James Earl Jones

Actor. Born 17 January 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. Died 9 September 2024.

Titles on Fi1m15 acting · 7 other

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 15 titles

Golden Globe1 won

Born

17 January 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA

Died

9 September 2024

Active

1964–2019

Frequently works with

Donald E. Stewart, Don Hahn, Harrison Ford, Irene Mecchi, Mace Neufeld

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

70Fi1m

61Critics

We rate James’s work 9 points above the press, across 15 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 799

Under 602

Of 15 reviewed titles as actor.

In numbers

Lead roles: 1 of 11 billed first or second
Reviewed: 14 films, 1 series
Screen time: 27 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $5.5bn across 14 films with figures
Golden Globes: 1 Golden Globe1 won
Active: 1964–2019

Genres

Action6
Drama6
Adventure4
Comedy4
Thriller4
Animation3

Best and worst on Fi1m

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb poster

93BestDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964

38WorstExorcist II: The Heretic1977

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11940s

11950s

71960s

291970s

461980s

751990s

312000s

152010s

52020s

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones in numbers