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Available in 56 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-56" aria-hidden="true" > 56 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target">Afrikaans</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2" title="جيمس إيرل جونز – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جيمس إيرل جونز" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2" title="جیمز ارل جونز – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جیمز ارل جونز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%AA%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81" title="Джеймс Ърл Джоунс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джеймс Ърл Джоунс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%81%CE%BB_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%82" title="Τζέιμς Ερλ Τζόουνς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζέιμς Ερλ Τζόουνς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2" title="جیمز ارل جونز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جیمز ارل جونز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EC%96%BC_%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A4" title="제임스 얼 존스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제임스 얼 존스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hausa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D4%B7%D5%BC%D5%AC_%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BD" title="Ջեյմս Էռլ Ջոնս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջեյմս Էռլ Ջոնս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1" title="ג'יימס ארל ג'ונס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'יימס ארל ג'ונס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kapampangan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kernowek</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Earl_Jones" title="Iacobus Earl Jones – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Iacobus Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEeimss_%C4%92rls_D%C5%BEonss" title="Džeimss Ērls Džonss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džeimss Ērls Džonss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2" title="جيمس ايرل جونز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جيمس ايرل جونز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA" title="ジェームズ・アール・ジョーンズ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジェームズ・アール・ジョーンズ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81,_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BB" title="Джонс, Джеймс Эрл – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Джонс, Джеймс Эрл" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="James Earl Jones" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="James Earl Jones" 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American actor (1931–2024)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">James Earl Jones</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Earl_Jones_Baltimore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/James_Earl_Jones_Baltimore.jpg/220px-James_Earl_Jones_Baltimore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/James_Earl_Jones_Baltimore.jpg/330px-James_Earl_Jones_Baltimore.jpg 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href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1953–2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones_on_screen_and_stage" title="James Earl Jones on screen and stage">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output 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title="married">m.</abbr> 1982; died <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>2016)</div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Earl_Jones" title="Robert Earl Jones">Robert Earl Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_James_Earl_Jones" title="List of awards and nominations received by James Earl Jones">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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Front Row 31 Dec 2009 b00pfl98.flac">James Earl Jones's voice</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="25" data-mwtitle="James_Earl_Jones_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_31_Dec_2009_b00pfl98.flac" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/James_Earl_Jones_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_31_Dec_2009_b00pfl98.flac/James_Earl_Jones_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_31_Dec_2009_b00pfl98.flac.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/James_Earl_Jones_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_31_Dec_2009_b00pfl98.flac/James_Earl_Jones_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_31_Dec_2009_b00pfl98.flac.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/James_Earl_Jones_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_31_Dec_2009_b00pfl98.flac" type="audio/flac" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Earl_Jones_BBC_Radio4_Front_Row_31_Dec_2009_b00pfl98.flac" title="File:James Earl Jones BBC Radio4 Front Row 31 Dec 2009 b00pfl98.flac">Recorded December 2009</a> from the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> program <a href="/wiki/Front_Row_(radio_programme)" title="Front Row (radio programme)">Front Row</a></div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. A pioneer for black actors in the entertainment industry, he is known for his extensive and acclaimed roles on <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones_on_screen_and_stage" title="James Earl Jones on screen and stage">stage and screen</a>. Jones is one of the few performers to achieve the <a href="/wiki/EGOT" class="mw-redirect" title="EGOT">EGOT</a> (<a href="/wiki/Emmy" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy">Emmy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony</a>).<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/American_Theater_Hall_of_Fame" title="American Theater Hall of Fame">American Theater Hall of Fame</a> in 1985, and was honored with the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a> in 1992, the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Center Honor">Kennedy Center Honor</a> in 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Life_Achievement_Award" title="Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award">Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award</a> in 2009, and the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Honorary_Award" title="Academy Honorary Award">Academy Honorary Award</a> in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-award-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Born in <a href="/wiki/Arkabutla,_Mississippi" title="Arkabutla, Mississippi">Arkabutla, Mississippi</a>, Jones had a <a href="/wiki/Stutter" class="mw-redirect" title="Stutter">stutter</a> since childhood. He said that poetry and acting helped him overcome the challenges of his disability. A <a href="/wiki/Pre-med_major" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-med major">pre-med major</a> in college, he served as an officer in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_during_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army during the Korean War">U.S. Army during the Korean War</a> before pursuing a career in acting. His deep voice was praised as a "stirring <a href="/wiki/Basso_profondo" title="Basso profondo">basso profondo</a> that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Jones made his <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> debut in the play <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_at_Campobello_(play)" title="Sunrise at Campobello (play)">Sunrise at Campobello</a> (1957). He then gained prominence for acting in numerous productions with <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare in the Park">Shakespeare in the Park</a> including <a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">Othello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coriolanus" title="Coriolanus">Coriolanus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> He worked steadily in theater, winning the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Play" title="Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play</a> for his role as a <a href="/wiki/Boxer_(boxing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxer (boxing)">boxer</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope" title="The Great White Hope">The Great White Hope</a> (1968), which he reprised in the <a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope_(film)" title="The Great White Hope (film)">1970 film adaptation</a>, earning him <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Academy Award</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> nominations. Jones won his second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as a working class father in <a href="/wiki/August_Wilson" title="August Wilson">August Wilson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fences_(play)" title="Fences (play)">Fences</a> (1987). He was a Tony Award nominee for his roles as the husband in <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Thompson" title="Ernest Thompson">Ernest Thompson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/On_Golden_Pond_(play)" title="On Golden Pond (play)">On Golden Pond</a> (2005) about an aging couple, and as a former president in the <a href="/wiki/Gore_Vidal" title="Gore Vidal">Gore Vidal</a> play <a href="/wiki/The_Best_Man_(play)" title="The Best Man (play)">The Best Man</a> (2012). His other Broadway performances included <a href="/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof" title="Cat on a Hot Tin Roof">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</a> (2008), <a href="/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy_(play)" title="Driving Miss Daisy (play)">Driving Miss Daisy</a> (2010–2011), <a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(play)" title="You Can't Take It with You (play)">You Can't Take It with You</a> (2014), and <a href="/wiki/The_Gin_Game" title="The Gin Game">The Gin Game</a> (2015–2016). He received a <a href="/wiki/Special_Tony_Award" title="Special Tony Award">Special Tony Award</a> for Lifetime Achievement in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Jones made his film debut in <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dr._Strangelove" title="Dr. Strangelove">Dr. Strangelove</a> (1964). He received a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/Claudine_(film)" title="Claudine (film)">Claudine</a> (1974). He gained international fame for his voice role as <a href="/wiki/Darth_Vader" title="Darth Vader">Darth Vader</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a> franchise, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">original 1977 film</a>. Jones's other notable films include <a href="/wiki/The_Man_(1972_film)" title="The Man (1972 film)">The Man</a> (1972), <a href="/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian_(1982_film)" title="Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)">Conan the Barbarian</a> (1982), <a href="/wiki/Matewan" title="Matewan">Matewan</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Coming_to_America" title="Coming to America">Coming to America</a> (1988), <a href="/wiki/Field_of_Dreams" title="Field of Dreams">Field of Dreams</a> (1989), <a href="/wiki/The_Hunt_for_Red_October_(film)" title="The Hunt for Red October (film)">The Hunt for Red October</a> (1990), <a href="/wiki/Sneakers_(1992_film)" title="Sneakers (1992 film)">Sneakers</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/The_Sandlot" title="The Sandlot">The Sandlot</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">The Lion King</a> (1994), and <a href="/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country_(1995_film)" title="Cry, the Beloved Country (1995 film)">Cry, the Beloved Country</a> (1995). On television, he received eight <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Award</a> nominations winning twice for his roles in thriller film <a href="/wiki/Heat_Wave_(1990_film)" title="Heat Wave (1990 film)">Heat Wave</a> (1990) and the crime series <a href="/wiki/Gabriel%27s_Fire" title="Gabriel's Fire">Gabriel's Fire</a> (1991). He also acted in <a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a> (1977), <a href="/wiki/Jesus_of_Nazareth_(TV_series)" title="Jesus of Nazareth (TV series)">Jesus of Nazareth</a> (1977), <a href="/wiki/Picket_Fences" title="Picket Fences">Picket Fences</a> (1994), <a href="/wiki/Homicide:_Life_on_the_Street" title="Homicide: Life on the Street">Homicide: Life on the Street</a> (1997), and <a href="/wiki/Everwood_season_1" title="Everwood season 1">Everwood</a> (2004). <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Earl_Jones_in_Langston_Hughes%27_Don%27t_You_Want_to_be_Free%3F_(23_June_1938;_photograph_by_Carl_Van_Vechten).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Robert_Earl_Jones_in_Langston_Hughes%27_Don%27t_You_Want_to_be_Free%3F_%2823_June_1938%3B_photograph_by_Carl_Van_Vechten%29.jpg/170px-Robert_Earl_Jones_in_Langston_Hughes%27_Don%27t_You_Want_to_be_Free%3F_%2823_June_1938%3B_photograph_by_Carl_Van_Vechten%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Robert_Earl_Jones_in_Langston_Hughes%27_Don%27t_You_Want_to_be_Free%3F_%2823_June_1938%3B_photograph_by_Carl_Van_Vechten%29.jpg/255px-Robert_Earl_Jones_in_Langston_Hughes%27_Don%27t_You_Want_to_be_Free%3F_%2823_June_1938%3B_photograph_by_Carl_Van_Vechten%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Robert_Earl_Jones_in_Langston_Hughes%27_Don%27t_You_Want_to_be_Free%3F_%2823_June_1938%3B_photograph_by_Carl_Van_Vechten%29.jpg/340px-Robert_Earl_Jones_in_Langston_Hughes%27_Don%27t_You_Want_to_be_Free%3F_%2823_June_1938%3B_photograph_by_Carl_Van_Vechten%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2864" data-file-height="3638" /></a><figcaption>Jones's father, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Earl_Jones" title="Robert Earl Jones">Robert Earl Jones</a>, in promotional still for the <a href="/wiki/Langston_Hughes" title="Langston Hughes">Langston Hughes</a> play Don't You Want to Be Free? (1938)</figcaption></figure> James Earl Jones was born in <a href="/wiki/Arkabutla,_Mississippi" title="Arkabutla, Mississippi">Arkabutla, Mississippi</a>, on January 17, 1931,<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a> to Ruth (née Connolly); (1911–1986), a teacher and maid, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Earl_Jones" title="Robert Earl Jones">Robert Earl Jones</a> (1910–2006), a boxer, butler, and chauffeur. His father left the family shortly after James Earl's birth and later became a stage and screen actor in New York and <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nwatrav-14">[14]</a> Jones and his father did not get to know each other until the 1950s, when they reconciled. He said in interviews that his parents were both of mixed African-American, Irish, and Native American ancestry.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-education-16">[16]</a> From the age of five, Jones was raised by his maternal grandparents, John Henry and Maggie Connolly,<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a> on their farm in <a href="/wiki/Dublin,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin, Michigan">Dublin, Michigan</a>; they had moved from Mississippi in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Indianheritage-17">[17]</a> Jones found the transition to living with his grandparents in Michigan traumatic and developed a stutter so severe that he refused to speak. He said, "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."<a href="#cite_note-Indianheritage-17">[17]</a> He credited his English teacher, Donald Crouch, who discovered he had a gift for writing poetry, with helping him end his silence.<a href="#cite_note-nwatrav-14">[14]</a> Crouch urged him to challenge his reluctance to speak through reading poetry aloud to the class.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> In 1949, Jones graduated from Dickson Rural Agricultural School<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> (now Brethren High School) in <a href="/wiki/Brethren,_Michigan" title="Brethren, Michigan">Brethren, Michigan</a>, where he served as vice president of his class.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, where he was initially a <a href="/wiki/Pre-med_major" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-med major">pre-med major</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nwatrav-14">[14]</a> He joined the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">Reserve Officers' Training Corps</a> and excelled. He felt comfortable within the structure of the military environment and enjoyed the camaraderie of his fellow cadets in the <a href="/wiki/Pershing_Rifles" title="Pershing Rifles">Pershing Rifles</a> Drill Team and <a href="/wiki/Scabbard_and_Blade" title="Scabbard and Blade">Scabbard and Blade</a> Honor Society.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> After his junior year,<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> he focused on drama with the thought of doing something he enjoyed, before, he assumed, he would have to go off to fight in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. Jones graduated from the university in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in drama.<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service">edit</a>]</div> With the Korean War intensifying, Jones expected to be deployed as soon as he received his commission as a second lieutenant. While he waited for his orders, he worked on the stage crew and acted at the <a href="/wiki/Ramsdell_Theatre" title="Ramsdell Theatre">Ramsdell Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manistee,_Michigan" title="Manistee, Michigan">Manistee, Michigan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Voices-26">[26]</a> Jones was commissioned in mid-1953, after the Korean War's end, and reported to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning">Fort Benning</a> (now Fort Moore) to attend the Infantry Officers Basic Course. He attended <a href="/wiki/Ranger_School" title="Ranger School">Ranger School</a> and received his <a href="/wiki/Ranger_Tab" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranger Tab">Ranger Tab</a>. Jones was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 38th Regimental Combat Team.<a href="#cite_note-Vergun2021-27">[27]</a> He was initially to report to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Leonard_Wood" title="Fort Leonard Wood">Fort Leonard Wood</a>, but his unit was instead sent to establish a cold-weather training command at the former <a href="/wiki/Camp_Hale" title="Camp Hale">Camp Hale</a> near <a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville, Colorado</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> His battalion became a training unit in the rugged terrain of the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>. Jones was promoted to <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">first lieutenant</a> prior to his discharge.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Jones moved to New York City, where he studied at the <a href="/wiki/American_Theatre_Wing" title="American Theatre Wing">American Theatre Wing</a> and worked as a janitor to support himself.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 210px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External audio</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><img alt="audio icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Nuvola_apps_arts.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_arts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/james-earl-jones-discusses-play-othello">James Earl Jones talks with Studs Terkel on WFMT; 1968/02</a>, 49:25, <a href="/wiki/Studs_Terkel_Radio_Archive" title="Studs Terkel Radio Archive">Studs Terkel Radio Archive</a><a href="#cite_note-studs-32">[32]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1953–1972:_Early_roles_and_Shakespeare_in_the_Park">1953–1972: Early roles and Shakespeare in the Park</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1953–1972: Early roles and Shakespeare in the Park">edit</a>]</div> Jones began his acting career at the <a href="/wiki/Ramsdell_Theatre" title="Ramsdell Theatre">Ramsdell Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manistee,_Michigan" title="Manistee, Michigan">Manistee, Michigan</a>. In 1953, he was a stage carpenter, and between 1955 and 1957, he acted and was a stage manager. In his first acting season at the Ramsdell, he portrayed <a href="/wiki/Othello_(character)" title="Othello (character)">Othello</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> His early career also included an appearance in the <a href="/wiki/Cumulus_Media_Networks" title="Cumulus Media Networks">ABC radio</a> anthology series <a href="/wiki/Theatre-Five" title="Theatre-Five">Theatre-Five</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In 1957, he made his Broadway debut as understudy to <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a> in the short-lived play, The Egghead, by <a href="/wiki/Molly_Kazan" title="Molly Kazan">Molly Kazan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> The play ran only 21 performances,<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> but three months later, in January 1958, Jones created the featured role of Edward the butler in <a href="/wiki/Dore_Schary" title="Dore Schary">Dore Schary</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_at_Campobello_(play)" title="Sunrise at Campobello (play)">Sunrise at Campobello</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Cort_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Cort Theatre">Cort Theatre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/James_Earl_Jones_Performs_Shakespeare_at_the_White_House_Poetry_Jam-_%283_of_8%29.webm/219px--James_Earl_Jones_Performs_Shakespeare_at_the_White_House_Poetry_Jam-_%283_of_8%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="219" height="123" data-durationhint="374" data-mwtitle="James_Earl_Jones_Performs_Shakespeare_at_the_White_House_Poetry_Jam-_(3_of_8).webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:James_Earl_Jones_Performs_Shakespeare_at_the_White_House_Poetry_Jam-_(3_of_8).webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/James_Earl_Jones_Performs_Shakespeare_at_the_White_House_Poetry_Jam-_%283_of_8%29.webm/James_Earl_Jones_Performs_Shakespeare_at_the_White_House_Poetry_Jam-_%283_of_8%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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He tackled roles such as <a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">Othello</a> and <a href="/wiki/King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oberon" title="Oberon">Oberon</a> in <a href="/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream">A Midsummer Night's Dream</a>, Abhorson in <a href="/wiki/Measure_for_Measure" title="Measure for Measure">Measure for Measure</a>, and <a href="/wiki/King_Claudius" title="King Claudius">Claudius</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a> all at <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare in the Park">Shakespeare in the Park</a>. In 1961, Jones appeared in an <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a> production of <a href="/wiki/The_Blacks_(play)" title="The Blacks (play)">The Blacks</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Genet" title="Jean Genet">Jean Genet</a>, alongside eight subsequently prominent Black actors, including <a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne" title="Roscoe Lee Browne">Roscoe Lee Browne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gossett" class="mw-redirect" title="Lou Gossett">Lou Gossett</a> and others.