James Earl Jones
- Actor
- Soundtrack
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. 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).
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). In his brilliant course of memorable performances, among others, he has also appeared on
the animated series
The Simpsons (1989) three times
and played Mufasa both in
The Lion King (1994) and The Lion King (2019), while he returned too as the voice of Darth Vader in
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).
