The incomparable James Earl Jones, who certainly needs no introduction, will receive the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in January 2009.
Though Jones has acted in nearly 100 films, as well as headlined on Broadway, the 77-year-old is best known as the voice of Darth Vader of the Star Wars trilogy (who can ever forget, “Luke, I am your father!”?), and the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King.
He is also the sobering voice behind CNN’s tagline, which simply says, “This is CNN.” Never has any news program sounded so reliable. The SAG award will feel right at home in Jones’ abode, alongside his many other awards and recognitions, including an Oscar nomination, two Tony awards, three Emmys, and the National Medal of Arts.
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