EGOT-winning Actor. Jones got his start in theater working on many Shakespeare productions like Othello, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure and Hamlet. In 1982, he starred in the August Wilson play Fences, which earned the actor his second Tony Award for Best Actor. On the small screen, he appeared in daytime soaps such as Guiding Light and As the Word Turns. Notable TV credits also include the mini-series Roots: The Next Generations, playing DA Horace McCoy in a 1993 episode of Law & Order, playing the narrator in 3rd Rock from the Sun, Homicide: Life on the Street, 1995's Under One Roof, The Simpsons, Everwood, and playing himself in a 2014 episode of The Big Bang Theory. In 1964, Jones made his film debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. His lengthy film career also includes: The Great White Hope (1970), The Man (1972), Claudine (1974), playing Malcolm X opposite Muhammad Ali (as himself) in 1977's The Greatest, the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films (1977 to 2019), 1982's Conan the Barbarian, Gardens of Stone (1987), Matewan (1987), Field of Dreams (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Sneakers (1992),The Sandlot (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Cry, the Beloved Country (1995), and voicing Mufasa in the animated film The Lion King (1994) as well as its sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) and the 2019 remake starring Beyoncé and Donald Glover. He also played King Jaffe Joffer in 1988's Coming to America (a role he reprised in the 2021 sequel Coming 2 America). Over his more than 60-year career, Jones won numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, a 1977 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Recording for Great American Documents, a Daytime Emmy, two Primetime Emmy Awards, an Honorary Academy Award (Oscar) in 2011, and was honored as a Disney Legend in 2019.