James Earl Jones is one of the most well-known and recognizable voices in movie history. Most people know his voice from Star Wars’ Darth Vader and Disney’s The Lion King’s Mufasa. James Earl Jones, an American actor, was born on January 17, 1931, and has had a career spanning more than seven decades. For his roles in film, stage, and television, he has been called ‘one of America’s most distinguished and varied’ performers, as well as ‘one of the greatest actors in American history.’
Jones is noted for having ‘one of the most recognizable voices in show business, a powerful basso profondo that has added gravel and gravitas’ to his projects, which include live-action acting, voice acting, and commercial voice-overs. Jones has a stammer that was more noticeable when he was younger.
He said poetry and acting assisted him in his episode of Biography. He was a pre-med student in college who went on to serve in the US Army during the Korean War before turning to act. He has appeared in various Shakespeare plays, including Othello, Hamlet, Coriolanus, and King Lear, since his Broadway debut in 1957.
Jones made his screen debut in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, released in 1964. Jones received his first Tony Award for his part in The Great White Hope in 1968, and he reprised the role in the 1970 movie version, earning him Academy Award and Golden Globe nods.
Jones has earned three Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award over his career. In 1985, he was elected to the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush awarded Jones the National Medal of the Arts. In 2002, he was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor. In 2009, President Barack Obama invited Jones to play Shakespeare at the White House Evening for Poetry.
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