James Earl Jones
Birthday: January 17, 1931
Birth Place: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Height: 6' 1"

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Biography

Movie Credits

2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey	(2006)
[ John Travolta ][ Samuel L. Jackson ][ Christian Slater ][ Michael York ][ Robert Picardo ]
Click	(2006)
[ Adam Sandler ][ Christopher Walken ][ Sean Astin ][ Rob Schneider ][ David Hasselhoff ]
The Magic 7	(2006)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ Jeremy Irons ][ John Candy ][ Ted Danson ]
Kingdom Hearts II	(2005)
[ Christopher Lee ][ Haley Joel Osment ][ Jonathan Taylor Thomas ][ James Woods ][ Zach Braff ]
The Reading Room	(2005)
[ Tim Reid ]
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	(2005)
[ Ewan McGregor ][ Samuel L. Jackson ][ Hayden Christensen ][ Christopher Lee ][ George Lucas ]
The Sandlot 2	(2005)
[ Steve Garvey ][ Greg Germann ]
Robots	(2005)
[ Ewan McGregor ][ Robin Williams ][ Mel Brooks ][ Paul Giamatti ][ Greg Kinnear ]
The L Word	(2004)
Three Miners from Everwood	(2003)
Feast of All Saints	(2001)
[ Peter Gallagher ][ Forest Whitaker ][ Ossie Davis ][ Ben Vereen ][ Daniel Sunjata ]
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street	(2001)
[ Michael McKean ][ Erik von Detten ][ Andrew Lawrence ][ Dabney Coleman ][ Courtland Mead ]
Finder's Fee	(2001)
[ Ryan Reynolds ][ Matthew Lillard ][ Robert Forster ][ Dash Mihok ][ Erik Palladino ]
Nine Dog Christmas	(2001)
Disney's American Legends	(2001)
Santa and Pete	(1999)
[ Hume Cronyn ][ Flex Alexander ]
The Annihilation of Fish	(1999)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun	(1999)
[ Michael Biehn ][ Andrew Bryniarski ][ Patrick Bauchau ][ Francesco Quinn ][ Adoni Maropis ]
Undercover Angel	(1999)
[ Dean Winters ]
Summer's End	(1999)
[ Victor Garber ][ Brendan Fletcher ]
On the Q.T.	(1999)
[ Henry Simmons ][ Jake Burbage ]
Our Friend, Martin	(1999)
[ John Travolta ][ Samuel L. Jackson ][ Lucas Black ][ Danny Glover ][ Jaleel White ]
Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave: Part 2	(1998)
[ Michael McKean ]
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	(1998)
[ Matthew Broderick ][ Jason Marsden ][ Nathan Lane ][ Andy Dick ][ Hans Zimmer ]
Merlin	(1998)
[ Rutger Hauer ][ Corey Haim ][ Sam Neill ][ Martin Short ][ Jason Connery ]
Primary Colors	(1998)
[ John Travolta ][ Billy Bob Thornton ][ Tony Shalhoub ][ Rob Reiner ][ Mykelti Williamson ]
Blood Ties: Part 1	(1997)
[ Mekhi Phifer ][ Jeffrey Wright ]
Gang Related	(1997)
[ Dennis Quaid ][ Gary Cole ][ Tupac Shakur ][ James Belushi ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ]
Casper: A Spirited Beginning	(1997)
[ Casper Van Dien ][ Steve Guttenberg ][ Michael McKean ][ Pauly Shore ][ Rodney Dangerfield ]
The Second Civil War	(1997)
[ Ron Perlman ][ Denis Leary ][ Phil Hartman ][ Dan Hedaya ][ Beau Bridges ]
Monopoly Star Wars	(1997)
[ David Prowse ][ Anthony Daniels ]
Alone	(1997)
[ Chris Cooper ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Frederic Forrest ][ Hume Cronyn ]
What the Deaf Man Heard	(1997)
[ Jerry O'Connell ][ Frankie Muniz ][ Matthew Modine ][ Tom Skerritt ][ Jake Weber ]
Blood Ties: Part 2	(1997)
Timepiece	(1996)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault	(1996)
[ Don Cheadle ][ Forest Whitaker ][ Eriq La Salle ][ Clarence Williams III ][ Daryl Mitchell ]
Good Luck	(1996)
[ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Gregory Hines ]
A Family Thing	(1996)
[ Robert Duvall ][ Xander Berkeley ]
Cry, the Beloved Country	(1995)
[ Richard Harris ][ Charles S. Dutton ]
