James Earl Jones

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American actor film actor human stage actor television actor voice actor

James Earl Jones is an acclaimed American actor renowned for his deep, resonant voice, famously providing the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King.

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Label Occurrences
James Earl Jones canonical 27
James Earl Jones as Darth Vader 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
awardReceived Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording

Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-01-17 ⓘ
educatedAt American Theatre Wing ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Jones ⓘ
fullName James Earl Jones self-link ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasVoiceRole Darth Vader ⓘ
Mufasa ⓘ
hasWonEGOT true ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableCharacteristic stutter in childhood ⓘ
notableFor deep resonant voice ⓘ
notableWork Coming to America ⓘ
Dr. Strangelove ⓘ
surface form: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Fences (2016 film) ⓘ
surface form: Fences

Field of Dreams ⓘ
The Great White Hope ⓘ
The Hunt for Red October ⓘ
The Lion King (2019 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Lion King (2019) voice of Mufasa

voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars film series ⓘ
voice of Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King (1994) ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
parent Robert Earl Jones ⓘ
placeOfBirth Arkabutla, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
residence New York ⓘ
surface form: New York, United States
spouse Cecilia Hart ⓘ
Julienne Marie ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Lion King → voiceCastMember → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → voiceActorForCharacter → James Earl Jones ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Earl Jones as Darth Vader
The Greatest → stars → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Jones → notableBearer → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Coming to America → starring → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → starred → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Conan the Barbarian → starring → James Earl Jones ⓘ
subject surface form: Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)
Field of Dreams → portrayedBy → James Earl Jones ⓘ
The Empire Strikes Back → castMember → James Earl Jones ⓘ
The Hunt for Red October → starring → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Gang Related → starring → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Patriot Games → castMember → James Earl Jones ⓘ
The Lion King (2019 film) → voiceCastMember → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Darth Vader → voicedBy → James Earl Jones ⓘ
James Earl Jones → fullName → James Earl Jones self-link ⓘ
Mufasa → portrayedByVoice → James Earl Jones ⓘ
The Lion King 1½ → voiceActorForMufasa → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Coming 2 America → stars → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Joseph Papp → supportedCareerOf → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Maggie Simpson → portrayedByVoice → James Earl Jones ⓘ
David Prowse → voiceOfDarthVaderProvidedBy → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Anakin Skywalker → voicedBy → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Exorcist II: The Heretic → starring → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Troy Maxson → portrayedBy → James Earl Jones ⓘ
King Jaffe Joffer → portrayedBy → James Earl Jones ⓘ
King Jaffe Joffer → portrayedByInSequel → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Joffer → associatedWithActor → James Earl Jones ⓘ
Matewan → castMember → James Earl Jones ⓘ