James Earl Jones Biography
James Earl Jones is best known as Actor, narrator who has an estimated Net Worth of $40 Million. Golden Globe-winning actor whose career has spanned over 50 years. He became known for providing the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and won a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award for The Great White Hope. He was born on January 17,1931, Mississippi. He provided the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King. He had a stutter as a child, but overcame it to cultivate his distinctive bass voice. He began his acting career as a stage carpenter at the Ramsdell Theatre in Michigan. While Jones provided the voice of Darth Vader, the character was physically portrayed by David Prowse. He was once married to actress and singer Julienne Marie. He married Cecilia Hart in 1982, and the couple had a child named Flynn together. His zodiac sign is Capricorn
James Earl Jones Bio, Wiki
First Name | James |
Middle Name | Earl |
Last Name | Jones |
Alternative Name | Todd |
Age | 89 years |
Birthday | 17th January, 1931 |
Birthplace | Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA |
Height | 6' 1½” (187 cm) |
Build | Large |
Eye Color | Blue |
Hair Color | Salt and Pepper |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Sexuality | Straight |
Religion | Christian |
Ethnicity | Multiracial |
Nationality | American |
High School | Kaleva-Norman-Dickson High School, Brethren, MI, Browning School for boys |
University | BA Drama, University of Michigan (1953) |
Occupation Text | Actor, narrator |
Occupation | Actor |
Claim to Fame | The Great White Hope, The voice roles as Darth Vader in the Star Wars film series and Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King. |
Year(s) Active | 1953–present, 1948–present |
Talent Agency (e.g. Modelling) | Horatio Productions Inc., Cti |
Brand Endorsement | (2006) TV commercial (voice-over): Georgia-Pacific “highway”, (2013) TV commercial: Sprint One Up cell phone service (with Malcolm McDowell). |
Official Websites | www.nndb.com/people/762/000022696/ |
James Earl Jones Dating, Wife, Girlfriends and Relationships
James Earl Jones and are widowed.- James Earl Jones and Cecilia Hart were married for 34 years before Cecilia Hart died, leaving behind her partner and 1 child.
- Julienne Marie and James Earl Jones were married for 4 years. They dated for 4 years after getting together in 1964 and married in 1968. 4 years later they divorced in 1972.
- Gloria Patricia Mosolino and James Earl Jones are divorced after a marriage of 1 year.
- Carol Lynley had an encounter with James Earl Jones.
James Earl Jones Children
Name | Gender | Born | Age | Other Parent |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flynn Earl | Male | Cecilia Hart |
James Earl Jones Movies and TV Shows
Film | Year | Character | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Coming 2 America | 2020 | Jaffe Joffer | Movie |
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker | 2019 | Darth Vader (voice) | Movie |
The Lion King | 2019 | Mufasa (voice) | Movie |
Warning Shot | 2018 | Pendleton | Movie |
Rogue One | 2016 | Darth Vader (voice) | Movie |
Agent X | 2015 | Chief Justice Caleb Thorne | TV Show |
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | 2015 | Mufasa (voice) | TV Movie |
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | 2014 | Ruben | Movie |
Star Wars Rebels | 2014 | Darth Vader | TV Show |
Driving Miss Daisy | 2014 | Hoke | Movie |
Gimme Shelter | 2013 | Frank McCarthy | Movie |
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue | 2011 | Darth Vader (voice) | Short Film |
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | 2010 | Admiral (voice) | Movie |
Jack and the Beanstalk | 2009 | The Giant (voice) | Movie |
The Magic 7 | 2009 | 5-Toe (voice) | TV Movie |
La Premiere | 2009 | Narrator | Short Film |
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins | 2008 | Papa Jenkins | Movie |
The Big Bang Theory | 2007 | James Earl Jones | TV Show |
Click | 2006 | Narrator of Michael's Past (uncredited) | Movie |
Scary Movie 4 | 2006 | Narrator (uncredited) | Movie |
The Benchwarmers | 2006 | Darth Vader (voice) | Movie |
Robots | 2005 | Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) | Movie |
