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James Arthur Lovell Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, mechanical engineer, and retired Navy captain. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became one of the first three humans to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission which, after a critical failure en route, circled around the Moon and returned safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control.
Birth Name
James Arthur Lovell Jr.
Born
Sunday, 25 March 1928
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tales from the Explorers Club | Self - Apollo 13 Astronaut | 2022 |
| Neil Armstrong: One Small Step | Self - Witness | 2022 |
| Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space | Self - Astronaut | 2021 |
| Apollo: The Forgotten Films | Self - Apollo Program Astronaut / Self - Apollo Program Astronaut (voice) | 2019 |
| Apollo: Missions to the Moon | Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 / Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Speed | Self | 2019 |
| Apollo 11 | Self - Backup Commander / Self | 2019 |
| First to the Moon | Self | 2018 |
| ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black | Self | 2018 |
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | Self | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tales from the Explorers Club | Self - Apollo 13 Astronaut | 2022 |
| Neil Armstrong: One Small Step | Self - Witness | 2022 |
| Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space | Self - Astronaut | 2021 |
| Apollo: The Forgotten Films | Self - Apollo Program Astronaut / Self - Apollo Program Astronaut (voice) | 2019 |
| Apollo: Missions to the Moon | Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 / Self - Command Module Pilot, Apollo 8 (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Speed | Self | 2019 |
| Apollo 11 | Self - Backup Commander / Self | 2019 |
| First to the Moon | Self | 2018 |
| ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black | Self | 2018 |
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | Self | 2018 |
| Fight for Space | Self - Astronaut / Himself | 2017 |
| Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo | Himself / Self | 2017 |
| Mars | Self - Apollo 13 Commander | 2016 |
| The Last Man on the Moon | Self - Apollo 8 and 13 | 2016 |
| Human Universe | Self | 2014 |
| Xploration Outer Space | Self - Astronaut | 2014 |
| The Saturn V Story | Self | 2014 |
| The Sixties | Self - US Astronaut (as James Lovell, Jr.) | 2013 |
| The Decade You Were Born: The 1970's | Self - Astronaut on Apollo 13 | 2011 |
| On Story | Self | 2011 |
| Mysteries at the Museum | Self | 2010 |
| Ancient Aliens | Self - Astronaut | 2010 |
| NASA: Triumph and Tragedy | Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Apollo 13 | 2009 |
| Moon Machines | Self / Himselfl | 2008 |
| When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions | Self / Self - Apollo 13 / Self - Apollo 8 / Self - Gemini 7 | 2008 |
| 1968 with Tom Brokaw | Self | 2007 |
| In the Shadow of the Moon | Self / Himself | 2007 |
| Situation Critical | Self | 2007 |
| Pritzker Military Library Presents | Self | 2006 |
| The Colbert Report | Self - Guest / Self | 2005 |
| Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond | Himself - Captain, NASA Astronaut (as James A. Lovell Jr.) / Self - Captain, NASA Astronaut | 2005 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Self - for Tang Breakfast Drink | 2004 |
| Failure Is Not an Option | Self - Astronaut | 2003 |
| Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon | Self | 2003 |
| What Happened on the Moon? - An Investigation Into Apollo | Self - Apollo 13 Astronaut | 2000 |
| LateLine | Jim Lovell | 1998 |
| A Science Odyssey | Self - Astronaut | 1998 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| The Unexplained | Self | 1996 |
| Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Himself - Apollo 13 Commander / Self - Apollo 13 Commander | 1996 |
| Apollo 13 | Captain of USS Iwo Jima | 1995 |
| Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back | Self / Himself (as James Lovell) | 1994 |
| Moon Shot | Astronaut / Self - Astronaut Candidate | 1994 |
| Network First | Self - Pilot, Apollo 8 / Commander, Apollo 13 | 1994 |
| Modern Marvels | Self - Apollo 13 Commander | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
| Dateline NBC | Self | 1992 |
| For All Mankind | Narrator - Apollo 8, Apollo 13 / Narrator - Apollo 8, Apollo 13 (voice) | 1989 |
| American Experience | Self - Apollo 8 Astronaut | 1988 |
| Spaceflight | Self | 1985 |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth | Self (Commander of Apollo 13) / Self (Commander of Apollo 13) (as Captain James Lovell) | 1976 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
