RIP, the top secret guy from Hunt for the Red October.
James Earl Jones has apparently passed away.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/j...ng-1236138656/
RIP, the top secret guy from Hunt for the Red October.
Mark Hamil's tweet says it all:
https://x.com/MarkHamill/status/1833246565168803985
RIP. I also liked him as the voice of God in the game Under A Killing Moon and in his role as NSA administrator in one of my favorite movies, Sneakers. And I remember him from C&C Tiberian Sun.
Don't forget him as Thulsa Doom In Conan the Barbarian and his sweet hair style. Also as King Jaffe Joffer in Coming to America.
Between all the different plays and movies he acted in he certainly had a wide range of acting talent.
Last edited by mxleader; 10th Sep 2024 at 10:34.
It's hard to imagine anyone else as Vader, isn't it. What a perfect casting.
He's had so many memorable parts. Like Mufasa in The Lion King. And Terence Mann in Field of Dreams, which is total cornball, but it chokes me up anyway. And quoth the raven, let's not forget his contributions to the Treehouse of Horror.
That's when you know you've really made it big in the world of acting: as a voice actor on the Simpsons. I mean, sure voicing Darth Vader was a big deal but was it as big of a deal as narrating a Treehouse of Horror episode? Incidentally that's probably my top favorite Treehouse episodes, and any episode with Kang and Kodos.
Maybe don't talk to mxleader about their job right now.
"I was your father"
Damn, god speed James Earl Jones.