avery Phillips 70
Disney's American Legends 02/12/01 Narrator 70
Antietam: A Documentary Film 12/03/00 Narrator 69
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' 05/30/00 Self 69
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' 05/05/00 Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' 69
Summer's End 04/18/00 Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely 69
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove 04/10/00 Self 69
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light 02/02/00 69
Fantasia 2000 01/01/00 Self - Host 68
Santa and Pete 12/05/99 James Earl Jones 68
The Annihilation of Fish 09/12/99 Fish 68
Undercover Angel 05/16/99 The Judge 68
On the Q.T. 04/01/99 Leo 68
Our Friend, Martin 01/12/99 Daddy King (voice) 67
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride 10/24/98 Mufasa (voice) 67
Primary Colors 03/20/98 CNN Voiceover (voice) 67
Alone 12/21/97 Grey 66
The Second Civil War 12/04/97 Jim Kalla 66
What the Deaf Man Heard 11/23/97 Archibald Thacker 66
Gang Related 10/08/97 Arthur Baylor 66
Hitler's Forgotten Victims 10/02/97 Narrator (voice) (DVD version) 66
Casper: A Spirited Beginning 09/09/97 Kibosh (voice) 66
Sports on the Silver Screen 03/16/97 Self (archive footage) 66
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery 02/06/97 Self 66
Afro Promo 01/31/97 Self (archive footage) 66
Timepiece 12/22/96 Lawrence 65
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault 11/23/96 Dr. McDuffie 65
Looking for Richard 10/11/96 Self - Interviewee 65
A Family Thing 03/29/96 Ray Murdock 65
Cry, the Beloved Country 12/15/95 Rev. Stephen Kumalo 64
Who's in Rabbit's House? 09/21/95 Narrator (voice) 64
Judge Dredd 06/30/95 Narrator (uncredited) 64
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 06/05/95 Self 64
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' 04/23/95 Host 64
Jefferson in Paris 03/31/95 Madison Hemings 64
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable 01/21/95 Mufasa (voice) 64
People: A Musical Celebration 01/01/95 The Storyteller (voice) 63
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' 12/25/94 Narrator 63
Clear and Present Danger 08/03/94 Admiral James Greer 63
The Lion King 06/24/94 Mufasa (voice) 63
The Making of the Lion King 06/24/94 Self 63
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics 05/19/94 Host 63
Clean Slate 05/06/94 John Dolby 63
Africa: The Serengeti 03/31/94 Narrator 63
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult 03/18/94 James Earl Jones (uncredited) 63
Gangs: Turning the Corner 03/15/94 Self 63
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil 01/17/94 Charles Lloyd 63
The Vernon Johns Story 01/15/94 Vernon Johns 62
Hallelujah 12/22/93 Old Man Taylor 62
Dangerous: The Short Films 09/28/93 Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice) 62
Percy & Thunder 09/07/93 Percy Banks 62
The Meteor Man 08/06/93 Earnest Moses 62
Dreamrider 06/10/93 Bill Perry 62
Excessive Force 05/14/93 Jake 62
The Sandlot 04/07/93 Mr. Mertle 62
Sommersby 02/05/93 Judge Barry Conrad Issacs 62
Lincoln 12/26/92 Narrator (voice) 61
Sneakers 09/09/92 Mr. Bernard Abbott 61
Patriot Games 06/04/92 Adm. James Greer 61
True Identity 08/23/91 Himself 60
Scorchers 07/07/91 Bear 60
Portrait of Castro's Cuba 04/07/91 Host/Narrator 60
Visitors from the Unknown 03/25/91 Narrator 60
Convicts 01/01/91 Ben Johnson 59
Grim Prairie Tales 09/14/90 Morrison 59
Ivory Hunters 08/20/90 Inspector Nkuru 59
Heat Wave 08/13/90 Junius Johnson 59
Last Flight Out 05/22/90 Al Topping 59
By Dawn's Early Light 05/19/90 Alice 59
The Ambulance 03/22/90 Lt. Spencer 59
The Hunt for Red October 03/02/90 Admiral Greer 59
Teach 109 01/01/90 Dr. Winston 58
Terrorgram 01/01/90 Retribution (voice) 58
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried 11/22/89 Narrator 58
Best of the Best 11/10/89 Frank Couzo 58
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast 09/04/89 Narrator (voice) 58
Field of Dreams 04/21/89 Terrence Mann 58
Three Fugitives 01/27/89 Dugan 58
The Hunting of the Snark 01/01/89 Narrator (voice) 57
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark 01/01/89 Narrator 57
Coming to America 06/29/88 King Jaffe Joffer 57
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues 01/02/88 Narrator (voice) 56
Matewan 08/28/87 'Few Clothes' Johnson 56
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 08/06/87 Emperor of the Night (voice) 56
Gardens of Stone 05/05/87 Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson 56
A House Divided 02/06/87 56
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 12/17/86 Umslopogaas 55
Soul Man 10/24/86 Professor Banks 55
My Little Girl 08/31/86 Ike Bailey 55
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp 07/14/86 Genie / Narrator 55
The Lone Star Kid 02/10/86 Holmes 55
City Limits 09/01/85 Albert 54
Night of 100 Stars II 03/10/85 Self 54
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates 01/01/85 53
The Vegas Strip War 11/25/84 Jack Madrid 53
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears 01/01/84 Narrator 52
Return of the Jedi 05/25/83 Darth Vader (voice) 52
Blood Tide 09/24/82 Frye 51
Amy and the Angel 09/22/82 Gabriel 51
The Flight of Dragons 08/17/82 Ommadon (voice) 51
Conan the Barbarian 04/02/82 Thulsa Doom 51
Night of 100 Stars 03/08/82 Self 51
The Creation 07/13/81 Narrator (voice) 50
The Bushido Blade 06/19/81 The Prisoner 50
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues 04/03/81 himself, voice 50
Beauty and the Beast 03/31/81 Narrator (voice) 50
God's Trombones 01/01/81 Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation") 49
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story 05/25/80 Dane Oliver 49
The Empire Strikes Back 05/20/80 Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) 49
The Me Nobody Knows 05/18/80 Self 49
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street 03/01/79 Self - Host 48
Paul Robeson 01/08/79 Paul Robeson 47
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement 12/31/78 Self 47
The Star Wars Holiday Special 11/17/78 Darth Vader (voice) 47
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened 10/26/77 Morris Bird, Jr. 46
A Piece of the Action 10/07/77 Joshua Burke 46
The Making of Star Wars 09/16/77 Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) 46
Exorcist II: The Heretic 06/17/77 Older Kokumo 46
The Last Remake of Beau Geste 06/15/77 Sheikh 46
Star Wars 05/25/77 Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) 46
The Greatest 05/17/77 Malcolm X 46
Jesus Of Nazareth 03/27/77 Balthazar 46
Swashbuckler 07/29/76 Nick Debrett 45
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings 07/16/76 Leon 45
The River Niger 04/14/76 Johnny Williams 45
Deadly Hero 12/14/75 Rabbit Shazam 44
The UFO Incident 10/20/75 Barney Hill 44
The Cay 10/24/74 Timothy 43
Claudine 04/22/74 Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall 43
King Lear 02/20/74 King Lear 43
The Man 07/19/72 Douglass Dilman 41
Malcolm X 05/24/72 Biographical Narration (voice) 41
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream 11/19/71 Narrator 40
The Great White Hope 10/11/70 Jack Jefferson 39
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 03/24/70 Self (archive footage) 39
End of the Road 02/10/70 Doctor D 39
The Comedians 10/31/67 Dr. Magiot 36
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 01/29/64 Lt. Lothar Zogg 33