List of James Earl Jones performances
American actor James Earl Jones has had an extensive career in film, television, and theatre. He started out in film by appearing in the 1964 political satire film Dr. Strangelove as Lt. Lothar Zogg. He then went on to star in the 1970 film The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson, a role he first played in the Broadway production of the same name. The film role earned him two Golden Globe nominations, one for Best Actor and winning one for New Star of the Year. He also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.[1][2] In The Man (1972) Jones starred as a senator who by an unexpected confluence of events becomes the first African-American president of the United States. His other work in the 1970s included playing the title character in Malcolm X (1972), Johnny Williams in The River Niger (1976), Nick Debrett in Swashbuckler (1976), and Malcolm X again in The Greatest (1977).
Jones voiced the antagonist Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise, first in the 1977 film Star Wars, then again in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and in Return of the Jedi (1983). During that time, Jones was also in the films The Bushido Blade (1979) with Richard Boone, and Conan the Barbarian (1982) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the later part of the 1980s, Jones had co-starring roles in the films Soul Man (1986) with C. Thomas Howell, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987) with Richard Chamberlain, Matewan (1987) with Chris Cooper, Coming to America (1988) with Eddie Murphy and Field of Dreams (1989) with Kevin Costner. For his role in Matewan, Jones was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male but lost to Morgan Freeman. Jones was first cast as the role of Admiral James Greer in the 1990 action thriller film The Hunt for Red October, a film based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. He reprised the role again in Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), both films he co-starred with Harrison Ford, who was also in the first three Star Wars franchise films. In between the two latter films, Jones played Mr. Mertle in The Sandlot (1993), a role he reprised again in The Sandlot 2 (2005); and voiced the character Mufasa in the 1994 animated Disney film The Lion King, its sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), and the 2019 remake.
Although uncredited, Jones' voice is possibly heard as Vader at the conclusion of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). When specifically asked whether he had supplied the voice, possibly from a previous recording, Jones told Newsday: "You'd have to ask Lucas about that. I don't know."[3] He also had an uncredited role in the film Scary Movie 4 (2006),[4] before playing Papa Jenkins in the 2008 comedy film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. His later roles include Gimme Shelter (2013) with Rosario Dawson, and The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) with Robin Williams, one of Williams' last films before his death. In 2008 and 2011, Jones won the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and Academy Honorary Award respectively for his career in film.[5][6]
Jones' television work includes playing Woodrow Paris in the series Paris between 1979 and 1980. He voiced various characters on the animated series The Simpsons in three separate seasons (1990, 1994, 1998). He then was cast as Gabriel Bird, the lead role in the series Gabriel's Fire which aired from 1990–1991. For that role, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for his fourth Golden Globe Award, this time for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama.[1][7] He played Bird again in the series Pros and Cons with ran from 1991–1992, that earned him his fifth and final Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama.[1] He then had small appearances in the series Law & Order (1993), Picket Fences (1994), Mad About You (1997), Touched by an Angel (1997), Frasier (1997). His role in Picket Fences earned him another Primetime Emmy Award nomination, one for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.[7] His later television work includes small roles in Everwood (2003–2004), Two and a Half Men (2008), House (2009), and The Big Bang Theory (2014).
Jones' theatre work includes numerous Broadway plays, including Sunrise at Campobello (1958–1959), Danton's Death (1965), The Iceman Cometh (1973–1974), Of Mice and Men (1974–1975), Othello (1982), On Golden Pond (2005), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008) and You Can't Take It with You (2014–2015). He was also in various off Broadway productions and Shakespeare stage adaptations such as The Merchant of Venice (1962), The Winter's Tale (1963), Othello (1964–1965), Coriolanus (1965), Hamlet (1972), and King Lear (1973). His roles in The Great White Hope (1969) and Fences (1987) earned him two Tony Awards, both for Best Leading Actor in a Play.[8]
