James Earl Jones

Full filmography

• Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort (2025) as Mara (voice)
• Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) In Memory Of
• Butterfly in the Sky (2024) as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
• BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy (2024) as Self (archive footage)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) as Darth Vader (voice)
• Coming 2 America (2021) as King Jaffe Joffer
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) as Self (archive footage)
• The Lion King (2019) as Mufasa (voice)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Darth Vader (voice)
• The Movies That Made Us (2019) as Self (archive footage)
• Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019) as Self
• On Broadway (2019) as Self (archive footage)
• Words from a Bear (2019) as Self
• The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019) as Narrator
• 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)
• The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016) as Mufasa (voice)
• God Bless You, Mr Rosewater (2016) as Kilgore Trout
• Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015) as Darth Vader (voice)
• Driving Miss Daisy (2015) as Hoke Colburn
• August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015) as Self
• Star Wars Rebels (2014) as Darth Vader (voice)
• The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) as Ruben
• Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014) as Darth Vader (voice)
• Blackfish (2013) as Self (archive footage)
• Gimme Shelter (2013) as Frank McCarthy
• Muse of Fire (2013) as Self
• Milius (2013) as Self
• Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012) as Self
• An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012) as Self
• Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter (2011) as Himself
• Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010) as Admiral (voice)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) as Self (archive footage)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (2009) as The Giant (voice)
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) as Papa Jenkins
• The Big Bang Theory (2007) as James Earl Jones
• Earth (2007) as Narrator (voice)
• John, Paul, George and Ben (2007) as Narrator
• Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007) as Self
• The One Show (2006) as Self - Guest
• Scary Movie 4 (2006) as Narrator (uncredited)
• Click (2006) as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
• The Benchwarmers (2006) as Darth Vader (voice)
• The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006) as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
• Searching for Orson (2006) as Self
• The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006) as Narrator
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
• Robots (2005) as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
• The Sandlot 2 (2005) as Mr. Mertle
• The Reading Room (2005) as William
• Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005) as Self
• By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005) as Narrator
• House (2004) as Dibala
• The Story of Star Wars (2004) as Darth Vader (archive footage)
• Nine Dog Christmas (2004) as Storyteller (voice)
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004) as Self
• No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004) as Self
• Black Indians: An American Story (2004) as Narrator
• Two and a Half Men (2003) as James Earl Jones
• The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003) as Maggie Simpson (voice)
• 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
• According to Jim (2001) as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
• Feast of All Saints (2001) as Older Marcel
• Disney's American Legends (2001) as Narrator
• Finder's Fee (2001) as Avery Phillips
• Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001) as Mister (voice)
• Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World (2001) as Self
• Fantasia 2000 (2000) as Self - Host
• Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
• Antietam: A Documentary Film (2000) as Narrator
• Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000) as Self
• The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000) as Self
• Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000) as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
• Undercover Angel (1999) as The Judge
• Our Friend, Martin (1999) as Daddy King (voice)
• Santa and Pete (1999) as Grandpa Nicholas
• The Annihilation of Fish (1999) as Fish
• Summer's End (1999) as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
• On the Q.T. (1999) as Leo
• Will & Grace (1998) as James Earl Jones
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) as Mufasa (voice)
• Merlin (1998) as Rock of Ages
• Primary Colors (1998) as CNN Voiceover (voice)
• Stargate SG-1 (1997) as Unas (Voice)
• Gang Related (1997) as Arthur Baylor
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) as Kibosh (voice)
• The Second Civil War (1997) as Jim Kalla
• What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) as Archibald Thacker
• Good Luck (1997) as James Bing
• Alone (1997) as Grey
• Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) as Self (archive footage)
• Afro Promo (1997) as Self (archive footage)
• Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997) as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
• Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997) as Self
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Looking for Richard (1996) as Self - Interviewee
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) as Dr. McDuffie
• A Family Thing (1996) as Ray Murdock
• Timepiece (1996) as Lawrence
• Corwin (1996) as Self
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as King Dakkar (voice)
• Judge Dredd (1995) as Narrator (uncredited)
• Under One Roof (1995) as Neb Langston
• Jefferson in Paris (1995) as Madison Hemings
• Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995) as Host
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self
• Signs and Wonders (1995) as Diamond
• People: A Musical Celebration (1995) as The Storyteller (voice)
• Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995) as Narrator (voice)
• Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995) as Mufasa
• The Lion King (1994) as Mufasa (voice)
• Touched by an Angel (1994) as The Angel of Angels
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
• Clear and Present Danger (1994) as Admiral James Greer
