 | Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Mufasa (Archive Voice) |
 | BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy (2024)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Butterfly in the Sky (2024)
Guest Narrator (archive footage) |
 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Coming 2 America (2021)
King Jaffe Joffer |
 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Darth Vader (voice) |
 | On Broadway (2019)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019)
Self |
 | The Lion King (2019)
Mufasa (voice) |
 | The Space: Theatre of Survival (2019)
Narrator |
 | Words from a Bear (2019)
Self |
 | Warning Shot (2018)
Pendleton |
 | Broadway: The Next Generation (2017)
Self |
 | The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands (2017)
Mufasa (voice) |
 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Darth Vader (voice) |
 | God Bless You, Mr Rosewater (2016)
Kilgore Trout |
 | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)
Mufasa (voice) |
 | Driving Miss Daisy (2015)
Hoke Colburn |
 | Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015)
Darth Vader (voice) |
 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015)
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 | Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014)
Darth Vader (voice) |
 | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
Ruben |
 | Gimme Shelter (2013)
Frank McCarthy |
 | Muse of Fire (2013)
Self |
 | Blackfish (2013)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Milius (2013)
Self |
 | An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012)
Self |
 | Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
Self |
 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
Admiral (voice) |
 | Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
The Giant (voice) |
 | Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Papa Jenkins |
 | Earth (2007)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007)
Self |
 | John, Paul, George and Ben (2007)
Narrator |
 | Searching for Orson (2006)
Self |
 | Click (2006)
Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) |
 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") |
 | Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Narrator (uncredited) |
 | The Benchwarmers (2006)
Darth Vader (voice) |
 | Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005)
Self |
 | The Sandlot 2 (2005)
Mr. Mertle |
 | The Reading Room (2005)
William |
 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) |
 | Robots (2005)
Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) |
 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
Narrator |
 | No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004)
Self |
 | Nine Dog Christmas (2004)
Storyteller (voice) |
 | Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
Self |
 | The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Darth Vader (archive footage) |
| | Black Indians: An American Story (2004)
Narrator |
 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
Maggie Simpson (voice) |
 | The Great Year (2003)
Narrator |
 | Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' (2003)
Self |
 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2002)
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 | Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film (2002)
Narrator |
 | Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World (2001)
Self |
 | Feast of All Saints (2001)
Older Marcel |
 | Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001)
Mister (voice) |
 | Finder's Fee (2001)
Avery Phillips |
 | Disney's American Legends (2001)
Narrator |
 | Antietam: A Documentary Film (2000)
Narrator |
 | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
Self |
 | Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000)
Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' |
 | Summer's End (2000)
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely |
 | The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000)
Self |
 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
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 | Fantasia 2000 (2000)
Self - Host |
 | Santa and Pete (1999)
James Earl Jones |
 | The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
Fish |
 | Undercover Angel (1999)
The Judge |
 | On the Q.T. (1999)
Leo |
 | Our Friend, Martin (1999)
Daddy King (voice) |
 | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
Mufasa (voice) |
 | Primary Colors (1998)
CNN Voiceover (voice) |
 | Alone (1997)
Grey |
 | The Second Civil War (1997)
Jim Kalla |
 | What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
Archibald Thacker |
 | Gang Related (1997)
Arthur Baylor |
| | Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997)
Narrator (voice) (DVD version) |
 | Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Kibosh (voice) |
| | Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997)
Self |
| | Afro Promo (1997)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Timepiece (1996)
Lawrence |
 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
Dr. McDuffie |
 | Looking for Richard (1996)
Self - Interviewee |
 | A Family Thing (1996)
Ray Murdock |
 | Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Rev. Stephen Kumalo |
 | Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Judge Dredd (1995)
Narrator (uncredited) |
 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Self |
 | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
Host |
 | Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Madison Hemings |
 | Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995)
Mufasa (voice) |
 | People: A Musical Celebration (1995)
