How old was James Earl Jones in the movie The Lion King?
James Earl Jones was 87 in The Lion King when he played the character 'Mufasa (voice)'.
That was over 5 years ago in 2019.
Today he is 93, and has starred in 178 movies in total, 5 of those since The Lion King was released.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Lion King, I think James Earl Jones looks:
Did you know?
- Director Jon Favreau 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 Lion King scores 7.14 out of 10 on TMDB.