Judge Dredd	(1995)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ Rob Schneider ][ Max von Sydow ][ James Remar ][ Balthazar Getty ]
Jefferson in Paris	(1995)
[ Vincent Cassel ][ Nick Nolte ][ Simon Callow ]
Signs and Wonders	(1995)
[ David Warner ][ Donald Pleasence ][ Hal Sparks ][ David Rasche ][ Alex Norton ]
People: A Musical Celebration	(1995)
[ Hume Cronyn ]
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics	(1994)
[ Gary Cole ][ Jack Palance ][ Patrick Bergin ]
Clean Slate	(1994)
[ Michael Gambon ][ Christopher Meloni ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Dana Carvey ][ Bryan Cranston ]
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil	(1994)
[ Jason Bateman ][ Miguel Sandoval ][ Glenn Morshower ][ James Wilder ]
The Vernon Johns Story	(1994)
The Lion King	(1994)
[ Matthew Broderick ][ Jeremy Irons ][ Jonathan Taylor Thomas ][ Rowan Atkinson ][ Cheech Marin ]
Under a Killing Moon	(1994)
[ Brian Keith ][ Russell Means ]
Treehouse of Horror V	(1994)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'	(1994)
[ Martin Sheen ]
Clear and Present Danger	(1994)
[ Harrison Ford ][ Willem Dafoe ][ Benjamin Bratt ][ Ted Raimi ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
Percy & Thunder	(1993)
[ Billy Dee Williams ][ Courtney B. Vance ][ Tony Cox ][ Robert Wuhl ]
The Meteor Man	(1993)
[ Don Cheadle ][ Bill Cosby ][ Wallace Shawn ][ Eddie Griffin ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ]
Excessive Force	(1993)
[ Lance Henriksen ][ Tony Todd ][ Burt Young ][ Thomas Ian Griffith ]
The Sandlot	(1993)
[ Denis Leary ][ Tom Guiry ][ Mike Vitar ][ Arliss Howard ][ Patrick Renna ]
The Parsley Garden	(1993)
[ Curtis Armstrong ][ Tom Bosley ]
Sommersby	(1993)
[ Richard Gere ][ R. Lee Ermey ][ Bill Pullman ][ Danny Elfman ][ Frankie Faison ]
Dreamrider	(1993)
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama	(1992)
The Second Coming	(1992)
[ Blair Underwood ]
Sneakers	(1992)
[ River Phoenix ][ Robert Redford ][ Dan Aykroyd ][ Ben Kingsley ][ Sidney Poitier ]
Freddie as F.R.O.7	(1992)
[ Ben Kingsley ][ Jonathan Pryce ][ Brian Blessed ]
Patriot Games	(1992)
[ Harrison Ford ][ Samuel L. Jackson ][ Sean Bean ][ Richard Harris ][ Ted Raimi ]
Scorchers	(1991)
[ Luke Perry ][ Patrick Warburton ][ Denholm Elliott ][ James Wilder ]
Grim Prairie Tales	(1990)
[ Brad Dourif ][ William Atherton ][ Marc McClure ]
The Ambulance	(1990)
[ Eric Roberts ][ Nick Chinlund ][ Red Buttons ]
Ivory Hunters	(1990)
[ John Lithgow ][ Tony Todd ]
Heat Wave	(1990)
[ David Strathairn ][ Charlie Korsmo ][ Blair Underwood ][ Adam Arkin ][ Glenn Plummer ]
Last Flight Out	(1990)
[ Richard Crenna ][ Stephen Tobolowsky ][ Arliss Howard ][ Barry Corbin ][ Eric Bogosian ]
By Dawn's Early Light	(1990)
[ Rip Torn ][ Martin Landau ][ Powers Boothe ][ Peter MacNicol ][ Darren McGavin ]
The Hunt for Red October	(1990)
[ Sean Connery ][ Alec Baldwin ][ Tim Curry ][ Stellan Skarsgård ][ Sam Neill ]
Convicts	(1990)
[ Robert Duvall ][ Lukas Haas ]
Teach 109	(1990)
[ Jason Patric ][ John Cameron Mitchell ][ Lee Arenberg ]
Treehouse of Horror	(1990)
The Hunting of the Snark	(1989)
Best of the Best	(1989)
[ Eric Roberts ][ Chris Penn ][ Edward Bunker ]
Field of Dreams	(1989)
[ Kevin Costner ][ Ray Liotta ][ Burt Lancaster ][ Frank Whaley ][ Willie Nelson ]
Three Fugitives	(1989)
[ Nick Nolte ][ Alan Ruck ][ Martin Short ][ Bruce McGill ][ Larry Miller ]
Coming to America	(1988)
[ Samuel L. Jackson ][ Eddie Murphy ][ Cuba Gooding Jr. ][ John Landis ][ Eriq La Salle ]
Lone Star Kid	(1988)
Terrorgram	(1988)
Chariots of Meyer	(1988)
Matewan	(1987)
[ Chris Cooper ][ David Strathairn ][ Bob Gunton ][ Ken Jenkins ][ Josh Mostel ]
