James Earl Jones Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This James Earl Jones filmography covers 88 movie titles and 30 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

James Earl Jones movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) as Lt. Lothar Zogg
• The Comedians (1967) as Dr. Magiot
• The Great White Hope (1970) as Jack Jefferson
• Claudine (1974) as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
• Swashbuckler (1976) as Nick Debrett
• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) as Leon
• A Piece of the Action (1977) as Joshua Burke
• Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) as Older Kokumo
• Star Wars (1977) as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
• The Greatest (1977) as Malcolm X
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) as Sheikh
• The Making of Star Wars (1977) as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) as Darth Vader (voice)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
• Blood Tide (1982) as Frye
• Conan the Barbarian (1982) as Thulsa Doom
• The Flight of Dragons (1982) as Ommadon (voice)
• Return of the Jedi (1983) as Darth Vader (voice)
• City Limits (1985) as Albert
• Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) as Umslopogaas
• Soul Man (1986) as Professor Banks
• Gardens of Stone (1987) as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
• Matewan (1987) as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
• Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) as Emperor of the Night (voice)
• Coming to America (1988) as King Jaffe Joffer
• Best of the Best (1989) as Frank Couzo
• Field of Dreams (1989) as Terrence Mann
• Three Fugitives (1989) as Dugan
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990) as Alice
• Grim Prairie Tales (1990) as Morrison
• The Ambulance (1990) as Lt. Spencer
• The Hunt for Red October (1990) as Vice ADM James Greer
• Convicts (1991) as Ben Johnson
• True Identity (1991) as James Earl Jones
• Patriot Games (1992) as Adm. James Greer
• Sneakers (1992) as Mr. Bernard Abbott
• Excessive Force (1993) as Jake
• Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (1993) as Self (voice) (uncredited)
• Sommersby (1993) as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
• The Meteor Man (1993) as Earnest Moses
• The Sandlot (1993) as Mr. Mertle
• Africa: The Serengeti (1994) as Narrator
• Clean Slate (1994) as John Dolby
• Clear and Present Danger (1994) as Admiral James Greer
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
• The Lion King (1994) as Mufasa (voice)
• The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) as Host
• Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
• Jefferson in Paris (1995) as Madison Hemings
• Judge Dredd (1995) as Narrator (uncredited)
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995) as Host
• A Family Thing (1996) as Ray Murdock
• Looking for Richard (1996) as Self - Interviewee
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) as Dr. McDuffie
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) as Kibosh (voice)
• Gang Related (1997) as Arthur Baylor
• The Second Civil War (1997) as Jim Kalla
• What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) as Archibald Thacker
• Primary Colors (1998) as CNN Voiceover (voice)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) as Mufasa (voice)
• Fantasia 2000 (2000) as Self - Host
• Disney's American Legends (2001) as Narrator
• Finder's Fee (2001) as Avery Phillips
• Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001) as Mister (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)
• Robots (2005) as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
• The Sandlot 2 (2005) as Mr. Mertle
• Click (2006) as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
• Scary Movie 4 (2006) as Narrator (uncredited)
• The Benchwarmers (2006) as Darth Vader (voice)
• Earth (2007) as Narrator (voice)
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) as Papa Jenkins
• Jack and the Beanstalk (2009) as The Giant (voice)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) as Self (archive footage)
• Blackfish (2013) as Self (archive footage)
• Gimme Shelter (2013) as Frank McCarthy
• Milius (2013) as Self
• Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014) as Darth Vader (voice)
• The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) as Ruben
• Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015) as Darth Vader (voice)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Darth Vader (voice)
• The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016) as Mufasa (voice)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Darth Vader (voice)
• The Lion King (2019) as Mufasa (voice)
• Coming 2 America (2021) as King Jaffe Joffer
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) as Self (archive footage)

James Earl Jones television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for James Earl Jones; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• 3rd Rock from the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• According to Jim as Royal Flush Voice (voice)
• Everwood as Will Cleveland
• Faerie Tale Theatre as Genie / Narrator (voice)
• Frasier as Norman Royster
• Garfield and Friends as Diablo
• Great Performances as King Lear
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Father Divine
• Highway to Heaven as Gabe Wilson
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Felix Wilson
• House as Dibala
• Jesus of Nazareth as Balthazar
• L.A. Law as Lee Atkins
• Law & Order as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Franklin Stern
• Merlin as Rock of Ages
• Obi-Wan Kenobi as Darth Vader (voice)
• Picket Fences as Bryant Thomas
• Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Roots: The Next Generations as Alex Haley
• Sesame Street
• Star Wars Rebels as Darth Vader (voice)
• Stargate SG-1 as Unas (Voice)
• Tarzan
• The Big Bang Theory as James Earl Jones
• The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
• The Simpsons as Narrator (voice); Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice); Maggie Simpson (voice)
• Touched by an Angel as The Angel of Angels
• Two and a Half Men as James Earl Jones
• Will & Grace as James Earl Jones

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of James Earl Jones's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.