James Earl Jones, the actor known for his voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa, has passed away.

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he told me you killed him no I am your father the voice of Darth Vader actor James Earl Jones has passed away the renowned actor whom the general public also knew from Conan the Barbarian and a trip to America was 93 years old ironically James Earl Jones has more than 80 film roles to his credit two emys two Tony Awards two top theater Awards an Oscar nomination and he is remembered primarily for the voice of one single character it's true it's one of the most famous characters in cinematic History Darth Vader the main villain and father of the main character in Star Wars welcome to the channel don't forget to subscribe and like this video and here we go curiously the actor who became famous ly due to his voice found it far from immediately Jones was born in 1931 on a farm in the town of arkabutla Mississippi in childhood stress led to severe stuttering and up to high school he flatly refused to speak preferring to look mute the young man was able to overcome all this only thanks to his English teacher who noticed his poetic talent and asked him to read his own poems aloud in front of the class after graduating from University and serving in the Army Jones began to play in the theater and achieved great success there in Shakespearean roles and in the movie debuted only in 33 years but immediately at Stanley kubri in his famous Doctor Strange Love in the 60s he starred in movies rarely but aptly the fourth role in the movie Great White Hope brought a nomination for Oscar in the 1972 film man he played the first African-American who became president of the United States in the biopic the greatest a picture of Muhammad Ali in which the hero the rarest case played himself appeared in the role of a fighter for the rights of blacks Malcolm X in the same year 1977 when the greatest was released Star Wars premiered Darth Vader and them portrayed actor David prow but to hear himself on the screen he did not have a chance George Lucas did not like his accent and he preferred to invite to voice Jones who spoke velvety beautiful Bass But Jones did not want to take away from PR's Fame and asked that his name was not mentioned in the credits it was not mentioned until 1983 when the final part of the first Trilogy Return of the Jedi was was released then Jones had everything worked out well except that Blockbusters like Star Wars he was no longer caught however you can remember Conan the Barbarian where he played the villainous cuddler Tulsa Duma in the finale he was beheaded by Arnold Schwarzenegger or a trip to America where he became king of the fictional African country Zamunda jaffi joffer his son played by Eddie Murphy went to the US in search of a suitable bride he also played Admiral James Greer in three- screen adaptations of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels The Hunt for Red October Patriot Games direct and explicit threat did a lot of Voice work on cartoons and the most interesting thing here is not even The Simpsons but Mufasa in the original Disney The Lion King remember who you very much worked on television and in 1991 became the only actor who received two emys in one night as best actor in a supporting role in the minseries Heatwave and best actor in a leading role in a drama series Gabriel's fire in 2009 he was presented with an honorary Lifetime Achievement Award from The Screen Actors Guild of the United States an honorary Oscar in 2011 and an honorary Tony Award in 2017 he spent the last 10 years in the status of a living legend sometimes returning to old roles again played King Zamunda in the sequel to going to America voiced Mufasa in the new The Lion King and Darth Vader in Outcast one but over the series Obi-Wan Kenobi released 2 years ago has not started to work asked the authors to take the old repli as a Vader and voiced the role on their basis using artificial intelligence ladies and gentlemen I stand before you deeply honored uh mighty grateful and just plain go smacked [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

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