James Earl Jones

Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort

2025

as Mara (voice)

BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Butterfly in the Sky

2024

as Guest Narrator (archive footage)

Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022

as Darth Vader (voice)

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Coming 2 America

2021

as King Jaffe Joffer

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

as Darth Vader (voice)

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Self (archive footage)

On Broadway

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

2019

as Self

The Lion King

2019

as Mufasa (voice)

The Space: Theatre of Survival

2019

as Narrator

Words from a Bear

2019

as Self

Warning Shot

2018

as Pendleton

The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands

2017

as Mufasa (voice)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

as Darth Vader (voice)

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

2016

as Kilgore Trout

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

2016

as Mufasa (voice)

Driving Miss Daisy

2015

as Hoke Colburn

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

2015

as Darth Vader (voice)

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015

as Self

Star Wars Rebels

2014

as Darth Vader (voice)

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion

2014

as Darth Vader (voice)

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

2014

as Ruben

Gimme Shelter

2013

as Frank McCarthy

Muse of Fire

2013

as Self

Blackfish

2013

as Self (archive footage)

Milius

2013

as Self

An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

2012

as Self

Joe Papp in Five Acts

2012

as Self

Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter

2011

as Himself

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

2010

as Admiral (voice)

Jack and the Beanstalk

2009

as The Giant (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

2008

as Papa Jenkins

Earth

2007

as Narrator (voice)

The Big Bang Theory

2007

as James Earl Jones

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

2007

as Self

John, Paul, George and Ben

2007

as Narrator

Searching for Orson

2006

as Self

The One Show

2006

as Self - Guest

Click

2006

as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")

Scary Movie 4

2006

as Narrator (uncredited)

The Benchwarmers

2006

as Darth Vader (voice)

The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

2006

as Narrator

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

2005

as Self

The Sandlot 2

2005

as Mr. Mertle

The Reading Room

2005

as William

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)

Robots

2005

as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

2005

as Narrator

House

2004

as Dibala

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

2004

as Self

Nine Dog Christmas

2004

as Storyteller (voice)

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004

as Self

The Story of Star Wars

2004

as Darth Vader (archive footage)

Black Indians: An American Story

2004

as Narrator

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

2003

as Maggie Simpson (voice)

Two and a Half Men

2003

as James Earl Jones

The Great Year

2003

as Narrator

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'

2003

as Self

Everwood

2002

as Will Cleveland

Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film

2002

as Narrator

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

2001

as Self

Feast of All Saints

2001

as Older Marcel

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

2001

as Mister (voice)

According to Jim

2001

as Royal Flush Voice (voice)

Finder's Fee

2001

as Avery Phillips

Disney's American Legends

2001

as Narrator

Antietam: A Documentary Film

2000

as Narrator

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

2000

as Self

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

2000

as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

2000

as Self

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

2000

Fantasia 2000

2000

as Self - Host

Santa and Pete

1999

as Grandpa Nicholas

The Annihilation of Fish

1999

as Fish

Undercover Angel

1999

as The Judge

On the Q.T.

1999

as Leo

Summer's End

1999

as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely

Our Friend, Martin

1999

as Daddy King (voice)

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

1998

as Mufasa (voice)

Will & Grace

1998

as James Earl Jones

Merlin

1998

as Rock of Ages

Primary Colors

1998

as CNN Voiceover (voice)

Alone

1997

as Grey

The Second Civil War

1997

as Jim Kalla

What the Deaf Man Heard

1997

as Archibald Thacker

Gang Related

1997

as Arthur Baylor

Hitler's Forgotten Victims

1997

as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

1997

as Kibosh (voice)

Stargate SG-1

1997

as Unas (Voice)

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Good Luck

1997

as James Bing

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

1997

as Self

Afro Promo

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Timepiece

1996

as Lawrence

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996

as Dr. McDuffie

Looking for Richard

1996

as Self - Interviewee

Corwin

1996

as Self

A Family Thing

1996

as Ray Murdock

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995

as Rev. Stephen Kumalo

Who's in Rabbit's House?

1995

as Narrator (voice)

Judge Dredd

1995

as Narrator (uncredited)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995

as Host

Jefferson in Paris

1995

as Madison Hemings

Under One Roof

1995

as Neb Langston

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as King Dakkar (voice)

Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable

1995

as Mufasa

Signs and Wonders

1995

as Diamond

People: A Musical Celebration

1995

as The Storyteller (voice)

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

1994

as Narrator

Touched by an Angel

1994

as The Angel of Angels

Clear and Present Danger

1994

as Admiral James Greer

The Making of the Lion King

1994

as Self

The Lion King

1994

as Mufasa (voice)

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

1994

as Host

Clean Slate

1994

as John Dolby

Africa: The Serengeti

1994

as Narrator

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994

as James Earl Jones (uncredited)

Gangs: Turning the Corner

1994

as Self

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

1994

as Charles Lloyd

The Vernon Johns Story

1994

as Vernon Johns

Hallelujah

1993

as Old Man Taylor

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

1993

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

Frasier

1993

as Norman Royster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Franklin Stern

