Acting · 1931 to 2024

James Earl Jones

Best rated: The Lion King (8.5)

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

James Earl Jones, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

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196456 films2021

Current formLast 5: 5.80 vs career 6.26 (−0.46)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.26

42 rated films

Vote weighted

6.39

bigger films count more

Median

6.4

half are better

Consistency

±1.22

rating spread

Career

58y

1964 to 2021

Total votes

4.61M

across every film

Best

8.5

The Lion King

Worst

3.8

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Newest first

Acting filmography

2021	Coming 2 America	King Jaffe Joffer	5.3	82,182
2019	The Lion King	Mufasa	6.8	296K
2018	Warning Shot	Pendleton	4.8	1,506
2014	The Angriest Man in Brooklyn	Ruben (Video store owner)	5.7	25,696
2013	Gimme Shelter	Frank McCarthy	6.4	9,842
2010	Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey	Admiral	·	499
2008	Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins	Papa Jenkins	5.6	17,056
2007	Earth	Narrator	7.9	15,002
2001	Finder's Fee	Avery Phillips	6.2	3,731
2001	Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World	·	·	468
1999	Undercover Angel	The Judge	6.6	1,212
1999	The Annihilation of Fish	Fish	·	644
1997	Gang Related	Arthur Baylor	6.4	11,256
1996	A Family Thing	Ray	7.1	5,064
1996	Good Luck	James Bing	·	564
1995	Cry, the Beloved Country	Rev. Stephen Kumalo	6.8	2,190
1994	Clean Slate	John Dolby	5.7	4,395
1994	The Lion King	Mufasa	8.5	1.28M
1993	The Meteor Man	Mr. Moses	5.3	9,551
1992	Excessive Force	Jake	5.4	1,778

Takes

2 nominations, 1 wins

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