• The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) as Host
• Africa: The Serengeti (1994) as Narrator
• Clean Slate (1994) as John Dolby
• The Making of the Lion King (1994) as Self
• Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994) as Charles Lloyd
• The Vernon Johns Story (1994) as Vernon Johns
• Gangs: Turning the Corner (1994) as Self
• Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994) as Narrator
• Frasier (1993) as Norman Royster
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) as Franklin Stern
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Felix Wilson
• The Sandlot (1993) as Mr. Mertle
• Sommersby (1993) as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
• Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (1993) as Self (voice) (uncredited)
• The Meteor Man (1993) as Earnest Moses
• Excessive Force (1993) as Jake
• Dreamrider (1993) as Bill Perry
• Percy & Thunder (1993) as Percy Banks
• Hallelujah (1993) as Old Man Taylor
• 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)
• Lincoln (1992) as Narrator (voice)
• The JFK Conspiracy (1992) as Self - Host
• True Identity (1991) as James Earl Jones
• When It Was a Game (1991) as (voice)
• Visitors from the Unknown (1991) as Narrator (voice)
• Pros and Cons (1991) as Gabriel Bird
• Scorchers (1991) as Bear
• Convicts (1991) as Ben Johnson
• Portrait of Castro's Cuba (1991) as Host/Narrator
• Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
• The Hunt for Red October (1990) as Vice ADM James Greer
• Gabriel's Fire (1990) as Gabriel Bird
• The Ambulance (1990) as Lt. Spencer
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990) as Alice
• Grim Prairie Tales (1990) as Morrison
• Last Flight Out (1990) as Al Topping
• Terrorgram (1990) as Retribution (voice)
• Heat Wave (1990) as Junius Johnson
• Teach 109 (1990) as Dr. Winston
• Ivory Hunters (1990) as Inspector Nkuru
• The Simpsons (1989) as Narrator (voice)
• The Simpsons (1989) as Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice)
• The Simpsons (1989) as Maggie Simpson (voice)
• Field of Dreams (1989) as Terrence Mann
• Best of the Best (1989) as Frank Couzo
• Three Fugitives (1989) as Dugan
• Long Ago and Far Away (1989) as Host
• 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989) as Narrator
• 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)
• Mathnet (1987) as Chief Thad Green
• Mathnet (1987) as Chief Thad Green (voice)
• Mathnet (1987) as Chief Thad Greene
• Matewan (1987) as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
• A House Divided (1987)
• Gardens of Stone (1987) as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
• Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) as Emperor of the Night (voice)
• L.A. Law (1986) as Lee Atkins
• Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) as Umslopogaas
• Soul Man (1986) as Professor Banks
• My Little Girl (1986) as Ike Bailey
• Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1986) as Genie / Narrator
• The Lone Star Kid (1986) as Holmes
• The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) as Major Walker
• Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
• Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates (1985)
• City Limits (1985) as Albert
• Moses (1985) as Pharaoh
• Me & Mom (1985)
• Highway to Heaven (1984) as Gabe Wilson
• CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984) as Detective Robb
• The Vegas Strip War (1984) as Jack Madrid
• 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)
• American Playhouse (1982) as Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')
• American Playhouse (1982) as Old Man Taylor
• Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Genie / Narrator (voice)
• Conan the Barbarian (1982) as Thulsa Doom
• The Flight of Dragons (1982) as Ommadon (voice)
• Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
• Amy and the Angel (1982) as Gabriel
• Blood Tide (1982) as Frye
• The Bushido Blade (1981) as The Prisoner
• Beauty and the Beast (1981) as Narrator (voice)
• God's Trombones (1981) as Narrator (voice)
• The Creation (1981) as Narrator (voice)
• Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast (1981) as Narrator (voice)
• There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981) as himself, voice
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) as Father Divine
• The Me Nobody Knows (1980) as Self
• The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980) as Dane Oliver
• Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Alex Haley
• Paris (1979) as Woody Paris
• Paul Robeson (1979) as Paul Robeson
• A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979) as Self - Host
• The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
• The Magic of David Copperfield (1978)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Darth Vader (voice)
• Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978) as Self
• Star Wars (1977) as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Balthazar
• Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) as Older Kokumo
• The Making of Star Wars (1977) as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
• A Piece of the Action (1977) as Joshua Burke
• The Greatest (1977) as Malcolm X
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) as Sheikh
• The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) as Morris Bird, Jr.
• Swashbuckler (1976) as Nick Debrett
• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) as Leon
• The River Niger (1976) as Johnny Williams
• Vegetable Soup (1975) as Long John Spoilsport
• The UFO Incident (1975) as Barney Hill
• Deadly Hero (1975) as Rabbit Shazam
• Dinah! (1974) as Self
• Claudine (1974) as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
• The Cay (1974) as Timothy
• 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)
• Great Performances (1971) as King Lear
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream (1971) as Narrator
• The Great White Hope (1970) as Jack Jefferson
• End of the Road (1970) as Doctor D
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage)
• 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
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
• Dr. Kildare (1961) as Dr. Lou Rush
• The Defenders (1961) as Lieutenant Andrews
• The Defenders (1961) as Reverend Harris Bonham
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner / Performer
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self (archive footage)
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
• 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