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Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
as Darth Vader

Coming 2 America

2021
as King Jaffe Joffer

Them That Work

2019
as Self (archive footage)

The Lion King

2019
as Mufasa (voice)

Warning Shot

2018
as Pendleton

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016
as Darth Vader (voice)

Agent X

2015
as Caleb Thorne

Blackfish

2013
as Himself (archive footage)

Gimme Shelter

2013
as Frank McCarthy

Muse of Fire

2013
as Himself

Milius

2013
as Himself

God's Trombones

2012
as Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")

Jack and the Beanstalk

2009
as The Giant (voice)

Earth

2007
as Narrator

Searching for Orson

2006
as James Earl Jones

Vader Sessions

2006
as Darth Vader

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006
as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")

Scary Movie 4

2006
as Himself

The Benchwarmers

2006
as Darth Vader (voice)

Ali Rap

2006
as James Earl Jones

The Reading Room

2005
as William

The Sandlot 2

2005
as Mr. Mertle

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

2005
as James Earl Jones

Robots

2005
as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)

Nine Dog Christmas

2004
as Narrator

The Great Year

2003
as Narrator

Patriot Games: Up Close

2003
as James Earl Jones

Finder's Fee

2001
as Avery Phillips

The Feast of All Saints

2001
as Older Marcel

Summer's End

2000
as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely

Our Friend, Martin

1999
as Daddy King (voice)

On the Q.T.

1999
as Leo

Santa and Pete

1999
as Grandpa Nicholas

Undercover Angel

1999
as The Judge

Fantasia 2000

1999
as Himself - Host

'Field of Dreams:' A Scrapbook

1998
as James Earl Jones

Gang Related

1997
as Arthur Baylor

What the Deaf Man Heard

1997
as Archibald Thacker

Afro Promo

1997
as James Earl Jones

The Second Civil War

1997
as Jim Kalla

Alone

1997
as Grey

Corwin

1996
as James Earl Jones

Timepiece

1996
as Lawrence

Looking for Richard

1996
as Himself/Interview

A Family Thing

1996
as Ray Murdock

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995
as Rev. Stephen Kumalo

Signs and Wonders

1995
as Diamond

Jefferson in Paris

1995
as Madison Hemings

Clear and Present Danger

1994
as Admiral James Greer

Clean Slate

1994
as John Dolby

The Lion King

1994
as King Mufasa (voice)

The Vernon Johns Story

1994
as Vernon Johns

Michael Jackson - Dangerous - The Short Films

1993
as Himself (Superbowl Heal The World) Voice

Sommersby

1993
as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Dreamrider

1993
as William Perry

The Sandlot

1993
as Mr. Mertle

The Meteor Man

1993
as Earnest Moses

Patriot Games

1992
as Adm. James Greer

Sneakers

1992
as NSA Agent Bernard Abbott

Scorchers

1991
as Bear

True Identity

1991
as Himself

Convicts

1991
as Ben Johnson

Visitors from the Unknown

1991
as Self - Narrator

The Ambulance

1990
as Lt. Spencer

Ivory Hunters

1990
as Inspector Nkuru

The Hunt for Red October

1990
as Admiral James Greer

Last Flight Out

1990
as Al Topping

Grim Prairie Tales

1990
as Morrison

Terrorgram

1990
as Retribution

Teach 109

1990
as Dr. Winston

By Dawn's Early Light

1990
as Looking Glass General - 'Alice'

Heat Wave

1990
as Junius Johnson

Field of Dreams

1989
as Terrence Mann

Best of the Best

1989
as Frank Couzo

Coming to America

1988
as King Jaffe Joffer

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

1987
as Emperor of the Night (voice)

Matewan

1987
as 'Few Clothes' Johnson

Gardens of Stone

1987
as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson

Soul Man

1986
as Professor Banks

My Little Girl

1986
as Ike Bailey

Me & Mom

1985
as Lou Garfield

The Vegas Strip War

1984
as Jack Madrid

City Limits

1984
as Albert

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

1983
as Voice of Darth Vader (voice)

Conan the Barbarian

1982
as Thulsa Doom

Blood Tide

1982
as Frye

The Bushido Blade

1981
as The Prisoner

Paris

1979
as Woodrow 'Woody' Paris

Paris

1979
as Woody Paris

Paul Robeson

1979
as Paul Robeson

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978
as Darth Vader (voice)

