Jones, James Earl

Wendell Pierce and Courtney B. Vance on James Earl Jones’s Influence

The two actors talk about how the stage and screen great was a one-of-a-kind inspiration to them, and many others.

By Jonathan Abrams

The actor won just about every award he could — but his Oscar was an honorary one. Is that enough for an EGOT?

By Aimee Ortiz

In addition to Broadway crowd-pleasers, the actor deftly navigated classics, experimental theater and new works by major contemporary playwrights.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Onstage and in movies and television, Jones delivered with a deep, authoritative, powerful and sometimes menacing voice.

By The New York Times