Actor
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America
2021
as King Jaffe Joffer
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion King
2019
as Mufasa (voice)
Warning Shot
2018
as Pendleton
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Darth Vader (voice)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
as Kilgore Trout
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2015
as Mufasa (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
as Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
as Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
as Ruben
Gimme Shelter
2013
as Frank McCarthy
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Admiral (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
as The Giant (voice)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
as Papa Jenkins
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
as Narrator
Click
2006
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
Scary Movie 4
2006
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Benchwarmers
2006
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Sandlot 2
2005
as Mr. Mertle
The Reading Room
2005
as William
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Robots
2005
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
as Narrator
The Great Year
2003
as Narrator
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
as Self
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Older Marcel
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
as Mister (voice)
Finder's Fee
2001
as Avery Phillips
Summer's End
2000
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Fantasia 2000
2000
as Self - Host
Santa and Pete
1999
as James Earl Jones
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
as Fish
Undercover Angel
1999
as The Judge
On the Q.T.
1999
as Leo
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Daddy King (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
as Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors
1998
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Alone
1997
as Grey
The Second Civil War
1997
as Jim Kalla
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Archibald Thacker
Gang Related
1997
as Arthur Baylor
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
as Kibosh (voice)
Timepiece
1996
as Lawrence
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
as Dr. McDuffie
A Family Thing
1996
as Ray Murdock
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Judge Dredd
1995
as Narrator (uncredited)
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Madison Hemings
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
as Mufasa (voice)
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
as The Storyteller (voice)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
as Narrator
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Admiral James Greer
The Lion King
1994
as Mufasa (voice)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Host
Clean Slate
1994
as John Dolby
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994
as Charles Lloyd
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
as Vernon Johns
Hallelujah
1993
as Old Man Taylor
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Percy Banks
The Meteor Man
1993
as Earnest Moses
Dreamrider
1993
as Bill Perry
Excessive Force
1993
as Jake
The Sandlot
1993
as Mr. Mertle
Sommersby
1993
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Sneakers
1992
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games
1992
as Adm. James Greer
True Identity
1991
as Himself
Scorchers
1991
as Bear
Convicts
1991
as Ben Johnson
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
as Morrison
Ivory Hunters
1990
as Inspector Nkuru
Heat Wave
1990
as Junius Johnson
Last Flight Out
1990
as Al Topping
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as Alice
The Ambulance
1990
as Lt. Spencer
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Admiral Greer
Teach 109
1990
as Dr. Winston
Terrorgram
1990
as Retribution (voice)
Best of the Best
1989
as Frank Couzo
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Field of Dreams
1989
as Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives
1989
as Dugan
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Coming to America
1988
as King Jaffe Joffer
Matewan
1987
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
Gardens of Stone
1987
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
A House Divided
1987
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
City Limits
1985
as Albert
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
The Vegas Strip War
1984
as Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
as Narrator
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Darth Vader (voice)
Blood Tide
1982
as Frye
Amy and the Angel
1982
as Gabriel
The Flight of Dragons
1982
as Ommadon (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as Thulsa Doom
The Creation
1981
as Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
1981
as The Prisoner
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Narrator (voice)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
as Dane Oliver
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
as Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Self - Host
Paul Robeson
1979
as Paul Robeson
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Darth Vader (voice)
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Joshua Burke
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Older Kokumo
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Sheikh
Star Wars
1977
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Greatest
1977
as Malcolm X
Jesus Of Nazareth
1977
as Balthazar
Swashbuckler
1976
as Nick Debrett
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
as Leon
The River Niger
1976
as Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero
1975
as Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident
1975
as Barney Hill
The Cay
1974
as Timothy
Claudine
1974
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
King Lear
1974
as King Lear
The Man
1972
as Douglass Dilman
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
The Comedians
1967
as Dr. Magiot
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
