He was paid $7,000 for the original film.
James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader
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Hayden Christiansan (Anikan) dresses up as him and does the voice but he also has to have a custom suit so he will be tall enough
Several actors "played" Darth Vader. The man in the costume for the original trilogy was David Prowse. The voice was done by James Earl Jones. The face of the unmasked Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi was Sebastian Shaw. At the end of Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader was portrayed by Hayden Christiansen. Sebastian Shaw died in 1994. The others are still alive, as of this writing (December 2011).
No, he only dubbed the voice. The person you see in the film is actor David Prowse. David Prowse said in an interview that he was shocked to go see the film and not hear his own voice. He had not been told of the dubbing.
James Earl Jones
Darth Vader is black. The original voice actor for Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, is also black.
James Earl Jones supplied the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars.
James Earl Jones provided the voice of Darth Vader .
Darth Vader was voiced by James Earl Jones
Darth Vader was played by Lou Ferrigno but James Barry Jones does his voice. The breathing is a scuba suit regulator. You spoon Vader was played by David Prowse and the voice is James Earl Jones!
In Revenge of the Sith, Hayden Christensen played as Darth Vader, both in the black armor, and out. It is unknown whether James Earl Jones supplied the voice for Darth Vader when in the black armor in Revenge of the Sith. In the original movies, David Prowse played the role of Darth Vader; the voice of Darth Vader however was performed by James Earl Jones.
James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader
James Earl Jones was the voice of Darth Vader, Luke's Father.
Darth Vader
== == James Earl Jones provided the voice for Darth Vader. He is also the voice behind "This is CNN" and the Lion King's Mufasa. David Prowse was the actor in the Darth Vader suit, except at the end of the Revenge of the Sith when Hayden Christensen wore the suit. James Earl Jones's 3 famous voice overs all used in the Simpsons episode Round Springfield, where a voice from the sky follows "You must avenge my death, Kimba... dah, I mean Simba" with Darth Vader's "Luke, I am your father" and "This is CNN."
James Earl Jones, also the voice of Darth Vader, voices Mara in the Indiana Jones Adventure.