London
(ANI):
Hollywood
actor
James
Earl
Jones
will
soon
be
honoured
with
the
Screen
Actors
Guild''s
lifetime
achievement
award
for
his
great
career
accomplishments.
The
77-year-old
actor
is
a
legend
in
himself,
as
being
a
stutterer
till
high
school
he
has
lent
his
voice
to
Darth
Vader
in
Star
Wars,
for
which
he
was
nominated
for
an
Oscar
and
7
Emmy
awards.
"It
is
our
honour
to
bestow
the
guild's
highest
tribute
on
this
extraordinary
actor," BBC
quoted
SAG
president
Rosenberg,
as
saying.
"The
actor's
lengthy
career
commands
our
admiration
and
respect,"
Rosenberg
added.
Jones
has
received
the
US
National
Medal
of
Arts
in
1992
and
ten
years
later
he
was
made
a
Kennedy
Center
honouree.
Jones's
portrayal
of
South
African
priest
Stephen
Kumalo
in
Cry,
the
Beloved
Country
earned
him
a
Screen
Actors
Guild
best
actor
nomination,
and
his
work
in
the
1970
film
adaptation
of
The
Great
White
Hope
gave
him
an
Oscar
nomination
and
a
Golden
Globe
award.
The
14th
annual
SAG
Awards
will
take
place
in
L.A.
on
the
25th
of
January.