Jones, James Earl Filmography

• The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2013)
• Gimme Shelter (2013)
• Starbright (2012)
• The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012)
• The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012)
• The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012)
• The Loving Story (2011)
• The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011)
• Blues Man (2011)
• Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011)
• Joe Papp in Five Acts (2010)
• The Simpsons: Access All Areas (2010)
• Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (2010)
• La Premiere (2009)
• The Magic 7 (2009)
• 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009)
• All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie (2009)
• Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
• Ali's 65 (2007)
• Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
• Earth (2007)
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006)
• The Benchwarmers (2006)
• Searching for Orson (2006)
• Click (2006)
• Scary Movie 4 (2006)
• The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006)
• The Clinton 12 (2006)
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sean Connery (2006)
• The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006)
• Ali Rap (2006)
• Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
• The Reading Room (2005)
• Ultimate Super Heroes, Vixens & Villains (2005)
• Robots (2005)
• The Sandlot 2 (2005)
• The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005)
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas (2005)
• Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend (2005)
• By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Nine Dog Christmas (2004)
• Athens 2004 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony (2004)
• Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (2004)
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004)
• Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (2004)
• The Great Year (2004)
• No Fighting in the War Room or Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat (2004)
• Business World News (2003)
• Casting Calls (2003)
• Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (2002)
• Brilliant But Cancelled (2002)
• Patriot Games: Up Close (2002)
• The Story Behind the Story (2002)
• The Perfect Pitch (2002)
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2002)
• Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger (2002)
• Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger (2002)
• Disney's American Legends (2001)
• Black Indians: An American Story (2001)
• Feast of All Saints (2001)
• The Papp Project (2001)
• Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001)
• Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001)
• Finder's Fee (2001)
• Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
• Ennis' Gift (2000)
• The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000)
• Tina Turner: One Last Time Live in Concert (2000)
• Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000)
• Antietam: A Documentary Drama (2000)
• The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000)
• The Washington Monument: It Stands for All (2000)
• Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000)
• Santa and Pete (1999)
• On the Q.T. (1999)
• Undercover Angel (1999)
• Fantasia/2000 (1999)
• Summer's End (1999)
• The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
• In Search of Liberty Bell 7 (1999)
• Our Friend, Martin (1999)
• Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
• Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998)
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998)
• Primary Colors (1998)
• The 'Field of Dreams' Scrapbook (1998)
• New York City... Come Visit the World (1998)
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
• Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
• What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
• An American Moment (1997)
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
• Alone (1997)
• Gang Related (1997)
• The Second Civil War (1997)
• The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997)
• Good Luck (1996)
• A Family Thing (1996)
• 1996 Essence Awards (1996)
• 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996)
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
• Looking for Richard (1996)
• Timepiece (1996)
• Corwin (1996)
• The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996)
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
• Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995)
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
• Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995)
• Signs and Wonders (1995)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Jefferson in Paris (1995)
• People: A Musical Celebration (1995)
• 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995)
• Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
• Clean Slate (1994)
• Africa: The Serengeti (1994)
• The Lion King (1994)
• The Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John (1994)
• Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
• Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
• Clear and Present Danger (1994)
• Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
• Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994)
• Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
• The Making of 'The Lion King' (1994)
• Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '94 (1994)
• The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
• The Spirit Hunters (1994)
• Information Democracy (1993)
• Comic Relief: Baseball Relief '93 (1993)
• Sommersby (1993)
• The Meteor Man (1993)
• Excessive Force (1993)
• The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993)
• The Sandlot (1993)
• Dangerous: The Short Films (1993)
• An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration (1993)
• Percy & Thunder (1993)
• Dreamrider (1993)
• The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992)
• The JFK Conspiracy (1992)
• The Second Coming (1992)
• Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
• Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992)
• Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1992)
• Lincoln (1992)
• The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992)
• Sneakers (1992)
• The American Film Institute Salute to Sidney Poitier (1992)
• Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992)
• The Secret World of Spying (1992)
• The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1992)
• Patriot Games (1992)
• The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1991)
• Scorchers (1991)
• True Identity (1991)
• Great Lakes, Bitter Legacy (1991)
• The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991)
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991)
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991)
• The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1991)
• Convicts (1991)
• When It Was a Game (1991)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
• A World Alive (1990)
• Ivory Hunters (1990)
• The Ambulance (1990)
• The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990)
• The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990)
• Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail... to Terror (1990)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• Last Flight Out (1990)
• Heat Wave (1990)
• The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1990)
• Teach 109 (1990)
• Three Fugitives (1989)
• Long Ago and Far Away (1989)
• The Hunting of the Snark (1989)
• The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989)
• Noah's Ark (1989)
• Best of the Best (1989)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989)
• 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989)
• Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
• America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988)
• Coming to America (1988)
• Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
• Terrorgram (1988)
• The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987)
• Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
• Matewan (1987)
• Gardens of Stone (1987)
• Soul Man (1986)
• My Little Girl (1986)
• Moses (1986)
• The Lone Star Kid (1986)
• Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
• The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
• Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1984)
• The Lions of Etosha: King of the Beasts (1984)
• City Limits (1984)
• Allen Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984)
• The Vegas Strip War (1984)
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Grand Central (1983)
• The Flight of Dragons (1982)
• Blood Tide (1982)
• Conan the Barbarian (1982)
• Night of 100 Stars (1982)
• Freedom to Speak (1982)
• Freedom to Speak (1982)
• God's Trombones: A Trilogy of African-American Poems (1981)
• Beauty and the Beast (1981)
• The Bushido Blade (1981)
• The Creation (1981)
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980)
• The Me Nobody Knows (1980)
• The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980)
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979)
• Paul Robeson (1979)
• A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
• Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978)
• The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards (1978)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
• Star Wars (1977)
• The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
• The Greatest (1977)
• The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977)
• Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
• Circus of the Stars #2 (1977)
• A Piece of the Action (1977)
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
• America at the Movies (1976)
• Vegetable Soup (1976)
• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
• Swashbuckler (1976)
• Deadly Hero (1976)
• The River Niger (1976)
• America at the Movies (1976)
• The UFO Incident (1975)
• Claudine (1974)
• The Cay (1974)
• The Man (1972)
• Malcolm X (1972)
• The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971)
• End of the Road (1970)
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
• The Great White Hope (1970)
• The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970)
• The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969)
• The Comedians in Africa (1967)
• The Comedians (1967)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• As the World Turns (1956)
• The Guiding Light (1952)

Famous quotes by James Earl Jones:

"Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine."

"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose."

"When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language."

"Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race."

"There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond."

"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter."

"And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base..."

"Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion."

"[Quotable:] The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come. ... Field of Dreams"

"A dog and a beer."

"I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know."

"You don't build a bond without being present."

"I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know."

"My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being."

"So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?"

"My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know."

"Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers."

"I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going well, and I considered some time before the mid-60s that maybe I should consider something else."

"When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied acting, which involved dance and fencing and speech classes and history of theater, all that."

"So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school."