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night	(1987)
[ Don Knotts ][ Frank Welker ][ Scott Grimes ][ Tom Bosley ]
My Little Girl	(1987)
[ Peter Gallagher ][ George Newbern ]
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold	(1987)
[ Richard Chamberlain ]
Gardens of Stone	(1987)
[ Laurence Fishburne ][ Francis Ford Coppola ][ James Caan ][ Elias Koteas ][ D.B. Sweeney ]
Soldier Boys	(1987)
[ Frank Whaley ][ William McNamara ]
Soul Man	(1986)
[ Julia Louis-Dreyfus ][ Leslie Nielsen ][ C. Thomas Howell ][ M.C. Gainey ][ Jeff Altman ]
City Limits	(1985)
[ Robby Benson ][ John Diehl ]
The Vegas Strip War	(1984)
[ Pat Morita ][ Rock Hudson ]
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi	(1983)
[ Harrison Ford ][ George Lucas ][ Mark Hamill ][ Warwick Davis ][ Frank Oz ]
Star Wars	(1983)
[ Mark Hamill ][ Alec Guinness ][ John Williams ]
Amy & the Angel	(1982)
[ Matthew Modine ]
Conan the Barbarian	(1982)
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ Max von Sydow ][ Mako ][ Sven-Ole Thorsen ][ Donald Gibb ]
The Flight of Dragons	(1982)
[ John Ritter ][ Harry Morgan ]
Blood Tide	(1982)
[ Martin Kove ]
The Bushido Blade	(1981)
[ Mako ][ Toshirô Mifune ][ Sonny Chiba ][ Mike Starr ]
The Creation	(1981)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story	(1980)
[ Jack Palance ][ Bruce Jenner ]
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	(1980)
[ Harrison Ford ][ George Lucas ][ Mark Hamill ][ Frank Oz ][ Alec Guinness ]
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	(1980)
[ Brad Dourif ][ Randy Quaid ][ Powers Boothe ][ LeVar Burton ][ Ned Beatty ]
Paul Robeson	(1979)
The 'Star Wars' Holiday Special	(1978)
[ Harrison Ford ][ Mark Hamill ][ John Williams ][ David Prowse ][ Peter Mayhew ]
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened	(1977)
[ Jimmie Walker ][ Brian Kerwin ]
The Last Remake of Beau Geste	(1977)
[ Michael York ][ Peter Ustinov ][ Marty Feldman ][ Henry Gibson ][ Ted Cassidy ]
Exorcist II: The Heretic	(1977)
[ Max von Sydow ][ Richard Burton ][ Ned Beatty ]
Star Wars	(1977)
[ Harrison Ford ][ George Lucas ][ Mark Hamill ][ Alec Guinness ][ John Williams ]
The Greatest	(1977)
[ Robert Duvall ][ Ernest Borgnine ][ Ben Johnson ][ Paul Winfield ][ James Gammon ]
A Piece of the Action	(1977)
[ Bill Cosby ][ Sidney Poitier ]
Swashbuckler	(1976)
[ Peter Boyle ][ Robert Shaw ][ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Sid Haig ]
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings	(1976)
[ Richard Pryor ][ Billy Dee Williams ][ Tony Burton ]
The River Niger	(1976)
[ Louis Gossett Jr. ][ Tony Burton ]
Deadly Hero	(1976)
[ Danny DeVito ][ Treat Williams ][ Josh Mostel ][ Don Murray ]
The UFO Incident	(1975)
The Cay	(1974)
Claudine	(1974)
King Lear	(1974)
[ Raul Julia ][ Paul Sorvino ][ Rene Auberjonois ][ George Dzundza ][ Frankie Faison ]
The Man	(1972)
[ Burgess Meredith ][ Martin Balsam ]
The Great White Hope	(1970)
[ Scatman Crothers ][ Hal Holbrook ]
End of the Road	(1970)
[ Stacy Keach ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Harris Yulin ]
Candy Man: Part 1	(1969)
[ William Devane ]
To Steal the Rising Sun	(1967)
[ Strother Martin ]
The Comedians	(1967)
[ Alec Guinness ][ Richard Burton ][ Peter Ustinov ]
A Cry from the Street	(1966)
Adrift in a Sea of Confusion	(1966)
Gratitude Won't Pay the Bills	(1966)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	(1964)
[ Stanley Kubrick ][ Peter Sellers ][ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ][ Sterling Hayden ]
Along Came a Spider	(1962)

Trivia

• Took acting lessons to control his stutter.
