James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams | 1989
Clip Name: Picking Up Archie Graham
James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams | 1989
Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan and Gaby Hoffmann
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
About this actor
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a multi-award-winning American actor of stage and screen, well known for his distinctive bass voice and for his potrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership. He is known for providing the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise and the tagline for CNN. James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi, the son of Ruth (née Connolly), a teacher and maid, and Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), an actor, boxer, butler, and chauffeur who left the family shortly after James Earl's birth. Jones and his father reconciled many years later in the 1980s and 1990s. Jones was raised by his maternal grandparents, farmers Maggie and John Henry Connolly, and is of African, Irish, Choctaw and Cherokee descent. He moved to his maternal grandparents' farm in Jackson, Michigan at the age of five, but the adoption was traumatic and he developed a stutter so severe he refused to speak aloud. When he moved to Brethren, Michigan in later...
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