Tom Jones
Acting
Born 1940-06-07
Trefforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Tom Jones (born Thomas John Woodward, in Trefforest, Pontypridd in Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh singer and actor.
Sir Thomas John Woodward OBE, known professionally as Tom Jones, began his career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas. Jones's voice has been described by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone".
His performing range has included pop, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel. In 2008, the New York Times called Jones a musical "shape shifter", who could "slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty". Jones has sold over 100 million records, with 36 Top 40 hits in the UK and 19 in the US, including "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat", the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Delilah", "She's a Lady", "Kiss" and "Sex Bomb".
Jones made his acting debut playing the lead role in the 1979 television film Pleasure Cove. He played himself in Tim Burton's 1996 film Mars Attacks!. In 1970, he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination for hosting the television series This Is Tom Jones. In 2012, he played a role in an episode of Playhouse Presents. Jones received a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966, an MTV Video Music Award in 1989, as well as two Brit Awards: Best British Male in 2000 and the Outstanding Contribution to Music award in 2003. Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music in 2005. Jones experienced a resurgence in notability in the 2010s due to his coaching role on the television talent show The Voice UK from 2012 (with the exception of 2016).
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The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Graham Norton Show
Top of the Pops
Wetten, dass..?
Top Gear
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Leute heute
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sacrée soirée
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
Bambi
Strictly Come Dancing
The Emperor's New Groove
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
3 nach 9
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
The Oscars
Skavlan
Duck Dodgers
Parkinson
GMTV
Mars Attacks!
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Le monde est à vous
The Ed Sullivan Show
Going Live!
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
An Audience with...
Allsång på Skansen
Kraft Music Hall
Playhouse Presents
MTV Europe Music Awards
Documentary Now!
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Thunderball
The Voice UK
The BRIT Awards
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Star Academy
Donny & Marie
The Frank Skinner Show
Disco
Téléthon
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
Ready Steady Go!
Système 2
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
Cilla
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
De TV Show
Wedden, dat..?
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
The Dame Edna Experience
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