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James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones is known for Actor, iconic voice (Darth Vader, Mufasa).

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Known for: Actor, iconic voice (Darth Vader, Mufasa)
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About James Earl Jones

A pioneer for Black actors in the entertainment industry, he was acclaimed for his performances on stage and screen. 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. 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. 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). He received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. On film, Jones made his acting debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr.

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