James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones is the voice of Mufasa in The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar.
==Early Life==
Jones was born in Mississippi on January 17, 1931http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000469/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm and grew up in Dublin, Michigan. When he was younger he had a stutter that he overcame in high school.http://www.biography.com/people/james-earl-jones-9357354 After graduating from The University of Michigan where he was studying medicine, he was a United States Army officer in The Korean War. In the 1950s he started acting in stage shows.
==Career==
His most notable roles are the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars, The Emperor Of The Night in Pinocchio And The Emperor Of The Night, Kibosh in Casper A Spirited Beginning, and as Mufasa in The Lion King, and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. Some of his other roles include: Mr. Mertle in The Sandlot 1 And 2, Grey in Alone, James Bing in Good Luck, the Moving Man, Serak the Preparer, the Raven Narrator, Maggie Simpson, and the Closing Narrator in The Simpsons, Daddy King in Our Friend, Martin, Percy in Percy & Thunder, and James Solomon in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. James reprised his role as Mufasa in The Lion King Live Action in 2019.
==Trivia==
* James Earl Jones is the oldest of the cast members in the Lion Guard series.
* He and Ernie Sabella (the voice for Pumbaa) are the only two cast members from the previous films to reprise their roles.
* He is the voice actor who reprise his role from the Orginal (the Lion King), TV Special (Lion Guard Return of the Roar), and the Revival (Lion King 2019)
== Sources ==
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