Jones, James Earl Filmography

• The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
  2013, role: actor
• Gimme Shelter
  2013, role: actor , character name: Frank McCarthy
• Starbright
  2012, role: actor , character name: Raphael
• The 84th Annual Academy Awards
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Audience Member
• The 78th Annual Drama League Awards
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 66th Annual Tony Awards
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
• The Loving Story
  2011, role: actor , character name: Jack Jefferson - The Great White Hope
• The 65th Annual Tony Awards
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Blues Man
  2011, role: actor , character name: Galin McKinney
• Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
  2011, role: actor , character name: Darth Vader
• Joe Papp in Five Acts
  2010, role: actor
• The Simpsons: Access All Areas
  2010, role: actor , character name: Maggie Simpson
• Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
  2010, role: actor , character name: Admiral
• Jack and the Beanstalk
  2010, role: actor , character name: The Giant
• La Premiere
  2009, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Magic 7
  2009, role: actor , character name: 5-Toe
• 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself - Lifet Achievement Award Recipient
• All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins
  2008, role: actor , character name: Papa Jenkins
• Ali's 65
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Earth
  2007, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Benchwarmers
  2006, role: actor , character name: Darth Vader
• Searching for Orson
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Click
  2006, role: actor , character name: Narrator of Michael's Past
• Scary Movie 4
  2006, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• The Clinton 12
  2006, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sean Connery
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• The 60th Annual Tony Awards
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Ali Rap
  2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Hollywood's Greatest Villains
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself - Interviewee
• The Reading Room
  2005, role: actor , character name: William
• Ultimate Super Heroes, Vixens & Villains
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Robots
  2005, role: actor , character name: Voice Box at Hardware Store
• The Sandlot 2
  2005, role: actor , character name: Mr. Mertle
• The 59th Annual Tony Awards
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Play & Presenter: Best Featured Actress in a Musical
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
  2005, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  2005, role: actor , character name: Darth Vader
• Nine Dog Christmas
  2004, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Athens 2004 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
  2004, role: actor , character name: Voice-over
• Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Voice of 'Darth Vader'
• Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Great Year
  2004, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• No Fighting in the War Room or Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Business World News
  2003, role: actor , character name: Spokesperson
• Casting Calls
  2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Brilliant But Cancelled
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Patriot Games: Up Close
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Story Behind the Story
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Perfect Pitch
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself - Honoree
• Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger
  2002, role: actor , character name: Adm. James Greer
• Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Disney's American Legends
  2001, role: actor , character name: Host
• Black Indians: An American Story
  2001, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Feast of All Saints
  2001, role: actor , character name: Older Marcel
• The Papp Project
  2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World
  2001, role: actor
• Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
  2001, role: actor , character name: Santa Claus
• Finder's Fee
  2001, role: actor , character name: Avery Phillips
• Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Ennis' Gift
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Tina Turner: One Last Time Live in Concert
  2000, role: actor , character name: Announcer
• Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
• Antietam: A Documentary Drama
  2000, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• The Washington Monument: It Stands for All
  2000, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Twister: A Musical Catastrophe
  2000, role: actor , character name: Applause
• Santa and Pete
  1999, role: actor , character name: Grandpa Nicholas
• On the Q.T.
  1999, role: actor , character name: Leo
• Undercover Angel
  1999, role: actor , character name: The Judge
• Fantasia/2000
  1999, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• Summer's End
  1999, role: actor , character name: Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
• The Annihilation of Fish
  1999, role: actor , character name: Fish
• In Search of Liberty Bell 7
  1999, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Our Friend, Martin
  1999, role: actor , character name: Daddy King
• Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'
  1998, role: actor , character name: Felix Wilson
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Primary Colors
  1998, role: actor , character name: CNN Voiceover
• The 'Field of Dreams' Scrapbook
  1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
• New York City... Come Visit the World
  1998, role: actor
• The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
  1998, role: actor , character name: Mufasa
• Sports on the Silver Screen
  1997, role: actor , character name: Himself
• What the Deaf Man Heard
  1997, role: actor , character name: Archibald Thacker
• An American Moment
  1997, role: actor
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning
  1997, role: actor , character name: Kibosh
• Alone
  1997, role: actor , character name: Grey
• Gang Related
  1997, role: actor , character name: Arthur Baylor
• The Second Civil War
  1997, role: actor , character name: Jim Kalla
• The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards
  1997, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Favorite Motion Picture Actor
• Good Luck
  1996, role: actor , character name: James Bing
• A Family Thing
  1996, role: actor , character name: Ray Murdock
• 1996 Essence Awards
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
  1996, role: actor , character name: Dr. McDuffie
• Looking for Richard
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Timepiece
  1996, role: actor , character name: Lawrence
• Corwin
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 50th Annual Tony Awards
  1996, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
  1995, role: actor , character name: Mufasa
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
  1995, role: actor , character name: Host
• Who's in Rabbit's House?
