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.
Acting (187 movies)
Star Wars
1977
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Sommersby
1993
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Sneakers
1992
Field of Dreams
1989
Return of the Jedi
1983
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Dreamrider
1993
Amy and the Angel
1982
Earth
2007
Finder's Fee
2001
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
The Meteor Man
1993
The Sandlot
1993
Excessive Force
1993
Matewan
1987
Disney's American Legends
2001
Three Fugitives
1989
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
The Lion King
1994
Soul Man
1986
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Coming to America
1988
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
The Flight of Dragons
1982
Patriot Games
1992
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
Gardens of Stone
1987
Gang Related
1997
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
Swashbuckler
1976
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
A Family Thing
1996
A Piece of the Action
1977
Undercover Angel
1999
Scorchers
1991
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
The Reading Room
2005
The Sandlot 2
2005
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
Clean Slate
1994
Fantasia 2000
2000
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
Timepiece
1996
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
Convicts
1991
Claudine
1974
Feast of All Saints
2001
Santa and Pete
1999
Deadly Hero
1975
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
True Identity
1991
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
The River Niger
1976
On Broadway
2019
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
The UFO Incident
1975
The Comedians
1967
Blood Tide
1982
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
The Ambulance
1990
Summer's End
2000
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
My Little Girl
1986
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
End of the Road
1970
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
The Bushido Blade
1981
The Great Year
2003
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
The Vegas Strip War
1984
The Cay
1974
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
The Man
1972
Gimme Shelter
2013
Best of the Best
1989
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
The Great White Hope
1970
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Looking for Richard
1996
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Dangerous: The Short Films
1993
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
Blackfish
2013
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
The Second Civil War
1997
City Limits
1985
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
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