Tom Jones

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Jun 07, 1940 (85)
Birthplace	Trefforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Popularity	0.4 (history)
Updated	Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Tom Jones (born Thomas John Woodward, in Trefforest, Pontypridd in Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh singer and actor. Sir Thomas John Woodward OBE, known professionally as Tom Jones, began his career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las ... Vegas. Jones's voice has been described by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone". His performing range has included pop, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel. In 2008, the New York Times called Jones a musical "shape shifter", who could "slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty". Jones has sold over 100 million records, with 36 Top 40 hits in the UK and 19 in the US, including "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat", the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Delilah", "She's a Lady", "Kiss" and "Sex Bomb". Jones made his acting debut playing the lead role in the 1979 television film Pleasure Cove. He played himself in Tim Burton's 1996 film Mars Attacks!. In 1970, he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination for hosting the television series This Is Tom Jones. In 2012, he played a role in an episode of Playhouse Presents. Jones received a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966, an MTV Video Music Award in 1989, as well as two Brit Awards: Best British Male in 2000 and the Outstanding Contribution to Music award in 2003. Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music in 2005. Jones experienced a resurgence in notability in the 2010s due to his coaching role on the television talent show The Voice UK from 2012 (with the exception of 2016).

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Filmography

Under Milk Wood

2014

as Captain Cat

The Emperor's New Groove

2000

as Theme Song Guy (voice) (uncredited)

Mars Attacks!

1996

as Tom Jones

Pleasure Cove

1979

as Raymond Gordon

Thunderball

1965

Theme Song Performance

What's New Pussycat?

1965

Theme Song Performance

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Organization	Category	Movie

The Simpsons

as Tom Jones (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Guardian Angel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1990

Duck Dodgers

as Tom Jones (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 23, 2003

Documentary Now!

as Bev Turner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 20, 2015

The Voice UK

as Self - Coach

Episodes: 160

First Aired: Mar 24, 2012

This Is Tom Jones

as Self - Host

Episodes: 57

First Aired: Feb 07, 1969

Pini

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Nov 21, 2010

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Viva Cabaret

as Himself

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Apr 14, 1993

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Top of the Pops

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 01, 1964

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

Star Academy

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 20, 2001

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 08, 2002

Ready Steady Go!

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 09, 1963

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 1969

Live from Studio Five

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 14, 2009

Bambi Awards

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 01, 1948

The One Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 14, 2006

Strictly Come Dancing

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 15, 2004

The Friday Night Project

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 2005

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1992

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 08, 2002

The Paul O'Grady Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 2004

Donny & Marie

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1976

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1993

The Frank Skinner Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1995

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 21, 2009

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 18, 1980

GMTV

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1993

TV-am

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1983

The Rob Brydon Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 2010

Skavlan

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 2009

Cilla

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1968

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1988

Disco

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 13, 1971

The Dame Edna Experience

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1987

An Audience with...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

Cachitos de hierro y cromo

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 27, 2013

The Bruce Forsyth Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 29, 1959

Leute heute

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 23, 1997

TV Story Superstar

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 2020

Going Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1988

Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 25, 2024

Allsång på Skansen

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 03, 1979

MTV Europe Music Awards

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 24, 1994

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1998

VH1 Divas

as Self -Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 1998

Système 2

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1975

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1963

Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 20, 2014

Lo Siguiente

as Self - Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 2018

3 nach 9

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 19, 1974

Le monde est à vous

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1987

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 02, 2009

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1986

De TV Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 06, 1981

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1998

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 08, 1958

Top Gear

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 2002

Parkinson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1998

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Téléthon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 04, 1987

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

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