  1995, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Signs and Wonders
  1995, role: actor , character name: Diamond
• Judge Dredd
  1995, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Jefferson in Paris
  1995, role: actor , character name: Madison Hemings
• People: A Musical Celebration
  1995, role: actor , character name: The Storyteller
• 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  1995, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Cry, the Beloved Country
  1995, role: actor , character name: Rev. Stephen Kumalo
• Clean Slate
  1994, role: actor , character name: John Dolby
• Africa: The Serengeti
  1994, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Lion King
  1994, role: actor , character name: Mufasa
• The Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
  1994, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
  1994, role: actor , character name: Ebenezer Scrooge
• Clear and Present Danger
  1994, role: actor , character name: Adm. James Greer
• Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
  1994, role: actor , character name: Charles Lloyd
• Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa
  1994, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
  1994, role: actor , character name: Host
• The Making of 'The Lion King'
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '94
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Vernon Johns Story
  1994, role: actor , character name: Vernon Johns
• The Spirit Hunters
  1994, role: actor , character name: Himself - narrator
• Information Democracy
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Comic Relief: Baseball Relief '93
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Sommersby
  1993, role: actor , character name: Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
• The Meteor Man
  1993, role: actor , character name: Earnest Moses
• Excessive Force
  1993, role: actor , character name: Jake
• The 47th Annual Tony Awards
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• The Sandlot
  1993, role: actor , character name: Mr. Mertle
• Dangerous: The Short Films
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
• An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Percy & Thunder
  1993, role: actor , character name: Percy
• Dreamrider
  1993, role: actor , character name: William Perry
• The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Drama Series
• The JFK Conspiracy
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• The Second Coming
  1992, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Freddie as F.R.O.7.
  1992, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Diamonds on the Silver Screen
  1992, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
  1992, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Lincoln
  1992, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Sneakers
  1992, role: actor , character name: NSA Agent Bernard Abbott
• The American Film Institute Salute to Sidney Poitier
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Secret World of Spying
  1992, role: actor , character name: Adm. James Greer
• The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Drama
• Patriot Games
  1992, role: actor , character name: Admiral Greer
• The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1991, role: actor , character name: Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
• Scorchers
  1991, role: actor , character name: Bear
• True Identity
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Great Lakes, Bitter Legacy
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• The 12th Annual CableACE Awards
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or a Miniseries
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in Drama Series
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
  1991, role: actor , character name: Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special & Presenter
• The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a TV-Series Drama & Presenter: Best Actress
• Convicts
  1991, role: actor , character name: Ben Johnson
• When It Was a Game
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself
• By Dawn's Early Light
  1990, role: actor , character name: Alice
• A World Alive
  1990, role: actor
• Ivory Hunters
  1990, role: actor , character name: Inspector Nkuru
• The Ambulance
  1990, role: actor , character name: Lt. Spencer
• The 44th Annual Tony Awards
  1990, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
  1990, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Drama Series
• Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail... to Terror
  1990, role: actor , character name: Morrison
• The Hunt for Red October
  1990, role: actor , character name: Admiral Greer
• Last Flight Out
  1990, role: actor , character name: Al Topping
• Heat Wave
  1990, role: actor , character name: Junius Johnson
• The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  1990, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Director
• Teach 109
  1990, role: actor , character name: Dr. Winston
• Three Fugitives
  1989, role: actor , character name: Dugan
• Long Ago and Far Away
  1989, role: actor , character name: Host
• The Hunting of the Snark
  1989, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The 43rd Annual Tony Awards
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Noah's Ark
  1989, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Best of the Best
  1989, role: actor , character name: Frank Couzo
• Field of Dreams
  1989, role: actor , character name: Terence 'Terry' Mann
• 21st NAACP Image Awards
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
  1989, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
  1988, role: actor , character name: Himself
• America's All-Time Favorite Movies