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library" title="New York Public Library">New York Public Library</a> has a collection of photographs of this production, including one of Tyson and Jones.<a href="#cite_note-NYPL-39">[39]</a> During a production of <a href="/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" title="The Merchant of Venice">The Merchant of Venice</a> at Shakespeare in the Park, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a> saw <a href="/wiki/George_C._Scott" title="George C. Scott">George C. Scott</a> play Shylock and Jones portray the Prince of Morocco. Kubrick was there initially to cast Scott in <a href="/wiki/Dr._Strangelove_or:_How_I_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Love_the_Bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb">Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb</a> (1964), but then considered Jones saying "I'll take the black one too". Jones portrayed young Lt. Lothar Zogg, the <a href="/wiki/B-52" class="mw-redirect" title="B-52">B-52</a> <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_(aircrew)" title="Bombardier (aircrew)">bombardier</a> in the film, this would be his feature film debut.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Jones would later play a surgeon and Haitian rebel leader in <a href="/wiki/The_Comedians_(1967_film)" title="The Comedians (1967 film)">The Comedians</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> In December 1967, Jones starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Jane_Alexander" title="Jane Alexander">Jane Alexander</a> in <a href="/wiki/Howard_Sackler" title="Howard Sackler">Howard Sackler</a>'s play, <a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope" title="The Great White Hope">The Great White Hope</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Arena_Stage" title="Arena Stage">Arena Stage</a> in Washington, D.C. Jones took the role of the talented but troubled boxer "Jack Jefferson", who is based on the real champion <a href="/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Jack Johnson (boxer)">Jack Johnson</a>. The play was a huge success when it moved to Broadway on October 3, 1968. The play was well received, winning the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> for Drama. Jones himself won the 1969 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Play" title="Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Award</a> for his performance.<a href="#cite_note-playbill-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-ibdb-43">[43]</a> In 1969, Jones participated in making test films for the children's education series <a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a>; these shorts, combined with animated segments, were shown to groups of children to gauge the effectiveness of the then-groundbreaking Sesame Street format. As cited by production notes included in the DVD release <a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street:_Old_School_1969%E2%80%931974" class="mw-redirect" title="Sesame Street: Old School 1969–1974">Sesame Street: Old School 1969–1974</a>, the short that had the greatest impact with test audiences was one showing bald-headed Jones counting slowly to ten. This and other segments featuring Jones were eventually aired as part of the Sesame Street series itself when it debuted later in 1969 and Jones is often cited as the first celebrity guest on that series, although a segment with <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> was the first to actually be broadcast.<a href="#cite_note-nwatrav-14">[14]</a> He also appeared on the soap opera <a href="/wiki/Guiding_Light" title="Guiding Light">Guiding Light</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JonesClayburghOthello1971.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/JonesClayburghOthello1971.jpg/220px-JonesClayburghOthello1971.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/JonesClayburghOthello1971.jpg/330px-JonesClayburghOthello1971.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/JonesClayburghOthello1971.jpg/440px-JonesClayburghOthello1971.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3827" data-file-height="2534" /></a><figcaption>Jones and <a href="/wiki/Jill_Clayburgh" title="Jill Clayburgh">Jill Clayburgh</a> in a stage production of <a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">Othello</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Mark_Taper_Forum" title="Mark Taper Forum">Mark Taper Forum</a> in Los Angeles, California, on April 9, 1971</figcaption></figure> In 1970, Jones reunited with Jane Alexander in the film adaptation of <a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope_(film)" title="The Great White Hope (film)">The Great White Hope</a>. This would be Jones's first leading film role. Jones portrayed boxer <a href="/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Jack Johnson (boxer)">Jack Johnson</a>, a role he had previously originated on stage. His performance was acclaimed by critics and earned him an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a>. He was the second African-American male performer after <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> to be nominated for this award.<a href="#cite_note-nwatrav-14">[14]</a> <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a> described his performance declaring, "Jones' recreation of his stage role is an eye-riveting experience. The towering rages and unrestrained joys of which his character was capable are portrayed larger than life."<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> In <a href="/wiki/The_Man_(1972_film)" title="The Man (1972 film)">The Man</a> (1972), Jones starred as a senator who unexpectedly becomes the first African-American president of the United States.<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1973–1983:_Star_Wars_and_rise_to_prominence">1973–1983: Star Wars and rise to prominence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1973–1983: Star Wars and rise to prominence">edit</a>]</div> In 1973, Jones played Hickey on Broadway at the <a href="/wiki/Circle_in_the_Square_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Circle in the Square Theater">Circle in the Square Theater</a> in a revival of <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill" title="Eugene O'Neill">Eugene O'Neill</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Iceman_Cometh" title="The Iceman Cometh">The Iceman Cometh</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> and starred in the title role of <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s <a href="/wiki/King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a> opposite <a href="/wiki/Paul_Sorvino" title="Paul Sorvino">Paul Sorvino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auberjonois" title="René Auberjonois">René Auberjonois</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Raul_Julia" title="Raul Julia">Raul Julia</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York City Shakespeare Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Central_Park" title="Central Park">Central Park</a>, which was recorded and broadcast in the PBS <a href="/wiki/List_of_Great_Performances_episodes" title="List of Great Performances episodes">Great Performances</a> series the following year.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In 1974, Jones played Lennie on Broadway in the 1974 Brooks Atkinson Theatre production of the adaptation of <a href="/wiki/John_Steinbeck" title="John Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a>'s novella, <a href="/wiki/Of_Mice_and_Men" title="Of Mice and Men">Of Mice and Men</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Conway_(actor)" title="Kevin Conway (actor)">Kevin Conway</a> as George and <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Blair" title="Pamela Blair">Pamela Blair</a> as Curley's wife.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> In 1974, Jones co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Diahann_Carroll" title="Diahann Carroll">Diahann Carroll</a> in the film <a href="/wiki/Claudine_(film)" title="Claudine (film)">Claudine</a>,<a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a> the story of a woman who raises her six children alone after two failed and two "almost" marriages. The film is a <a href="/wiki/Romantic_comedy" title="Romantic comedy">romantic comedy</a> and drama, focusing on systemic racial disparities black families face. It was one of the first major films to tackle themes such as welfare, <a href="/wiki/Economic_inequality" title="Economic inequality">economic inequality</a>, and the typical marriage of men and women in the African American community during the 1970s. Jones and Carroll received widespread critical acclaim and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> nominations for their performances.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Carroll was also nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Academy Award for Best Actress</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Oscars1975-49">[49]</a> In 1977, Jones made his debut in his iconic <a href="/wiki/Voice_acting" title="Voice acting">voiceover</a> role as <a href="/wiki/Darth_Vader" title="Darth Vader">Darth Vader</a> in <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Space_opera" title="Space opera">space opera</a> <a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Blockbuster film">blockbuster film</a> <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_A_New_Hope" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Wars: A New Hope">Star Wars: A New Hope</a>, which he would reprise for the sequels <a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">The Empire Strikes Back</a> (1980) and <a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a> (1983). Darth Vader was portrayed in costume by <a href="/wiki/David_Prowse" title="David Prowse">David Prowse</a> in the film trilogy, with Jones <a href="/wiki/Dubbing" title="Dubbing">dubbing</a> Vader's dialogue in <a href="/wiki/Post-production" title="Post-production">post-production</a> because Prowse's strong <a href="/wiki/West_Country_accent" class="mw-redirect" title="West Country accent">West Country accent</a> was deemed unsuitable for the role by director <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> At his own request, Jones was uncredited for the release of the first two Star Wars films,<a href="#cite_note-newsday-51">[51]</a> though he would be credited for the third film and eventually also for the first film's 1997 "Special Edition" re-release.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> As he explained in a 2008 interview: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">When <a href="/wiki/Linda_Blair" title="Linda Blair">Linda Blair</a> did the girl in <a href="/wiki/The_Exorcist" title="The Exorcist">The Exorcist</a>, they hired <a href="/wiki/Mercedes_McCambridge" title="Mercedes McCambridge">Mercedes McCambridge</a> to do the voice of the <a href="/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">devil</a> coming out of her. And there was controversy as to whether Mercedes should get credit. I was one who thought no, she was just <a href="/wiki/Special_effect" title="Special effect">special effects</a>. So when it came to Darth Vader, I said, no, I'm just special effects. But it became so identified that by the <a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">third one</a>, I thought, OK I'll let them put my name on it.<a href="#cite_note-newsday-51">[51]</a></blockquote> In 1977, Jones also received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album">Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album</a> for Great American Documents.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In late 1979, Jones appeared on the short-lived <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> police drama <a href="/wiki/Paris_(1979_TV_series)" title="Paris (1979 TV series)">Paris</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Jones also starred that year in the critically acclaimed TV mini-series sequel <a href="/wiki/Roots:_The_Next_Generations" title="Roots: The Next Generations">Roots: The Next Generations</a> as the older version of author <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nwatrav-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985–1999:_Established_career">1985–1999: Established career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1985–1999: Established career">edit</a>]</div> In 1987, Jones starred in <a href="/wiki/August_Wilson" title="August Wilson">August Wilson</a>'s play <a href="/wiki/Fences_(play)" title="Fences (play)">Fences</a> as Troy Maxson, a middle aged working class father who struggles to provide for his family.<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> The play, set in the 1950s, is part of Wilson's ten-part "<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Cycle">Pittsburgh Cycle</a>". The play explores the evolving <a href="/wiki/African_American_experience" class="mw-redirect" title="African American experience">African American experience</a> and examines <a href="/wiki/Race_relations" title="Race relations">race relations</a>, among other themes. Jones won widespread critical acclaim, earning himself his second <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Play" title="Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play</a>.<a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a> Beside the Star Wars sequels, Jones was featured in several other box office hits of the 1980s: the action/fantasy film <a href="/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian_(1982_film)" title="Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)">Conan the Barbarian</a> (1982),<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> comedy <a href="/wiki/Coming_to_America" title="Coming to America">Coming to America</a> (1988),<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> and the sports drama/fantasy <a href="/wiki/Field_of_Dreams" title="Field of Dreams">Field of Dreams</a> (1989)<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> which earned an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Academy Award for Best Picture</a> nomination.<a href="#cite_note-Oscars1990-55">[55]</a> He also starred in the <a href="/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent film</a> <a href="/wiki/Matewan" title="Matewan">Matewan</a> (1987),<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> which dramatized the events of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan" title="Battle of Matewan">Battle of Matewan</a>, a coal miners' <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a> in 1920 in <a href="/wiki/Matewan,_West_Virginia" title="Matewan, West Virginia">Matewan</a>, a small town in the hills of <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>. He received an <a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Spirit Award">Independent Spirit Award</a> nomination for his performance.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_present_the_Medal_of_Arts_to_James_Earl_Jones.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_present_the_Medal_of_Arts_to_James_Earl_Jones.jpg/220px-President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_present_the_Medal_of_Arts_to_James_Earl_Jones.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_present_the_Medal_of_Arts_to_James_Earl_Jones.jpg/330px-President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_present_the_Medal_of_Arts_to_James_Earl_Jones.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_present_the_Medal_of_Arts_to_James_Earl_Jones.jpg/440px-President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_present_the_Medal_of_Arts_to_James_Earl_Jones.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption>Jones with President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> and First Lady <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Bush" title="Barbara Bush">Barbara Bush</a> in 1992, receiving the Medal of Arts</figcaption></figure> In 1985, Jones lent his bass voice as <a href="/wiki/Rameses_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Rameses II">Pharaoh</a> in the first episode of <a href="/wiki/Hanna-Barbera" title="Hanna-Barbera">Hanna-Barbera</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Greatest_Adventure:_Stories_from_the_Bible" title="The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible">The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CNA-57">[57]</a> From 1989 to 1992, Jones served as the host of the children's TV series <a href="/wiki/Long_Ago_and_Far_Away_(TV_series)" title="Long Ago and Far Away (TV series)">Long Ago and Far Away</a>.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> Jones appeared in several more successful films during the early-to-mid-1990s, including <a href="/wiki/The_Hunt_for_Red_October_(film)" title="The Hunt for Red October (film)">The Hunt for Red October</a> (1990),<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> <a href="/wiki/Patriot_Games_(film)" title="Patriot Games (film)">Patriot Games</a> (1992),<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Sandlot" title="The Sandlot">The Sandlot</a> (1993),<a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/Clear_and_Present_Danger_(film)" title="Clear and Present Danger (film)">Clear and Present Danger</a> (1994),<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country_(1995_film)" title="Cry, the Beloved Country (1995 film)">Cry, the Beloved Country</a> (1995).<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> He also lent his distinctive bass voice to the role of <a href="/wiki/Mufasa" title="Mufasa">Mufasa</a> in the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney">Disney</a> animated film <a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">The Lion King</a>.<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a> In 1992, Jones was presented with the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_the_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="National Medal of the Arts">National Medal of the Arts</a> by President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>.<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a> Jones had the distinction of winning two <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmys" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmys">Primetime Emmys</a> in the same year, in 1991 as Best Actor for his role in <a href="/wiki/Gabriel%27s_Fire" title="Gabriel's Fire">Gabriel's Fire</a> and as Best Supporting Actor for his work in <a href="/wiki/Heat_Wave_(1990_film)" title="Heat Wave (1990 film)">Heat Wave</a>.<a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rebecca_Flint_Marx-59">[59]</a> Jones also performed voice work for <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a>: in the 1990 "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_(The_Simpsons_episode)" title="Treehouse of Horror (The Simpsons episode)">Treehouse of Horror</a>" <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> special and in two other episodes.<a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a> Jones played lead characters on television in three series. Gabriel's Fire<a href="#cite_note-cbs-obit-23">[23]</a> and a revamped version called <a href="/wiki/Pros_and_Cons_(TV_series)" title="Pros and Cons (TV series)">Pros and Cons</a> aired on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> between 1990 and 1992. In both formats of that show, Jones played a former policeman wrongly convicted of murder who, upon his release from prison, becomes a private eye. In 1995, Jones starred in <a href="/wiki/Under_One_Roof_(1995_TV_series)" title="Under One Roof (1995 TV series)">Under One Roof</a> as Neb Langston, a widowed African-American police officer sharing his home in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> with his daughter, his married son and children, and Neb's newly adopted son.<a href="#cite_note-oconnor-60">[60]</a> The show was a mid-season replacement and lasted only six weeks, but earned him another Emmy nomination. He also portrayed Thad Green on "<a href="/wiki/Mathnet" title="Mathnet">Mathnet</a>", a parody of <a href="/wiki/Dragnet_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragnet (TV series)">Dragnet</a> that appeared in the <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> program <a href="/wiki/Square_One_Television" title="Square One Television">Square One Television</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> In 1998, Jones starred in the widely acclaimed syndicated program <a href="/wiki/An_American_Moment" title="An American Moment">An American Moment</a> (created by <a href="/wiki/James_R._Kirk" title="James R. Kirk">James R. Kirk</a> and Ninth Wave Productions). Jones took over the role filled by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a>, upon Kuralt's death.