James Earl Jones, the distinctive basso profundo voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, King Mustafa in The Lion King , and the «People will come» promise in.
James Earl Jones, the distinctive basso profundo voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, King Mustafa in The Lion King, and the «People will come» promise in Field of Dreams, died Monday. He was 93. Jones died at his home in Pawling, New York, the reports. One of the groundbreaking Black actors of his generation, Jones brought a commanding, authoritative presence to Shakespearean tragedies, comedies, suspense films, and varied character parts over a 60-year career. He won Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and Academy awards, with the honorary Oscar he received in 2011 praising «his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility.» One former costar, LeVar Burton, posted Monday on X that «there will never be another of his particular combination of graces.
