How old was James Earl Jones in the movie Coming to America?

James Earl Jones was 56 in Coming to America when he played the character 'King Jaffe Joffer'.

That was over 36 years ago in 1988.

Today he is 93, and has starred in 178 movies in total, 125 of those since Coming to America was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Coming to America, I think James Earl Jones looks:

Did you know?

  • Director John Landis 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
  • Coming to America scores 6.85 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Coming to America

James Earl Jones' other movies