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