<a href="#cite_note-consequence-62">[62]</a> On July 13, 1993, accompanied by the <a href="/wiki/Morgan_State_University" title="Morgan State University">Morgan State University</a> choir, Jones spoke the <a href="/wiki/U.S._national_anthem" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. national anthem">U.S. national anthem</a> before the <a href="/wiki/1993_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> In 1996, he recited the classic baseball poem "<a href="/wiki/Casey_at_the_Bat" title="Casey at the Bat">Casey at the Bat</a>" with the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Pops_Orchestra" title="Cincinnati Pops Orchestra">Cincinnati Pops Orchestra</a>,<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> and on June 1, 2007, he did the same before a <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> home game.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> In 1994, he performed the role of "Ebenezer Scrooge" alongside <a href="/wiki/Martin_Sheen" title="Martin Sheen">Martin Sheen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_MacNeil" title="Robert MacNeil">Robert MacNeil</a> in a public reading of <a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" title="A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Library_and_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Library and Museum">Pierpont Morgan Library</a> in New York City, which was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 300px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaA4ll4CoZw">[1]</a> Jones reciting the National Anthem at the 1993 <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> All Star Game</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2009:_Career_honors_and_other_roles">2000–2009: Career honors and other roles</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000–2009: Career honors and other roles">edit</a>]</div> Jones guest-starred in many television shows over the years, including for <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order" title="Law & Order">Law & Order</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frasier" title="Frasier">Frasier</a>, ABC's <a href="/wiki/Lois_%26_Clark:_The_New_Adventures_of_Superman" title="Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman">Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>'s medical drama <a href="/wiki/House_(TV_series)" title="House (TV series)">House</a>, and CBS' <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory" title="The Big Bang Theory">The Big Bang Theory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Men" title="Two and a Half Men">Two and a Half Men</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> In 2002, Jones received <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a> at the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy Center">John F. Kennedy Center</a> in Washington, D.C. Also at the ceremony were fellow honorees <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a>. President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> joked, "People say that the voice of the president is the most easily recognized voice in America. Well, I'm not going to make that claim in the presence of James Earl Jones."<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Those there to honor Jones included <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer" title="Kelsey Grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dutton" title="Charles S. Dutton">Charles S. Dutton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Courtney_B._Vance" title="Courtney B. Vance">Courtney B. Vance</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Boedeker2002-71">[71]</a> He also voiced the <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> tagline, "This is CNN", as a part of the network's tenth anniversary in 1990. As of 2024, the tagline is still used by CNN.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> He lent his voice to the opening for <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s coverage of the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.<a href="#cite_note-consequence-62">[62]</a> Jones narrated all 27 books of the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> in the audiobook James Earl Jones Reads the New Testament.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Although uncredited, Jones's voice is possibly heard as Darth Vader at the conclusion of <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_III_%E2%80%93_Revenge_of_the_Sith" title="Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith">Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith</a> (2005). When specifically asked whether he had supplied the voice, possibly from a previous recording, Jones told <a href="/wiki/Newsday" title="Newsday">Newsday</a>: "You'd have to ask <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">Lucas</a> about that. I don't know."<a href="#cite_note-newsday-51">[51]</a> On April 7, 2005, Jones and <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Uggams" title="Leslie Uggams">Leslie Uggams</a> headed the cast in an African-American Broadway revival version of <a href="/wiki/On_Golden_Pond_(play)" title="On Golden Pond (play)">On Golden Pond</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Foglia" title="Leonard Foglia">Leonard Foglia</a> and produced by <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Finn" title="Jeffrey Finn">Jeffrey Finn</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nwatrav-14">[14]</a> In February 2008, he starred on Broadway as Big Daddy in a limited-run, all-African-American production of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a>' <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning drama <a href="/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof" title="Cat on a Hot Tin Roof">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</a>,<a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Allen" title="Debbie Allen">Debbie Allen</a> and staged at the <a href="/wiki/Broadhurst_Theatre" title="Broadhurst Theatre">Broadhurst Theatre</a>. In November 2009, James reprised the role of Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London's <a href="/wiki/West_End_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="West End (theatre)">West End</a>. That production also starred <a href="/wiki/Sanaa_Lathan" title="Sanaa Lathan">Sanaa Lathan</a> as Maggie, <a href="/wiki/Phylicia_Rashad" title="Phylicia Rashad">Phylicia Rashad</a> as Big Mamma, and <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Lester" title="Adrian Lester">Adrian Lester</a> as Brick. In 2009, for his work on film and television, Jones was presented with the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Life_Achievement_Award" title="Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award">Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award</a> by <a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–2022:_Return_to_Broadway_and_final_roles">2010–2022: Return to Broadway and final roles</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010–2022: Return to Broadway and final roles">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Driving_Miss_Daisy_(8520308801).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Driving_Miss_Daisy_%288520308801%29.jpg/220px-Driving_Miss_Daisy_%288520308801%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Driving_Miss_Daisy_%288520308801%29.jpg/330px-Driving_Miss_Daisy_%288520308801%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Driving_Miss_Daisy_%288520308801%29.jpg/440px-Driving_Miss_Daisy_%288520308801%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>Jones in the 2010 revival of the play <a href="/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy_(play)" title="Driving Miss Daisy (play)">Driving Miss Daisy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Sydney" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatre Royal, Sydney">Theatre Royal</a> in Sydney</figcaption></figure> In October 2010, Jones returned to the Broadway stage in <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Uhry" title="Alfred Uhry">Alfred Uhry</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy_(play)" title="Driving Miss Daisy (play)">Driving Miss Daisy</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Redgrave" title="Vanessa Redgrave">Vanessa Redgrave</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Theatre">Golden Theatre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In November 2011, Jones starred in Driving Miss Daisy in London's <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a>, and on November 12 received an honorary Oscar in front of the audience at the <a href="/wiki/Wyndham%27s_Theatre" title="Wyndham's Theatre">Wyndham's Theatre</a>, which was presented to him by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In March 2012, Jones played the role of President Art Hockstader in <a href="/wiki/Gore_Vidal" title="Gore Vidal">Gore Vidal</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Best_Man_(play)" title="The Best Man (play)">The Best Man</a> on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Schoenfeld_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Schoenfeld Theatre">Schoenfeld Theatre</a>: he was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Play#2010s" title="Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play</a>. The play also starred <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Larroquette" title="John Larroquette">John Larroquette</a> (as candidate William Russell), <a href="/wiki/Candice_Bergen" title="Candice Bergen">Candice Bergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_McCormack" title="Eric McCormack">Eric McCormack</a> (as candidate Senator Joseph Cantwell), <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Mays" title="Jefferson Mays">Jefferson Mays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_McKean" title="Michael McKean">Michael McKean</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Butler" title="Kerry Butler">Kerry Butler</a>, with direction by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(director)" title="Michael Wilson (director)">Michael Wilson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Earl,_Angela_Lansbury_(8356224350).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/James_Earl%2C_Angela_Lansbury_%288356224350%29.jpg/170px-James_Earl%2C_Angela_Lansbury_%288356224350%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/James_Earl%2C_Angela_Lansbury_%288356224350%29.jpg/255px-James_Earl%2C_Angela_Lansbury_%288356224350%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/James_Earl%2C_Angela_Lansbury_%288356224350%29.jpg/340px-James_Earl%2C_Angela_Lansbury_%288356224350%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Jones with Dame <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> in 2013</figcaption></figure> In 2013, Jones starred opposite Vanessa Redgrave in a production of <a href="/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing" title="Much Ado About Nothing">Much Ado About Nothing</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Old_Vic" title="The Old Vic">The Old Vic</a>, London.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> From February to June 2013, Jones starred alongside Dame Angela Lansbury in an Australian tour of <a href="/wiki/Driving_Miss_Daisy_(play)" title="Driving Miss Daisy (play)">Driving Miss Daisy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-daisy-81">[81]</a> In 2014, Jones starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Annaleigh_Ashford" title="Annaleigh Ashford">Annaleigh Ashford</a> as Grandpa in the Broadway revival of the <a href="/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" title="George S. Kaufman">George S. Kaufman</a> comedic play <a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(play)" title="You Can't Take It with You (play)">You Can't Take It with You</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Longacre_Theatre" title="Longacre Theatre">Longacre Theatre</a> on Broadway. Ashford received a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actress_in_a_Play" title="Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play">Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play</a> nomination for her performance. On September 23, 2015, Jones opened in a new revival of <a href="/wiki/The_Gin_Game" title="The Gin Game">The Gin Game</a> opposite <a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/John_Golden_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="John Golden Theater">John Golden Theater</a>, where the play had originally premiered (with <a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a>). The play had a planned limited run of 16 weeks.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> It closed on January 10, 2016. In 2013–2014, he appeared alongside <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_McDowell" title="Malcolm McDowell">Malcolm McDowell</a> in a series of commercials for <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Corporation" title="Sprint Corporation">Sprint</a> in which the two dramatically recited mundane phone and <a href="/wiki/Text-message" class="mw-redirect" title="Text-message">text-message</a> conversations.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In 2015, Jones starred as the Chief Justice Caleb Thorne in the American drama series <a href="/wiki/Agent_X_(TV_series)" title="Agent X (TV series)">Agent X</a> alongside actress <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Stone" title="Sharon Stone">Sharon Stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hephner" title="Jeff Hephner">Jeff Hephner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Sheridan" title="Jamey Sheridan">Jamey Sheridan</a>, and others. The television series was aired by <a href="/wiki/TNT_(American_TV_network)" title="TNT (American TV network)">TNT</a> from November 8 to December 27, 2015, running only one season and 10 episodes. Jones officially reprised his voice role of Darth Vader for the character's appearances in the animated TV series <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Rebels" title="Star Wars Rebels">Star Wars Rebels</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> and the live-action film <a href="/wiki/Rogue_One:_A_Star_Wars_Story" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogue One: A Star Wars Story">Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</a> (2016),<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> as well as for a three-word cameo in <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</a> (2019).<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> In 2019, he reprised his voice role of Mufasa for the <a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King_(2019_film)" title="The Lion King (2019 film)">CGI remake</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">The Lion King</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Jon_Favreau" title="Jon Favreau">Jon Favreau</a>, in which he was the only original cast member to do so.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> According to Favreau, Jones's lines from the original film remained mostly the same.<a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor" title="Chiwetel Ejiofor">Chiwetel Ejiofor</a>, who voiced Mufasa's evil brother <a href="/wiki/Scar_(The_Lion_King)" title="Scar (The Lion King)">Scar</a> in the remake, said that "the comfort of [Jones reprising his role] is going to be very rewarding in taking [the audience] on this journey again. It's a once-in-a-generation vocal quality."<a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-92">[92]</a> Jones, also, reprised the role of King Jaffe Joffer in <a href="/wiki/Coming_2_America" title="Coming 2 America">Coming 2 America</a> (2021), the sequel to Coming to America (1988); this was his final screen credit.<a href="#cite_note-Variety-obit-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> In 2022, his voice was used via <a href="/wiki/Respeecher" title="Respeecher">Respeecher</a> software for <a href="/wiki/Darth_Vader" title="Darth Vader">Darth Vader</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a> miniseries <a href="/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)">Obi-Wan Kenobi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-JonesRespeecher-96">[96]</a> During production, Jones signed a deal with <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> authorizing archival recordings of his voice to be used in the future to artificially generate the voice of Darth Vader.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> In September 2022, Jones announced that he would retire from the role of voicing Darth Vader with future voice roles for Vader being created by that means.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life and death">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Earl_Jones_(8516667383).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/James_Earl_Jones_%288516667383%29.jpg/170px-James_Earl_Jones_%288516667383%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/James_Earl_Jones_%288516667383%29.jpg/255px-James_Earl_Jones_%288516667383%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/James_Earl_Jones_%288516667383%29.jpg/340px-James_Earl_Jones_%288516667383%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Jones in 2013</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriages_and_illness">Marriages and illness</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Marriages and illness">edit</a>]</div> In 1968, Jones married actress and singer <a href="/wiki/Julienne_Marie" title="Julienne Marie">Julienne Marie</a>, whom he met while performing as <a href="/wiki/Othello_(character)" title="Othello (character)">Othello</a> to her <a href="/wiki/Desdemona" title="Desdemona">Desdemona</a> in 1964.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesNiven1993171–176-100">[100]</a> They had no children and divorced in 1972.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> In 1982, he married actress <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Hart" title="Cecilia Hart">Cecilia Hart</a>, who played Desdemona to his Othello shortly after they wed,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesNiven1993303-102">[102]</a> and with whom he had a son, Flynn.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Hart died from <a href="/wiki/Ovarian_cancer" title="Ovarian cancer">ovarian cancer</a> on October 16, 2016. She was 68 years old.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> In April 2016, Jones spoke publicly for the first time in nearly 20 years about his long-term health challenge with <a href="/wiki/Type_2_diabetes" title="Type 2 diabetes">type 2 diabetes</a>. He was diagnosed in the mid-1990s after his doctor noticed he had fallen asleep while exercising at a gym.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Jones was a devout <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, having converted during his time in the military.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-CNA-57">[57]</a> He described his narration of the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> as "his greatest honor".<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Death and legacy">edit</a>]</div> Jones died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Pawling_(town),_New_York" title="Pawling (town), New York">Pawling, New York</a>, on September 9, 2024, at the age of 93. He was a sufferer of type 2 diabetes later in his life. He died surrounded by his family.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-Variety-obit-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In a statement, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> said that Jones "was the voice of CNN and our brand for many decades, uniquely conveying through speech instant authority, grace, and decorum. That remarkable voice is just one of many things the world will miss about James."<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> Jones's alma mater, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, paid tribute to him by posting a "We Are Michigan" video narrated by Jones on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">X</a>.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> The <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a>, <a href="/wiki/SAG-AFTRA" title="SAG-AFTRA">SAG-AFTRA</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Public_Theater" title="The Public Theater">The Public Theater</a>, and <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> also paid tribute to Jones.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building">Empire State Building</a> in New York City was lit up to resemble Darth Vader.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> Vice President <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> praised Jones writing, "[He] used his voice to challenge America's thinking on civil rights and race, and he continued to move our nation forward through his art."<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Former President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> released a statement praising Jones as "a brilliant actor who brought to life some of the most iconic characters ever".<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> Actor <a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> paid tribute to Jones calling him his "hero" adding, "I wasn't going to be as big as him. I wanted to sound like him. He was everything to me as a budding actor. He was who I wanted to be."