Actor James Earl Jones died Monday at his home in Dutchess County, New York. He was 93. A commanding presence onscreen, Jones nonetheless gained greater fame off-camera as the voice of Mufasa in 'The Lion King' and 'Star Wars' villain Darth Vader.
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00:00Actor James Earl Jones died Monday at his home in Dutchess County, New York. He was 93.
00:05A commanding presence on screen, Jones nonetheless gained greater fame off-camera
00:10as the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King and Star Wars villain Darth Vader.
00:14Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill shared the news of his passing on social media and wrote,
00:19Rest in peace, Dad.
00:21Jones made his big-screen debut in 1964's Doctor Strangelove,
00:25or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
00:27The star later burst into national prominence in 1970 with his powerful,
00:31Oscar-nominated performance as America's first black heavyweight champion in The Great White Hope.
00:37His other noteworthy films include 1974's Claudine, 1988's Coming to America,
00:431989's Field of Dreams, 1990's The Hunt for Red October, 1993's The Sandlot,
00:491994's Clear and Present Danger, 1995's Cry, The Beloved Country,
00:541996's A Family Thing, and 2021's Coming to America sequel.
00:59The actor, who made his Broadway debut in 1958,
01:02earned two Best Actor Tony Awards for his work on the stage over the years.
01:06He also was the recipient of an honorary Oscar at the 2011 Governor's Awards,
01:11which made him an EGOT winner, aka one of the handful of people to earn an Emmy,
01:16Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
01:18Jones was notably the first actor to win two Emmys in one year.
01:21In 1991, he took home trophies for the ABC drama Gabriel's Fire and the TNT telefilm Heat Wave.
01:28For much more on the life and career of James Earl Jones, as well as more tributes,
01:32head to THR.com.
01:34This is The Hollywood Reporter News.