Percy & Thunder

1993

as Percy Banks

The Meteor Man

1993

as Earnest Moses

Dreamrider

1993

as Bill Perry

Excessive Force

1993

as Jake

The Sandlot

1993

as Mr. Mertle

Sommersby

1993

as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Felix Wilson

Lincoln

1992

as Narrator (voice)

Picket Fences

1992

as Bryant Thomas

Sneakers

1992

as Mr. Bernard Abbott

Patriot Games

1992

as Adm. James Greer

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

1992

as Narrator (voice)

The JFK Conspiracy

1992

as Self - Host

Pros and Cons

1991

as Gabriel Bird

True Identity

1991

as James Earl Jones

When It Was a Game

1991

as (voice)

Scorchers

1991

as Bear

Portrait of Castro's Cuba

1991

as Host/Narrator

Visitors from the Unknown

1991

as Narrator (voice)

Convicts

1991

as Ben Johnson

Grim Prairie Tales

1990

as Morrison

Law & Order

1990

as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy

Gabriel's Fire

1990

as Gabriel Bird

Ivory Hunters

1990

as Inspector Nkuru

Heat Wave

1990

as Junius Johnson

Last Flight Out

1990

as Al Topping

By Dawn's Early Light

1990

as Alice

The Ambulance

1990

as Lt. Spencer

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Vice ADM James Greer

Teach 109

1990

as Dr. Winston

Terrorgram

1990

as Retribution (voice)

The Simpsons

1989

as Narrator (voice)

11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried

1989

as Narrator

Best of the Best

1989

as Frank Couzo

Field of Dreams

1989

as Terrence Mann

Long Ago and Far Away

1989

as Host

Three Fugitives

1989

as Dugan

The Hunting of the Snark

1989

as Narrator (voice)

Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark

1989

as Narrator

Garfield and Friends

1988

as Diablo

Coming to America

1988

as King Jaffe Joffer

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

1988

as Narrator (voice)

Matewan

1987

as 'Few Clothes' Johnson

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

1987

as Emperor of the Night (voice)

Gardens of Stone

1987

as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson

A House Divided

1987

Mathnet

1987

as Chief Thad Green (voice)

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

1986

as Umslopogaas

Soul Man

1986

as Professor Banks

L.A. Law

1986

as Lee Atkins

My Little Girl

1986

as Ike Bailey

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

1986

as Genie / Narrator

The Lone Star Kid

1986

as Holmes

Moses

1985

as Pharaoh

City Limits

1985

as Albert

Me & Mom

1985

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985

as Major Walker

Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates

1985

The Vegas Strip War

1984

as Jack Madrid

Highway to Heaven

1984

as Gabe Wilson

CBS Schoolbreak Special

1984

as Detective Robb

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

1984

as Narrator

Reading Rainbow

1983

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Darth Vader (voice)

Blood Tide

1982

as Frye

Amy and the Angel

1982

as Gabriel

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982

as Genie / Narrator (voice)

The Flight of Dragons

1982

as Ommadon (voice)

Conan the Barbarian

1982

as Thulsa Doom

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

American Playhouse

1982

as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

1981

as Narrator (voice)

The Creation

1981

as Narrator (voice)

The Bushido Blade

1981

as The Prisoner

There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

1981

as himself, voice

Beauty and the Beast

1981

as Narrator (voice)

God's Trombones

1981

as Narrator (voice)

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

1980

as Dane Oliver

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

The Me Nobody Knows

1980

as Self

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

1980

as Father Divine

Paris

1979

as Woody Paris

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979

as Self - Host

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

as Alex Haley

Paul Robeson

1979

as Paul Robeson

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

1978

as Self

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

as Self

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

as Darth Vader (voice)

The Magic of David Copperfield

1978

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

1977

as Morris Bird, Jr.

A Piece of the Action

1977

as Joshua Burke

The Making of Star Wars

1977

as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

Exorcist II: The Heretic

1977

as Older Kokumo

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

as Sheikh

Star Wars

1977

as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

The Greatest

1977

as Malcolm X

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

as Balthazar

Swashbuckler

1976

as Nick Debrett

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

1976

as Leon

The River Niger

1976

as Johnny Williams

Deadly Hero

1975

as Rabbit Shazam

The UFO Incident

1975

as Barney Hill

Vegetable Soup

1975

as Long John Spoilsport

The Cay

1974

as Timothy

Dinah!

1974

as Self

Claudine

1974

as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall

King Lear

1974

as King Lear

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

as Self

Black Omnibus

1973

as Self - Host

The Man

1972

as Douglass Dilman

Malcolm X

1972

as Biographical Narration (voice)

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream

1971

as Narrator

Great Performances

1971

as King Lear

The Great White Hope

1970

as Jack Jefferson

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

as Self (archive footage)

End of the Road

1970

as Doctor D

Sesame Street

1969

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

as Self - Guest

The Comedians

1967

as Dr. Magiot

Tarzan

1966

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

as Lt. Lothar Zogg

East Side/West Side

1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

Dr. Kildare

1961

as Dr. Lou Rush

The Defenders

1961

as Lieutenant Andrews

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Winner / Performer

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Archibald Thacker

Lamp Unto My Feet

1948

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

Broadway: The Next Generation

as Self