# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-earl-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:35:40.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-earl-jones"
name: "James Earl Jones"
slug: "james-earl-jones"
description: "James Earl Jones was an American actor. A pioneer for black actors in the entertainment industry, he was acclaimed for his performances on stage and screen. Jones is one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1985, and was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2009, and the Academy Honorary Award in 2011."
tagline: "American actor (1931–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Earl_Jones_Baltimore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1931-01-17"
deathDate: "2024-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump