Jones is one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony). [1 ] [2 ] [3 ] [4 ] He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985, and was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy…
James EarlJones (17. ledna 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA – 9. září 2024, Dutchess County, New York, USA) [1 ] byl americký herec a moderátor, syn herce a někdejšího šampióna v boxu Roberta Earla Jonese, dvojnásobný držitel prestižní…
"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." When a five-year-old James EarlJones moved with his grandparents from rural…
Jeho otcem byl někdejší boxerský šampion a herec Robert EarlJones a maminkou Ruth Connolly, učitelka, v jejíchž žilách kolovala africká, irská a indiánská krev.
Dvouletou vojenskou službu ukončil v hodnosti poručíka a 1955-57 absolvoval hereckou průpravu v newyorském American Theatre Wing a u Lee Strasberga a Tada Danielewského.