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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

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Born January 17, 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (56)
  • 2024BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019On Broadway — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage — Self
  • The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Words from a Bear — Self
  • 2015August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand — Self
  • 2013Blackfish — Self (archive footage)
  • 2013Milius — Self
  • 2013Muse of Fire — Self
  • 2012An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road — Self
  • 2012Joe Papp in Five Acts — Self
  • 2011Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter — Himself
  • 2009Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson — Self
  • 2006Searching for Orson — Self
  • The One Show — Self - Guest
  • 2005Hollywood's Greatest Villains — Self
  • 2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy — Self
  • 2004No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat — Self
  • 2003Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' — Self
  • 2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World — Self
  • 2000Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' — Self
  • 2000Ennis' Gift — Self
  • 2000Fantasia 2000 — Self - Host
  • 2000Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' — Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
  • 2000The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove — Self
  • 1997Afro Promo — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Sports on the Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery — Self
  • 1996Corwin — Self
  • 1996Looking for Richard — Self - Interviewee
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self
  • 1994Gangs: Turning the Corner — Self
  • 1994The Making of the Lion King — Self
  • 1993Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films — Self (voice) (uncredited)
  • 1992The JFK Conspiracy — Self - Host
  • 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
  • Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
  • 1980The Me Nobody Knows — Self
  • 1979A Walking Tour of Sesame Street — Self - Host
  • 1978Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement — Self
  • The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
  • Dinah! — Self
  • Black Omnibus — Self - Host
  • The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
  • 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis — Self (archive footage)
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host
  • Tony Awards — Self - Winner / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self (archive footage), Self - Nominee / Presenter
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee / Presenter
  • Broadway: The Next Generation — Self
  • Diamonds on the Silver Screen — Self
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