Jadidi, Other Works In 1970, James Earl Jones became only the second Black man to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor (Sidney Poitier was the first to be nominated in … [on Star Wars] I am so pleased to be part of that full legend. Publicity Listings If the great roles aren't around -- and they usually aren't -- then I try to pick projects which will at least take me to interesting locations. We should've stayed and finished the job. The actor is married to Cecilia Hart, his starsign is Capricorn and he is now 90 years of age. The Making of Swashbuckler, Raquel Welch/James Earl Jones/Lester Maddox, James Earl Jones, Carolyn Franklin, Arthur Godfrey, Aliza Kashi, Leonard Barr, John Hartford, James Earl Jones, Betsy Palmer, Milt Kamen, Mary Lou Collins, Marcia Wallace, the Amazing Kreskin. Is the first African-American actor to play the President of the United States on film in, Is one of only 14 individuals who are an "EGOT", meaning that he has received at least one of all of the four major entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. He was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on January 7, 1996. 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. Origins: On 26 August 2015, a news-like link reporting that veteran actor James Earl Jones (famously known, among many other prominent roles, as the voice of … 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). James Earl Jones Celebrity Profile - Check out the latest James Earl Jones photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at Rotten Tomatoes! The Second Civil War. : The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa, The Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John, Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics, An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier, Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat/Millions of Cats, The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream. His "death" was announced during a live broadcast of an NBA playoff game in April 1998. The other recipients, in chronological order, are. To help get over his stuttering, he would write poetry, and his schoolteachers would let him read it in front of the class. Callers using Bell Atlantic pay phones often hear Jones's voice assuring them "Welcome to Bell Atlantic", just before a female voice asks for a calling card number. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. Otherwise, they will win and the decent people will lose. James Earl Jones goes into wonderful, unsparing detail about boyhood on farms in Mississippi and Michigan, his struggle to overcome stuttering and muteness, and his slow but steady rise in the world of acting, first on stage and then in television and movies. I can't put down any jobs that help me pay my bills. They would both appear in the Star Wars film series. In addition, Samuel L. Jackson would star in The Great White Hype (1996) which was a spoof of The Great White Hope (1970) starring James Earl Jones.