James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
70.9 TOPICAL actor score · #210 of 1,977 actors
James Earl Jones (1931-2024) has a TOPICAL actor score of 70.9 - ranked 210 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are career standing and acting honours. They've won 3 acting honours from 6 nominations, including the Academy Honorary Award. Their best ten-year run was 1987-1996. Best films: The Lion King (1994), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), The Hunt for Red October (1990).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours92
Prime59
Their movies56
Credits90
Career standing97
- Acting honours3 wins, 6 nominations - incl. Academy Honorary Award; Kennedy Center Honors; Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Prime1987-1996
- Credits99 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 12 scored films (5 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 63 languages
“The Hollywood Reporter referred to Jones as "one of the most-admired American actors of all time."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
James Earl Jones's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 | 7 |
| 77 | The Lion King | 1994 | 6 |
| 839 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | 6 |
| 855 | The Hunt for Red October | 1990 | 5 |
| 1,884 | Matewan | 1987 | 2 |
| 2,285 | The Lion King | 2019 | 4 |
| 2,460 | Fantasia 2000 | 1999 | 5 |
| 2,617 | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | 1998 | 8 |
| 3,050 | Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | 2 |
| 4,523 | Claudine | 1974 | 2 |
| 4,557 | The Great White Hope | 1970 | 1 |
| 5,985 | Malcolm X | 1972 | 1 |