• He won a Tony in 1969 for "The Great White Hope".
• Born at 6:05 am
• Son: Flynn Earl Jones.
• Had stuttering problem as a child and said very little as a child; still struggles with the problem and says he has to think about what he says carefully before saying it (impressive, since he is known widely for his voice).
• Provided the thunderous voice (uncredited) of the anti-hero, Darth Vader, in the 'Star Wars' film trilogy.
• Son of prizefighter-turned-actor Robert Earl Jones, from whom it is said he was estranged long into adulthood.
• He's the commanding voice that says "This is CNN"
• Graduated from The University of Michigan.
• His first time acting was at the Ramsdell Theater in Manistee, Michigan.
• Graduated from Kaleva-Norman-Dickson High School in Brethren.
• Grew up in the small town of Dublin, Michigan.
• Callers using Bell Atlantic pay phones often hear Jones's voice assuring them that "This is Bell Atlantic", just before a female voice asks for a calling card number.
• Was once an Army officer after college.
• His "death" was announced during a live broadcast of an NBA playoff game in April of 1998; the deceased was actually James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King
• He received the John F. Kennedy Center Honor in December 2002.
• Narrated the documentary Black Indians: An American Story (2001) , which explores issues of racial identity between the mixed-descent peoples of both Native American and African American heritage. Jones himself is a Black Indian.
• Announced the forty-fifth greatest movie villain of all time by Maxim Magazine's "Fifty Greatest Movie Villains of all Time" list for his character of Darth Vader in Star Wars (1977).
• Co-starred with Madge Sinclair five times.
• Has won two Tony Awards: in 1969, as Best Actor (Dramatic), for "The Great White Hope," a role he recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title, The Great White Hope (1970); and in 1987, as Best Actor (Play), for August Wilson's "Fences."
• In the original Star Wars trilogy, he and Billy Dee Williams were the only black actors to play major roles. One of Williams's other roles was the title role in Scott Joplin (1977). Joplin's ragtime music was used as the score for The Sting (1973), which features James's father, Robert Earl Jones.
• Known for his humility, he declined to have his name appear on the credits of both Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, claiming that he felt his contribution wasn't significant enough to warrant a credit. He did agree to have his name appear of the credits of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
• Appears in Robots with Stanley Tucci. In a television biopic of Peter Sellers, Tucci played Stanley Kubrick, who directed Sellers in Dr. Stranglove - which was also Jones's first film.
• He was the first established celebrity to appear on the series Sesame Street.
• On October 8, 2002 appeared along with Theo Lion from PBS's "Between the Lions" before the House Education Reform Subcommittee to explain the importance of supporting literacy programs.
• Is of African-American, American Indian and Irish ancestry. His paternal great-great-grandmother, Parthenia Connolly, was a native of Ireland who worked as an indentured servant. She married a former slave named Brice. Because Brice had no surname of his own, he took his wife's name Connolly. His maternal grandmother, Maggie Anderson, was part Choctaw Indian.
• His parents, Ruth Connolly and Robert Earl Jones, separated just before he was born. He was raised by his maternal grandparents
• To help get over his stuttering, he would write poetry, and his schoolteachers would let him read it in front of the class.
• On June 15th 2005, he was forced to leave the Broadway revival of On Golden Pond (1981) due to a bout of pneumonia.
• Shares his birthday with Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschenel.
• While in college, was a member of the Pershing Rifles, Co. M-3, a collegiate fraternal organizations for members of the school's ROTC program. Other members of this organization include Colin Powell and C. Gordon Liddy.
• Has appeared in two films with Madge Sinclair where they play the main character's parents. In Coming to America, they play the mother and father of Eddie Murphy's character, Hakeem. In The Lion King, they play the mother and father of Simba. In Coming to America, he appears with Samuel L. Jackson, who also appears with him in Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith, in which Jackson voices Darth Vader--the father of original trilogy hero Luke Skywalker. In The Lion King, Jones's character is named Mufasa. In Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader is severely injured on the planet Mustafar, which necessitates the synthesized voice Jones provides.
• He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1992 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
• His vocal performance of Darth Vader is ranked #84 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
• His father-in-law's favorite movie is "Gunga Din."
• Is a member of the National Rifle Assocation of America (NRA).

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