James Earl Jones

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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King Lear (1974): Dir. Edwin Sherin
Feat. James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, Rosalind Cash…; Filmed version of a outdoors live performance of Lear, featuring a bravura performance by Jones. Part of the Broadway Theatre Archive series.
Swashbuckler (1976): Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle…; Refreshingly unselfconscious pirate yarn with Robert Shaw crossing swords with a fey Peter Boyle against Caribbean backdrops. Released at a time…
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977): Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…; George Lucas' epic trilogy of space adventure begins "long ago and far far away", with the life of Luke Skywalker being disturbed by the galactic war…
Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977): Dir. Marty Feldman
Feat. Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret…; Marty Feldman directs and co–writes this star–studded satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently–filmed story of…
Star Wars Holiday Special, The (1978): Dir. Steve Binder
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…; A TV christmas special set in the Star Wars universe that was the first Star Wars spin–off film, set between the events of the original film…
Bushido Blade, The (1979): Dir. Shusei Kotani
Feat. Richard Boone, Frank Converse, James Earl Jones…; Predating SHOGUN by a year, this martial arts adventure set in mid–19th century Japan, has an American marine (Boone) pledged to recover the…
Soul Man (1986): Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross…; A privileged white student disguises himself as a black man in order to win a Harvard Law School scholarship, in this disappointing "blackface"…
Gardens of Stone (1987): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones…; Downbeat story of a frustrated soldier appointed to guard the US military cemetery during the Vietnam war.
Matewan (1987): Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell…; In 1920s Virginia, miners unite against their strong–arm company who resort to 'scab' minority labour in response to strike action. Costly…
Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987): Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones…; Proficient, if dated adventure yarn in which explorer Chamberlain and archaeologist Stone set off to Africa in search of a missing brother. Mixes…
Coming to America (1988): Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones; Wacky Eddie Murphy classic in which an African Prince (Murphy) accompanied by his side–kick (Arsenio Hall) pilgrimage to America in search of…
Field of Dreams (1989): Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster…; Kevin Costner has his childhood fantasy fulfilled when he is asked by strange voices to build a baseball diamond in his corn–field.…
Best of the Best (1989): Dir. Robert Radler
Feat. Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland…; Five young men learn what it takes to compete at the highest level in this late eighties favourite. Think Karate Kid meets Breaking Away.
Hunt for Red October (1990): Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Sean Connery, Adam Baldwin, Scott Glenn…; Sean Connery plays a renegade Soviet captain of a high–tech submarine who deviates into Western waters. Is he hostile or is he trying to…
Ambulance, The (1990): Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Richard Bright…; Enjoyable though minor genre effort from B–movie maestro Larry Cohen about a New York comic book artist (Eric Roberts) who discovers that their…
True Identity (1991): Dir. Charles Lane
Feat. Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Charles Lane…; Anglo–African comedian Lenny Henry deploys his wonderful gift for mimicry as an actor who unwittingly learns a gangland secret, so assumes the…
Meteor Man, The (1993): Dir. Robert Townsend
Feat. Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby…; Black–American spoof of SUPERMAN doubles as a commentary on their urban crime problem. James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Luther Vandross help out…
Sandlot, The (1993): Dir. David Mickey Evans
Feat. Art La Fleur, Denis Leary, Karen Allen…; High–spirited comedy about a shy fifth–grader who befriends a gang of backyard baseballers. The adventures start when they lose their…
Clear and Present Danger (1994): Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer…; Vulnerable hero Jack Ryan again in meatier, superior follow–up to PATRIOT GAMES that masterfully stages its action around a credible, complex…
Cry, The Beloved Country (1995): Dir. Darrell Roodt
Feat. James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Tsholofelo Wechoemang…; Dignified modern adaptation of Alan Paton's moving novel about a black South African priest and the wealthy father of a murdered white activist.…
Second Civil War, The (1997): Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, James Coburn; Fairly realistic speculation of an American Civil War, occurring when present–day Idaho cedes from the Union, painted over with the lighter…
Jack and the Beanstalk (2010): Dir. Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Feat. Colin Ford, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lloyd…; Gently subversive telling of the classic tale with young Jack trading his computer for the requisite magic beans, and there's enough…
Gimme Shelter (2013): Dir. Ron Krauss
Feat. Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser…; A pregnant teenager forced to live rough after she is abandoned by her uncaring parents. Dramatically solid, though with a few strains of Vanessa…
Angriest Man in Brooklyn, The (2014): Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage…; One of Robin Williams' last completed films, this finds the beloved comedian playing a curmudgeon who is informed by his doctor that he has 90…

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Filmography (All Films)