James Earl Jones

Acting

Born 1931-01-17 Died 2024-09-09 Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA 265 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 2 Golden Globe Awards 1 Daytime Emmy Awards 2 Tony Awards 2 Outer Critics Circle Award 3 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award 1 National Medal of Arts 1 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

1971 Best Actor Nominated The Great White Hope

Primetime Emmy Awards 2 won · 4 nominated

2004 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Everwood
1997 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated Frasier
1995 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated Under One Roof
1994 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Picket Fences
1991 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Won Heat Wave
1991 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Won Gabriel's Fire

Golden Globe Awards 1 won

1970 New Star of the Year – Actor Won The Great White Hope

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 nominated

1995 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated Cry, the Beloved Country

Daytime Emmy Awards 2 won · 1 nominated

2000 Outstanding Children's Special Won Summer's End
1988 Outstanding Children's Special Nominated CBS Schoolbreak Special
— Daytime Emmy Award Won

Grammy Awards 1 nominated

2007 Best Spoken Word Album for Children Nominated The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

Tony Awards 2 won · 2 nominated

2012 Best Actor in a Play Nominated
2005 Best Actor in a Play Nominated
1987 Best Actor in a Play Won
1969 Best Actor in a Play Won

Outer Critics Circle Award 3 won

2012 Outer Critics Circle Award Won The Best Man
2008 Outer Critics Circle Award Won Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1987 Outer Critics Circle Award Won Fences

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award 1 won

— Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Won

National Medal of Arts 1 won

— National Medal of Arts Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1 won

— Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Won

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James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. He was described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". Over his career, he received three Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985. He was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Honorary Academy Award in 2011. His deep voice has been praised as a "stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects.