James Earl Jones Overview:

Actor, James Earl Jones, was born on Jan 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, MS. As of December 2023, James Earl Jones was 93 years old.

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Although Earl Jones was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award. However he won one Honorary Oscar Award in 2011 To James Earl Jones for his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1970Best ActorThe Great White Hope (1970)Jack JeffersonNominated

Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)

YearAwardDescription
2011Honorary AwardTo James Earl Jones for his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility

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James Earl Jones Facts
Had stuttering problem as a child and said very little as a child; still struggles with the problem and says he has to think about what he says carefully before saying it (impressive, since he is known widely for his voice).

Appears in Robots (2005) with Stanley Tucci. In a television biopic of Peter Sellers, Stanley Tucci played Stanley Kubrick, who directed Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), which was also Jones's first film.

To help get over his stuttering, he would write poetry, and his schoolteachers would let him read it in front of the class.

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