who does the voice of darth vader in star wars
James Earl Jones
title: David Prowse text: David Prowse David Charles Prowse, MBE (born 1 July 1935) is a retired English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor in British film and television. Worldwide, he is best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy (with the character's voice being performed by James Earl Jones), and in 2015 starred in a documentary concerning that role, entitled "I Am Your Father". Prior to his role as Vader, Prowse had established himself as a prominent figure in British culture as the first Green Cross Code man, a character used in British road safety advertising aimed at children. title: Darth Vader text: is dismembered, Vader is transformed into a cyborg. He then serves the Galactic Empire as Darth Vader until he redeems himself by saving his son, Luke Skywalker, and killing Palpatine, sacrificing his own life in the process. He is also the father of Princess Leia Organa, the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, and grandfather of Kylo Ren, the main villain of the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy. The character has been portrayed by numerous actors. His cinematic appearances span the first six "Star Wars" films, as well as "Rogue One", and his character is referenced in both "" and "". He title: Darth Vader text: Wars Holiday Special", a television special broadcast by CBS in 1978, features a brief appearance by Darth Vader, who appears on-screen speaking with Imperial officer "Chief Bast" in footage cut from the original 1977 film. The sequence is dubbed with new dialogue, performed by James Earl Jones. In the story, Vader colludes with Boba Fett to entrap the Rebels. Darth Vader features in the 1981 radio drama adaptation of "Star Wars", voiced by the actor Brock Peters. Vader makes his first appearance on the planet Ralltiir, where he treats Princess Leia Organa with suspicion. In later extended scenes, he is title: Darth Vader text: been voiced by Mat Lucas for the 2003 micro-series "", and by Matt Lanter in the CGI animated film "", the and for Anakin's cameos in "Star Wars Rebels". For Vader's appearances in the "Star Wars Rebels" animated series, James Earl Jones has reprised the voice role. Both Lanter and Jones contributed their voices for the second-season finale of "Rebels", at times with identical dialogue spoken by both actors blended together in different ways. Darth Vader appears in seven of the live-action "Star Wars" films, "" animated film and . He also has a recurring role in "Star Wars" Expanded title: James Earl Jones text: costume by David Prowse in the film trilogy, with Jones dubbing Vader's dialogue in postproduction because Prowse's strong West Country accent was deemed unsuitable for the role by George Lucas. At his own request, Jones was uncredited for the original releases of the first two "Star Wars" films, though he later would be credited for the first film in its 1997 "Special Edition" re-release. As he explained in a 2008 interview: Although uncredited, Jones' voice is possibly heard as Vader at the conclusion of "" (2005). When specifically asked whether he had supplied the voice, possibly from a previous recording,