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | Darth Vader (voice, uncredited) | Movie |
The Reading Room | 2005 | William | TV Movie |
House M.D. | 2004 | Dibala | TV Show |
Two and a Half Men | 2003 | James Earl Jones | TV Show |
Everwood | 2002 | Will Cleveland | TV Show |
Finder's Fee | 2001 | Avery Phillips | Movie |
The Feast of All Saints | 2001 | Older Marcel | TV Movie |
According to Jim | 2001 | Royal Flush Voice | TV Show |
The Annihilation of Fish | 1999 | Fish | Movie |
Undercover Angel | 1999 | The Judge | Movie |
Santa and Pete | 1999 | Grandpa Nicholas | TV Movie |
Summer's End | 1999 | Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely | TV Movie |
On the Q.T. | 1999 | Leo | Movie |
Primary Colors | 1998 | CNN Voiceover (voice) | Movie |
Merlin | 1998 | Mountain King | TV Show |
Gang Related | 1997 | Arthur Baylor | Movie |
Alone | 1997 | Grey | TV Movie |
The Second Civil War | 1997 | Jim Kalla | TV Movie |
What the Deaf Man Heard | 1997 | Archibald Thacker | TV Movie |
Recess | 1997 | Santa Claus | TV Show |
Stargate SG-1 | 1997 | Unas | TV Show |
A Family Thing | 1996 | Ray Murdock | Movie |
Good Luck | 1996 | James Bing | Movie |
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | 1996 | Dr. McDuffie | TV Movie |
Timepiece | 1996 | Lawrence | TV Movie |
3rd Rock from the Sun | 1996 | Narrator | TV Show |
Cry, the Beloved Country | 1995 | Rev. Stephen Kumalo | Movie |
Jefferson in Paris | 1995 | Madison Hemings | Movie |
Judge Dredd | 1995 | Narrator (voice, uncredited) | Movie |
Signs and Wonders | 1995 | Diamond | TV Show |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995 | King Dakkar | TV Show |
Under One Roof | 1995 | Neb Langston | TV Show |
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable | 1995 | Mufasa (voice) | Short Film |
People: A Musical Celebration | 1995 | The Storyteller (voice) | TV Movie |
Who's in Rabbit's House? | 1995 | Narrator (voice) | Short Film |
Clean Slate | 1994 | John Dolby | Movie |
Clear and Present Danger | 1994 | Admiral Greer | Movie |
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | 1994 | James Earl Jones (uncredited) | Movie |
The Lion King | 1994 | Mufasa (voice) | Movie |
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil | 1994 | Charles Lloyd | TV Movie |
The Vernon Johns Story | 1994 | Vernon Johns | TV Movie |
Touched by an Angel | 1994 | The Angel of Angels | TV Show |
Dreamrider | 1993 | William Perry | Movie |
Excessive Force | 1993 | Jake | Movie |
Sommersby | 1993 | Judge Issacs | Movie |
The Meteor Man | 1993 | Earnest Moses | Movie |
The Sandlot | 1993 | Mr. Mertle | Movie |
Frasier | 1993 | Norman Royster | TV Show |
Homicide: Life on the Street | 1993 | Felix Wilson | TV Show |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | 1993 | Franklin Stern | TV Show |
Percy & Thunder | 1993 | Percy | TV Movie |
Freddie as F.R.O.7. | 1992 | Narrator (American version) (voice) | Movie |
Patriot Games | 1992 | Admiral Greer | Movie |
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama | 1992 | Narrator (voice) | Movie |
Sneakers | 1992 | Mr. Bernard Abbott | Movie |
The Second Coming | 1992 | Narrator | Short Film |
Lincoln | 1992 | Narrator (voice) | TV Movie |
Picket Fences | 1992 | Bryant Thomas | TV Show |
Convicts | 1991 | Ben Johnson | Movie |
Scorchers | 1991 | Bear | Movie |
Pros and Cons | 1991 | Gabriel Bird | TV Show |
Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail… to Terror | 1990 | Morrison | Movie |
The Ambulance | 1990 | Lt. Spencer | Movie |
The Hunt for Red October | 1990 | Admiral Greer | Movie |
By Dawn's Early Light | 1990 | Alice | TV Movie |
Heat Wave | 1990 | Junius Johnson | TV Movie |
Last Flight Out | 1990 | Al Topping | TV Movie |
Teach 109 | 1990 | Dr. Winston | TV Show |
Gabriel's Fire | 1990 | Gabriel Bird | TV Show |
Law & Order | 1990 | Horace McCoy | TV Show |
Ivory Hunters | 1990 | Inspector Nkuru | TV Movie |
Best of the Best | 1989 | Frank Couzo | Movie |
Field of Dreams | 1989 | Terence Mann | Movie |
Three Fugitives | 1989 | Dugan | Movie |
The Simpsons | 1989 | Maggie Simpson, Moving Man, Narrator | TV Show |
Saturday Night with Connie Chung | 1989 | Vernon Johns | TV Show |
The Hunting of the Snark | 1989 | Narrator | Short Film |
