Movies
Star Wars
1977
⭐ 8.2
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Lion King
1994
⭐ 8.3
as Mufasa (voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
⭐ 8.4
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
⭐ 6.2
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion King
2019
⭐ 7.1
as Mufasa (voice)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
⭐ 7.5
as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
Return of the Jedi
1983
⭐ 7.9
as Darth Vader (voice)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
⭐ 7.5
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
⭐ 6.9
as Mufasa (voice)
Robots
2005
⭐ 6.5
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
1982
⭐ 6.8
as Thulsa Doom
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
⭐ 8.1
as Lt. Lothar Zogg
Click
2006
⭐ 6.3
as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
The Hunt for Red October
1990
⭐ 7.4
as Vice ADM James Greer
Coming to America
1988
⭐ 6.9
as King Jaffe Joffer
Judge Dredd
1995
⭐ 5.9
as Narrator (uncredited)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
⭐ 6.5
as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Scary Movie 4
2006
⭐ 5.5
as Narrator (uncredited)
Sneakers
1992
⭐ 6.9
as Mr. Bernard Abbott
The Sandlot
1993
⭐ 7.6
as Mr. Mertle
Clear and Present Danger
1994
⭐ 6.6
as Admiral James Greer
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
⭐ 4.5
as Older Kokumo
Fantasia 2000
2000
⭐ 7.0
as Self - Host
Coming 2 America
2021
⭐ 6.3
as King Jaffe Joffer
Patriot Games
1992
⭐ 6.7
as Adm. James Greer
Sommersby
1993
⭐ 6.4
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Field of Dreams
1989
⭐ 7.1
as Terrence Mann
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
⭐ 6.0
as Papa Jenkins
Best of the Best
1989
⭐ 6.5
as Frank Couzo
Gardens of Stone
1987
⭐ 6.2
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
The Benchwarmers
2006
⭐ 5.9
as Darth Vader (voice)
Gang Related
1997
⭐ 6.4
as Arthur Baylor
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016
⭐ 6.7
as Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors
1998
⭐ 6.2
as CNN Voiceover (voice)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
⭐ 5.4
as Kibosh (voice)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
⭐ 4.9
as Umslopogaas
Matewan
1987
⭐ 7.4
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Undercover Angel
1999
⭐ 6.9
as The Judge
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
⭐ 3.4
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Sandlot 2
2005
⭐ 5.9
as Mr. Mertle
Three Fugitives
1989
⭐ 6.7
as Dugan
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
⭐ 8.2
as Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
⭐ 5.6
as Ruben
Finder's Fee
2001
⭐ 6.2
as Avery Phillips
Paul Robeson
1979
⭐ 8.0
as Paul Robeson
Earth
2007
⭐ 7.7
as Narrator (voice)
Blackfish
2013
⭐ 7.9
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Richard
1996
⭐ 6.8
as Self - Interviewee
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
⭐ 5.2
as The Giant (voice)
Santa and Pete
1999
⭐ 5.8
as Grandpa Nicholas
Soul Man
1986
⭐ 5.2
as Professor Banks
A Piece of the Action
1977
⭐ 5.8
as Joshua Burke
Feast of All Saints
2001
⭐ 4.8
as Older Marcel
Disney's American Legends
2001
⭐ 7.1
as Narrator
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
⭐ 7.6
as Self
The Ambulance
1990
⭐ 6.0
as Lt. Spencer
Swashbuckler
1976
⭐ 6.2
as Nick Debrett
Our Friend, Martin
1999
⭐ 7.1
as Daddy King (voice)
The Cay
1974
⭐ 6.5
as Timothy
The Meteor Man
1993
⭐ 5.8
as Earnest Moses
Nine Dog Christmas
2004
⭐ 5.6
as Storyteller (voice)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
⭐ 9.5
as Self
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
⭐ 6.5
as Alice
Dreamrider
1993
⭐ 7.2
as Bill Perry
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
⭐ 5.7
as Sheikh
The Vegas Strip War
1984
⭐ 4.0
as Jack Madrid
The Flight of Dragons
1982
⭐ 6.8
as Ommadon (voice)
Gimme Shelter
2013
⭐ 6.6
as Frank McCarthy
Moses
1985
⭐ 0.0
as Pharaoh
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014
⭐ 7.3
as Darth Vader (voice)
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
1978
⭐ 4.0
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
⭐ 5.6
as Emperor of the Night (voice)
The Second Civil War
1997
⭐ 6.1
as Jim Kalla
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010
⭐ 7.2
as Self (archive footage)
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001
⭐ 6.3
as Mister (voice)
The Greatest
1977
⭐ 5.7
as Malcolm X
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
⭐ 6.8
as Host
When It Was a Game
1991
⭐ 10.0
as (voice)
The Great White Hope
1970
⭐ 6.3
as Jack Jefferson
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
⭐ 7.1
as Dr. McDuffie
The Making of the Lion King
1994
⭐ 8.7
as Self
Muse of Fire
2013
⭐ 6.5
as Self
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
⭐ 6.0
as Narrator (voice)
Africa: The Serengeti
1994
⭐ 7.0
as Narrator
Clean Slate
1994
⭐ 5.7
as John Dolby
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
⭐ 0.0
as Self
Claudine
1974
⭐ 7.1
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
⭐ 7.4
as Self (archive footage)
The Bushido Blade
1981
⭐ 5.3
as The Prisoner
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
⭐ 8.0
as Narrator
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
⭐ 6.8
as Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
⭐ 0.0
The Making of Star Wars
1977
⭐ 7.1
as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
Jefferson in Paris
1995
⭐ 5.1
as Madison Hemings
The Reading Room
2005
⭐ 7.5
as William
Indiana Jones Adventure | Disneyland Resort
2025
⭐ 7.0
