Filmography: James Earl Jones

2024

The Lion King 30th Anniversary (G)Release Date: July 12, 2024
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Writer: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton

2023

The Lion King (1994) Disney100 (G)Release Date: September 29, 2023
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Writer: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton

2022

Conan the Barbarian 40th Anniversary (R)Release Date: December 12, 2022
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow
Director: John Milius
Writer: John Milius, Oliver Stone

2021

Coming 2 America (PG-13)Release Date: March 5, 2021
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan
Director: Craig Brewer
Writer: Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield

2019

The Lion King (2019) (PG)Release Date: July 19, 2019
Cast: Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, James Earl Jones, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner
Director: Jon Favreau
Writer: Jeff Nathanson

Opening Night Fan Event The Lion King (PG)Release Date: July 18, 2019
Cast: Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Wooddard
Director: Jon Favreau

2018

Warning Shot (R)Release Date: September 14, 2018
Cast: David Spade, Bruce Dern, Frank Whaley, James Earl Jones, Guillermo Díaz
Director: Dustin Fairbanks
Writer: Breanne Mattson

2014

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (R)Release Date: May 23, 2014
Cast: Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, James Earl Jones, Melissa Leo
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Writer: Daniel Taplitz

Gimme Shelter (2014) (PG-13)Release Date: January 24, 2014
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Stephanie Szostak, Brendan Fraser, Dascha Polanco
Director: Ron Krauss
Writer: Ron Krauss

2009

Earth (2007) (G)Release Date: April 22, 2009
Cast: James Earl Jones, Patrick Stewart, Ulrich Tukur, Ken Watanabe
Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Writer: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

2008

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (PG-13)Release Date: February 8, 2008
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Louis C.K., Michael Clarke Duncan
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Writer: Malcolm D. Lee

2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (PG-13)Release Date: May 19, 2005
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas

The Sandlot 2 (PG)Release Date: May 3, 2005
Cast: Cole Evam Weiss, Max Lloyd Jones, James Wilson, James Earl Jones, Brett Kelly
Director: David Mickey Evans
Writer: David Mickey Evans, Robert Gunter

2000

The Annihilation of Fish (R)Release Date: July 28, 2000
Cast: Lynn Redgrave, James Earl Jones, Margot Kidder
Director: Charles Burnett
Writer: Anthony C Winkler

1997

Gang Related (R)Release Date: October 8, 1997
Cast: Jim Belushi, Tupack Shakur, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones, Lela Rochen
Director: Jim Kouf

The Second Civil War (R)Release Date: March 15, 1997
Cast: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones, Dan Hedaya
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Martyn Burke

Good Luck (1997) (R)Release Date: March 7, 1997
Cast: Gregory Hines, Vincent D' Onofrio, James Earl Jones
Director: Richard LaBrie

1996

A Family Thing (PG-13)Release Date: March 29, 1996
Cast: Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Billy Bob Thornton

1995

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) (PG-13)Release Date: December 15, 1995
Cast: Richard Harris, James Earl Jones
Director: Darrell Roodt

1994

The Lion King (1994) (G)Release Date: June 15, 1994
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jonathan Taylor, James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, Rowan Atkinson
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Writer: Jim Capobianco, Irene Mecchi, Linda Woolverton, Lorna Cook, Jonathan Roberts

Africa: The Serengeti (NR)Release Date: April 1, 1994
Cast: James Earl Jones
Director: George Casey
Writer: George Casey,Mose Richards

1993

Sommersby (PG-13)Release Date: February 5, 1993
Cast: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Lanny Flaherty
Director: Jon Amiel

1990

The Hunt for Red October (PG)Release Date: March 2, 1990
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill
Director: John McTiernan
Writer: Larry Ferguson

1989

Field of Dreams (PG)Release Date: May 5, 1989
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, James Earl Jones
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Writer: Phil Alden Robinson

1988

Coming to America ()Release Date: June 29, 1988
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director: John Landis
Writer: Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein

1987

Matewan ()Release Date: August 28, 1987
Cast: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn
Director: John Sayles
Writer: John Sayles

1983

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (PG)Release Date: May 25, 1983
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, David Prowse
Director: Richard Marquand
Writer: George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan

1982

Conan the Barbarian (1982) (R)Release Date: May 14, 1982
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman, Ben Davidson
Director: John Milius
Writer: Oliver Stone, John Milius

