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.
as Mara (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
as Darth Vader (voice)(4 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Self (archive footage)(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage)
as Mufasa (voice)
as Narrator
as Self
as Pendleton
as Mufasa (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Mufasa (voice)
as Hoke Colburn
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice)(2 eps)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Ruben
as Frank McCarthy
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as The Giant (voice)
as Papa Jenkins
as Narrator (voice)
as James Earl Jones(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Self
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Narrator
as Mr. Mertle
as William
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
as Dibala(1 ep)
as Storyteller (voice)
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
as James Earl Jones(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Will Cleveland(3 eps)
as Narrator
as Older Marcel
as Mister (voice)
as Royal Flush Voice (voice)(1 ep)
as Avery Phillips
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
as Self - Host
as Self
as Grandpa Nicholas
as Fish
as The Judge
as Leo
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
as Daddy King (voice)
as Mufasa (voice)
as James Earl Jones(1 ep)
as Rock of Ages(2 eps)
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
as Grey
as Jim Kalla
as Archibald Thacker
as Arthur Baylor
as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
as Kibosh (voice)
as Unas (Voice)(1 ep)
as Self (archive footage)
as James Bing
as Self (archive footage)
as Lawrence
as Dr. McDuffie
as Self - Interviewee
as Self
as Ray Murdock
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)(19 eps)
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Madison Hemings
as Neb Langston(6 eps)
as King Dakkar (voice)(1 ep)
as Diamond(4 eps)
as The Storyteller (voice)
as The Angel of Angels(1 ep)
as Admiral James Greer
as Self
as Mufasa (voice)
as John Dolby
as Narrator
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
as Self
as Charles Lloyd
as Vernon Johns
as Old Man Taylor
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
as Norman Royster(1 ep)
as Franklin Stern(1 ep)
as Percy Banks
as Earnest Moses
as Bill Perry
as Jake
as Mr. Mertle
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
as Felix Wilson(3 eps)
as Narrator (voice)
as Bryant Thomas(1 ep)
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
as Adm. James Greer
as Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Self - Host
as Gabriel Bird(12 eps)
as James Earl Jones
as (voice)
as Bear
as Host/Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Ben Johnson
as Morrison
as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy(1 ep)
as Gabriel Bird(22 eps)
as Inspector Nkuru
as Junius Johnson
as Al Topping
as Alice
as Lt. Spencer
as Vice ADM James Greer
as Dr. Winston
as Retribution (voice)
as Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Maggie Simpson (voice)(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Frank Couzo
as Terrence Mann
as Host(35 eps)
as Dugan
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Diablo(1 ep)
as King Jaffe Joffer
as Narrator (voice)
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
as Chief Thad Green(3 eps)
as Chief Thad Green (voice)(1 ep)
as Chief Thad Greene(1 ep)
as Umslopogaas
as Professor Banks
as Lee Atkins(1 ep)
as Ike Bailey
as Genie / Narrator
as Holmes
as Pharaoh
as Albert
as Self
as Major Walker(2 eps)
as Jack Madrid
as Gabe Wilson(1 ep)
as Detective Robb(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Frye
as Gabriel
as Genie / Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Ommadon (voice)
as Thulsa Doom
as Self
as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')(1 ep)
as Old Man Taylor(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as The Prisoner
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Dane Oliver
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Father Divine(2 eps)
as Woody Paris(13 eps)
as Self - Host
as Alex Haley(1 ep)
as Paul Robeson
as Self(1 ep)
as Darth Vader (voice)
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Morris Bird, Jr.
as Joshua Burke
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Older Kokumo
as Sheikh
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
as Malcolm X
as Balthazar(4 eps)
as Nick Debrett
as Johnny Williams
as Rabbit Shazam
as Barney Hill
as Long John Spoilsport(57 eps)
as Timothy
as Self(1 ep)
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
as King Lear
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Host(13 eps)
as Douglass Dilman
as Biographical Narration (voice)
as Narrator
as King Lear(1 ep)
as Jack Jefferson
as Self (archive footage)
as Doctor D
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Dr. Magiot
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
as Self(6 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(11 eps)
as Self - Co-Host(1 ep)
as Dr. Lou Rush(3 eps)
as Lieutenant Andrews(1 ep)
as Reverend Harris Bonham(1 ep)
as Self - Winner / Performer(2 eps)
as Self - Presenter(9 eps)
as Self (archive footage)(1 ep)
as Self - Nominee / Presenter(1 ep)
as Self - Nominee(1 ep)
as Self - Winner(1 ep)
as Archibald Thacker(1 ep)
as Self - Nominee / Presenter(1 ep)