American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts | 1989 | Willie | TV Show |
Coming to America | 1988 | King Jaffe Joffer | Movie |
Garfield and Friends | 1988 | Diablo | TV Show |
Terrorgram | 1988 | Retribution (voice) | Movie |
Gardens of Stone | 1987 | 'Goody' Nelson | Movie |
Matewan | 1987 | Few Clothes | Movie |
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | 1987 | Emperor of the Night (voice) | Movie |
Mathnet | 1987 | Chief Thad Green | TV Show |
Square One TV | 1987 | Announcer, Chief Thad Green | TV Show |
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | 1986 | Umslopogaas | Movie |
My Little Girl | 1986 | Ike Bailey | Movie |
Soul Man | 1986 | Professor Banks | Movie |
L.A. Law | 1986 | Lee Atkins | TV Show |
The Lone Star Kid | 1986 | TV Movie | |
City Limits | 1985 | Albert | Movie |
The Atlanta Child Murders | 1985 | Major Walker | TV Show |
Me and Mom | 1985 | Lou Garfield | TV Show |
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | 1985 | Pharoah | TV Show |
The Vegas Strip War | 1984 | Jack Madrid | TV Movie |
CBS Schoolbreak Special | 1984 | Detective Robb | TV Show |
Highway to Heaven | 1984 | Gabe Wilson | TV Show |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | 1984 | Narrator (English version, voice) | Short Film |
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Darth Vader (voice) | Movie |
Bloodtide | 1982 | Frye | Movie |
Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | Thulsa Doom | Movie |
Faerie Tale Theatre | 1982 | Genie, Narrator | TV Show |
The Bushido Blade | 1981 | The Prisoner | Movie |
American Playhouse | 1981 | Old Man Taylor | TV Show |
The Creation | 1981 | Narrator | Short Film |
Beauty and the Beast | 1981 | Narrator (voice) | Short Film |
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Darth Vader (voice, uncredited) | Movie |
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | 1980 | Father Divine | TV Movie |
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | 1980 | Dane Oliver | TV Movie |
Roots: The Next Generations | 1979 | Alex Haley | TV Show |
Paris | 1979 | Woody Paris | TV Show |
CBS Library | 1979 | Narrator – Beauty and the Beast | TV Show |
Paul Robeson | 1979 | Paul Robeson | TV Movie |
The Star Wars Holiday Special | 1978 | Darth Vader (voice) | TV Movie |
A Piece of the Action | 1977 | Joshua Burke | Movie |
Exorcist II: The Heretic | 1977 | Older Kokumo | Movie |
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | 1977 | Darth Vader (voice, uncredited) | Movie |
The Greatest | 1977 | Malcolm X | Movie |
The Last Remake of Beau Geste | 1977 | Sheikh | Movie |
Jesus of Nazareth | 1977 | Balthazar | TV Show |
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened | 1977 | Morris Bird Jr. | TV Movie |
Deadly Hero | 1976 | Rabbit | Movie |
Swashbuckler | 1976 | Nick Debrett | Movie |
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | 1976 | Leon Carter, All-Star (C) | Movie |
The River Niger | 1976 | Johnny Williams | Movie |
Vegetable Soup | 1976 | Long John Spoilsport | TV Show |
The UFO Incident | 1975 | Barney Hill | TV Movie |
Claudine | 1974 | Rupert 'Roop' Marshall | Movie |
The Cay | 1974 | Timothy | TV Movie |
The Man | 1972 | Douglass Dilman | TV Movie |
ABC Afterschool Specials | 1972 | Gabriel | TV Show |
Great Performances | 1971 | Hoke, King Lear | TV Show |
End of the Road | 1970 | Doctor D | Movie |
The Great White Hope | 1970 | Jack Jefferson | Movie |
Sesame Street | 1969 | Lemming #30 | TV Show |
The Comedians | 1967 | Dr. Magiot | Movie |
N.Y.P.D. | 1967 | Candy Lateen, Candy Latsen | TV Show |
Tarzan | 1966 | Chief Bella, Nerlan | TV Show |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 | Lt. Lothar Zogg | Movie |
NET Playhouse | 1964 | Reverend Ridgley Washington | TV Show |
East Side/West Side | 1963 | Joe Goodwin | TV Show |
Channing | 1963 | Dr. Peter Cooke | TV Show |
Dr. Kildare | 1961 | Dr. Lou Rush | TV Show |
The Defenders | 1961 | Lieutenant Andrews, Reverend Harris Bonham | TV Show |
Monitor | 1958 | Prince of Morocco | TV Show |
As the World Turns | 1956 | Dr. Jerry Turner (1966) | TV Show |
Guiding Light | 1952 | Dr. Jim Frazier #2 (1966) | TV Show |
James Earl Jones Net Worth
Estimated Net Worth 2020 | $40 Million |
Income Source | Primary Income source Movie Actor (profession). |