Actor
Selected Works: Filmography: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - 1964 The Comedians in Africa - 1967 The Comedians - 1967 End of the Road - 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis - 1970 The Great White Hope - 1970 Malcolm X - 1972 The Man - 1972 Claudine - 1974 The Cay - 1974 one-hour TV drama The UFO Incident - 1975 TV-movie The River Niger - 1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings - 1976 Swashbuckler - 1976 Deadly Hero - 1976 The Greatest - 1977 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - 1977 - voice Exorcist II: The Heretic - 1977 The Last Remake of Beau Geste - 1977 A Piece of the Action - 1977 Jesus of Nazareth - 1977 Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement - 1978 Star Wars Christmas Special - 1978 TV special - voice Roots: The Next Generations - 1979 TV miniseries Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - 1980 - voice Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones - 1980 TV miniseries The Creation - 1981 The Bushido Blade - 1981 The Flight of Dragons - 1982 - voice Conan the Barbarian - 1982 Blood Tide - 1982 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - 1983 - voice Allen Boesak: Choosing for Justice - 1984 City Limits - 1985 Soul Man - 1986 Gardens of Stone - 1987 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold - 1987 My Little Girl - 1987 Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night - 1987 - voice Matewan - 1987 Terrorgram - 1988 - voice Coming to America - 1988 Three Fugitives - 1989 Field of Dreams - 1989 Best of the Best - 1989 By Dawn's Early Light - 1990 Convicts - 1990 The Hunt for Red October - 1990 A World Alive - 1990 The Ambulance - 1990 Grim Prairie Tales - 1990 Heatwave - 1990 True Identity - 1991 Scorchers - 1991 The Second Coming - 1992 Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama - 1992 Patriot Games - 1992 Freddie the Frog - 1992 Sneakers - 1992 Dreamrider - 1993 Sommersby - 1993 The Sandlot - 1993 Excessive Force - 1993 The Meteor Man - 1993 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult - 1994 Africa: The Serengeti - 1994 Clean Slate - 1994 The Vernon Johns Story - 1994 The Lion King - 1994 - voice Clear and Present Danger - 1994 Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa - 1994 Jefferson in Paris - 1995 Judge Dredd - 1995 Cry, The Beloved Country - 1995 A Family Thing - 1996 Looking for Richard - 1996 Good Luck - 1996 Gang Related - 1997 What the Deaf Man Heard - 1997 New York... Come Visit the World - 1998 Primary Colors - 1998 - voice Merlin - 1998 - voice The Lion King II: Simba's Pride - 1998 direct to DVD - voice Summer's End - 1999 Our Friend, Martin - 1999 - voice On the Q.T. - 1999 Undercover Angel - 1999 The Annihilation of Fish - 1999 Fantasia 2000 - 1999 Tiberian Sun - 1999 video game cut scene Ennis' Gift - 2000 Antietam: A Documentary Drama - 2000 The Papp Project - 2001 Black Indians: An American Story - 2001 Finder's Fee - 2001 Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street - 2001 Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World - 2001 Disney's American Legends - 2002 The Great Year - 2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson - 2004 Robots - 2005 - voice The Reading Room - 2005 The Sandlot 2 - 2005 Malcolm X: Prince of Islam documentary - 2006 - narration Kingdom Hearts II - 2006 - archived audio, voice The Benchwarmers - 2006 - voice Scary Movie 4 - 2006 Click - 2006 - voice - As Himself The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy - 2006 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins - 2008 Jack and the Beanstalk - 2008 - voice Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey - 2009 - voice Earth - 2009 - voice
Mother Ruth Father Robert Earl Jones - raised by his maternal grandparents, farmers Maggie and John Henry Williams. First wife Julienne Marie - no children Second wife Celia Hart - one child, Flynn Earl Jones.
Irish, Cherokee and African descent. Famous for his deep and authoritative voice and his originally uncredited role as the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films.