James Earl Jones

About James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones mostly plays character of authority, which can be concluded from his filmography that contains roles as a coach, a king, an army admiral, a professor and a judge. Most important in portraying these characters is his voice, which he also used for voicing Darth Vader in the Star Wars trilogy, and the Lion Mustafa in The Lion King.

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Acted in the television series Guiding Light as Dr. Jim Frazier #2

Acted in the television series As the World Turns as Dr. Jerry Turner

Often acts together with Harrison Ford (5) , Peter Mayhew (4) , Kenny Baker (4) , Anthony Daniels (4) , Alec Guinness (4)

Number 12 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1970s list

Number 5 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1980s list

Number 37 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1990s list

Appearances

Released	Movie Name	Role	1st weekend	US Gross	Worldwide Gross
4/22/2009	earth	Narrator (US Version)	$8,825,760	$32,011,576	$68,916,672
2/8/2008	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Papa Jenkins	$16,207,730	$42,436,517	$43,607,627
6/23/2006	Click	Narrator of Michael's Past	$40,011,365	$137,355,633	$237,555,633
4/14/2006	Scary Movie 4	Himself	$40,222,875	$90,710,620	$178,710,620
4/7/2006	The Benchwarmers	Voice of Darth Vader	$19,656,429	$59,843,754	$64,843,754
5/19/2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	Voice of Darth Vader	$108,435,841	$380,270,577	$848,998,877
3/11/2005	Robots	Voice Box at Hardware Store	$36,045,301	$128,200,012	$260,700,012
11/2/2001	The Annihilation of Fish	Fish	$1,153	$18,335	$18,335
6/16/2000	Fantasia 2000 (Theatrical Release)	Host - Carnival of the Animals	$2,911,485	$9,103,630	$9,103,630
3/20/1998	Primary Colors	CNN Voiceover (voice)	$12,045,395	$39,017,984	$39,017,984
10/8/1997	Gang Related	Arthur Baylor	$2,443,237	$5,906,773	$5,906,773
3/7/1997	Good Luck	James Bing (uncredited)	$39,962	$39,962	$39,962
10/11/1996	Looking for Richard	Himself	$190,123	$1,266,417	$1,266,417
3/29/1996	A Family Thing	Ray Murdock	$3,020,662	$9,993,012	$9,993,012
12/15/1995	Cry, The Beloved Country	Rev. Stephen Kumalo	$9,849	$676,525	$676,525
6/30/1995	Judge Dredd	Narrator (uncredited)	$12,291,536	$34,687,912	$113,487,912
3/31/1995	Jefferson in Paris	Madison Hemings	$61,349	$2,461,628	$2,461,628
8/3/1994	Clear and Present Danger	Admiral James Greer	$20,348,017	$122,012,656	$207,500,000
6/15/1994	The Lion King	Mufasa	$1,586,753	$328,539,505	$783,839,505
5/6/1994	Clean Slate	Dolby	$3,136,130	$7,352,116	$7,352,116
3/18/1994	Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	Himself (uncredited)	$13,216,531	$51,041,856	$51,041,856
8/6/1993	The Meteor Man	Mr. Moses	$2,643,091	$8,015,592	$8,015,592
5/14/1993	Excessive Force	Jake		$1,152,117	$1,152,117
4/7/1993	The Sandlot	Mr. Mertle	$4,918,712	$32,416,586	$32,416,586
2/5/1993	Sommersby	Judge Isaacs	$8,104,624	$50,081,992	$140,081,992
9/9/1992	Sneakers	Bernard Abbott	$10,031,145	$51,433,000	$51,433,000
6/5/1992	Patriot Games	Admiral James Greer	$18,511,191	$83,287,363	$178,100,000
1/1/1992	Freddie as F.R.O.7	Narrator (US version)		$1,000,000	$1,000,000
1/1/1991	True Identity	Himself		$4,693,236	$4,693,236
3/2/1990	The Hunt for Red October	Admiral James Greer	$17,161,835	$120,709,866	$200,500,000
1/1/1990	Convicts	Ben Johnson		$13,000	$13,000
11/10/1989	Best of the Best	Coach Couzo		$1,700,000	$1,700,000
4/21/1989	Field of Dreams	Terence Mann	$531,346	$64,431,625	$64,431,625
1/27/1989	Three Fugitives	Dugan	$6,434,717	$40,590,000	$40,590,000
6/29/1988	Coming to America	King Jaffe Joffer	$21,404,420	$128,152,301	$288,800,000
8/28/1987	Matewan	Few Clothes Johnson		$1,680,358	$1,680,358
5/8/1987	Gardens of Stone	Goody Nelson	$1,645,588	$5,262,047	$5,262,047
1/30/1987	Allan Quatermain and the Lost City	Umslopogaas	$1,960,352	$3,751,699	$3,751,699
1/1/1987	Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night	The Emperor of the Night		$3,261,638	$3,261,638
10/24/1986	Soul Man	Professor Banks	$4,422,179	$27,316,198	$27,316,198
1985	City Limits	Albert		Unknown
5/25/1983	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	Voice of Darth Vader	$23,019,618	$309,205,079	$572,700,000
5/14/1982	Conan the Barbarian	Thulsa Doom	$9,479,373	$38,264,085	$38,264,085
5/21/1980	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	Darth Vader (voice)	$4,910,483	$290,271,960	$534,171,960
5/25/1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	Voice of Darth Vader	$1,554,475	$460,998,007	$797,900,000
1/1/1974	Claudine	Roop		$6,000,000	$6,000,000
10/31/1967	The Comedians	Dr. Magiot		$5,200,000	$5,200,000
1/29/1964	Dr. Strangelove	Lieutenant Lothar Zogg, Bombardier		$9,164,370	$9,164,370
		Total Grosses		$3,230,999,119	$5,952,638,352
		Average Gross		$68,744,662
	Average Opening Weekend		$12,903,801

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