TV URBAN LEGEND: CNN didn't tell James Earl Jones that they were going to use him saying "This is CNN" for commercials. Back ...
He also had great parts in commercials for Verizon and Sprint, and a hilarious spot on Letterman of the top 10 things that sound cool when spoken by James Earl Jones. I actually remember one time ...
Such was the authority in his voice, James Earl Jones became a stalwart of commercial voice-overs, documentaries and computer games. He was the voice of SeaWorld in Florida and NBC's Olympic coverage.