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James Earl Jones

Age: 78
Height: 6' 1 1/2"

Birth Place: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Born: Jan. 17th, 1931

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James Earl Jones' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Gabriel's Fire	Gabriel Bird
Me and Mom	Lou Garfield
Vegetable Soup	Long John Spo&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

James Earl Jones was born in 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. At an early age he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Probably best known for his role as Darth Vader (for the voice only, as the man in the Darth Vader suit was David Prowse (I), whose voice was dubbed because of his British West Country accent). Has appeared on "The Simpsons" (1989) a couple of times and played Mufasa in The Lion King (1994). James Earl Jones returned as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).

TRIVIA:

He's the commanding voice that says "This is CNN".
To help get over his stuttering, he would write poetry, and his schoolteachers would let him read it in front of the class.
Brother: Matthew Earl Jones.
A Norwegian rock band has named themselves after him: James Earl Jones Barbershop Explosion!.
Grew up in the small town of Dublin, Michigan.
On June 15th 2005, he was forced to leave the Broadway revival of _On Golden Pond (1981)_ (qv) due to a bout of pneumonia.
Appears in _Robots (2005)_ (qv) with 'Stanley Tucci (I)' (qv). In a television biopic of 'Peter Sellers' (qv), 'Stanley Tucci (I)' (qv) played 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv), who directed 'Peter Sellers' (qv) in _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv), which was also Jones's first film.
His father-in-law's favorite movie is _Gunga Din (1939)_ (qv).