Legendary actor James Earl Jones has passed away aged 93. He died this morning at his home in Dutchess County. His reps at Independent Artist Group confirmed the news to Deadline.

Best known for his work as a voice actor as the voice of Darth Vader in the ‘Star Wars’ franchise and Mufasa in Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ he had many roles on stage & screen including a memorable on screen comedic role as King Jaffe Joffer in ‘Coming To America’

Widely regarded as among the world’s great stage and screen actors Jones is one of the few entertainers to have won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Jones has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards and was presented with the Honorary Academy Award.

Beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Jones went on to appear in some of the most successful films of all time. He probably is best known for his voice role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also reprised the villainous role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).  

Jones also plays Mufasa both in The Lion King animated pic (1994) and hybrid/live-action film (2019). He also lent his sonorous voice to the famous “This is CNN” promo campaign for the cable news network.

Born on January 17, 1931, in Arkabutla, MS, his many big-screen credits also films such Conan the Barbarian (1982), Coming to America (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Sandlot (1990),Patriot Games (1992), and Sneakers (1992). He also has appeared on The Simpsons three times.