<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Numerous members of the entertainment industry also paid tribute to Jones including <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hamill" title="Mark Hamill">Mark Hamill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Costner" title="Kevin Costner">Kevin Costner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Courtney_B._Vance" title="Courtney B. Vance">Courtney B. Vance</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alec_Baldwin" title="Alec Baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Following his death, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> described Jones's career as a "a prodigious body of work" and called him "one of America's most versatile actors in a stage, film and television career".<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a> referred to Jones as "one of the most-admired American actors of all time".<a href="#cite_note-thr-obit-13">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> film critic <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bradshaw" title="Peter Bradshaw">Peter Bradshaw</a> wrote, "like <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> or <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> or <a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a>, [Jones] was an African American actor with a beautiful voice which was the key to his dignity and self-respect as a performer; it was how his characters rose above racism and cruelty", and described Jones as "movie royalty".<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a>–winning actress <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> said that Jones's career reflected "black excellence".<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> Jones was recognized as a groundbreaker and pioneer for African Americans for his significant roles on stage and television.<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a> In 1965, Jones became one of the first African American actors in a continuing role on a daytime drama acting in <a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a>.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> Critic <a href="/wiki/Clive_Barnes" title="Clive Barnes">Clive Barnes</a> said that Jones's theater roles were "like a black avenging angel ... Even when corrupted by misery, his presence has an almost moral force to it, and his voice rasps out an agony nearly too personally painful in its nakedness".<a href="#cite_note-wapo-127">[127]</a> In 2011, Academy Award-nominated actor <a href="/wiki/Alec_Baldwin" title="Alec Baldwin">Alec Baldwin</a> called Jones "one of the greatest actors in American history".<a href="#cite_note-award-5">[5]</a> In 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Cort_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Cort Theatre">Cort Theatre</a> was renamed after James Earl Jones, becoming the second Broadway venue named after a Black theatrical artist, the first being the <a href="/wiki/August_Wilson_Theatre" title="August Wilson Theatre">August Wilson Theatre</a> named after the playwright <a href="/wiki/August_Wilson" title="August Wilson">August Wilson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> The Cort Theatre was the same stage on which Jones made his Broadway debut in 1958.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_credits">Acting credits</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Acting credits">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones_on_screen_and_stage" title="James Earl Jones on screen and stage">James Earl Jones on screen and stage</a></div> Jones had an extensive career in film, television, and theater. He started out in film by appearing in the 1964 political satire film <a href="/wiki/Dr._Strangelove" title="Dr. Strangelove">Dr. Strangelove</a> as Lt. Lothar Zogg. He then went on to star in the 1970 film <a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope_(film)" title="The Great White Hope (film)">The Great White Hope</a> as Jack Jefferson, a role he first played at Washington's Arena Stage in the world premier of Howard Sackler's play of the <a href="/wiki/The_Great_White_Hope" title="The Great White Hope">same name</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Marks2024-130">[130]</a> Jones's television work includes playing Woodrow Paris in the series <a href="/wiki/Paris_(1979_TV_series)" title="Paris (1979 TV series)">Paris</a> between 1979 and 1980.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> He voiced various characters on the animated series <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a> in three separate seasons (1990, 1994, 1998).<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> Jones's theater work includes numerous Broadway plays, including <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_at_Campobello_(play)" title="Sunrise at Campobello (play)">Sunrise at Campobello</a> (1958–1959), <a href="/wiki/Danton%27s_Death" title="Danton's Death">Danton's Death</a> (1965), <a href="/wiki/The_Iceman_Cometh" title="The Iceman Cometh">The Iceman Cometh</a> (1973–1974), <a href="/wiki/Of_Mice_and_Men" title="Of Mice and Men">Of Mice and Men</a> (1974–1975), <a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">Othello</a> (1982), <a href="/wiki/On_Golden_Pond_(play)" title="On Golden Pond (play)">On Golden Pond</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof" title="Cat on a Hot Tin Roof">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</a> (2008), and <a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(play)" title="You Can't Take It with You (play)">You Can't Take It with You</a> (2014–2015).<a href="#cite_note-playbill-42">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Awards and honors">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_James_Earl_Jones" title="List of awards and nominations received by James Earl Jones">List of awards and nominations received by James Earl Jones</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JamesEarlJonesTheatre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/JamesEarlJonesTheatre.jpg/220px-JamesEarlJonesTheatre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/JamesEarlJonesTheatre.jpg/330px-JamesEarlJonesTheatre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/JamesEarlJonesTheatre.jpg/440px-JamesEarlJonesTheatre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3316" data-file-height="1847" /></a><figcaption>Formerly known as the Cort Theatre, now the <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones_Theatre" title="James Earl Jones Theatre">James Earl Jones Theatre</a> on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (theatre)">Broadway</a></figcaption></figure> Jones received two <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>. He also was the recipient of a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Life_Achievement_Award" title="Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award">Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award</a>. In 2011, he received an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Honorary_Award" title="Academy Honorary Award">Academy Honorary Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> As such, he has been described as being an <a href="/wiki/EGOT" class="mw-redirect" title="EGOT">EGOT</a>, having won all four Emmy, Grammy, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> and Tony awards. There is debate as to if the definition of EGOT extends to non-competitive winners such as Jones, <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> In 1985, Jones was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/American_Theater_Hall_of_Fame" title="American Theater Hall of Fame">American Theater Hall of Fame</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> He was also the 1987 First recipient of the National Association for Hearing and Speech Action's Annie Glenn Award.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> In 1991, he received the <a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Common Wealth Award">Common Wealth Award</a> for Outstanding Achievement in the Dramatic Arts. In 1992, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>.<a href="#cite_note-McFadden-12">[12]</a> He received the 1996 Golden Palm Star on the <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs_Walk_of_Stars" title="Palm Springs Walk of Stars">Walk of Stars</a>.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> Also in 1996, he was given the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Plate_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Plate Award">Golden Plate Award</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Achievement" class="mw-redirect" title="American Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a> presented by Awards Council member <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> In 2002, he was the featured <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Luther King Day">Martin Luther King Day</a> speaker for <a href="/wiki/Lauderhill,_Florida" title="Lauderhill, Florida">Lauderhill, Florida</a>.<a href="#cite_note-kingday-143">[143]</a> In 2011, he received the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Monte Cristo Award Recipient.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> He also received an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary Academy Award">Honorary Academy Award</a> on November 12, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-award-5">[5]</a> He was the 2012 Marian Anderson Award Recipient.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> Jones won the 2014 Voice Icon Award sponsored by Society of Voice Arts and Sciences at the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_the_Moving_Image" title="Museum of the Moving Image">Museum of the Moving Image</a>. 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Retrieved January 31, 2015. <q>James Earl Jones more than did the piece justice in a recording with the Cincinnati Pops in 1996...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Audio+treasure%3A+Dave+Niehaus+reads+%27Casey+at+the+Bat%27&rft.pub=KTTH+%2F+710+ESPN+Seattle&rft.date=2013-06-03&rft.aulast=Drayer&rft.aufirst=Shannon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmynorthwest.com%2F374%2F2288021%2FAudio-treasure-Dave-Niehaus-reads-Casey-at-the-Bat&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://townhall.com/photos/2007/06/01/actor_james_earl_jones_smiles_before_reading_mighty_casey_at_the_bat_before_the_start_of_the_san_francisco_giants_versus_the_philadelphia_phillies_mlb_national_league_baseball_game_in_philadelphia">"Actor James Earl Jones smiles before reading..."</a> <a href="/wiki/Townhall.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Townhall.com">Townhall.com</a>. <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150131013455/https://townhall.com/photos/2007/06/01/actor_james_earl_jones_smiles_before_reading_mighty_casey_at_the_bat_before_the_start_of_the_san_francisco_giants_versus_the_philadelphia_phillies_mlb_national_league_baseball_game_in_philadelphia">Archived</a> from the original on January 31, 2015. 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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/georgia-entertainment-scene/he-was-the-voice-of-darth-vader-but-james-earl-jones-longest-gig-was-at-cnn/JMJHSRFIUZAPXKZOGO3EYX5GJ4/">the original</a> on September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024. <q>James Earl Jones, who died Sept. 9, was commissioned to say "This... is CNN" in 1990 and 34 years later, the network is still using him.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Atlanta+Journal-Constitution&rft.atitle=He+was+the+voice+of+Darth+Vader%2C+but+James+Earl+Jones%27+longest+gig+was+at+CNN&rft.date=2024-09-09&rft.aulast=Ho&rft.aufirst=Rodney&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajc.com%2Fthings-to-do%2Fgeorgia-entertainment-scene%2Fhe-was-the-voice-of-darth-vader-but-james-earl-jones-longest-gig-was-at-cnn%2FJMJHSRFIUZAPXKZOGO3EYX5GJ4%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140627082638/https://www.topics-ent.com/audio/devotional/new-testament-bible-download.html">"James Earl Jones Reads The New Testament – Digital Edition"</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.playbill.com/news/article/166060-The-Best-Man-Tony-Nominee-as-Best-Revival-of-a-Play-Extends-Booking-a-Second-Time">the original</a> on September 4, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Playbill&rft.atitle=%27The+Best+Man%27%2C+Tony+Nominee+as+Best+Revival+of+a+Play%2C+Extends+Booking+a+Second+Time&rft.date=2012-05-17&rft.aulast=Gans&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft.au=Jones%2C+Kenneth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.playbill.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F166060-The-Best-Man-Tony-Nominee-as-Best-Revival-of-a-Play-Extends-Booking-a-Second-Time&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrueman2012" class="citation news cs1">Trueman, Matt (December 4, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/dec/04/vanessa-redgrave-james-earl-jones-much-ado">"Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones to reunite for Old Vic's Much Ado"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a>. London, England. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126084229/https://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/dec/04/vanessa-redgrave-james-earl-jones-much-ado">Archived</a> from the original on January 26, 2013. 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It's Complicated"</a>. <a href="/wiki//Film" title="/Film">/Film</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220604160827/https://www.slashfilm.com/881530/who-is-voicing-darth-vader-in-obi-wan-kenobi-its-complicated/">Archived</a> from the original on June 4, 2022. 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London, England: Playbill, Inc. June 8, 2020. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161019074810/https://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/2046/photo-archive-james-earl-jones-onstage?slide=2">Archived</a> from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Playbill&rft.atitle=As+He+Readies+For+His+Latest+Broadway+Return%2C+We+Celebrate+Over+50+Years+of+James+Earl+Jones+Onstage&rft.date=2020-06-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.playbill.com%2Fmultimedia%2Fgallery%2F2046%2Fphoto-archive-james-earl-jones-onstage%2F%3Fslide%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJonesNiven1993171–176-100"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJonesNiven1993171–176_100-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFJonesNiven1993">Jones & Niven 1993</a>, pp. 171–176. </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6gbQHxb_P0QC&pg=RA2-PA54">"Jones, James Earl"</a>. Encyclopedia of African American History: 5-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. 2009. pp. 53–54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195167795" title="Special:BookSources/9780195167795"><bdi>9780195167795</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230203023002/https://books.google.com/books?id=6gbQHxb_P0QC&pg=RA2-PA54">Archived</a> from the original on February 3, 2023. 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Retrieved March 12, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Metro+News&rft.atitle=James+Earl+Jones%3A+I%27ll+just+keep+going+until+I+fall+over&rft.date=2013-09-19&rft.aulast=Marlowe&rft.aufirst=Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2F2013%2F09%2F19%2Fjames-earl-jones-ill-just-keep-going-until-i-fall-over-4048251%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biography.com/people/james-earl-jones-9357354?page=2">"James Earl Jones Biography: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor (1931–2024)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Biography.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Biography.com">Biography.com</a> (<a href="/wiki/FYI_(US_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="FYI (US TV channel)">FYI</a> / <a href="/wiki/A%26E_Networks" title="A&E Networks">A&E Networks</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160402174243/https://www.biography.com/people/james-earl-jones-9357354">Archived</a> from the original on April 2, 2016. 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The Hollywood Reporter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161022200050/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cecilia-hart-dead-james-earl-940676">Archived</a> from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Hollywood+Reporter&rft.atitle=Cecilia+Hart%2C+Actress+and+Wife+of+James+Earl+Jones%2C+Dies+at+68&rft.date=2016-10-22&rft.aulast=Barnes&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Fnews%2Fcecilia-hart-dead-james-earl-940676&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFirman2018" class="citation magazine cs1">Firman, Tehrene (January 4, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a47356/james-earl-jones-type-2-diabetes/">"James Earl Jones Discusses His Diabetes for the First Time in Two Decades"</a>. Good Housekeeping. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200609033856/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a47356/james-earl-jones-type-2-diabetes/">Archived</a> from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Good+Housekeeping&rft.atitle=James+Earl+Jones+Discusses+His+Diabetes+for+the+First+Time+in+Two+Decades&rft.date=2018-01-04&rft.aulast=Firman&rft.aufirst=Tehrene&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodhousekeeping.com%2Fhealth%2Fdiet-nutrition%2Fa47356%2Fjames-earl-jones-type-2-diabetes%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDudar1987" class="citation web cs1">Dudar, Helen (March 22, 1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/22/arts/theater-james-earl-jones-at-bat.html/">"James Earl Jones At Bat"</a>. The New York Times. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240909212203/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/22/arts/theater-james-earl-jones-at-bat.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=James+Earl+Jones+At+Bat&rft.date=1987-03-22&rft.aulast=Dudar&rft.aufirst=Helen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1987%2F03%2F22%2Farts%2Ftheater-james-earl-jones-at-bat.html%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKlett2024" class="citation web cs1">Klett, Leah MarieAnn (September 10, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/james-earl-jones-called-narrating-the-bible-his-greatest-honor.html">"James Earl Jones dies at 93: 'Star Wars' actor, devout Catholic called narrating the Bible his 'greatest honor'"</a>. The Christian Post. Retrieved October 2, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Christian+Post&rft.atitle=James+Earl+Jones+dies+at+93%3A+%27Star+Wars%27+actor%2C+devout+Catholic+called+narrating+the+Bible+his+%27greatest+honor%27&rft.date=2024-09-10&rft.aulast=Klett&rft.aufirst=Leah+MarieAnn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianpost.com%2Fnews%2Fjames-earl-jones-called-narrating-the-bible-his-greatest-honor.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrottRichwine2024" class="citation web cs1">Trott, Bill; Richwine, Lisa (September 10, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/james-earl-jones-voice-darth-vader-dies-93-2024-09-09/">"James Earl Jones, renowned actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93"</a>. Reuters. Retrieved October 2, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Reuters&rft.atitle=James+Earl+Jones%2C+renowned+actor+and+voice+of+Darth+Vader%2C+dies+at+93&rft.date=2024-09-10&rft.aulast=Trott&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft.au=Richwine%2C+Lisa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fjames-earl-jones-voice-darth-vader-dies-93-2024-09-09%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-110"><a href="#cite_ref-110">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBernstein2024" class="citation news cs1">Bernstein, Adam (September 9, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-dead/">"James Earl Jones, commanding actor who voiced Darth Vader, dies at 93"</a>. Washington Post. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286">0190-8286</a>. Retrieved September 9, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=James+Earl+Jones%2C+commanding+actor+who+voiced+Darth+Vader%2C+dies+at+93&rft.date=2024-09-09&rft.issn=0190-8286&rft.aulast=Bernstein&rft.aufirst=Adam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fobituaries%2F2024%2F09%2F09%2Fjames-earl-jones-dead%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRosenbloomGriggs2024" class="citation web cs1">Rosenbloom, Alli; Griggs, Brandon (September 9, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/entertainment/james-earl-jones-death/index.html">"James Earl Jones, iconic voice of Darth Vader in 'Star Wars' and Mufasa in 'The Lion King,' dead at 93"</a>. CNN. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240910033538/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/entertainment/james-earl-jones-death/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=James+Earl+Jones%2C+iconic+voice+of+Darth+Vader+in+%27Star+Wars%27+and+Mufasa+in+%27The+Lion+King%2C%27+dead+at+93&rft.pub=CNN&rft.date=2024-09-09&rft.aulast=Rosenbloom&rft.aufirst=Alli&rft.au=Griggs%2C+Brandon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2024%2F09%2F09%2Fentertainment%2Fjames-earl-jones-death%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUniversity_of_Michigan_Football2024" class="citation web cs1">University of Michigan Football [@UMichFootball] (September 9, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/UMichFootball/status/1833260359819661387">"Honoring the greatest voice in acting history and a Michigan icon. Rest in peace, James Earl Jones"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240911061800/https://x.com/UMichFootball/status/1833260359819661387">Archived</a> from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Honoring+the+greatest+voice+in+acting+history+and+a+Michigan+icon.