The Storyteller (voice) |
| | Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
Narrator |
 | Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Admiral James Greer |
 | The Making of the Lion King (1994)
Self |
 | The Lion King (1994)
Mufasa (voice) |
 | The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
Host |
 | Clean Slate (1994)
John Dolby |
 | Africa: The Serengeti (1994)
Narrator |
 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
James Earl Jones (uncredited) |
 | Gangs: Turning the Corner (1994)
Self |
 | Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
Charles Lloyd |
 | The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
Vernon Johns |
| | Hallelujah (1993)
Old Man Taylor |
 | Dangerous: The Short Films (1993)
Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice) |
 | Percy & Thunder (1993)
Percy Banks |
 | The Meteor Man (1993)
Earnest Moses |
 | Dreamrider (1993)
Bill Perry |
 | Excessive Force (1993)
Jake |
 | The Sandlot (1993)
Mr. Mertle |
 | Sommersby (1993)
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs |
| | Lincoln (1992)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Sneakers (1992)
Mr. Bernard Abbott |
 | Patriot Games (1992)
Adm. James Greer |
 | True Identity (1991)
James Earl Jones |
 | Scorchers (1991)
Bear |
| | Portrait of Castro's Cuba (1991)
Host/Narrator |
 | Visitors from the Unknown (1991)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Convicts (1991)
Ben Johnson |
 | Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
Morrison |
 | Ivory Hunters (1990)
Inspector Nkuru |
 | Heat Wave (1990)
Junius Johnson |
| | Last Flight Out (1990)
Al Topping |
 | By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Alice |
 | The Ambulance (1990)
Lt. Spencer |
 | The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Vice ADM James Greer |
 | Teach 109 (1990)
Dr. Winston |
 | Terrorgram (1990)
Retribution (voice) |
 | 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1989)
Narrator |
 | Best of the Best (1989)
Frank Couzo |
 | Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast (1989)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Field of Dreams (1989)
Terrence Mann |
 | Three Fugitives (1989)
Dugan |
 | Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark (1989)
Narrator |
 | The Hunting of the Snark (1989)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Coming to America (1988)
King Jaffe Joffer |
 | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Matewan (1987)
'Few Clothes' Johnson |
 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
Emperor of the Night (voice) |
 | Gardens of Stone (1987)
Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson |
| | A House Divided (1987)
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 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
Umslopogaas |
 | Soul Man (1986)
Professor Banks |
 | My Little Girl (1986)
Ike Bailey |
 | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1986)
Genie / Narrator |
 | The Lone Star Kid (1986)
Holmes |
 | City Limits (1985)
Albert |
 | Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Self |
 | Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates (1985)
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 | The Vegas Strip War (1984)
Jack Madrid |
 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1984)
Narrator |
 | Return of the Jedi (1983)
Darth Vader (voice) |
 | Blood Tide (1982)
Frye |
 | Amy and the Angel (1982)
Gabriel |
 | The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Ommadon (voice) |
 | Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Thulsa Doom |
 | Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Self |
| | The Creation (1981)
Narrator (voice) |
 | The Bushido Blade (1981)
The Prisoner |
 | There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981)
himself, voice |
| | Beauty and the Beast (1981)
Narrator (voice) |
 | God's Trombones (1981)
Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation") |
 | The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980)
Dane Oliver |
 | The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
 | The Me Nobody Knows (1980)
Self |
 | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
Self - Host |
 | Paul Robeson (1979)
Paul Robeson |
 | Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978)
Self |
 | The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Darth Vader (voice) |
 | The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
Morris Bird, Jr. |
 | A Piece of the Action (1977)
Joshua Burke |
 | The Making of Star Wars (1977)
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Older Kokumo |
 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Sheikh |
 | Star Wars (1977)
Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
 | The Greatest (1977)
Malcolm X |
 | Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Balthazar |
 | Swashbuckler (1976)
Nick Debrett |
 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
Leon |
 | The River Niger (1976)
Johnny Williams |
 | Deadly Hero (1975)
Rabbit Shazam |
 | The UFO Incident (1975)
Barney Hill |
 | The Cay (1974)
Timothy |
 | Claudine (1974)
Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall |
 | King Lear (1974)
King Lear |
 | The Man (1972)
Douglass Dilman |
 | Malcolm X (1972)
Biographical Narration (voice) |
 | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream (1971)
Narrator |
 | The Great White Hope (1970)
Jack Jefferson |
 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Self (archive footage) |
 | End of the Road (1970)
Doctor D |
 | The Comedians (1967)
Dr. Magiot |
 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Lt. Lothar Zogg |