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Dr. Strangelove | Lt. Lothar Zogg | [9] | |
1967 | The Comedians | Dr. Magiot | [10] | |
1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Himself | Short film | [11] |
1970 | The End of the Road | Doctor D | [12] | |
1970 | The Great White Hope | Jack Jefferson | [13] | |
1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Himself | Documentary | [14] |
1972 | Malcolm X | Narrator | Voice role Documentary |
[15] |
1972 | The Man | Douglass Dilman | [16] | |
1974 | Claudine | Rupert "Roop" B. Marshall | [17] | |
1976 | The River Niger | Johnny Williams | [18] | |
1976 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Leon Carter | [19] | |
1976 | Swashbuckler | Nick Debrett | [20] | |
1976 | Deadly Hero | Rabbit | [21] | |
1977 | The Greatest | Malcolm X | [22] | |
1977 | Star Wars | Darth Vader | Voice role Originally uncredited (credited in reissues) |
|
1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Older Kokumo | [23] | |
1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Sheikh | [24] | |
1977 | A Piece of the Action | Joshua Burke | [25] | |
1979 | The Bushido Blade | Harpooner | [26] | |
1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Darth Vader | Voice role Originally uncredited (credited in reissues) |
|
1982 | The Flight of Dragons | Ommadon | Voice role | [27] |
1982 | Conan the Barbarian | Thulsa Doom | [28] | |
1982 | Blood Tide | Frye | aka Demon Island and The Red Tide | [29] |
1983 | Return of the Jedi | Darth Vader | Voice role | |
1985 | City Limits | Albert | [30] | |
1986 | Soul Man | Professor Banks | [31] | |
1986 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | Umslopogaas | [32] | |
1987 | Gardens of Stone | Sgt. Maj. "Goody" Nelson | [33] | |
1987 | My Little Girl | Ike Bailey | [34] | |
1987 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Emperor of the Night | Voice role | [35] |
1987 | Matewan | Few Clothes | [36] | |
1988 | Coming to America | King Jaffe Joffer | [37] | |
1989 | Three Fugitives | Detective Movan Dugan | [38] | |
1989 | Field of Dreams | Terence Mann | [39] | |
1989 | Best of the Best | Frank Couzo | [40] | |
1990 | Convicts | Ben Johnson | [41] | |
1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Admiral James Greer | [42] | |
1990 | The Ambulance | Lt. Spencer | [43] | |
1990 | Grim Prairie Tales | Morrison | [44] | |
1991 | Scorchers | Bear | [45] | |
1992 | Patriot Games | Admiral James Greer | [46] | |
1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7 | Narrator | American dub | [47] |
1992 | Sneakers | NSA Agent Bernard Abbott | [48] | |
1993 | Dreamrider | William Perry | [49] | |
1993 | Sommersby | Judge Barry Conrad Isaacs | [50] | |
1993 | The Sandlot | Mr. Mertle | [51] | |
1993 | Excessive Force | Jake | [52] | |
1993 | The Meteor Man | Earnest Moses | [53] | |
1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Himself | Cameo | [54] |
1994 | Clean Slate | Dolby | [55] | |
1994 | The Lion King | Mufasa | Voice role | [56] |
1994 | Clear and Present Danger | Admiral James Greer | [57] | |
1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Madison Hemings | [58] | |
1995 | Cry, the Beloved Country | Rev. Stephen Kumalo | [59] | |
1995 | Judge Dredd | Narrator | Uncredited voice role | [60] |
1996 | A Family Thing | Ray Murdock | [61] | |
1996 | Good Luck | James Bing | [62] | |
1997 | Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Kibosh | Voice role Direct-to-video |
[63] |
1997 | Gang Related | Arthur Baylor | [64] | |
1998 | Primary Colors | CNN Voiceover | Voice role | [65] |
1998 | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Mufasa | Voice role Direct-to-video |
[66] |
1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Martin Luther King, Sr. | Voice role Direct-to-video |
[67] |
1999 | On the Q.T. | Leo | [68] | |
1999 | Undercover Angel | The Judge | [69] | |
1999 | The Annihilation of Fish | Fish | [70] | |
1999 | Fantasia 2000 | Himself | Introduction to Carnival of the Animals segment | [71] |
2001 | Finder's Fee | Avery Phillips | [72] | |
2005 | Robots | Voice Box at Hardware Store | Voice cameo | [73] |
2005 | The Sandlot 2 | Mr. Mertle | Direct-to-DVD | [74] |
2005 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | Darth Vader | Voice role (uncredited) | [75] |
2006 | The Benchwarmers | Voice cameo | [76] | |
2006 | Click | Narrator of Michael's Past | Uncredited cameo | [77] |
2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Narrator | Uncredited cameo | [4] |
2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Roscoe Jenkins, Sr. | [78] | |
2009 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | The Admiral | Voice role | [79] |
2009 | Jack and the Beanstalk | The Giant | Voice role | [80] |
