James Earl Jones

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.

Gender
Male
Birthday
17 Jan, 1931 (95 years old)

Acting

2019
The Lion King
2019
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2018
Warning Shot
2015
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2013
Gimme Shelter
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2007
Earth
2005
The Reading Room
2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
Finder's Fee
2000
Summer's End
2000
Fantasia 2000
1999
The Annihilation of Fish
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Gang Related
1996
Timepiece
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
A Family Thing
1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
1994
The Lion King
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Clean Slate
1994
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
1993
The Meteor Man
1993
Excessive Force
1993
Sommersby
1991
True Identity
1991
Scorchers
1991
Convicts
1990
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
The Ambulance
1990
The Hunt for Red October
1989
Best of the Best
1989
Field of Dreams
1989
Three Fugitives
1988
Coming to America
1987
Matewan
1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
Gardens of Stone
1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
Soul Man
1985
City Limits
1982
Blood Tide
1982
The Flight of Dragons
1982
Conan the Barbarian
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1977
A Piece of the Action
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1976
Swashbuckler
1976
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
The River Niger
1975
Deadly Hero
1975
The UFO Incident
1974
The Cay
1974
Claudine
1972
Malcolm X
1970
The Great White Hope
1970
End of the Road
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb