Acting
2025 · Mara (voice)
2024 · Guest Narrator (archive footage)
2024 · Self (archive footage)
2021 · King Jaffe Joffer
2021 · Self (archive footage)
2019 · Mufasa (voice)
2019 · Darth Vader (voice)
2019 · Self
2019 · Self (archive footage)
2019 · Self
2019 · Narrator
2018 · Pendleton
2017 · Mufasa (voice)
2016 · Darth Vader (voice)
2016 · Mufasa (voice)
2016 · Kilgore Trout
2015 · Hoke Colburn
2015 · Darth Vader (voice)
2015 · Self
2014 · Ruben
2014 · Darth Vader (voice)
2013 · Frank McCarthy
2013 · Self
2013 · Self (archive footage)
2013 · Self
2012 · Self
2012 · Self
2011 · Himself
2010 · Admiral (voice)
2009 · Self (archive footage)
2009 · The Giant (voice)
2008 · Papa Jenkins
2007 · Narrator (voice)
2007 · Narrator
2007 · Self
2006 · Narrator (uncredited)
2006 · Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
2006 · Darth Vader (voice)
2006 · Self
2006 · Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
2006 · Narrator
2005 · Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
2005 · Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
2005 · Mr. Mertle
2005 · William
2005 · Self
2005 · Narrator
2004 · Storyteller (voice)
2004 · Darth Vader (archive footage)
2004 · Self
2004 · Self
2004 · Narrator
2003 · Narrator
2003 · Maggie Simpson (voice)
2003 · Self
2002 · Narrator
2001 · Older Marcel
2001 · Avery Phillips
2001 · Narrator
2001 · Mister (voice)
2001 · Self
2000 · Self - Host
2000
2000 · Narrator
2000 · Self
2000 · Self
2000 · Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
1999 · The Judge
1999 · Daddy King (voice)
1999 · Grandpa Nicholas
1999 · Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
1999 · Fish
1999 · Leo
1998 · Mufasa (voice)
1998 · CNN Voiceover (voice)
1997 · Arthur Baylor
1997 · Kibosh (voice)
1997 · Jim Kalla
1997 · Archibald Thacker
1997 · Grey
1997 · Self (archive footage)
1997 · James Bing
1997 · Self
1997 · Self (archive footage)
1997 · Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
1996 · Self - Interviewee
1996 · Ray Murdock
1996 · Dr. McDuffie
1996 · Self
1996 · Lawrence
1995 · Narrator (uncredited)
1995 · Madison Hemings
1995 · Self
1995 · Host
1995 · Rev. Stephen Kumalo
1995 · Narrator (voice)
1995 · The Storyteller (voice)
1995 · Mufasa
1994 · Mufasa (voice)
1994 · James Earl Jones (uncredited)
1994 · Admiral James Greer
1994 · Self
1994 · John Dolby
1994 · Narrator
1994 · Self
1994 · Host
1994 · Vernon Johns
1994 · Charles Lloyd
1994 · Narrator
1993 · Mr. Mertle
1993 · Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
1993 · Self (voice) (uncredited)
1993 · Earnest Moses
1993 · Bill Perry
1993 · Percy Banks
1993 · Jake
1993 · Old Man Taylor
1992 · Mr. Bernard Abbott
1992 · Adm. James Greer
1992 · Narrator (voice)
1992 · Self - Host
1991 · (voice)
1991 · Narrator (voice)
1991 · James Earl Jones
1991 · Ben Johnson
1991 · Bear
1991 · Host/Narrator
1990 · Vice ADM James Greer
1990 · Lt. Spencer
1990 · Morrison
1990 · Alice
1990 · Al Topping
1990 · Junius Johnson
1990 · Dr. Winston
1990 · Inspector Nkuru
1990 · Retribution (voice)
1989 · Terrence Mann
1989 · Frank Couzo
1989 · Dugan
1989 · Narrator
1989 · Narrator (voice)
1989 · Narrator
1988 · King Jaffe Joffer
1988 · Narrator (voice)
1987 · 'Few Clothes' Johnson
1987
1987 · Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
1987 · Emperor of the Night (voice)
1986 · Umslopogaas
1986 · Professor Banks
1986 · Ike Bailey
1986 · Genie / Narrator
1986 · Holmes
1985 · Pharaoh
1985 · Self
1985
1985 · Albert
1984 · Jack Madrid
1984 · Narrator
1983 · Darth Vader (voice)
1982 · Thulsa Doom
1982 · Gabriel
1982 · Self
1982 · Ommadon (voice)
1982 · Frye
1981 · The Prisoner
1981 · Narrator (voice)
1981 · Narrator (voice)
1981 · Narrator (voice)
1981 · himself, voice
1981 · Narrator (voice)
1980 · Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1980 · Self
1980 · Dane Oliver
1979 · Paul Robeson
1979 · Self - Host
1978 · Darth Vader (voice)
1978 · Self
1977 · Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977 · Older Kokumo
1977 · Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
1977 · Malcolm X
1977 · Joshua Burke
1977 · Sheikh
1977 · Morris Bird, Jr.
1976 · Nick Debrett
1976 · Leon
1976 · Johnny Williams
1975 · Rabbit Shazam
1975 · Barney Hill
1974 · Timothy
1974 · Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
1974 · King Lear
1972 · Biographical Narration (voice)
1972 · Douglass Dilman
1971 · Narrator
1970 · Jack Jefferson
1970 · Self (archive footage)
1970 · Doctor D
1967 · Dr. Magiot
1964 · Lt. Lothar Zogg
· Self
2022 · Darth Vader (voice)
2019 · Self (archive footage)
2014 · Darth Vader (voice)
2007 · James Earl Jones
2006 · Self - Guest
2004 · Dibala
2003 · James Earl Jones
2002 · Will Cleveland
2001 · Royal Flush Voice (voice)
1998 · James Earl Jones
1998 · Rock of Ages
1997 · Unas (Voice)
1996 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1995 · King Dakkar (voice)
1995 · Neb Langston
1995 · Diamond
1994 · The Angel of Angels
1993 · Norman Royster
1993 · Franklin Stern
1993 · Felix Wilson
1992 · Bryant Thomas
1992 · Narrator (voice)
1991 · Gabriel Bird
1990 · Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
1990 · Gabriel Bird
1989 · Narrator (voice)
1989 · Host
1988 · Diablo
1987 · Chief Thad Green
1986 · Lee Atkins
1985 · Major Walker
1985
1984 · Gabe Wilson
1984 · Detective Robb
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
1982 · Dr. Winston (segment 'Teach 109')
1982 · Genie / Narrator (voice)
1980 · Father Divine
1979 · Alex Haley
1979 · Woody Paris
1978 · Self
1978
1977 · Balthazar
1975 · Long John Spoilsport
1974 · Self
1973 · Self
1973 · Self - Host
1971 · King Lear
1969
1968 · Self - Guest
1966
1963
1962 · Self
1962 · Self
1961 · Self
1961 · Dr. Lou Rush
1961 · Lieutenant Andrews
1956 · Self - Winner / Performer
1951 · Archibald Thacker
1948
1944 · Self - Nominee / Presenter
