James Earl Jones is an American actor and voice artist. He is famous for doing the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies,[2] for doing the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King,[2] and for the CNN tagline (“This…is CNN”). He started out as a child who stuttered all the time and when he started school he was mute for 8 years, not speaking again until high school.
As the voice of Darth Vader is Star Wars he was only paid $7000.
He was uncredited at the end of all 3 of the original films in the Star Wars Trilogy.
James Earl Jones is an EGOT winner
He is the new voice of Arby’s in the “We have the meats” campaign.
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Fact – That was just for the first film though, which he thought was fair for the time. He is now worth an estimated 45 million dollars.
Fake – It was only the first two films He did not feel his contribution warranted a credit though he agreed to be credited in “The Return of the Jedi” the third film in 1983.
Fake – Even though he has an Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award, his Oscar is honorary and you need to win each award to be considered for an EGOT.
Fake – The voice is that of actor Ving Rhames.
