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James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor of film and stage well known for his deep basso voice.

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Childhood

Jones was born in Arkabutla, Tate County, 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 before 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 American, Irish, Choctaw and Cherokee descent.
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