1980

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (PG)Release Date: May 21, 1980
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, James Earl Jones
Director: Irvin Kershner
Writer: Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste (NR)Release Date: July 15, 1977
Cast: Ann-Margret, Marty Feldman, Michael York, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones
Director: Marty Feldman
Writer: Chris Allen, Sam Bobrick

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (PG)Release Date: May 25, 1977
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels
Director: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas

A Piece of the Action (NR)Release Date: January 1, 1977
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke
Director: Sidney Poitier
Writer: Charles Blackwell

1972

The Man (1972) (NR)Release Date: July 19, 1972
Cast: James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, William Windom
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writer: Irving Wallace, Rod Serling

1970

King: A Filmed Record From Montgomery to Memphis (NR)Release Date: March 14, 1970
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee, James Earl Jones, Clarence Williams III
Director: Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer: Maron Films

End of the Road (1970) (NR)Release Date: January 1, 1970
Cast: Ray Brock, James Coco, Grayson Hall, Graham Jarvis, James Earl Jones
Director: Aram Avakian
Writer: Dennis McGuire

1964

Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) (PG)Release Date: January 29, 1964
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writer: Terry Southern, Stanley Kubrick, Peter George

Other

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (PG)Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Henry Silva, Robert Donner
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: H. Rider Haggard, Gene Quintano

The Ambulance (R)Cast: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Red Buttons, Janine Turner
Director: Larry Cohen
Writer: Larry Cohen

Best of the Best (R)Cast: Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Chris Penn
Director: Robert Radler
Writer: Phillip Rhee, Paul Levine

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (PG)Cast: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson, Sam 'Birmingham' Brison
Director: John Badham

Black Indians: An American Story (2001) ()Cast: James Earl Jones
Director: Chip Richie
Writer: Daniel Blake Smith

Claudine (PG)Cast: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones
Director: John Berry
Writer: Lester Pine, Tina Pine

Deadly Hero (R)Cast: Don Murray, Diahn Williams, James Earl Jones
Director: Ivan Nagy
Writer: Don Petersen

The Flight of Dragons (NR)Cast: Victor Buono, James Gregory, James Earl Jones, Harry Morgan, John Ritter
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer: Peter Dickinson, Gordon R. Dickson, Romeo Muller

The Great White Hope (PG-13)Cast: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander
Director: Martin Ritt

The Great Year (NR)Cast: Charles Howerton, Harvey Jason, James Earl Jones, Victor Raider-Wexler
Director: Robert Ballo
Writer: Walter Cruttenden, Geoff Patino

Grim Prairie Tales ()Cast: James Earl Jones, Brad Dourif, Will Hare, Marc McClure, Michelle Joyner
Director: Wayne Coe
Writer: Wayne Coe

Joe Papp in Five Acts (NR)Cast: Olympia Dukakis, David Hare, David Henry Hwang, James Earl Jones, Joseph Papp
Director: Tracie Holder
Writer: Tracie Holder, Karen Thorsen

Legacy of a Dream (NR)Cast: Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, James Earl Jones
Director: Richard Kaplan

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar ()Cast: Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Beau Black, Dusan Brown, Alex Cartañá
Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Ford Riley

Made in Harlem: Black Theater ()Cast: Amiri Baraka, Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones
Director: Woody King

The Meteor Man (PG)Cast: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones
Director: Robert Townsend
Writer: Robert Townsend

Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (NR)Cast: Billy Crystal, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones, Rod Steiger
Director: Phil Grabsky

Our Friend, Martin (NR)Cast: Edward Asner, Angela Bassett, Lucas Black, Theodore Borders, LeVar Burton
Director: Rob Smiley, Vincenzo Trippetti
Writer: Dawn Comer

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey ()Cast: Chris Pine, Amanda Peet, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen, James Earl Jones
Director: Harry 'Doc' Kloor, Dan St. Pierre
Writer: Harry 'Doc' Kloor

The River Niger (R)Cast: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr.
Director: Krishna Shah

The Space: Theatre of Survival ()Cast: James Earl Jones, Bill Anderson, Brian Astbury, Arthur Benjamin, Bee Berman
Director: Dan Poole, Mark Street
Writer: Brian Astbury, Mark Street

The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (NR)Cast: John Buttram, Robert J. Conley, Rita Coolidge, John B. Finger, James Garner
Director: Chip Richie
Writer: Daniel Blake Smith

Twenty Five Years of Circle in the Square (NR)Cast: Dustin Hoffman, George C. Scott, Vanessa Redgrave, Colleen Dewhurst, James Earl Jones
Director: John Musilli