James Earl Jones Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos

Date Of Birth:

January 17, 1931 (90)

Birth Place:

Arkabutla, MS, USA

Bio:

JAMES EARL JONES recently appeared in The Gin Game and made his Broadway debut in 1957 and has won Tony Awards for the Broadway productions of The Great White Hope and Fences; a Tony nomination for On Golden Pond; Drama Desk Awards for Othello, Les Blancs, Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard and Fences; Obie ... (read complete bio)

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Stage Credits

The Night of the Iguana

[Regional (US)]

American Repertory Theater Regional Production, 2017

Nonno

Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

[Off-Broadway]

New York City Center Encores Off-Center Production, 2016

Kilgore Trout

The Gin Game

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival Production, 2015

Weller Martin

You Can't Take It with You

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 2014

Martin Vanderhof

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

[US Tour]

National Tour, 2013

Robbins [Replacement]

Gore Vidal's The Best Man

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 2012

Ex-President Arthur Hockstader

Driving Miss Daisy

[West End]

London Production, 2011

Hoke Colburn

Driving Miss Daisy

[Broadway]

Original Broadway Production, 2010

Hoke Colburn

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 2008

Big Daddy

On Golden Pond

[Broadway]

Broadway Revival, 2005

Norman Thayer, Jr.

Fences

[Broadway]

1987

Troy Maxson

"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys

[Broadway]

1982

Sam [Replacement]

Othello

[Broadway]

1982

Othello

A Lesson From Aloes

[Broadway]

Original Broadway Production, 1980

Steve Daniels

Paul Robeson

[Broadway]

Original Broadway Production, 1978

Paul Robeson

Of Mice and Men

[Broadway]

1974

Lennie

The Iceman Cometh

[Broadway]

1973

Theodore Hickman

King Lear

[Off-Broadway]

1973

Lear

The Cherry Orchard

[Off-Broadway]

1972

Lopahin

Hamlet

[Off-Broadway]

1972

Claudius

Les Blancs

[Broadway]

1970

Tshembe Matoseh

Boesman and Lena

[Off-Broadway]

1970

Boesman

The Great White Hope

[Broadway]

1968

Jack Jefferson

A Hand is on the Gate

[Broadway]

Original Broadway Production, 1966

Performer

Danton's Death

[Broadway]

1965

Performer

Troilus and Cressida

[Off-Broadway]

1965

Ajax

Coriolanus

[Off-Broadway]

1965

Junius Brutus

Baal

[Off-Broadway]

1965

Ekart

Othello

[Off-Broadway]

1964

Othello

[Off-Broadway]

1964

Othello

The Blood Knot

[Off-Broadway]

1964

Zachariah Pieterson

Next Time I'll Sing to You

[Off-Broadway]

1963

Rudge

The Love Nest

[Off-Broadway]

1963

George Gulp

P.S. 193

[Off-Broadway]

1962

Mario Saccone

The Merchant of Venice

[Off-Broadway]

1962

Prince of Morocco

The Apple

[Off-Broadway]

1961

Performer

Clandestine on the Morning Line

[Off-Broadway]

1961

Performer

The Blacks: A Clown Show

[Off-Broadway]

1961

Deodatus Village

The Cool World

[Broadway]

1960

Harrison Thurston

Sunrise at Campobello

[Broadway]

1958

Edward

Infidel Caesar

[Broadway]

Performer

Productions

The Cherry Orchard

[Off-Broadway, 1972]

Conceiver

Photos

Hedy Weiss, James Earl Jones II and Judith Share

From:

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Date:

08/20/2019

Penny Fuller & Hal Prince.attending The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 11th Annual M Photo

Penny Fuller & Hal Prince.attending The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 11th Annual Monte Cristo Award honoring James Earl Jones at Bridgewayers in New York City.

From:

Photo Flashback: Remembering Hal Prince

Date:

08/06/2019