2011 | Star Tours – The Adventures Continue | Darth Vader | Short film Voice role |
[81] |
2013 | Gimme Shelter | Frank McCarthy | [82] | |
2014 | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | Ruben | [83] | |
2014 | Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | Theatrical release of Australian stage production | [84] |
2016 | Rogue One | Darth Vader | Voice role | [85] |
2018 | Warning Shot | Pendleton | [86] | |
2019 | The Lion King | Mufasa | Voice role | [87] |
2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Darth Vader | Voice cameo | [88] |
2021 | Coming 2 America | Jaffe Joffer | Post-production | [89] |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | East Side/West Side | Joe Goodwin | Episode: "Who Do You Kill?" | |
1966 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Lou Rush | 4 episodes | |
1969 | N.Y.P.D. | Candy Lateen | 2 episodes | |
1974 | NBC Children’s Theater | Self | Episode: "Super Plastic Elastic Goggles" | |
1977 | Roots | Alex Haley | Episode: "Part XII" | [90] |
1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Balthazar | Episode: "Part 1" | [91] |
1979–1980 | Paris | Woodrow Paris | 13 episodes | |
1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Alex Haley | Episode: "1.7" | |
1985 | Me and Mom | Lou Garfield | 6 episodes | |
1986 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Genie of the Lamp Genie of the Ring |
Episode: "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" | |
1987–1991 | Mathnet | Chief Thad Green | 5 episodes | |
1987 1990-92 |
Square One TV | Announcer Chief Thad Greene |
4 episodes | |
1988–1989 | L.A. Law | Lee Atkins | 2 episodes | |
1989 | Saturday Night with Connie Chung | Vernon Johns | Episode: "God's Bad Boy" | |
1989-1992 | Long Ago and Far Away | Himself (host) | 35 episodes | |
1990-1998 | The Simpsons | Narrator/Moving Man Serak the Preparer |
Voice roles 3 episodes |
|
1990–1991 | Gabriel's Fire | Gabriel Bird | 22 episodes | |
1991–1992 | Pros and Cons | Gabriel Bird | 12 episodes | |
1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator | Segment "Millions of Cats" | |
1992 | Garfield and Friends | Diablo | Voice role Episode: "Ghost of a Chance" |
|
1993 | ABC Weekend Special | N/A | Episode: "The Parsley Garden" | |
1993 | Law & Order | Horace McCoy | Episode: "Profile" | |
1993 | American Playhouse | Old Man Taylor | Episode: "Hallelujah" | |
1994 | Picket Fences | Bryant Thomas | Episode: "System Down" | |
1994 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Franklin Stern | Episode: "The House of Luthor" | |
1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | King Dakkar | Voice role Episode: "The Valiant Little Tailor" |
[92] |
1995 | Signs and Wonders | Diamond | 4 episodes | |
1995 | Under One Roof | Neb Langston | 6 episodes | |
1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Narrator (voice) | Uncredited 19 episodes |
|
1997 | Mad About You | Himself | Episode: "Chicken Man" | |
1997 | Touched by an Angel | Angel of Angels | Episode: "Clipped Wings" | |
1997 | Frasier | Norman Royster | Episode: "Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead" | |
1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Unas | Episode: "Thor's Hammer" | |
1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Felix Wilson | 3 episodes | |
1998 | Merlin | Mountain King | Voice role 3 episodes |
|
1998 | Recess | Santa Claus | Voice role Episode: "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave" |
|
2003 | Will & Grace | Himself | Episode: "Me and Mr. Jones" | |
2003–2004 | Everwood | Will Cleveland | 3 episodes | |
2004 | According to Jim | Royal Flush XP Toilet | Voice role Episode: "The Toilet" |
|
2004 | Sesame Street | Himself | Episode: 4077 | |
2008 | Two and a Half Men | Himself | Episode: "The Devil's Lube" | [93] |
2009 | House | Dibala | Episode: "The Tyrant" | |
2014 | The Big Bang Theory | Himself | Episode: "The Convention Conundrum" | [94] |
2014–2016 | Star Wars Rebels | Darth Vader (voice) | 5 episodes | |
2015 | Agent X | Chief Justice Caleb Thorne | 2 episodes |
Television films
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | The Cay | Timothy | [95] | |
1975 | The UFO Incident | Barney Hill | [96] | |
1977 | The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened | Morris Bird, Jr. | [97] | |
1978 | Star Wars Holiday Special | Darth Vader | Voice | [98] |
1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Father Divine | [99] | |
1984 | The Vegas Strip War | Jack Madrid | [100] | |
1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Alice | [101] | |
1990 | Heat Wave | Junius Johnson | [93] | |
1992 | Lincoln | Narrator | [102] | |
1993 | Percy & Thunder | Percy | [103] | |
1994 | Confessions: Two Faces of Evil | Charles Lloyd | [104] | |
1994 | The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story | Vernon Johns | [105] | |
