How old was James Earl Jones in the movie The Lion King?
James Earl Jones was 62 in The Lion King when he played the character 'King Mufasa (voice)'.
That was over 30 years ago in 1994.
Today he is 93, and has starred in 178 movies in total, 89 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 Roger Allers 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 8.26 out of 10 on TMDB.
