Nickname:	James Earl Jones / James Earl Boggins Jones / Todd (childhood)
Known for:	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, The Lion King, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worryin
Birth name:	Todd Jones
Birthday:	17 January 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Height:	6' 1½" (1.87 m)

AP - When producer Stephen C. Byrd was casting his all-black revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," he approached James Earl Jones for the role of Big Daddy. Jones told Byrd that he always wanted to portray the Mississippi patriarch, a pivotal part previously played on Broadway by Burl Ives, Fred Gwynne, Charles Durning and Ned Beatty.
Veteran actor James Earl Jones loves his latest role in the new Broadway version of "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" because he gets to say the "F" word onstage. The 77-year-old star appears alongside Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad in the adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play.


Veteran actor JAMES EARL JONES loves his latest role in the new Broadway version of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF - because he gets to say "f**k" onstage.The 77-year-old Dr Strangelove star appears alongside Terrence Howard and Phylicia Rashad in the adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play.And Jones admits he finds it liberating to curse
Oscar-nominee TERRENCE HOWARD has signed on to make his Broadway debut in a 2008 production of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.The Crash star will play Brick in the show, alongside Phylicia Rashad, Giancarlo Esposito and James Earl Jones, when it opens at New York’s Broadhurst Theatre in March 2008.The lead role of Maggie the
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - All men may be created equal, but all voices are not. James Earl Jones read excerpts from the Declaration of Independence in his unmistakable baritone Tuesday, the day before Independence Day.

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