James Earl Jones

Extracted Attributes

• Gender

  Male

• Education

  University of Michigan

• Occupation

  Actor

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date of Birth

  1931-01-17

• Date of Death

  2024-09-09

• Notable Awards

  EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), Academy Honorary Award (2011), Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement (2017)

• Place of Birth

  Arkabutla, Mississippi, United States

• Place of Death

  Pawling, New York, United States

Timeline

• Born in Arkabutla, Mississippi. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1931-01-17

• Made Broadway debut in the play Sunrise at Campobello. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1957-01-01

• Made film debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1964-01-01

• Won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in The Great White Hope. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1968-01-01

• Won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording for Great American Documents. (Source: Britannica)

  1977-01-01

• Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1985-01-01

• Won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Fences. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1987-01-01

• Won an Emmy Award for his work on Gabriel's Fire. (Source: Britannica)

  1990-01-01

• Honored with the National Medal of Arts. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1992-01-01

• Voiced Mufasa in Disney's animated film The Lion King. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1994-01-01

• Received the Kennedy Center Honor. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2002-01-01

• Received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2009-01-01

• Received the Academy Honorary Award, completing a noncompetitive EGOT. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-01-01

• Received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-01-01

• Passed away at his home in Pawling, New York, at the age of 93. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-09-09

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. A pioneer for Black actors in the entertainment industry, he was acclaimed for his performances on stage and screen. Jones is one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985, and was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009, and the Academy Honorary Award in 2011. Born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, Jones overcame a childhood stutter. A pre-med major in college, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before pursuing a career in acting. His deep voice was praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects. Jones made his Broadway debut in the play Sunrise at Campobello (1957) and gained fame starring in several productions with Shakespeare in the Park including Othello (1964), Coriolanus (1965), Hamlet (1972), and King Lear (1973). For his roles on Broadway, Jones won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play for playing a boxer in the Howard Sackler play The Great White Hope (1968) and a working class father in August Wilson's Fences (1987). He was nominated for other Tonys for his roles as part of an elderly couple in On Golden Pond (2005) and as a former president in The Best Man (2012). Jones acted in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008), Driving Miss Daisy (2010–2011), You Can't Take It with You (2014), and The Gin Game (2015). He received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. On film, Jones made his acting debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964). He reprised his role in the film adaptation of The Great White Hope (1970), earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He gained international fame for his voice role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise. He acted in The Man (1972), Claudine (1974), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Matewan (1987), Coming to America (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Sneakers (1992), The Sandlot (1993), The Lion King (1994), and Cry, the Beloved Country (1995).

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• James Earl Jones | Movies, Darth Vader, Theater, Plays, & Lion King | Britannica

  James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, U.S.—died September 9, 2024, Dutchess county, New York) was an American actor who used his deep resonant voice to great effect in stage, film, and television roles. Jones earned Tony Awards for his performances in The Great White Hope (1968–70) and Fences (1987–88), and his prolific movie career included memorable voice roles as Darth Vader in the Star Wars series and Mufasa in The Lion King (1994, 2019). ## Early life and education [...] James Earl Jones (1931–2024) significantly impacted film, television, and theater, using his deep, resonant voice to great effect. He won Tony Awards for his performances in The Great White Hope and Fences. Jones is also known for voicing Darth Vader in the Star Wars series and Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King. Jones’s television work includes Gabriel’s Fire (1990–91), for which he won an Emmy Award. In 1977, he won a Grammy Award for best spoken word recording for Great American Documents. In 2011, Jones received an honorary Academy Award, achieving a noncompetitive EGOT. [...] James Earl JonesAmerican actor James Earl Jones, 1990. A prolific career in pictures began with a part in the Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove (1964). Jones’s other movie roles included an evil ruler in the fantasy film Conan the Barbarian (1982), a coal miner fighting for the right to form a union in John Sayles’s Matewan (1987), and an African king who lets his son (played by Eddie Murphy) travel to the United States in the comedy Coming to America (1988) and its sequel (2021). He appeared as Adm. James Greer in the film adaptations of Tom Clancy’s novels about CIA agent Jack Ryan: The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), and Clear and Present Danger (1994).