+Rest+in+peace%2C+James+Earl+Jones&rft.date=2024-09-09&rft.au=University+of+Michigan+Football&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FUMichFootball%2Fstatus%2F1833260359819661387&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUniversity_of_Michigan2024" class="citation web cs1">University of Michigan [@UMich] (September 9, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/UMich/status/1833272513968722138">"A Michigan icon. Rest in peace, James Earl Jones"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240910024023/https://x.com/UMich/status/1833272513968722138">Archived</a> from the original on September 10, 2024. 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Retrieved December 8, 2020. <q>Awards Council member and actor James Earl Jones presents the Academy's Golden Plate Award to Congressman John Lewis during the introductory evening of the 2004 International Achievement Summit in Chicago, Illinois.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2004+Summit+Highlights+Photo&rft.date=2004&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fachievement.org%2Fsummit%2F2004%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Earl+Jones" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-kingday-143"><a href="#cite_ref-kingday_143-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/james-gang/">"James Earl Jones vs. James Earl Ray Mix-Up"</a>. January 19, 2003. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210806143245/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/james-gang/">Archived</a> from the original on August 6, 2021. 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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Earl_Jones&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHornaday2014" class="citation news cs1">Hornaday, Ann (September 27, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/james-earl-jones-a-voice-for-the-ages-aging-gracefully/2014/09/25/03b7ff3c-4335-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html">"James Earl Jones: A Voice for the Ages, Aging Gracefully"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a>.</cite><span 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Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1928–1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> / <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Temple" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a> (1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._W._Griffith" title="D. W. Griffith">D. W. Griffith</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_March_of_Time" title="The March of Time">The March of Time</a> / <a href="/wiki/W._Howard_Greene" title="W. Howard Greene">W. Howard Greene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harold_Rosson" title="Harold Rosson">Harold Rosson</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Bergen" title="Edgar Bergen">Edgar Bergen</a> / <a href="/wiki/W._Howard_Greene" title="W. Howard Greene">W. Howard Greene</a> / <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art_Department_of_Film" title="Museum of Modern Art Department of Film">Museum of Modern Art Film Library</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mack_Sennett" title="Mack Sennett">Mack Sennett</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball_(inventor)" title="Joseph A. Ball (inventor)">J. Arthur Ball</a> / <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> / <a href="/wiki/Deanna_Durbin" title="Deanna Durbin">Deanna Durbin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Jennings" title="Gordon Jennings">Gordon Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Domela" title="Jan Domela">Jan Domela</a>, Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith, <a href="/wiki/Farciot_Edouart" title="Farciot Edouart">Farciot Edouart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loyal_Griggs" title="Loyal Griggs">Loyal Griggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loren_L._Ryder" title="Loren L. Ryder">Loren L. Ryder</a>, Harry D. Mills, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mesenkop" title="Louis Mesenkop">Louis Mesenkop</a>, Walter Oberst / <a href="/wiki/Oliver_T._Marsh" title="Oliver T. Marsh">Oliver T. Marsh</a> and Allen Davey / <a href="/wiki/Harry_Warner" title="Harry Warner">Harry Warner</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks" title="Douglas Fairbanks">Douglas Fairbanks</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> / <a href="/wiki/William_Cameron_Menzies" title="William Cameron Menzies">William Cameron Menzies</a> / <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_%26_Television_Fund" title="Motion Picture & Television Fund">Motion Picture Relief Fund</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jean_Hersholt" title="Jean Hersholt">Jean Hersholt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Morgan" title="Ralph Morgan">Ralph Morgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Block" title="Ralph Block">Ralph Block</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Nagel" title="Conrad Nagel">Conrad Nagel</a>) / <a href="/wiki/Vantiva" title="Vantiva">Technicolor SA</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a> / <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Levinson" title="Nathan Levinson">Nathan Levinson</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Garity" title="William Garity">William Garity</a>, John N. A. Hawkins, and the <a href="/wiki/RCA" title="RCA">RCA Manufacturing Company</a> / <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Stokowski" title="Leopold Stokowski">Leopold Stokowski</a> and his associates / Rey Scott / <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)">British Ministry of Information</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boyer" title="Charles Boyer">Charles Boyer</a> / <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a> / <a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Pal" title="George Pal">George Pal</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a> / <a href="/wiki/Margaret_O%27Brien" title="Margaret O'Brien">Margaret O'Brien</a> (1944)</li> <li>Republic Studio, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Bloomberg" title="Daniel J. Bloomberg">Daniel J. Bloomberg</a>, and the Republic Studio Sound Department / <a href="/wiki/Walter_Wanger" title="Walter Wanger">Walter Wanger</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_House_I_Live_In_(1945_film)" title="The House I Live In (1945 film)">The House I Live In</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peggy_Ann_Garner" title="Peggy Ann Garner">Peggy Ann Garner</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Russell" title="Harold Russell">Harold Russell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Lubitsch" title="Ernst Lubitsch">Ernst Lubitsch</a> / <a href="/wiki/Claude_Jarman_Jr." title="Claude Jarman Jr.">Claude Jarman Jr.</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Baskett" title="James Baskett">James Baskett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Armat" title="Thomas Armat">Thomas Armat</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Selig" title="William Selig">William Nicholas Selig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Smith_(producer)" title="Albert E. Smith (producer)">Albert E. Smith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Kirke_Spoor" title="George Kirke Spoor">George Kirke Spoor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bill_and_Coo" title="Bill and Coo">Bill and Coo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shoeshine_(film)" title="Shoeshine (film)">Shoeshine</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Wanger" title="Walter Wanger">Walter Wanger</a> / <a href="/wiki/Monsieur_Vincent" title="Monsieur Vincent">Monsieur Vincent</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sid_Grauman" title="Sid Grauman">Sid Grauman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Zukor" title="Adolph Zukor">Adolph Zukor</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Hersholt" title="Jean Hersholt">Jean Hersholt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Astaire" title="Fred Astaire">Fred Astaire</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._DeMille" title="Cecil B. DeMille">Cecil B. DeMille</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bicycle_Thieves" title="Bicycle Thieves">The Bicycle Thief</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer" title="Louis B. Mayer">Louis B. Mayer</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Murphy" title="George Murphy">George Murphy</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Walls_of_Malapaga" title="The Walls of Malapaga">The Walls of Malapaga</a> (1950)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1951–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rashomon" title="Rashomon">Rashomon</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merian_C._Cooper" title="Merian C. Cooper">Merian C. Cooper</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a> / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Lloyd" title="Harold Lloyd">Harold Lloyd</a> / George Mitchell / <a href="/wiki/Joseph_M._Schenck" title="Joseph M. Schenck">Joseph M. Schenck</a> / <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Games" title="Forbidden Games">Forbidden Games</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Studios" title="20th Century Studios">20th Century-Fox Film Corporation</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bell_%26_Howell" title="Bell & Howell">Bell & Howell Company</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Breen" title="Joseph Breen">Joseph Breen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer)" title="Pete Smith (film producer)">Pete Smith</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bausch_%26_Lomb" title="Bausch & Lomb">Bausch & Lomb Optical Company</a> / <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> / Kemp Niver / <a href="/wiki/Greta_Garbo" title="Greta Garbo">Greta Garbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jon_Whiteley" title="Jon Whiteley">Jon Whiteley</a> / <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Winter" title="Vincent Winter">Vincent Winter</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gate_of_Hell_(film)" title="Gate of Hell (film)">Gate of Hell</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samurai_I:_Musashi_Miyamoto" title="Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto">Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cantor" title="Eddie Cantor">Eddie Cantor</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Motion_Picture_and_Television_Engineers" title="Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers">Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Broncho_Billy_Anderson" title="Broncho Billy Anderson">Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a> / <a href="/wiki/B._B._Kahane" title="B. B. Kahane">B. B. Kahane</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier" title="Maurice Chevalier">Maurice Chevalier</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buster_Keaton" title="Buster Keaton">Buster Keaton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lee_de_Forest" title="Lee de Forest">Lee de Forest</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stan_Laurel" title="Stan Laurel">Stan Laurel</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hayley_Mills" title="Hayley Mills">Hayley Mills</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Hendricks" title="William L. Hendricks">William L. Hendricks</a> / Fred L. Metzler / <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Robbins" title="Jerome Robbins">Jerome Robbins</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Tuttle" title="William J. Tuttle">William J. Tuttle</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakima_Canutt" title="Yakima Canutt">Yakima Canutt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Y._Frank_Freeman" title="Y. Frank Freeman">Y. Frank Freeman</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Freed" title="Arthur Freed">Arthur Freed</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chambers_(make-up_artist)" title="John Chambers (make-up artist)">John Chambers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Onna_White" title="Onna White">Onna White</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cary_Grant" title="Cary Grant">Cary Grant</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Gish" title="Lillian Gish">Lillian Gish</a> / <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a> (1971)</li> <li>Charles S. Boren / <a href="/wiki/Edward_G._Robinson" title="Edward G. Robinson">Edward G. Robinson</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Langlois" title="Henri Langlois">Henri Langlois</a> / <a href="/wiki/Groucho_Marx" title="Groucho Marx">Groucho Marx</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hawks" title="Howard Hawks">Howard Hawks</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jean_Renoir" title="Jean Renoir">Jean Renoir</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Pickford" title="Mary Pickford">Mary Pickford</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Booth" title="Margaret Booth">Margaret Booth</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Lantz" title="Walter Lantz">Walter Lantz</a> / <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> / <a href="/wiki/King_Vidor" title="King Vidor">King Vidor</a> / <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Museum of Modern Art">Museum of Modern Art Department of Film</a> (1978)</li> <li>Hal Elias / <a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck" title="Barbara Stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Roach" title="Hal Roach">Hal Roach</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Alex_North" title="Alex North">Alex North</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bellamy" title="Ralph Bellamy">Ralph Bellamy</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodak" title="Kodak">Eastman Kodak Company</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Board_of_Canada" title="National Film Board of Canada">National Film Board of Canada</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa" title="Akira Kurosawa">Akira Kurosawa</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Loren" title="Sophia Loren">Sophia Loren</a> / <a href="/wiki/Myrna_Loy" title="Myrna Loy">Myrna Loy</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federico_Fellini" title="Federico Fellini">Federico Fellini</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Kerr" title="Deborah Kerr">Deborah Kerr</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelangelo_Antonioni" title="Michelangelo Antonioni">Michelangelo Antonioni</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Douglas" title="Kirk Douglas">Kirk Douglas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Jones" title="Chuck Jones">Chuck Jones</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kidd" title="Michael Kidd">Michael Kidd</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Donen" title="Stanley Donen">Stanley Donen</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Wajda" title="Andrzej Wajda">Andrzej Wajda</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Cardiff" title="Jack Cardiff">Jack Cardiff</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lumet" title="Sidney Lumet">Sidney Lumet</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennio_Morricone" title="Ennio Morricone">Ennio Morricone</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Boyle" title="Robert F. Boyle">Robert F. Boyle</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bacall" title="Lauren Bacall">Lauren Bacall</a> / <a href="/wiki/Roger_Corman" title="Roger Corman">Roger Corman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Willis" title="Gordon Willis">Gordon Willis</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brownlow" title="Kevin Brownlow">Kevin Brownlow</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard" title="Jean-Luc Godard">Jean-Luc Godard</a> / <a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a> (2010)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Dick_Smith_(make-up_artist)" title="Dick Smith (make-up artist)">Dick Smith</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._A._Pennebaker" title="D. A. Pennebaker">D. A. Pennebaker</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hal_Needham" title="Hal Needham">Hal Needham</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Stevens_Jr." title="George Stevens Jr.">George Stevens Jr.</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> / <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Piero_Tosi" title="Piero Tosi">Piero Tosi</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki" title="Hayao Miyazaki">Hayao Miyazaki</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maureen_O%27Hara" title="Maureen O'Hara">Maureen O'Hara</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gena_Rowlands" title="Gena Rowlands">Gena Rowlands</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Chan" title="Jackie Chan">Jackie Chan</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Stalmaster" title="Lynn Stalmaster">Lynn Stalmaster</a> / <a href="/wiki/Anne_V._Coates" title="Anne V. 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Jackson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> / <a href="/wiki/Liv_Ullmann" title="Liv Ullmann">Liv Ullmann</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euzhan_Palcy" title="Euzhan Palcy">Euzhan Palcy</a> / <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Weir" title="Peter Weir">Peter Weir</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Bassett" title="Angela Bassett">Angela Bassett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Littleton" title="Carol Littleton">Carol Littleton</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Juliet_Taylor" title="Juliet Taylor">Juliet Taylor</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div 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Salonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Watson" title="Raymond Watson">Raymond Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Williams_(actor)" title="Guy Williams (actor)">Guy Williams</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonita_Granville" title="Bonita Granville">Bonita Granville Wrather</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Wrather" title="Jack Wrather">Jack Wrather</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Baxter" title="Tony Baxter">Tony Baxter</a></li> <li>Collin Campbell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Clark" title="Dick Clark">Dick Clark</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Goodman" title="John Goodman">John Goodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Keane" title="Glen Keane">Glen Keane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wynn" title="Ed Wynn">Ed Wynn</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Bodenheimer" title="George Bodenheimer">George Bodenheimer</a></li> <li>Julie Reihm Casaletto</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Deja" title="Andreas Deja">Andreas Deja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Depp" title="Johnny Depp">Johnny Depp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyvind_Earle" title="Eyvind Earle">Eyvind Earle</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Lucci" title="Susan Lucci">Susan Lucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carson_Van_Osten" title="Carson Van Osten">Carson Van Osten</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Geronimi" title="Clyde Geronimi">Clyde Geronimi</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Gonzales" title="Manuel Gonzales">Manuel Gonzales</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hamill" title="Mark Hamill">Mark Hamill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kirby" title="Jack Kirby">Jack Kirby</a>*</li> <li>Wayne Jackson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall">Garry Marshall</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Taymor" title="Julie Taymor">Julie Taymor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christina_Aguilera" title="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wing_T._Chao" title="Wing T. Chao">Wing T. Chao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Downey_Jr." title="Robert Downey Jr.">Robert Downey Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Favreau" title="Jon Favreau">Jon Favreau</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Ortega" title="Kenny Ortega">Kenny Ortega</a></li> <li>Barnette Ricci</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(newscaster)" title="Robin Roberts (newscaster)">Robin Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Sawyer" title="Diane Sawyer">Diane Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming-Na_Wen" title="Ming-Na Wen">Ming-Na Wen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Zimmer" title="Hans Zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>* Awarded posthumously <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Legends" title="Disney Legends">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Disney_Legends_Awards_1980s" 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McKellen</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein" title="Harvey Fierstein">Harvey Fierstein</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lithgow" title="John Lithgow">John Lithgow</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Harris" title="Ed Harris">Ed Harris</a> (1986)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Silver" title="Ron Silver">Ron Silver</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Bosco" title="Philip Bosco">Philip Bosco</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Lane" title="Nathan Lane">Nathan Lane</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Rifkin" title="Ron Rifkin">Ron Rifkin</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bedford" title="Brian Bedford">Brian Bedford</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Leibman" title="Ron Leibman">Ron Leibman</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bedford" title="Brian Bedford">Brian Bedford</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes" title="Ralph Fiennes">Ralph Fiennes</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Morse" title="David Morse">David