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 James Earl Jones
Birthday: January 17, 1931
Birth
Place: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Height: 6' 1"
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Possessing one of the most instantly recognizable voices in entertainment history, James Earl Jones is one of America's most distinguished and versatile actors. Although best-known to many people as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars or as the booming "Voice of CNN," Jones has led a decades-old career encompassing film, television, and the stage.Born Todd Jones on January 17, 1931, in Arkabutla, Mississippi, Jones was the son of prize-fighter-turned-actor Robert Earl Jones, whom he would not know for many years. At a young age, he moved to Dublin, Michigan, where he was raised on the farm of his mother's parents. Ironically enough, given that his voice would one day make him famous, Jones suffered from a severe stutter as a child, and he seldom spoke as a result. It was with the help of a high school teacher that he began to use his voice to its full potential. After entering the University of Michigan, where he went to study medicine, Jones continued to develop his voice with acting lessons. The lessons gave Jones an appetite for further theatrical experience, and he quit medicine to devote his attentions to drama study. He made his stage debut in a community theatre production in Manistee, Michigan, his last appearance for a while, as he subsequently served time in the military.After his discharge, Jones moved to New York, where he attended the American Theatre Wing to further his training and worked as a janitor to earn a living. In 1957, he made his Broadway debut, and during the subsequent decade, he became one of the stage's most in-demand African-American actors. His best-known stage role was as a boxing champion in The Great White Hope, which in 1969 won him the first of two Tony Awards (the second was for August Wilson's Fences in 1987). During this time, Jones began working on television, appearing as a doctor on the daytime dramas Guiding Light and As the World Turns. In doing so, he became one of the first black actors to perform regularly on soaps. Jones also crossed over to the big screen, making his film debut as one of Slim Pickens' flight crew in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). In 1970, he reprised his role in The Great White Hope for the screen, earning Best Actor Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his portrayal of the proud yet conflicted boxer.Jones continued to work on the stage, screen, and television throughout the '70s, appearing in everything from documentaries about Martin Luther King, Jr. to the 1974 comedy Claudine to King Lear (1977). In 1977, a few days of uncredited voiceover work for the character of Darth Vader led to a measure of screen immortality, as part of the enormous success of Star Wars was the iconic menace of the screen villain's voice. Jones also gave life to Vader's vocal chords for the next two films in the Star Wars trilogy.During the '80s and '90s, Jones continued to work steadily on the stage, screen, and television. For the latter, he found particular acclaim in 1991, winning both a Best Actor Emmy for his work in Gabriel's Fire and a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his role in Heat Wave. The acclaim he earned on TV was ably complemented by that he found in film, as he appeared in an impressive scope of work by diverse directors in disparate genres. In the late '80s, he could be seen doing some of the best work in his film career, first as an oppressed coal miner in John Sayles' Matewan (1987), then as an embittered, Salinger-like author in Field of Dreams (1989). Jones spent the next decade branching out into the blockbuster action genre with his work in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and its two sequels, Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). He also did strong dramatic work in such films as Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) and A Family Thing (1996), the latter of which cast him as Robert Duvall's estranged half-brother. Somewhat ironically, it was the actor's voice that endeared him to a new generation when he voiced the character of lion patriarch Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King (1994). In addition to the entertainment industry awards he has received over the course of his career, Jones has been the recipient of a number of other honors, including The National Medal of Arts (awarded to him by President George Bush in 1992) and honorary doctorates from Yale, Princeton, and Columbia Universities.
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- 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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