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Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley.
James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. ... (2021), the sequel to Coming to America (1988); this was his final screen credit.
In an article published by News One on Friday, Oct. 4, Hall, 68, wrote a moving essay dedicated to his late Coming to Americacostars James Earl Jones, who died in September at 93, and John Amos ...
Madge Dorita Sinclair CD (née Walters; April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995) was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977).
Arsenio Hall honors late “Coming to America” costars James Earl Jones and John Amos: 'Ain't we lucky we had 'em' Shania Russell. October 7, 2024 at 12:48 PM.
James Earl Jones plays King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem’s father, who expects his son to follow tradition. Coming to America is available for free on Pluto TV (with ads), it's also streaming on Paramount+ .
He reprised his role as King Jaffe Joffer from “Coming to America” in its 2021 sequel, “Coming 2 America.” In 2022, a Broadway theater was renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre in his honor.
In the 1980s, Jones had co-starring roles in the films Conan the Barbarian with Arnold Schwarzenegger (1982), Soul Man with C. Thomas Howell (1986), Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold with Richard Chamberlain (1987), Matewan with Chris Cooper (1987), Coming to America with Eddie Murphy (1988) and its sequel, Coming 2 America (2021), and ...