James Earl Jones
Il re leone
Il re leone
Guerre stellari
James Earl Jones (Arkabutla, 17 gennaio 1931) è un attore e doppiatore statunitense. È noto principalmente per aver interpretato Alex Haley in Radici - Le nuove generazioni, seguito di Radici, Thulsa Doom in Conan il barbaro e l'ammiraglio Greer in Caccia a Ottobre Rosso, Giochi di potere e Sotto il segno del pericolo; inoltre, sono particolarmente famose le sue interpretazioni come doppiatore di personaggi celebri, primi fra tutti Dart Fener nella saga di Guerre stellari e Mufasa in Il re leone (nonché nel suo sequel e nel suo remake). Acclamato attore teatrale e apprezzato interprete dell'opera di Shakespeare e di Athol Fugard, Jones ha vinto due Tony Award per le sue interpretazioni a Broadway. Wikipedia
Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
17 Gennaio 1931
93 anni 3 mesi e 18 giorni
Fimografia
- 2021 - Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 - Il principe cerca figlio as King Jaffe Joffer
- 2019 - Star Wars: L'ascesa di Skywalker as Darth Vader (voice)
- 2019 - On Broadway as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 - Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage as Self
- 2019 - Il re leone as Mufasa (voice)
- 2019 - The Space: Theatre of Survival as Narrator
- 2019 - Words from a Bear as Self
- 2018 - Warning Shot as Pendleton
- 2017 - Broadway: The Next Generation
- 2017 - The Lion Guard: Le terre dell'avventura as Mufasa (voice)
- 2016 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Darth Vader (voice)
- 2016 - God Bless You, Mr Rosewater as Kilgore Trout
- 2015 - The Lion Guard - Il ritorno del ruggito as Mufasa (voice)
- 2015 - Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
- 2015 - Star Wars Rebels: L' Assedio Di Lothal as Darth Vader (voice)
- 2015 - August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
- 2014 - Star Wars Rebels: Scintilla Di Ribellione as Darth Vader (voice)
- 2014 - 90 minuti a New York as Ruben
- 2013 - Non lasciarmi sola as Frank McCarthy
- 2013 - Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 - Blackfish as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 - Milius as Self
- 2012 - An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road as Self
- 2012 - Joe Papp in Five Acts as Self
- 2010 - Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Admiral (voice)
- 2009 - Jack and the Beanstalk as The Giant (voice)
- 2009 - Il risveglio della magia as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 - A casa con i miei as Papa Jenkins
- 2007 - Earth - La nostra terra as Narrator
- 2007 - Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson as Self
- 2007 - John, Paul, George and Ben as Narrator
- 2006 - Searching for Orson as Self
- 2006 - Cambia la tua vita con un click as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
- 2006 - The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
- 2006 - Scary Movie 4 as Narrator (uncredited)
- 2006 - Gli scaldapanchina as Darth Vader (voice)
- 2005 - Hollywood's Greatest Villains as Self
- 2005 - Il ritorno dei ragazzi vincenti as Mr. Mertle
- 2005 - The Reading Room as William
- 2005 - Star Wars: Episodio III - La vendetta dei Sith as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
- 2005 - Robots as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
- 2005 - By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' as Narrator
- 2004 - No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat as Self
- 2004 - I nove cani di Babbo Natale as Narrator
- 2004 - L'Impero dei sogni: La storia della trilogia di Star Wars as Self
- 2004 - The Story of Star Wars as Darth Vader (archive footage)
- 2004 - Black Indians: An American Story as Narrator
- 2003 - The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror as Maggie Simpson (voice)
- 2003 - The Great Year as Narrator
- 2003 - Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' as Self
- 2002 - Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film as Narrator
- 2001 - Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self
- 2001 - Feast of All Saints as Older Marcel
- 2001 - Ricreazione - Natale sulla terza strada as Mister (voice)
- 2001 - Finder's Fee as Avery Phillips
- 2001 - Disney's American Legends as Narrator
- 2000 - Antietam: A Documentary Film as Narrator
- 2000 - Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self
- 2000 - Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
- 2000 - Summer's End as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
- 2000 - The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove as Self
- 2000 - Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
- 1999 - Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host
- 1999 - La vera storia di Babbo Natale as James Earl Jones
- 1999 - The Annihilation of Fish as Fish
- 1999 - All'improvviso un angelo as The Judge
- 1999 - On the Q.T. as Leo
- 1999 - Our Friend, Martin as Daddy King (voice)
- 1998 - Il re leone II - Il regno di Simba as Mufasa (voice)
- 1998 - I colori della vittoria as CNN Voiceover (voice)
- 1997 - Alone as Grey
- 1997 - La seconda guerra civile americana as Jim Kalla
- 1997 - What the Deaf Man Heard as Archibald Thacker
- 1997 - Istinti criminali as Arthur Baylor
- 1997 - Hitler's Forgotten Victims as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
- 1997 - Casper - Un fantasmagorico inizio as Kibosh (voice)
- 1997 - Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 - Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 1997 - Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 - Timepiece as Lawrence
- 1996 - Rebound - La vera storia di Earl "The Goat" Manigault as Dr. McDuffie
- 1996 - Riccardo III - Un uomo, un re as Self - Interviewee
- 1996 - Un affare di famiglia as Ray Murdock
- 1995 - Terra amata as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