Morse</a> / <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_LaPaglia" title="Anthony LaPaglia">Anthony LaPaglia</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dennehy" title="Brian Dennehy">Brian Dennehy</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dillane" title="Stephen Dillane">Stephen Dillane</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D7F1D7;;width:1%">2001–2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Easton" title="Richard Easton">Richard Easton</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Izzard" title="Eddie Izzard">Eddie Izzard</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kline" title="Kevin Kline">Kevin Kline</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%ADan_F._O%27Byrne" title="Brían F. O'Byrne">Brían F. O'Byrne</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Griffiths" title="Richard Griffiths">Richard Griffiths</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Rylance" title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Rush" title="Geoffrey Rush">Geoffrey Rush</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liev_Schreiber" title="Liev Schreiber">Liev Schreiber</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cannavale" title="Bobby Cannavale">Bobby Cannavale</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Corden" title="James Corden">James Corden</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Letts" title="Tracy Letts">Tracy Letts</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sharp" title="Alex Sharp">Alex Sharp</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kline" title="Kevin Kline">Kevin Kline</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garfield" title="Andrew Garfield">Andrew Garfield</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_O._Sanders" title="Jay O. Sanders">Jay O. Sanders</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Donovan" title="Edmund Donovan">Edmund Donovan</a> (2020)</li> <li>No Award (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Santiago-Hudson" title="Ruben Santiago-Hudson">Ruben Santiago-Hudson</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Drama_League_Distinguished_Performance_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Cornell" title="Katharine Cornell">Katharine Cornell</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(actor)" title="Maurice Evans (actor)">Maurice Evans</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Hardwicke" title="Cedric Hardwicke">Cedric Hardwicke</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Massey" title="Raymond Massey">Raymond Massey</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Muni" title="Paul Muni">Paul Muni</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Lukas" title="Paul Lukas">Paul Lukas</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Evelyn" title="Judith Evelyn">Judith Evelyn</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mady_Christians" title="Mady Christians">Mady Christians</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Calhern" title="Louis Calhern">Louis Calhern</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Anderson" title="Judith Anderson">Judith Anderson</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morley" title="Robert Morley">Robert Morley</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_George" title="Grace George">Grace George</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Rains" title="Claude Rains">Claude Rains</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Booth" title="Shirley Booth">Shirley Booth</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Hull" title="Josephine Hull">Josephine Hull</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viveca_Lindfors" title="Viveca Lindfors">Viveca Lindfors</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wayne" title="David Wayne">David Wayne</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bellamy" title="Ralph Bellamy">Ralph Bellamy</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Ritchard" title="Cyril Ritchard">Cyril Ritchard</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scofield" title="Paul Scofield">Paul Scofield</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boyer" title="Charles Boyer">Charles Boyer</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Harris" title="Rosemary Harris">Rosemary Harris</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Caldwell" title="Zoe Caldwell">Zoe Caldwell</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_McCowen" title="Alec McCowen">Alec McCowen</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Quayle" title="Anthony Quayle">Anthony Quayle</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Atkins" title="Eileen Atkins">Eileen Atkins</a> / <a href="/wiki/Claire_Bloom" title="Claire Bloom">Claire Bloom</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor)" title="John Wood (English actor)">John Wood</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Le_Gallienne" title="Eva Le Gallienne">Eva Le Gallienne</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Langella" title="Frank Langella">Frank Langella</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Sternhagen" title="Frances Sternhagen">Frances Sternhagen</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Scheider" title="Roy Scheider">Roy Scheider</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo_O%27Shea" title="Milo O'Shea">Milo O'Shea</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Herrmann" title="Edward Herrmann">Edward Herrmann</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kate_Nelligan" title="Kate Nelligan">Kate Nelligan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Peters" title="Bernadette Peters">Bernadette Peters</a> (1986)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lithgow" title="John Lithgow">John Lithgow</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Collins" title="Pauline Collins">Pauline Collins</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morse" title="Robert Morse">Robert Morse</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockard_Channing" title="Stockard Channing">Stockard Channing</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Rea" title="Stephen Rea">Stephen Rea</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Waterston" title="Sam Waterston">Sam Waterston</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Jones" title="Cherry Jones">Cherry Jones</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Durning" title="Charles Durning">Charles Durning</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bebe_Neuwirth" title="Bebe Neuwirth">Bebe Neuwirth</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stokes_Mitchell" title="Brian Stokes Mitchell">Brian Stokes Mitchell</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Chalfant" title="Kathleen Chalfant">Kathleen Chalfant</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Heckart" title="Eileen Heckart">Eileen Heckart</a> (2000)</li> 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title="Mark Rylance">Mark Rylance</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audra_McDonald" title="Audra McDonald">Audra McDonald</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Lane" title="Nathan Lane">Nathan Lane</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Neil Patrick Harris">Neil Patrick Harris</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Platt" title="Ben Platt">Ben Platt</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenda_Jackson" title="Glenda Jackson">Glenda Jackson</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Burstein" title="Danny Burstein">Danny Burstein</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Foster" title="Sutton Foster">Sutton Foster</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaleigh_Ashford" title="Annaleigh 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Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke" title="Dick Van Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carradine" title="John Carradine">John Carradine</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeline_Kahn" title="Madeline Kahn">Madeline Kahn</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Bosco" title="Philip Bosco">Philip Bosco</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Barron" title="Dana Barron">Dana Barron</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jim_Varney" title="Jim Varney">Jim Varney</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / Greg Spottiswood (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Curry" title="Tim Curry">Tim Curry</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jo_Vannicola" title="Jo Vannicola">Joanne Vannicola</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hamilton_(actor)" title="Josh Hamilton (actor)">Josh Hamilton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Dina_Spybey" title="Dina Spybey">Dina Spybey</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Justin_Whalin" title="Justin Whalin">Justin Whalin</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hal_Linden" title="Hal Linden">Hal Linden</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Burton_(actress)" title="Kate Burton (actress)">Kate Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Murphy" title="Donna Murphy">Donna Murphy</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nye" title="Bill Nye">Bill Nye</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ri%27chard" title="Robert Ri'chard">Robert Ri'chard</a> (1998)</li> <li>Jordan Kiziuk / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> / Kelsey Keel (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Foster_(actor)" title="Ben Foster (actor)">Ben Foster</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shia_LaBeouf" title="Shia LaBeouf">Shia LaBeouf</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Corwin" title="Jeff Corwin">Jeff Corwin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gena_Rowlands" title="Gena Rowlands">Gena Rowlands</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockard_Channing" title="Stockard Channing">Stockard Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_McDaniel" title="James McDaniel">James McDaniel</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eion_Bailey" title="Eion Bailey">Eion Bailey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/Caroll_Spinney" title="Caroll Spinney">Caroll Spinney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindi_Irwin" title="Bindi Irwin">Bindi Irwin</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joey_Mazzarino" title="Joey Mazzarino">Joey Mazzarino</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2013)</li> <li>Jessica Honor Carleton (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Kidder" title="Margot Kidder">Margot Kidder</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Lundy" title="Jessica Lundy">Jessica Lundy</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Kragten" title="Isaac Kragten">Isaac Kragten</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dove_Cameron" title="Dove Cameron">Dove Cameron</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michela_Luci" title="Michela Luci">Michela Luci</a> 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href="/wiki/Donald_O%27Connor" title="Donald O'Connor">Donald O'Connor</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Thomas" title="Danny Thomas">Danny Thomas</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Silvers" title="Phil Silvers">Phil Silvers</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Young_(actor)" title="Robert Young (actor)">Robert Young</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Young_(actor)" title="Robert Young (actor)">Robert Young</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Burr" title="Raymond Burr">Raymond Burr</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stack" title="Robert Stack">Robert Stack</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Burr" title="Raymond Burr">Raymond Burr</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._G._Marshall" title="E. G. Marshall">E. G. Marshall</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._G._Marshall" title="E. G. Marshall">E. G. Marshall</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke" title="Dick Van Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a> / <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> / <a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke" title="Dick Van Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Betz" title="Carl Betz">Carl Betz</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Young_(actor)" title="Robert Young (actor)">Robert Young</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Holbrook" title="Hal Holbrook">Hal Holbrook</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Falk" title="Peter Falk">Peter Falk</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Thomas_(actor)" title="Richard Thomas (actor)">Richard Thomas</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telly_Savalas" title="Telly Savalas">Telly Savalas</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Blake_(actor)" title="Robert Blake (actor)">Robert Blake</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Falk" title="Peter Falk">Peter Falk</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Garner" title="James Garner">James Garner</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Asner" title="Ed Asner">Ed Asner</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Leibman" title="Ron Leibman">Ron Leibman</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Asner" title="Ed Asner">Ed Asner</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Travanti" title="Daniel J. Travanti">Daniel J. Travanti</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Travanti" title="Daniel J. Travanti">Daniel J. Travanti</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Flanders" title="Ed Flanders">Ed Flanders</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Selleck" title="Tom Selleck">Tom Selleck</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Daniels" title="William Daniels">William Daniels</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Daniels" title="William Daniels">William Daniels</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Willis" title="Bruce Willis">Bruce Willis</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_O%27Connor" title="Carroll O'Connor">Carroll O'Connor</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Falk" title="Peter Falk">Peter Falk</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd" title="Christopher Lloyd">Christopher Lloyd</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Skerritt" title="Tom Skerritt">Tom Skerritt</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Franz" title="Dennis Franz">Dennis Franz</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandy_Patinkin" title="Mandy Patinkin">Mandy Patinkin</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Franz" title="Dennis Franz">Dennis Franz</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Franz" title="Dennis Franz">Dennis Franz</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Braugher" title="Andre Braugher">Andre Braugher</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Franz" title="Dennis Franz">Dennis Franz</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Chiklis" title="Michael Chiklis">Michael Chiklis</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gandolfini" title="James Gandolfini">James Gandolfini</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Spader" title="James Spader">James Spader</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Spader" title="James Spader">James Spader</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiefer_Sutherland" title="Kiefer Sutherland">Kiefer Sutherland</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Spader" title="James Spader">James Spader</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Chandler" title="Kyle Chandler">Kyle Chandler</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Lewis" title="Damian Lewis">Damian Lewis</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Daniels" title="Jeff Daniels">Jeff Daniels</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cranston" title="Bryan Cranston">Bryan Cranston</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hamm" title="Jon Hamm">Jon Hamm</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rami_Malek" title="Rami Malek">Rami Malek</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_K._Brown" title="Sterling K. Brown">Sterling K. Brown</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Rhys" title="Matthew Rhys">Matthew Rhys</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Porter" title="Billy Porter">Billy Porter</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Strong" title="Jeremy Strong">Jeremy Strong</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_O%27Connor" title="Josh O'Connor">Josh O'Connor</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae" title="Lee Jung-jae">Lee Jung-jae</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kieran_Culkin" title="Kieran Culkin">Kieran Culkin</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Sanada" title="Hiroyuki Sanada">Hiroyuki Sanada</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #F9EFAA;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:EmmyAward_MiniseriesSupportingActor" title="Template:EmmyAward MiniseriesSupportingActor"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:EmmyAward_MiniseriesSupportingActor" title="Template talk:EmmyAward MiniseriesSupportingActor"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:EmmyAward_MiniseriesSupportingActor" title="Special:EditPage/Template:EmmyAward MiniseriesSupportingActor"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1975–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Quayle" title="Anthony Quayle">Anthony Quayle</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Flanders" title="Ed Flanders">Ed Flanders</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_da_Silva" title="Howard da Silva">Howard da Silva</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlon_Brando" title="Marlon Brando">Marlon Brando</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grizzard" title="George Grizzard">George Grizzard</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Warner_(actor)" title="David Warner (actor)">David Warner</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Carney" title="Art Carney">Art Carney</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malden" title="Karl Malden">Karl Malden</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dabney_Coleman" title="Dabney Coleman">Dabney Coleman</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Shea" title="John Shea">John Shea</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Gardenia" title="Vincent Gardenia">Vincent Gardenia</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_A._Goorjian" title="Michael A. Goorjian">Michael A. Goorjian</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Sutherland" title="Donald Sutherland">Donald Sutherland</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hulce" title="Tom Hulce">Tom Hulce</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_C._Scott" title="George C. Scott">George C. Scott</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor)" title="Brian Cox (actor)">Brian Cox</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moriarty" title="Michael Moriarty">Michael Moriarty</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gazzara" title="Ben Gazzara">Ben Gazzara</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Wright" title="Jeffrey Wright">Jeffrey Wright</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Haden_Church" title="Thomas Haden Church">Thomas Haden Church</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Wilkinson" title="Tom Wilkinson">Tom Wilkinson</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Howard" title="Ken Howard">Ken Howard</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Strathairn" title="David Strathairn">David Strathairn</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Pearce" title="Guy Pearce">Guy Pearce</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Berenger" title="Tom Berenger">Tom Berenger</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cromwell" title="James Cromwell">James Cromwell</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Freeman" title="Martin Freeman">Martin Freeman</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Murray" title="Bill Murray">Bill Murray</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_K._Brown" title="Sterling K. Brown">Sterling K. Brown</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Skarsg%C3%A5rd" title="Alexander Skarsgård">Alexander Skarsgård</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Daniels" title="Jeff Daniels">Jeff Daniels</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whishaw" title="Ben Whishaw">Ben Whishaw</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II" title="Yahya Abdul-Mateen II">Yahya Abdul-Mateen II</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evan_Peters" title="Evan Peters">Evan Peters</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Bartlett" title="Murray Bartlett">Murray Bartlett</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Walter_Hauser" title="Paul Walter Hauser">Paul Walter Hauser</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamorne_Morris" title="Lamorne Morris">Lamorne Morris</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(1950)</li> <li>No Award (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy_(actor)" title="Kevin McCarthy (actor)">Kevin McCarthy</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Egan_(actor)" title="Richard Egan (actor)">Richard Egan</a> / <a href="/wiki/Steve_Forrest_(actor)" title="Steve Forrest (actor)">Steve Forrest</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Brian" title="Hugh O'Brian">Hugh O'Brian</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Adams_(actor)" title="Joe Adams (actor)">Joe Adams</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Nader" title="George Nader">George Nader</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Richards_(actor,_born_1924)" title="Jeff Richards (actor, born 1924)">Jeff Richards</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Danton" title="Ray Danton">Ray Danton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Russ_Tamblyn" title="Russ Tamblyn">Russ Tamblyn</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kerr_(actor)" title="John Kerr (actor)">John Kerr</a> / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Perkins" title="Anthony Perkins">Anthony Perkins</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Garner" title="James Garner">James Garner</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Saxon" title="John Saxon">John Saxon</a> / <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wayne" title="Patrick Wayne">Patrick Wayne</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gavin" title="John Gavin">John Gavin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bradford_Dillman" title="Bradford Dillman">Bradford Dillman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Efrem_Zimbalist_Jr." title="Efrem Zimbalist Jr.">Efrem Zimbalist Jr.