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Awards and Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated
Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Won
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominated
Academy Award
Actor
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James Earl Jones is an American actor known for his appearances on stage and screen. Jones is known as one of the few entertainers to have won the EGOT ( Emmy , Grammy , Oscar , Tony ). Jones has received two Primetime Emmy Awards , a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards .
James Earl Jones. Jump to. 31 wins & 31 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1971 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. The Great White Hope. 2012 Winner Honorary Award. CableACE Awards. 1991 Winner ACE. Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries. Heat Wave. 1991 Winner CableACE. Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- January 17, 1931
Awards and honors. Formerly known as the Cort Theatre, now the James Earl Jones Theatre on Broadway. Jones has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award. He also is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
Jan 4, 2024 · Jones is known for his performances in films such as the political satire Dr. Strangelove (1964), the drama The Great White Hope (1970), the romance Claudine (1974), the drama Matewan (1987), the comedy Coming to America (1988), the sports drama Field of Dreams (1989), the spy thriller The Hunt for Red October (1990), and the drama Cry, the Belo...
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 31 wins & 31 nominations total. Photos 382. Known for. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. 7.8. Darth Vader (voice) 2016. The Lion King. 6.8. Mufasa (voice) 2019.
- January 1, 1
- 1.87 m
- Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Jones has won three Emmy Awards, including two in the same year in 1991, and he also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the film version of The Great White Hope. He is also known for his voice acting, most notably as Darth Vader in the Star Wars film series and Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King, as well as ...
In addition to his film and voice over work, Jones is an accomplished stage actor as well; he has won Tony awards in 1969 for The Great White Hope and in 1987 for Fences. Othello, King Lear, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Abhorson in Measure for Measure, and Claudius in Hamlet are Shakespearean roles he has played.
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