James Earl Jones has died. He was the voice of Darth vader, Mufasa and CNN.

James Earl Jones has died aged 93. The actor was known for his deep, commanding vocals that gave life to characters from Mufasa through to Darth Vader. According to a Deadline report, his representatives at Independent Artist Group confirmed Jones' death.

Jones' film career started out big. He appeared alongside Peter Sellers and George C. Scott in the 1964 classic Dr. Strangelove. In this movie, he helped to drop the bomb which Slim Pickens rode down all the way.

In 1970, he played the lead role in The Great White Hope. The film was an acclaimed drama, and he won an Academy Award as best actor. He had previously won a Tony Award, having starred in the stage production on which the film is based. He was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1974's Claudine.

In retrospect, it was a good idea to have Jones' voice dubbed on top of David Prowse.

Mark Hamill, Star Wars co-star, paid tribute to Jones via Twitter.

He continued to play prominent roles in television and film, and received numerous awards and accolades. In the following decades, he accumulated a diverse range of credits, from Conan the Barbarian, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1982 breakthrough, to the comedy hit Coming to America and the Academy Award-nominated Sports Drama Field of Dreams. He continued to do notable voice work. He read Edgar Allen Poe’s poem The Raven for The Simpsons' first Treehouse of Horror Halloween Special, voiced Mufasa for the Disney animated film The Lion King and, of course, famously said, "This is CNN." He also appeared on Sesame St.

Yes, videogames were also involved. Jones has voice credits in several Lion King games. He also provided the Great PI in Under a Killing Moon and was probably best known as General James Solomon in Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun.

Ironically, Jones, despite having the most powerful voice in any entertainment medium in 1995, said that he struggles because he stutters.

Jones said, "I'm fortunate that it's out enough for me to talk to you now." "I don't have any arrogance or presumption about my voice. You want to believe that I am in love with my own voice. I'm not because my voice is the most unfaithful partner I've ever had. It fails me frequently.

"Because... I'm a stammerer" I've been a stutterer since my early years and can't have a spontaneous conversation. I can't be an emcee for example. It's not possible for me. "I can't string words and ideas together that well."

He didn't seem to take his most famous asset too seriously, but he was not afraid to embrace its power.

James Earl Jones is 93.