</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton_(actor)" title="George Hamilton (actor)">George Hamilton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barry_Coe" title="Barry Coe">Barry Coe</a> / <a href="/wiki/Troy_Donahue" title="Troy Donahue">Troy Donahue</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_Shigeta" title="James Shigeta">James Shigeta</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Callan" title="Michael Callan">Michael Callan</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mark_Damon" title="Mark Damon">Mark Damon</a> / <a href="/wiki/Brett_Halsey" title="Brett Halsey">Brett Halsey</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Beymer" title="Richard Beymer">Richard Beymer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keir_Dullea" title="Keir Dullea">Keir Dullea</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a> / <a href="/wiki/Omar_Sharif" title="Omar Sharif">Omar Sharif</a> / <a href="/wiki/Terence_Stamp" title="Terence Stamp">Terence Stamp</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stathis_Giallelis" title="Stathis Giallelis">Stathis Giallelis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walker_(actor,_born_1940)" title="Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)">Robert Walker</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harve_Presnell" title="Harve Presnell">Harve Presnell</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Segal" title="George Segal">George Segal</a> / <a href="/wiki/Chaim_Topol" title="Chaim Topol">Topol</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Farentino" title="James Farentino">James Farentino</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Whiting" title="Leonard Whiting">Leonard Whiting</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Voight" title="Jon Voight">Jon Voight</a> (1970)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desi_Arnaz_Jr." title="Desi Arnaz Jr.">Desi Arnaz Jr.</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albert" title="Edward Albert">Edward Albert</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Le_Mat" title="Paul Le Mat">Paul Le Mat</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bottoms" title="Joseph Bottoms">Joseph Bottoms</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Dourif" title="Brad Dourif">Brad Dourif</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> (1977)</li> <li>No Award (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Davis_(actor)" title="Brad Davis (actor)">Brad Davis</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Schroder" title="Ricky Schroder">Ricky Schroder</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Hutton" title="Timothy Hutton">Timothy Hutton</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording" 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(1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>FDR Speaks – Robert Bialek (producer) (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein_Discusses_Humor_in_Music_and_Conducts_Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music and Conducts Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Humor in Music</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> (1961)</li> <li>The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (playwright) (1963)</li> <li>BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy – <a href="/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was" title="That Was the Week That Was">That Was the Week That Was</a> (1964)</li> <li>John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him – <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a> (producer) (1965)</li> <li>Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years – <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> (1966)</li> <li>Gallant Men – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (1967)</li> <li>Lonesome Cities – <a href="/wiki/Rod_McKuen" title="Rod McKuen">Rod McKuen</a> (1968)</li> <li>We Love You Call Collect – <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Diane_Linkletter" title="Diane Linkletter">Diane Linkletter</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiderata_(Les_Crane_album)" title="Desiderata (Les Crane album)">Desiderata</a> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Crane" title="Les Crane">Les Crane</a> (1971)</li> <li>Lenny – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botnick" title="Bruce Botnick">Bruce Botnick</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1973)</li> <li>Good Evening – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1975)</li> <li>Great American Documents – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst" title="The Belle of Amherst">The Belle of Amherst</a> – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1978)</li> <li>Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare – <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll" title="Pat Carroll">Pat Carroll</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" title="Donovan's Brain">Donovan's Brain</a> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record</a> – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warfield" title="William Warfield">William Warfield</a> (1983)</li> <li>The Words of Gandhi – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom" title="Ma Rainey's Black Bottom">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Berniker" title="Mike Berniker">Mike Berniker</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1985)</li> <li>Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Days" title="Lake Wobegon Days">Lake Wobegon Days</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> (1987)</li> <li>Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> (1988)</li> <li>It's Always Something – <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gracie:_A_Love_Story" title="Gracie: A Love Story">Gracie: A Love Story</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> (1991)</li> <li>What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> and Robert O'Keefe (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning" title="On the Pulse of Morning">On the Pulse of Morning</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_in_the_Van" title="Get in the Van">Get in the Van</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Woman:_Four_Poems_Celebrating_Women" title="Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women">Phenomenal Woman</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village" title="It Takes a Village">It Takes a Village</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (1996)</li> <li>Charles Kuralt's Spring – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Still_Me" title="Still Me">Still Me</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> (1998)</li> <li>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. – <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man:_A_Spiritual_Autobiography" title="The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography">The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2000)</li> <li>Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Song_Flung_Up_to_Heaven" title="A Song Flung Up to Heaven">A Song Flung Up to Heaven</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> and Paul Ruben (producer) (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Life_(Clinton_autobiography)" title="My Life (Clinton autobiography)">My Life</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> / With Ossie and Ruby – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth_(book)" title="An Inconvenient Truth (book)">An Inconvenient Truth</a> by <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon" title="Cynthia Nixon">Cynthia Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2008)</li> <li>Always Looking Up – <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. 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href="/wiki/A_Full_Life:_Reflections_at_90" class="mw-redirect" title="A Full Life: Reflections at 90">A Full Life: Reflections at 90</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2015)</li> <li>In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Diarist" title="The Princess Diarist">The Princess Diarist</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> (2017)</li> <li>Faith: A Journey for All – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowout_(book)" title="Blowout (book)">Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Maddow" title="Rachel Maddow">Rachel Maddow</a> (2020)</li> <li>Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis − <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> (2021)</li> <li>Finding Me – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laz_Alonso" title="Laz Alonso">Laz Alonso</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Oyelowo" title="David Oyelowo">David Oyelowo</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kaluuya" title="Daniel Kaluuya">Daniel Kaluuya</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colman_Domingo" title="Colman Domingo">Colman Domingo</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Template talk:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series">NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Redd_Foxx" title="Redd Foxx">Redd Foxx</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Winfield" title="Paul Winfield">Paul Winfield</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Rollins" title="Howard Rollins">Howard Rollins</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Rollins" title="Howard Rollins">Howard Rollins</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Glover" title="Danny Glover">Danny Glover</a> (1989)</li> <li>No Award (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (1991)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorian_Harewood" title="Dorian Harewood">Dorian Harewood</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Yoba" title="Malik Yoba">Malik Yoba</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Yoba" title="Malik Yoba">Malik Yoba</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Yoba" title="Malik Yoba">Malik Yoba</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eriq_La_Salle" title="Eriq La Salle">Eriq La Salle</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eriq_La_Salle" title="Eriq La Salle">Eriq La Salle</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eriq_La_Salle" title="Eriq La Salle">Eriq La Salle</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Beach" title="Michael Beach">Michael Beach</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Harris_(actor)" title="Steve Harris (actor)">Steve Harris</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taye_Diggs" title="Taye Diggs">Taye Diggs</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Washington" title="Isaiah Washington">Isaiah Washington</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah_Washington" title="Isaiah Washington">Isaiah Washington</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Harper" title="Hill Harper">Hill Harper</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Harper" title="Hill Harper">Hill Harper</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Harper" title="Hill Harper">Hill Harper</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shemar_Moore" title="Shemar Moore">Shemar Moore</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrence_Howard" title="Terrence Howard">Terrence Howard</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_K._Brown" title="Sterling K. 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Brown</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicco_Annan" title="Nicco Annan">Nicco Annan</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damson_Idris" title="Damson Idris">Damson Idris</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Television_Movie,_Mini-Series_or_Dramatic_Special" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Television_Movie,_Mini-Series_or_Dramatic_Special" title="Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Television_Movie,_Mini-Series_or_Dramatic_Special" title="Template talk:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Television_Movie,_Mini-Series_or_Dramatic_Special" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Television_Movie,_Mini-Series_or_Dramatic_Special" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Television_Movie,_Mini-Series_or_Dramatic_Special" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special">NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Winfield" title="Paul Winfield">Paul Winfield</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Glover" title="Danny Glover">Danny Glover</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>No Award (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (1991)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorian_Harewood" title="Dorian Harewood">Dorian Harewood</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Glover" title="Danny Glover">Danny Glover</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne" title="Laurence Fishburne">Laurence Fishburne</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Snipes" title="Wesley Snipes">Wesley Snipes</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne" title="Laurence Fishburne">Laurence Fishburne</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Glover" title="Danny Glover">Danny Glover</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Hines" title="Gregory Hines">Gregory Hines</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dutton" title="Charles S. Dutton">Charles S. Dutton</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dutton" title="Charles S. Dutton">Charles S. Dutton</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrence_Howard" title="Terrence Howard">Terrence Howard</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadeem_Hardison" title="Kadeem Hardison">Kadeem Hardison</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Pierce" title="Wendell Pierce">Wendell Pierce</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Sean Combs</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Jr." title="Cuba Gooding Jr.">Cuba Gooding Jr.</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne" title="Laurence Fishburne">Laurence Fishburne</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Jr." title="Cuba Gooding Jr.">Cuba Gooding Jr.</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Alan_Grier" title="David Alan Grier">David Alan Grier</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtney_B._Vance" title="Courtney B. Vance">Courtney B. Vance</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharrel_Jerome" title="Jharrel Jerome">Jharrel Jerome</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hart" title="Kevin Hart">Kevin Hart</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Chestnut" title="Morris Chestnut">Morris Chestnut</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Powers" title="Keith Powers">Keith Powers</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_(1990s)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1990s"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Template talk:National Medal of Arts recipients 1990s"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Special:EditPage/Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1990s"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_(1990s)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts recipients</a> (1990s)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merce_Cunningham" title="Merce Cunningham">Merce Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_Johns" title="Jasper Johns">Jasper Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Lawrence" title="Jacob Lawrence">Jacob Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">Riley "B.B." King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_Kreeger" title="David Lloyd Kreeger">David Lloyd Kreeger</a></li> <li>Harris & Carroll Sterling Masterson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McHarg" title="Ian McHarg">Ian McHarg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Sills" title="Beverly Sills">Beverly Sills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BellSouth" title="BellSouth">Southeastern Bell Corporation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Abravanel" title="Maurice Abravanel">Maurice Abravanel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pietro_Belluschi" title="Pietro Belluschi">Pietro Belluschi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_Brown_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John Carter Brown III">John Carter Brown III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_%22Honi%22_Coles" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles "Honi" Coles">Charles "Honi" Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Crosby_(conductor)" title="John Crosby (conductor)">John Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Diebenkorn" title="Richard Diebenkorn">Richard Diebenkorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Philip_Hanes" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Philip Hanes">R. Philip Hanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Carlisle" title="Kitty Carlisle">Kitty Carlisle Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Primus" title="Pearl Primus">Pearl Primus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texaco" title="Texaco">Texaco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Horne" title="Marilyn Horne">Marilyn Horne</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Houser" title="Allan Houser">Allan Houser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Saudek" title="Robert Saudek">Robert Saudek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)" title="Robert Shaw (conductor)">Robert Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Taylor" title="Billy Taylor">Billy Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Venturi" title="Robert Venturi">Robert Venturi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denise_Scott_Brown" title="Denise Scott Brown">Denise Scott Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wise" title="Robert Wise">Robert Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Acheson_Wallace" title="Lila Acheson Wallace">Lila Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Annenberg" title="Walter Annenberg">Walter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonore_Annenberg" title="Leonore Annenberg">Leonore Annenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cabell "Cab" Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bess_Lomax_Hawes" title="Bess Lomax Hawes">Bess Lomax Hawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kunitz" title="Stanley Kunitz">Stanley Kunitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Merrill" title="Robert Merrill">Robert Merrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg" title="Robert Rauschenberg">Robert Rauschenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Styron" title="William Styron">William Styron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Taylor_(choreographer)" title="Paul Taylor (choreographer)">Paul Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Cruz" title="Celia Cruz">Celia Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_DeLay" title="Dorothy DeLay">Dorothy DeLay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erick_Hawkins" title="Erick Hawkins">Erick Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Filene_Shouse" title="Catherine Filene Shouse">Catherine Filene Shouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Thiebaud" title="Wayne Thiebaud">Wayne Thiebaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wilbur" title="Richard Wilbur">Richard Wilbur</a></li> <li>Young Audiences</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Licia_Albanese" title="Licia Albanese">Licia Albanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks" title="Gwendolyn Brooks">Gwendolyn Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Gerald_Cantor" title="B. Gerald Cantor">B. Gerald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iris_Cantor" title="Iris Cantor">Iris Cantor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Diamond_(composer)" title="David Diamond (composer)">David Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ingo_Freed" title="James Ingo Freed">James Ingo Freed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein" title="Roy Lichtenstein">Roy Lichtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Mitchell_(dancer)" title="Arthur Mitchell (dancer)">Arthur Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li>Urban Gateways</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Caldwell" title="Sarah Caldwell">Sarah Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Callahan_(photographer)" title="Harry Callahan (photographer)">Harry Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelda_Fichandler" title="Zelda Fichandler">Zelda Fichandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalo_Guerrero" title="Lalo