as Mara (voice)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024
⭐ 0.0
as Self (archive footage)
Excessive Force
1993
⭐ 4.9
as Jake
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976
⭐ 6.1
as Leon
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
⭐ 6.8
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015
⭐ 7.9
as Darth Vader (voice)
A Family Thing
1996
⭐ 6.6
as Ray Murdock
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
⭐ 6.7
My Little Girl
1986
⭐ 4.6
as Ike Bailey
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
⭐ 8.2
as Guest Narrator (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
⭐ 5.8
as Self
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
⭐ 0.0
as Self
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003
⭐ 6.7
as Maggie Simpson (voice)
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
⭐ 0.0
as Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
⭐ 6.0
as Admiral (voice)
Scorchers
1991
⭐ 4.4
as Bear
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
⭐ 8.0
as Self
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
⭐ 5.8
as Morrison
The Comedians
1967
⭐ 6.1
as Dr. Magiot
Convicts
1991
⭐ 5.7
as Ben Johnson
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
⭐ 9.0
as Narrator
True Identity
1991
⭐ 5.6
as James Earl Jones
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
⭐ 7.4
as Self (archive footage)
End of the Road
1970
⭐ 5.1
as Doctor D
Broadway: The Next Generation
—
⭐ 0.0
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
2004
⭐ 7.2
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
⭐ 6.4
as Archibald Thacker
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
⭐ 6.0
as Narrator
On Broadway
2019
⭐ 8.7
as Self (archive footage)
Milius
2013
⭐ 7.1
as Self
Warning Shot
2018
⭐ 5.0
as Pendleton
The Annihilation of Fish
1999
⭐ 6.3
as Fish
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
⭐ 0.0
as Dane Oliver
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994
⭐ 5.4
as Charles Lloyd
The Great Year
2003
⭐ 9.0
as Narrator
Amy and the Angel
1982
⭐ 6.7
as Gabriel
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
⭐ 0.0
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
⭐ 0.0
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986
⭐ 6.0
as Genie / Narrator
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
⭐ 6.8
as Self
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
⭐ 0.0
as Self - Host
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
⭐ 9.0
as Self (archive footage)
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995
⭐ 0.0
as Narrator (voice)
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
⭐ 4.5
as Narrator
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
⭐ 7.3
as Host
Heat Wave
1990
⭐ 6.8
as Junius Johnson
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003
⭐ 5.4
as Self
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
⭐ 7.6
as Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
⭐ 5.9
as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
⭐ 7.0
as Morris Bird, Jr.
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
⭐ 6.0
as Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
⭐ 8.0
as Self
The UFO Incident
1975
⭐ 6.6
as Barney Hill
Alone
1997
⭐ 6.7
as Grey
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
⭐ 7.6
as Narrator (voice)
City Limits
1985
⭐ 2.8
as Albert
Deadly Hero
1975
⭐ 5.8
as Rabbit Shazam
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
⭐ 5.6
as Self
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
⭐ 0.0
as Narrator
God's Trombones
1981
⭐ 0.0
as Narrator (voice)
Blood Tide
1982
⭐ 5.1
as Frye
Timepiece
1996
⭐ 7.0
as Lawrence
The Lone Star Kid
1986
⭐ 6.3
as Holmes
Words from a Bear
2019
⭐ 0.0
as Self
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015
⭐ 0.0
as Self
On the Q.T.
1999
⭐ 7.1
as Leo
Last Flight Out
1990
⭐ 0.0
as Al Topping
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
⭐ 7.0
as Mufasa
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
⭐ 9.0
as Narrator (voice)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
⭐ 5.8
as Self
Ivory Hunters
1990
⭐ 4.9
as Inspector Nkuru
The Man
1972
⭐ 6.5
as Douglass Dilman
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
⭐ 0.0
as Narrator (voice)
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
⭐ 4.5
as Self
The River Niger
1976
⭐ 6.7
as Johnny Williams
Malcolm X
1972
⭐ 6.7
as Biographical Narration (voice)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
⭐ 0.0
as himself, voice
King Lear
1974
⭐ 9.0
as King Lear
Percy & Thunder
1993
⭐ 8.0
as Percy Banks
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989
⭐ 5.5
as Narrator
Terrorgram
1990
⭐ 4.5
as Retribution (voice)
Good Luck
1997
⭐ 4.9
as James Bing
Driving Miss Daisy
2015
⭐ 8.0
as Hoke Colburn
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
⭐ 8.5
as Vernon Johns
Summer's End
1999
⭐ 7.6
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984
⭐ 0.0
as Narrator
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
⭐ 9.0
as Self
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
⭐ 0.0
as Narrator
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971
⭐ 8.0
as Narrator
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
⭐ 5.0
as Narrator
People: A Musical Celebration
1995
⭐ 6.6
as The Storyteller (voice)
Black Indians: An American Story
2004
⭐ 6.4
as Narrator
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017
⭐ 2.0
as Mufasa (voice)
Teach 109
1990
⭐ 8.0
as Dr. Winston
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
⭐ 7.3
as Self - Host
Afro Promo
1997
⭐ 8.0
as Self (archive footage)
Searching for Orson
2006
⭐ 5.5
as Self
