The adored stage and movie actor James Earl Jones, who provided his trademark deep voice to Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King, passed away at the age of 93.
Jones, who is regarded as one of the greatest actors of his period, performed in everything from Hollywood successes to Shakespeare. Among the few actors to have won an Oscar, Tony, Grammy, or Emmy is him.
Deadline learned of the actor’s passing from his managers at Independent Artist Group.