Guerrero">Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Lewitzky" title="Bella Lewitzky">Bella Lewitzky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Vera List">Vera List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Sendak" title="Maurice Sendak">Maurice Sendak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boys_Choir_of_Harlem" title="Boys Choir of Harlem">Boys Choir of Harlem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois" title="Louise Bourgeois">Louise Bourgeois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Carter" title="Betty Carter">Betty Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Gund" title="Agnes Gund">Agnes Gund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kiley" title="Dan Kiley">Daniel Urban Kiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Levine" title="James Levine">James Levine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Puente" title="Tito Puente">Tito Puente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards" title="Jason Robards">Jason Robards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Villella" title="Edward Villella">Edward Villella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson" title="Doc Watson">Doc Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDowell_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDowell Colony">MacDowell Colony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_d%27Amboise_(dancer)" title="Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)">Jacques d'Amboise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Domino" title="Fats Domino">Antoine "Fats" Domino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Jack_Elliott" title="Ramblin' Jack Elliott">Ramblin' Jack Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gehry" title="Frank Gehry">Frank Gehry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Handman" title="Barbara Handman">Barbara Handman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Martin" title="Agnes Martin">Agnes Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck">Gregory Peck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Peters" title="Roberta Peters">Roberta Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Roth" title="Philip Roth">Philip Roth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Lee_Corporation" title="Sara Lee Corporation">Sara Lee Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steppenwolf_Theatre_Company" title="Steppenwolf Theatre Company">Steppenwolf Theatre Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Verdon" title="Gwen Verdon">Gwen Verdon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Diamond" title="Irene Diamond">Irene Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Graves" title="Michael Graves">Michael Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odetta" title="Odetta">Odetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosetta_LeNoire" title="Rosetta LeNoire">Rosetta LeNoire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Lichtenstein" title="Harvey Lichtenstein">Harvey Lichtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Mendoza" title="Lydia Mendoza">Lydia Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Segal_(artist)" title="George Segal (artist)">George Segal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Tallchief" title="Maria Tallchief">Maria Tallchief</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_National_Medal_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1980s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" 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Robinson">Edward G. Robinson</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck">Gregory Peck</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Heston" title="Charlton Heston">Charlton Heston</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Raye" title="Martha Raye">Martha Raye</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon" title="Walter Pidgeon">Walter Pidgeon</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Russell" title="Rosalind Russell">Rosalind Russell</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cagney" title="James Cagney">James Cagney</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Bergen" title="Edgar Bergen">Edgar Bergen</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Ames" title="Leon Ames">Leon Ames</a> (1980)</li> <li>No Award (1981)</li> 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title="Karl Malden">Karl Malden</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Garner" title="James Garner">James Garner</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Temple" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Andrews" title="Julie Andrews">Julie Andrews</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Durning" title="Charles Durning">Charles Durning</a> (2007)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke" title="Dick Van Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Moreno" title="Rita Moreno">Rita Moreno</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Reynolds" title="Debbie Reynolds">Debbie Reynolds</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Alda" title="Alan Alda">Alan Alda</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a> (2019)</li> <li>No Award (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Field" title="Sally Field">Sally Field</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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A. MacDonald / <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Sardi_Sr." title="Vincent Sardi Sr.">Vincent Sardi Sr.</a> (1947)</li> <li>Vera Allen / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Beisman" title="Paul Beisman">Paul Beisman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joe_E._Brown" title="Joe E. Brown">Joe E. Brown</a> / Cast of <a href="/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest" title="The Importance of Being Earnest">The Importance of Being Earnest</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Dowling" title="Robert W. Dowling">Robert W. Dowling</a> / Experimental Theatre Inc. / Rosalind Gilder / <a href="/wiki/June_Lockhart" title="June Lockhart">June Lockhart</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Martin" title="Mary Martin">Mary Martin</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_Pierce_(backstage_doorman)" title="George Pierce (backstage doorman)">George Pierce</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1948)</li> <li>No award (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Evans_(actor)" title="Maurice Evans (actor)">Maurice Evans</a> / Philip Faversham / <a href="/wiki/Brock_Pemberton" title="Brock Pemberton">Brock Pemberton</a> (1950)</li> <li>Ruth Green (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Boyer" title="Charles Boyer">Charles Boyer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kook" title="Edward Kook">Edward Kook</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> / <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Lillie" title="Beatrice Lillie">Beatrice Lillie</a> (1953)</li> <li>No award (1954)</li> <li>Proscenium Productions (1955)</li> <li>Fourth Street Chekov Theatre / <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">City Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="New York Public Library for the Performing Arts">The New York Public Library Theatre Collection</a> / The Shakespearewrights / <a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Shakespeare_Theatre" title="American Shakespeare Theatre">American Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Barrault" title="Jean-Louis Barrault">Jean-Louis Barrault</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hammerstein" title="Willie Hammerstein">William Hammerstein</a> / Joseph Harbuck / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Shyre" title="Paul Shyre">Paul Shyre</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Heims_Beck" title="Louise Heims Beck">Mrs. Martin Beck</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russel_Crouse" title="Russel Crouse">Russel Crouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Howard_Lindsay" title="Howard Lindsay">Howard Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> / Cast of <a href="/wiki/La_Plume_de_Ma_Tante" title="La Plume de Ma Tante">La Plume de Ma Tante</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Thurber" title="James Thurber">James Thurber</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_III" title="John D. Rockefeller III">John D. Rockefeller III</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Atkinson" title="Brooks Atkinson">Brooks Atkinson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Franco_Zeffirelli" title="Franco Zeffirelli">Franco Zeffirelli</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Miller" title="Jonathan Miller">Jonathan Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/W._McNeil_Lowry" title="W. McNeil Lowry">W. McNeil Lowry</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Le_Gallienne" title="Eva Le Gallienne">Eva Le Gallienne</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Miller" title="Gilbert Miller">Gilbert Miller</a> / <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Smith_(designer)" title="Oliver Smith (designer)">Oliver Smith</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Menken" title="Helen Menken">Helen Menken</a> (1966)</li> <li>No award (1967)</li> <li>APA-Phoenix Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier" title="Maurice Chevalier">Maurice Chevalier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich" title="Marlene Dietrich">Marlene Dietrich</a> / <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> / <a href="/wiki/David_Merrick" title="David Merrick">David Merrick</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> / <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">The National Theatre Company of Great Britain</a> / The <a href="/wiki/Negro_Ensemble_Company" title="Negro Ensemble Company">Negro Ensemble Company</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Fontanne" title="Lynn Fontanne">Lynn Fontanne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">New York Shakespeare Festival</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> (1970)</li> <li>Ingram Ash / <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Norton" title="Elliot Norton">Elliot Norton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Playbill" title="Playbill">Playbill</a> / <a href="/wiki/Roger_L._Stevens" title="Roger L. Stevens">Roger L. Stevens</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Merman" title="Ethel Merman">Ethel Merman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Guild" title="Theatre Guild">The Theatre Guild</a>-American Theatre Society (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Lindsay" title="John Lindsay">John Lindsay</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Shubert_Organization" title="The Shubert Organization">Shubert Organization</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <a href="/wiki/A_Moon_for_the_Misbegotten" title="A Moon for the Misbegotten">A Moon for the Misbegotten</a> / <a href="/wiki/Candide_(operetta)" title="Candide (operetta)">Candide</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> / Harold Friedlander / <a href="/wiki/Bette_Midler" title="Bette Midler">Bette Midler</a> / <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Development_Fund" title="Theatre Development Fund">Theatre Development Fund</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_F._Wharton_(lawyer)" title="John F. Wharton (lawyer)">John F. Wharton</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld" title="Al Hirschfeld">Al Hirschfeld</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Circle_in_the_Square_Theatre" title="Circle in the Square Theatre">Circle in the Square Theatre</a> / Thomas H. Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Mathilde_Pincus" title="Mathilde Pincus">Mathilde Pincus</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Crawford" title="Cheryl Crawford">Cheryl Crawford</a> / Equity Liberty Theatre / <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Theatre_of_the_Deaf" title="National Theatre of the Deaf">National Theatre of the Deaf</a> / <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stan_Dragoti" title="Stan Dragoti">Stan Dragoti</a> and Charles Moss (1978)</li> <li>Walter F. Diehl / <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theater_Center" title="Eugene O'Neill Theater Center">Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center</a> / <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1979)</li> <li>Richard Fitzgerald / <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> / Hobe Morrison (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a> / <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Community_Fund" title="Entertainment Community Fund">The Actors Fund of America</a> / <a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">Warner Communications</a> (1982)</li> <li>No award (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_Feller" title="Peter Feller">Peter Feller</a> / La Tragedie de Carmen (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a> / <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Council_on_the_Arts" title="New York State Council on the Arts">New York State Council on the Arts</a> (1985)</li> <li>No award (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mason" title="Jackie Mason">Jackie Mason</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music" title="Brooklyn Academy of Music">Brooklyn Academy of Music</a> (1988)</li> <li>No award (1989)</li> <li>No award (1990–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma!" title="Oklahoma!">Oklahoma!</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Channing" title="Carol Channing">Carol Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> / Harvey Sabinson (1995)</li> <li>No award (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_B._Jacobs" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard B. Jacobs">Bernard B. Jacobs</a> (1997)</li> <li>Edward E. Colton / Ben Edwards (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a> / Isabelle Stevenson (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage#2000–2009" title="Dame Edna Everage">Dame Edna: The Royal Tour</a> / T. Edward Hambleton (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gemignani" title="Paul Gemignani">Paul Gemignani</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> / Robert Whitehead (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Feuer" title="Cy Feuer">Cy Feuer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Russell_Simmons" title="Russell Simmons">Russell Simmons</a>' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Nederlander" title="James M. Nederlander">James M. Nederlander</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jones_(stage_actress)" title="Sarah Jones (stage actress)">Sarah Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a> (2006)</li> <li>No award (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Russell_Bennett" title="Robert Russell Bennett">Robert Russell Bennett</a> / <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn" title="Alan Ayckbourn">Alan Ayckbourn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marian_Seldes" title="Marian Seldes">Marian Seldes</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athol_Fugard" title="Athol Fugard">Athol Fugard</a> / Philip J. Smith (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actors%27_Equity_Association" title="Actors' Equity Association">Actors' Equity Association</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Jackman" title="Hugh Jackman">Hugh Jackman</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Gersten" title="Bernard Gersten">Bernard Gersten</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee" title="Ming Cho Lee">Ming Cho Lee</a> / Paul Libin (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Greenwood" title="Jane Greenwood">Jane Greenwood</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell" title="John Cameron Mitchell">John Cameron Mitchell</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" title="Sheldon Harnick">Sheldon Harnick</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marshall_W._Mason" title="Marshall W. Mason">Marshall W. Mason</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> / Miles Wilkin (2016)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leguizamo" title="John Leguizamo">John Leguizamo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> / <a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Harris" title="Rosemary Harris">Rosemary Harris</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marin_Mazzie" title="Marin Mazzie">Marin Mazzie</a> / <a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Tilders" title="Sonny Tilders">Sonny Tilders</a> and Creature Technology Company / Jason Michael Webb / <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wheeler_(musician)" title="Harold Wheeler (musician)">Harold Wheeler</a> (2019)</li> <li>The Broadway Advocacy Coalition / <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne's</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Utopia_(film)" title="American Utopia (film)">American Utopia</a> / <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_Love_Supreme" title="Freestyle Love Supreme">Freestyle Love Supreme</a> / <a href="/wiki/Graciela_Daniele" title="Graciela Daniele">Graciela Daniele</a> (2020/21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_C._Nicola" title="James C. Nicola">James C. Nicola</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Grey" title="Joel Grey">Joel Grey</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Edelman" title="Alex Edelman">Alex Edelman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Abe_Jacob" title="Abe Jacob">Abe Jacob</a> / Nikiya Mathis / <a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Brien_(director)" title="Jack O'Brien (director)">Jack O'Brien</a> / <a href="/wiki/George_C._Wolfe" title="George C. Wolfe">George C. Wolfe</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tony_Award_for_Best_Leading_Actor_in_a_Play" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #C0C0C0;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:TonyAward_PlayLeadActor" title="Template:TonyAward PlayLeadActor"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li 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<li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a> / <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(actor)" title="Paul Kelly (actor)">Paul Kelly</a> / <a href="/wiki/Basil_Rathbone" title="Basil Rathbone">Basil Rathbone</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Blackmer" title="Sidney Blackmer">Sidney Blackmer</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Rains" title="Claude Rains">Claude Rains</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ferrer" title="José Ferrer">José Ferrer</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ewell" title="Tom Ewell">Tom Ewell</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wayne" title="David Wayne">David Wayne</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lunt" title="Alfred Lunt">Alfred Lunt</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Muni" title="Paul Muni">Paul Muni</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredric_March" title="Fredric March">Fredric March</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bellamy" title="Ralph Bellamy">Ralph Bellamy</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards" title="Jason Robards">Jason Robards Jr.</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero_Mostel" title="Zero Mostel">Zero Mostel</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scofield" title="Paul Scofield">Paul Scofield</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hill_(Canadian_actor)" title="Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)">Arthur Hill</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Matthau" title="Walter Matthau">Walter Matthau</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Holbrook" title="Hal Holbrook">Hal Holbrook</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(actor)" title="Paul Rogers (actor)">Paul Rogers</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Balsam" title="Martin Balsam">Martin Balsam</a> (1968)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Weaver" title="Fritz Weaver">Fritz Weaver</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bedford" title="Brian Bedford">Brian Bedford</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Gorman" title="Cliff Gorman">Cliff Gorman</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bates" title="Alan Bates">Alan Bates</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moriarty" title="Michael Moriarty">Michael Moriarty</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kani" title="John Kani">John Kani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Winston_Ntshona" title="Winston Ntshona">Winston Ntshona</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Wood_(English_actor)" title="John Wood (English actor)">John Wood</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Pacino" title="Al Pacino">Al Pacino</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnard_Hughes" title="Barnard Hughes">Barnard Hughes</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Conti" title="Tom Conti">Tom Conti</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rubinstein" title="John Rubinstein">John Rubinstein</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Rees" title="Roger Rees">Roger Rees</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein" title="Harvey Fierstein">Harvey Fierstein</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jacobi" title="Derek Jacobi">Derek Jacobi</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judd_Hirsch" title="Judd Hirsch">Judd Hirsch</a> (1986)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">James Earl Jones</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Silver" title="Ron Silver">Ron Silver</a> (1988)</li> <li><a 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