How old was James Earl Jones in the movie Star Wars?

James Earl Jones was 45 in Star Wars when he played the character 'Darth Vader (voice)'.

That was over 47 years ago in 1977.

Today he is 93, and has starred in 178 movies in total, 161 of those since Star Wars was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Star Wars, I think James Earl Jones looks:

Did you know?

  • Director George Lucas has worked with James Earl Jones a total of 8 times in his career.
  • James Earl Jones' first movie was as 'Lt. Lothar Zogg' in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, released in 1964 when he was 32
  • Star Wars scores 8.21 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Star Wars

James Earl Jones' other movies