The Story of the Faithful Wookiee

1978
as Darth Vader (voice)

Star Wars

1977
as Darth Vader (voice)

Exorcist II: The Heretic

1977
as Older Kokumo

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
as Balthazar

A Piece of the Action

1977
as Joshua Burke

The Greatest

1977
as Malcolm X

The River Niger

1976
as Johnny Williams

Swashbuckler

1976
as Nick Debrett

The UFO Incident

1975
as Barney Hill

Deadly Hero

1975
as Rabbit Shazam

Claudine

1974
as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall

King Lear

1974
as King Lear

The Cay

1974
as Timothy

The Man

1972
as Douglass Dilman

Malcolm X

1972
as Biographical Narration (voice)

End of the Road

1970
as Doctor D

The Great White Hope

1970
as Jack Jefferson

The Comedians

1967
as Dr. Magiot

The Comedians in Africa

1967
as Self (uncredited)

Mother Earth

as Narrator (voice)

Guest Star

Episode Obi-Wan Kenobi
Part III
2022
Episode Obi-Wan Kenobi
Part VI
2022
Episode Agent X
Pilot
2015
Episode Agent X
Back in Your Arms
2015
Episode Today
May 30, 2014
2014
Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Convention Conundrum
2014
Episode House
The Tyrant
2009
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
James Earl Jones, Rosemarie DeWitt
2009
Episode Two and a Half Men
The Devil's Lube
2008
Episode RiffTrax
Star Wars Holiday Special
2007
Episode According to Jim
The Toilet
2004
Episode Everwood
The Tipping Point
2004
Episode Everwood
The L Word
2004
Episode Everwood
Three Miners From Everwood
2003
Episode Will & Grace
Me and Mr. Jones
2003
Episode The Simpsons
Das Bus
1998
Episode Nature
Forces of the Wild: Playing with Fire
1998
Episode Nature
Forces of the Wild: Heavenly Partners
1998
Episode Nature
Forces of the Wild: Perpetual Motion
1998
Episode Recess
Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave
1998
Episode Nature
Forces of the Wild: Living Dangerously
1998
Episode Nature
Forces of the Wild: In the Beginning
1998
Episode Touched by an Angel
Clipped Wings
1997
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
Episode Stargate SG-1
Thor's Hammer
1997
Episode Homicide: Life on the Street
Blood Ties (3)
1997
Episode Homicide: Life on the Street
Blood Ties (1)
1997
Episode Homicide: Life on the Street
Blood Ties (2)
1997
Episode Frasier
Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead
1997
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
James Earl Jones Part 1
1995
Episode Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Vallant Little Tailor
1995
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
James Earl Jones Part 2
1995
Episode The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror V
1994
Episode The Twilight Zone
Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Episode Picket Fences
System Down
1994
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0087
1994
Episode Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
The House of Luthor
1994
Episode Law & Order
Profile
1993
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0033
1993
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0045
1993
Episode Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat / Millions of Cats
1992
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
City Limits
1992
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), James Earl Jones, Brian Kerwin, George Strait
1991
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), James Earl Jones, Roma Downey
1991
Episode The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror
1990
Episode L.A. Law
Victor/Victorious
1989
Episode L.A. Law
Chariots of Meyer
1988
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Mary Tyler Moore, James Earl Jones
1988
Episode The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
Moses
1985
Episode Reading Rainbow
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
1983
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Raquel Welch, James Earl Jones, Lester Maddox
1972
Episode Sesame Street
Episode 53
1970
Episode Sesame Street
We Say Night Night
1970
Episode Sesame Street
Big Bird Moves Birdseed to His Nest
1970
Episode Sesame Street
What's Wrong with Big Bird?
1969
Episode Sesame Street
Oscar's Missing Trash Can Lid
1969
Episode Sesame Street
Oscar Decides to Leave Sesame Street
1969
Episode Sesame Street
Sing-Along in Ernie and Bert's Bathroom
1969
Episode Sesame Street
Yellow Footprints
1969
Episode Sesame Street
Which Order
1969
Episode Tarzan (1966)
To Steal the Rising Sun
1967
Episode The Defenders
The Non-Violent
1964
Episode East Side/West Side
Who Do You Kill
1963