Robert Earl Jones
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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
Nominated
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
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. In 2011, he received an Academy Honorary Award. [75] As such, he is a recipient of the EGOT ( Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony ).
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.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- January 17, 1931
- 2 min
With his powerful performance as the proud but conflicted boxer Jack Jefferson in The Great White Hope (1970), James Earl Jones received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Actor. Over the next four decades, Jones would build a successful film career and become one of the most instantly recognizable voices in the world.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Jones won Tony Awards for his performances in The Great White Hope and Fences, and garnered an honorary Academy Award in 2011. He is also a two-time Emmy Award winner. Wife & Son....
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.