  1988, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Coming to America
  1988, role: actor , character name: King Jaffe Joffer
• Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
  1988, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Terrorgram
  1988, role: actor , character name: Voice of Retribution
• The 41st Annual Tony Awards
  1987, role: actor , character name: Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Actor in a Play
• Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
  1987, role: actor , character name: Emperor of the Night
• Matewan
  1987, role: actor , character name: Few Clothes
• Gardens of Stone
  1987, role: actor , character name: Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
• Soul Man
  1986, role: actor , character name: Professor Banks
• My Little Girl
  1986, role: actor , character name: Ike Bailey
• Moses
  1986, role: actor , character name: Pharaoh
• The Lone Star Kid
  1986, role: actor
• Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
  1986, role: actor , character name: Umslopogaas
• The Atlanta Child Murders
  1985, role: actor , character name: Major Walker
• Night of 100 Stars II
  1985, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
  1984, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Lions of Etosha: King of the Beasts
  1984, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• City Limits
  1984, role: actor , character name: Albert
• Allen Boesak: Choosing for Justice
  1984, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Vegas Strip War
  1984, role: actor , character name: Jack Madrid
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
  1983, role: actor , character name: Voice of Darth Vader
• Grand Central
  1983, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Flight of Dragons
  1982, role: actor , character name: Ommadon
• Blood Tide
  1982, role: actor , character name: Frye
• Conan the Barbarian
  1982, role: actor , character name: Thulsa Doom
• Night of 100 Stars
  1982, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Freedom to Speak
  1982, role: actor , character name: Frederick Douglass
• Freedom to Speak
  1982, role: actor , character name: Martin Luther King Jr.
• God's Trombones: A Trilogy of African-American Poems
  1981, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• Beauty and the Beast
  1981, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• The Bushido Blade
  1981, role: actor , character name: The Prisoner
• The Creation
  1981, role: actor , character name: Narrator
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  1980, role: actor , character name: Darth Vader
• The 34th Annual Tony Awards
  1980, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• The Me Nobody Knows
  1980, role: actor , character name: Introduced by
• The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
  1980, role: actor , character name: Dane Oliver
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
  1980, role: actor , character name: Father Divine
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
  1979, role: actor , character name: Himself - Honoree
• Paul Robeson
  1979, role: actor
• A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
  1979, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
  1978, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards
  1978, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Star Wars Holiday Special
  1978, role: actor , character name: Darth Vader
• Star Wars
  1977, role: actor , character name: Darth Vader
• The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
  1977, role: actor , character name: Morris Bird, Jr.
• The Greatest
  1977, role: actor , character name: Malcolm X
• The Making of 'Star Wars'
  1977, role: actor , character name: Darth Vader
• Exorcist II: The Heretic
  1977, role: actor , character name: Older Kokumo
• Circus of the Stars #2
  1977, role: actor , character name: Himself - Performer
• A Piece of the Action
  1977, role: actor , character name: Joshua Burke
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste
  1977, role: actor , character name: Sheikh
• America at the Movies
  1976, role: actor , character name: Roop
• Vegetable Soup
  1976, role: actor , character name: Long John Spoilsport
• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
  1976, role: actor , character name: Leon Carter, All-Star
• Swashbuckler
  1976, role: actor , character name: Nick Debrett
• Deadly Hero
  1976, role: actor , character name: Rabbit
• The River Niger
  1976, role: actor , character name: Johnny Williams
• America at the Movies
  1976, role: actor , character name: Lt. Lothar Zogg
• The UFO Incident
  1975, role: actor
• Claudine
  1974, role: actor , character name: Roop
• The Cay
  1974, role: actor , character name: Timothy
• The Man
  1972, role: actor , character name: Douglass Dilman
• Malcolm X
  1972, role: actor , character name: Biographical Narration
• The 43rd Annual Academy Awards
  1971, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
• End of the Road
  1970, role: actor , character name: Doctor D
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
  1970, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Great White Hope
  1970, role: actor , character name: Jack Jefferson
• The 42nd Annual Academy Awards
  1970, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter: Best Film Editing & Best Original Screenplay
• The 23rd Annual Tony Awards
  1969, role: actor , character name: Himself - Performer
• The Comedians in Africa
  1967, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Comedians
  1967, role: actor , character name: Dr. Magiot
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  1964, role: actor , character name: Lt. Lothar Zogg
• As the World Turns
  1956, role: actor , character name: Dr. Jerry Turner
• The Guiding Light
  1952, role: actor , character name: Dr. Jim Frazier #2