1994 | Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Host | [106] | |
1994 | Bah, Humbug! | Narrator / Ebenezer Scrooge | [107] | |
1995 | People: A Musical Celebration | The Storyteller | Voice | [108] |
1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault | Dr. McDuffie | [109] | |
1996 | Timepiece | Lawrence | [110] | |
1997 | Alone | Grey | [111] | |
1997 | What the Deaf Man Heard | Archibald Thacker | [112] | |
1997 | The Second Civil War | Jim Kalla | [113] | |
1999 | Santa and Pete | Grandpa Nicholas | [114] | |
1999 | Summer's End | Dr. William Blakely | [115] | |
2001 | The Feast of All Saints | Older Marcel | [116] | |
2005 | The Reading Room | William | [117] | |
2009 | The Magic 7 | 5-Toe | Voice | [118] |
2015 | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Mufasa | Voice |
Narrator
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | [119] | |
1980 | There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues | Documentary | [120] |
1992 | Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama | [121] | |
1994 | Africa: The Serengeti | Documentary | [122] |
1995 | Who's in Rabbit's House? | Audio book | [123] |
2001 | Black Indians: An American Story | [124] | |
2002 | Disney's American Legends | [125] | |
2004 | Nine Dog Christmas | Video | [126] |
2006 | The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy | [127] | |
2007 | Earth | Documentary | [128] |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1958–1959 | Sunrise at Campobello | Edward | Cort Theatre | [129] |
1960 | The Cool World | Harrison Thurston | Eugene O'Neill Theatre | [130] |
1961–1964 | The Blacks | Deodatus Village | St. Mark's Playhouse | [131] |
1961 | Clandestine on the Morning Line | – | Actors' Playhouse | [132] |
1961 | The Apple | – | Living Theatre | [133] |
1962 | The Merchant of Venice | Prince of Morocco | Delacorte Theater | [134] |
1962 | P.S. 193 | Mario Saccone | Writers Stage Theatre | [135] |
1963 | The Love Nest | George Gulp | Writers Stage Theatre | [136] |
1963 | The Winter's Tale | Camillo | Delacorte Theater | [137] |
1963 | Next Time I'll Sing to You | Rudge | Phoenix Theatre | [138] |
1964 | The Blood Knot | Zachariah Pieterson | Cricket Theatre | [139] |
1964–1965 | Othello | Othello | Martinique Theatre / Delacorte Theater | [140][141] |
1965 | Baal | Ekart | Martinique Theatre | [142] |
1965 | Coriolanus | Junius Brutus | Delacorte Theater | [143] |
1965 | Troilus and Cressida | Ajax | Delacorte Theater | [144] |
1965 | Danton's Death | – | Vivian Beaumont Theatre | [145] |
1966 | A Hand Is on the Gate | – | Longacre Theatre | [146] |
1968–1970 | The Great White Hope | Jack Jefferson | Alvin Theatre | [147] |
1970 | Les Blancs | Tshembe Matoseh | Longacre Theatre | [148] |
1972 | Hamlet | Claudius | Delacorte Theater | [149] |
1972–1973 | The Cherry Orchard | Lopahin | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theater | [150] |
1973 | King Lear | Lear | Delacorte Theater | [151] |
1973–1974 | The Iceman Cometh | Theodore Hickman | Circle in the Square Theatre | [152] |
1974–1975 | Of Mice and Men | Lennie | Brooks Atkinson Theatre | [153] |
1978 | Paul Robeson | Paul Robeson | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre / Booth Theatre | [154] |
1980–1981 | A Lesson From Aloes | Steve Daniels | Playhouse Theatre | [155] |
1982 | Othello | Othello | Winter Garden Theatre | [156] |
1982–1983 | "Master Harold"...and the Boys | – | Lyceum Theatre | [157] |
1987–1988 | Fences | Troy Maxson | 46th Street Theatre | [158] |
2005 | On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer, Jr. | Cort Theatre | [159] |
2008 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy | Broadhurst Theatre | [160] |
2010-2011 2013 |
Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | John Golden Theatre (2010–2011) Australian Tour (2013) |
[161][162] |
2012 | The Best Man | Former President Arthur "Artie" Hockstader | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | [163] |
2014–2015 | You Can't Take It with You | Martin Vanderhof | Longacre Theatre | [164] |
2015–2016 | The Gin Game | Weller Martin | John Golden Theatre | [165] |
Video games
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | The Complete Multimedia Bible | Narrator | [166] | |
1994 | Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon | Great P.I. of the Universe | [167] | |
1997 | Colony Wars | Narrator | [168] | |
1999 | Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | General James Solomon | Live action cutscenes | [169] |
2000 | The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure | Mufasa | [170] | |
2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | Mufasa | Archived recordings from the original film | [171] |
2007 | Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga | Darth Vader | [172] |
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