Birth Place: Arkabutla, MS, USA
James Earl Jones made his Broadway debut in 1957 and has won Tony Awards for the Broadway productions of The Great White Hope and Fences; a Tony nomination for On Golden Pond; Drama Desk Awards for Othello, Les Blancs, Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard and Fences; Obie Awards for Clandestine on the Morning Line, The Apple, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and Baal; a Theatre World Award for Moon on a Rainbow Shawl; the Los Angeles Critics Circle Award for Fences; and an Olivier Award nomination for his portrayal of Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in London.
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones, The Best Man
James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal's The Best Man
James Earl Jones, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
James Earl Jones, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
James Earl JonesOn Golden Pond
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond
James Earl Jones, Fences
James Earl Jones, Fences
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones, Fences
James Earl Jones, Fences
James Earl Jones, Paul Robeson
James Earl Jones, The Cherry Orchard
James Earl Jones, Hamlet
James Earl Jones, Les Blancs
James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope
James Earl Jones, The Great White Hope
James Earl Jones, Othello
James Earl JonesBeal
James Earl Jones , Clandestine on the Morning Line
James Earl Jones , The Apple
James Earl Jones Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
James Earl JonesMoon on a Rainbow Shawl
James Earl Jones has appeared on Broadway in 20 shows.
James Earl Jones has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
James Earl Jones's first West End show was Driving Miss Daisy which opened in 2011
James Earl Jones has been nominated for several awards throughout his illustrious career, including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Best Man," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Gore Vidal's The Best Man," Best Actor at the Olivier Awards for "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," and Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for "On Golden Pond." Additionally, he received nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "On Golden Pond," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "On Golden Pond," Outstanding Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Fences," Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Fences," and Best Actor at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Fences." Jones also received nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Fences," Outstanding Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Paul Robeson," and Outstanding Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Cherry Orchard," "Hamlet," "Les Blancs," and "The Great White Hope." He was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Great White Hope," Best Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for "Othello," Performance at the Obie Awards for "Beal," Best Actor at the Obie Awards for "Clandestine on the Morning Line," "The Apple," and "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl," and Performance at the Theatre World Awards for "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl."
James Earl Jones has won numerous awards throughout his illustrious career, including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Best Man" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Outstanding Actor - Play from the Drama Desk Awards for "Fences," Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League Awards for "Fences," The American Express Tribute from the Helen Hayes Awards, Best Actor from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Fences," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Fences," Outstanding Performance from the Drama Desk Awards for "Hamlet," "The Cherry Orchard," "Les Blancs," and "The Great White Hope," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Great White Hope," Best Performance from the Drama Desk Awards for "Othello," Performance from the Obie Awards for "Beal," Best Actor from the Obie Awards for "Clandestine on the Morning Line," "The Apple," and "Moon on a Rainbow Shawland," as well as Performance from the Theatre World Awards for "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl."
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