- 1995 - Who's in Rabbit's House? as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 - Dredd - La legge sono io as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1995 - The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1995 - The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Host
- 1995 - Jefferson in Paris as Madison Hemings
- 1995 - Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable as Mufasa (voice)
- 1995 - People: A Musical Celebration as The Storyteller (voice)
- 1994 - Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Narrator
- 1994 - Sotto il segno del pericolo as Admiral James Greer
- 1994 - The Making of the Lion King as Self
- 1994 - Il re leone as Mufasa (voice)
- 1994 - Ai confini della realtà - I classici perduti as Host
- 1994 - Amnesia investigativa as John Dolby
- 1994 - Africa: The Serengeti as Narrator
- 1994 - Una pallottola spuntata 33⅓ - L'insulto finale as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
- 1994 - Gangs: Turning the Corner as Self
- 1994 - Confessions: Two Faces of Evil as Charles Lloyd
- 1994 - The Vernon Johns Story as Vernon Johns
- 1993 - Hallelujah as Old Man Taylor
- 1993 - Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films as Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice)
- 1993 - Percy & Thunder as Percy Banks
- 1993 - Meteor Man as Earnest Moses
- 1993 - Dreamrider as Bill Perry
- 1993 - Excessive Force as Jake
- 1993 - I ragazzi vincenti as Mr. Mertle
- 1993 - Sommersby as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
- 1992 - Lincoln as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 - I signori della truffa as Mr. Bernard Abbott
- 1992 - Giochi di potere as Adm. James Greer
- 1991 - Cambio d'identità as Himself
- 1991 - Amori di fuoco as Bear
- 1991 - Portrait of Castro's Cuba as Host/Narrator
- 1991 - Visitors from the Unknown as Narrator
- 1991 - Convicts as Ben Johnson
- 1990 - Grim Prairie Tales as Morrison
- 1990 - L'ultima Africa as Inspector Nkuru
- 1990 - Heat Wave - Onda di fuoco as Junius Johnson
- 1990 - Last Flight Out as Al Topping
- 1990 - Codice Trinity: attacco all'alba as Alice
- 1990 - L'ambulanza as Lt. Spencer
- 1990 - Caccia a Ottobre Rosso as Admiral James Greer
- 1990 - Teach 109 as Dr. Winston
- 1989 - 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried as Narrator
- 1989 - I migliori as Frank Couzo
- 1989 - L'uomo dei sogni as Terrence Mann
- 1989 - In fuga per tre as Dugan
- 1989 - The Hunting of the Snark as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 - Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark as Narrator
- 1988 - Terrorgram as Retribution (voice)
- 1988 - Il principe cerca moglie as King Jaffe Joffer
- 1988 - Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 - Matewan as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
- 1987 - I sogni di Pinocchio as Emperor of the Night (voice)
- 1987 - Giardini di pietra as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
- 1987 - A House Divided
- 1986 - Allan Quatermain e gli avventurieri della città perduta as Umslopogaas
- 1986 - Soul Man as Professor Banks
- 1986 - My Little Girl as Ike Bailey
- 1986 - Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp as Genie / Narrator
- 1986 - The Lone Star Kid as Holmes
- 1986 - I cavalieri del futuro as Albert
- 1985 - Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985 - Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
- 1984 - Il volo dei draghi as Ommadon (voice)
- 1984 - The Vegas Strip War as Jack Madrid
- 1984 - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears as Narrator
- 1983 - Il ritorno dello Jedi as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1982 - Blood Tide as Frye
- 1982 - Amy and The Angel as Gabriel
- 1982 - Conan il barbaro as Thulsa Doom
- 1982 - Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 - The Creation as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 - Bushido - La spada del sole as The Prisoner
- 1981 - There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues as himself, voice
- 1981 - Beauty and the Beast as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 - God's Trombones as Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation")
- 1980 - The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Dane Oliver
- 1980 - L'Impero colpisce ancora as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- 1980 - The Me Nobody Knows as Self
- 1979 - A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Self - Host
- 1979 - Paul Robeson as Paul Robeson
- 1978 - Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement as Self
- 1978 - The Star Wars Holiday Special as Darth Vader (voice)
- 1977 - The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Morris Bird, Jr.
- 1977 - A Piece of the Action as Joshua Burke
- 1977 - The Making of Star Wars as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- 1977 - L'esorcista II - L'eretico as Older Kokumo
- 1977 - Io, Beau Geste e la legione straniera as Sheikh
- 1977 - Guerre stellari as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
- 1977 - Io sono il più grande as Malcolm X
- 1976 - Il corsaro della Giamaica as Nick Debrett
- 1976 - The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings as Leon
- 1976 - The River Niger as Johnny Williams
- 1975 - Deadly Hero as Rabbit Shazam
- 1975 - The UFO Incident as Barney Hill
- 1974 - The Cay as Timothy
- 1974 - Claudine as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
- 1974 - King Lear as King Lear
- 1972 - The Man as Douglass Dilman
- 1972 - Malcolm X as Biographical Narration (voice)
- 1971 - Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream as Narrator
- 1970 - Per salire più in basso as Jack Jefferson
- 1970 - King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1970 - End of the Road as Doctor D
- 1967 - I commedianti as Dr. Magiot
- 1964 - Il dottor Stranamore, ovvero: come ho imparato a non preoccuparmi e ad amare la bomba as Lt. Lothar Zogg