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James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a well-known African-American actor who was born Todd Jones in Arkabutla , Mississippi and raised in Dublin, Michigan by his maternal grandparents. He moved to Michigan around the age of 5, when he developed a stutter so severe he refused to speak aloud. He remained functionally mute for 8 years until he reached high school. He credits a high school teacher who discovered he had a gift for writing poetry with helping him out of his silence. The teacher believed forced public speaking would help him gain confidence and insisted he recite a poem in class each day. "I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year, and then those mute years continued until I got to high school." Ironically, he is most famous for his deep authoritative voice.His first film role was in Dr. Strangelove in 1964. He has appeared in many roles since, but is probably best known as the sonorous voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, Mufasa in The Lion King, a Disney animated feature, and CNN tagline, "This is CNN." He has performed considerable amounts of other voice-over work. He has also periodically performed guest voices on television's The Simpsons.
James portrayed General Solomon in the computer game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun .
He also starred in the television programA television program is the content of television broadcasting. The content of an individual broadcast may be referred to as a television program (US English), television programme (UK English) or television show . A program may be a one-off broadcast or, Under One RoofUnder One Roof has multiple meanings: Under One Roof (novel is a 1917 novel by Mary Cholmondeley. Under One Roof (Singapore television program) (Chinese: ) is a television programme in Singapore. Under One Roof (Japanese television programme) (Japanese: " as Neb Langston, a widowed police officer, a role for which he received an EmmyThe Emmy Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment. There are two types of Emmy Awards, the Daytime Awards and the Primetime Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sci nominationNomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. In the context of elections for public office, a candidate who has been selected by a political party is normally said to b. He appears in television and radio advertising for Verizon WirelessVerizon Wireless was the largest wireless phone company in the United States, before Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless. In June 2004, the company added its 40 millionth customer. Verizon Wireless was formed in 2000 as a joint venture between US-base.
He won Tony awards in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac in The Great White HopeThe Great White Hope is a 1970 film which tells the fictionalized life story of boxing champion Jack Johnson (here called Jack Jefferson). It stars James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards and Moses Gunn. The movie was and in 1987 in Fences . He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2002.
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