How old was James Earl Jones in the movie The Empire Strikes Back?

James Earl Jones was 48 in The Empire Strikes Back when he played the character 'Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)'.

That was over 44 years ago in 1980.

Today he is 93, and has starred in 178 movies in total, 149 of those since The Empire Strikes Back was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Empire Strikes Back, I think James Earl Jones looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Irvin Kershner has worked with James Earl Jones just once 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
  • The Empire Strikes Back scores 8.39 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Empire Strikes Back

James Earl Jones' other movies