Tributes paid to James Earl Jones, who has died aged 93
nme.comDeadline.James Earl Jones is one of the few actors to achieve EGOT status, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. He was perhaps best known for his role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise, and for voicing Mufasa in Disney‘s The Lion King.Jones got his start in the film industry in the 1960s, making his silver screen debut in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr.
Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 1964.Throughout the course of his career, his performances would be celebrated in films such as Claudine, Field of Dreams, The Sandlot, City Limits, Coming To America and more.
In 1977, he gain global attention for his voice role as Darth Vader in Star Wars: A New Hope – a role that followed him for the rest of his career throughout several Star Wars projects, most recently in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker.In 1994, he landed his second largest voice acting role as Mufasa in Disney’s The Lion King.
In TV, he’s known for his roles in Paris, Long Ago and Far Away, Gabriel’s Fire, 3rd Rock From The Sun, an appearance on The Big Bang Theory and several episodes of Star Wars Rebels.In theater, he starred in several major productions, including Othello, Of Mice and Men, Hamlet, Driving Miss Daisy, Much Ado About Nothing and most recently, The Gin Game.In the wake of passing, many actors and industry members have paid homage to the late James Earl Jones.
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