• James Earl Jones on screen and stage - Wikipedia

  American actor James Earl Jones had an extensive career in various film, television, and theater. He started out in film by appearing in the 1964 political satire film Dr. Strangelove as Lt. Lothar Zogg. He then went on to star in the 1970 film The Great White Hope "The Great White Hope (film)") as Jack Jefferson, a role he first played in the Broadway production of the same name. The film role earned him two Golden Globe nominations, one for Best Actor and winning one for New Star of the Year. He also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His other work in the 1970s included playing the title character in Malcolm X "Malcolm X (1972 film)") (1972), Johnny Williams in The River Niger (1976), Nick Debrett in Swashbuckler "Swashbuckler (film)") (1976), Malcolm X again in The [...] In the 1980s, Jones had co-starring roles in the films Conan the Barbarian "Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)") with Arnold Schwarzenegger (1982), Soul Man "Soul Man (film)") with C. Thomas Howell (1986), Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold with Richard Chamberlain (1987), Matewan "Matewan (film)") with Chris Cooper (1987), Coming to America with Eddie Murphy (1988) and its sequel, Coming 2 America (2021), and Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner (1989). In 1990, Jones was first cast as the role of Admiral James Greer "James Greer (character)") in the action thriller film The Hunt for Red October "The Hunt for Red October (film)"), a film based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. He reprised the role again in Patriot Games "Patriot Games (film)") (1992) and Clear and Present Danger

• James Earl Jones(1931-2024)

  Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). For several movie fans, he is probably best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy (due to his contribution for the voice of the role, as the man in the Darth Vader suit was David Prowse, whose voice was [...] suit was David Prowse, whose voice was dubbed because of his British West Country accent). In his brilliant course of memorable performances, among others, he has also appeared on the animated series The Simpsons (1989) three times and played Mufasa both in The Lion King (1994) and The Lion King (2019), while he returned too as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). [...] IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 2 Nominated for 1 Oscar + 31 wins & 31 nominations total ## Remembering James Earl Jones: 1931-2024 ## Remembering James Earl Jones: 1931-2024 Celebrate the life and career of James Earl Jones, the stage and screen actor beloved for his performance in Field of Dreams and as the voice of Darth Vader. See the gallery Editorial Image Photos ## Photos440 View Poster View Poster View Poster View Poster View Poster + 435 View Poster ## Known for James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 7.8 Darth Vader (voice) 2016

• James Earl Jones

  IMDbPro StarmeterTop 5,000 2 Image 3: James Earl Jones . For several movie fans, he is probably best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy (due to his contribution for the voice of the role, as the man in the Darth Vader suit was David Prowse, whose voice was dubbed because of his British West Country accent). In his brilliant course of memorable performances, among others, he has also appeared on the animated series The Simpsons (1989) three times and played Mufasa both in The Lion King (1994) and The Lion King (2019), while he returned too as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Born January 17, 1931 Died September 9, 2024(93) Born January 17, 1931

• James Earl Jones: Movies, TV, and Bio

  Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). For several movie fans, he is probably best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy (due to his contribution for the voice of the role, as the man in the Darth Vader suit was David Prowse, whose voice was dubbed because of his British West Country accent). In his brilliant course of memorable performances, among [...] Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). For several movie fans, he is probably best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy (due to his contribution for the voice of the role, as the man in the Darth Vader suit was David Prowse, whose voice was dubbed because of his British West Country accent). In his brilliant course of memorable performances, among [...] ## Skip to ## Keyboard shortcuts James Earl Jones # James Earl Jones Actor Born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA

• Award

  Academy Honorary Award

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  University of Michigan

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  actor

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  1/17/1931

• Date Of Death

  9/9/2024

• Notable Work

  Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

• Place Of Birth

  Arkabutla

• Place Of Death

  Pawling