James Earl Jones
Born January 17, 1931 (Age: 95)
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Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Biography
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. He was described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". Over his career, he received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985. He was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Honorary Academy Award in 2011. His deep voice has been praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects.
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. He was described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". Over his career, he received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985. He was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Honorary Academy Award in 2011. His deep voice has been praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects.
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Filmography
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
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as Darth Vader (voice)
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Age: 88
The Lion King
2019
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as Mufasa (voice)
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Age: 88
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019
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as Narrator
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Age: 88
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
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as Darth Vader (voice)
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Age: 85
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016
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as Kilgore Trout
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Age: 85
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
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as Ruben
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Age: 83
Gimme Shelter
2013
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as Frank McCarthy
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Age: 82
Blackfish
2013
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012
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as Self
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Age: 81
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 78
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
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as Papa Jenkins
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Age: 77
Earth
2007
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 76
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007
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as Narrator
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Age: 75
Searching for Orson
2006
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as Self
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Age: 75
Click
2006
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as Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 75
Scary Movie 4
2006
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as Narrator (uncredited)
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Age: 75
The Benchwarmers
2006
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as Darth Vader (voice)
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Age: 75
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
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as Self
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Age: 74
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
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as Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
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Age: 74
Robots
2005
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as Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
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Age: 74
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
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as Narrator
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Age: 74
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
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as Self
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Age: 73
The Story of Star Wars
2004
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as Darth Vader (archive footage)
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Age: 73
No Image
Black Indians: An American Story
2004
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as Narrator
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Age: 72
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002
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as Narrator
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Age: 70
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 69
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000
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as Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
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Age: 69
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000
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as Self
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Age: 69
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
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as
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Age: 69
Fantasia 2000
2000
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as Self - Host
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Age: 68
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
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as Mufasa (voice)
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Age: 67
Primary Colors
1998
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as CNN Voiceover (voice)
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Age: 67
Alone
1997
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as Grey
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Age: 66
The Second Civil War
1997
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as Jim Kalla
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Age: 66
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
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as Archibald Thacker
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Age: 66
Gang Related
1997
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as Arthur Baylor
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Age: 66
No Image
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997
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as Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
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Age: 66
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997
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as Kibosh (voice)
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Age: 66
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 66
Good Luck
1997
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as James Bing
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Age: 66
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
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as Self
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Age: 66
Timepiece
1996
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as Lawrence
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Age: 65
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
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as Dr. McDuffie
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Age: 65
Looking for Richard
1996
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as Self - Interviewee
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Age: 65
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Corwin
1996
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as Self
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Age: 65
A Family Thing
1996
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as Ray Murdock
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Age: 65
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
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as Rev. Stephen Kumalo
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Age: 64
Judge Dredd
1995
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as Narrator (uncredited)
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Age: 64
Jefferson in Paris
1995
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as Madison Hemings
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Age: 64
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
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as Mufasa
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Age: 64
No Image
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
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as Narrator
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Age: 63
Clear and Present Danger
1994
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as Admiral James Greer
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Age: 63
The Making of the Lion King
1994
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as Self
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Age: 63
The Lion King
1994
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as Mufasa (voice)
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Age: 63
Clean Slate
1994
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as John Dolby
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Age: 63
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
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as James Earl Jones (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994
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as Self
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Age: 63
No Image
Hallelujah
1993
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as Old Man Taylor
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Age: 62
Percy & Thunder
1993
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as Percy Banks
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Age: 62
The Meteor Man
1993
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as Earnest Moses
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Age: 62
Dreamrider
1993
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as Bill Perry
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Age: 62
Excessive Force
1993
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as Jake
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Age: 62
The Sandlot
1993
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as Mr. Mertle
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Age: 62
Sommersby
1993
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as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
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Age: 62
No Image
Lincoln
1992
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 61
Sneakers
1992
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as Mr. Bernard Abbott
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Age: 61
Patriot Games
1992
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as Adm. James Greer
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Age: 61
The JFK Conspiracy
1992
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as Self - Host
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Age: 61
True Identity
1991
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as James Earl Jones
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Age: 60
When It Was a Game
1991
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as (voice)
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Age: 60
Scorchers
1991
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as Bear
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Age: 60
No Image
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
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as Host/Narrator
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Age: 60
Visitors from the Unknown
1991
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 60
Convicts
1991
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as Ben Johnson
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Age: 59
Grim Prairie Tales
1990
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as Morrison
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Age: 59
Ivory Hunters
1990
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as Inspector Nkuru
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Age: 59
Heat Wave
1990
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as Junius Johnson
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Age: 59
No Image
Last Flight Out
1990
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as Al Topping
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Age: 59
By Dawn's Early Light
1990
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as Alice
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Age: 59
The Ambulance
1990
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as Lt. Spencer
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Age: 59
The Hunt for Red October
1990
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as Vice ADM James Greer
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Age: 59
Terrorgram
1990
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as Retribution (voice)
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Age: 58
Teach 109
1990
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as Dr. Winston
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Age: 58
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989
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as Narrator
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Age: 58
Best of the Best
1989
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as Frank Couzo
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Age: 58
Field of Dreams
1989
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as Terrence Mann
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Age: 58
Three Fugitives
1989
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as Dugan
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Age: 58
The Hunting of the Snark
1989
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 57
Coming to America
1988
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as King Jaffe Joffer
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Age: 57
Matewan
1987
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as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
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Age: 56
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
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as Emperor of the Night (voice)
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Age: 56
Gardens of Stone
1987
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as Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
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Age: 56
No Image
A House Divided
1987
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as
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Age: 56
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
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as Umslopogaas
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Age: 55
Soul Man
1986
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as Professor Banks
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Age: 55
No Image
Moses
1985
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as Pharaoh
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Age: 54
City Limits
1985
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as Albert
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Age: 54
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 54
Return of the Jedi
1983
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as Darth Vader (voice)
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Age: 52
Amy and the Angel
1982
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as Gabriel
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Age: 51
Conan the Barbarian
1982
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as Thulsa Doom
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Age: 51
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 50
No Image
The Creation
1981
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 50
The Bushido Blade
1981
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as The Prisoner
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Age: 50
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981
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as himself, voice
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Age: 50
No Image
Beauty and the Beast
1981
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 50
God's Trombones
1981
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 49
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
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as Dane Oliver
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Age: 49
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
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as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 49
The Me Nobody Knows
1980
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as Self
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Age: 49
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
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as Self
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Age: 47
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
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as Darth Vader (voice)
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Age: 47
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
1978
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as Darth Vader (voice)
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Age: 47
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
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as Morris Bird, Jr.
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Age: 46
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
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as Older Kokumo
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Age: 46
Star Wars
1977
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as Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 46
The Greatest
1977
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as Malcolm X
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Age: 46
The Cay
1974
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as Timothy
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Age: 43
Claudine
1974
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as Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
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Age: 43
King Lear
1974
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as King Lear
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Age: 43
The Man
1972
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as Douglass Dilman
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Age: 41
Malcolm X
1972
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as Biographical Narration (voice)
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Age: 41
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
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as Lt. Lothar Zogg
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Age: 33