Tom Jones
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-06-07 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Trefforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Tom Jones
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).
Known For
Acting
King of the Teds
as Ron
(2024)
(2024)
(2024)
Prince and His Songs at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
The Coronation Concert
as Self
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Sound of 007
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
(2021)
Isle of Wight Festival 2021
as Self
(2021)
St David's Day at the BBC
as Self
(2020)
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2018)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self
(2018)
(2018)
The Queen's Birthday Party
as Self - Performer
(2018)
Happy Hour with Olly Murs
as Self
(2017)
(2017)
Tom Jones and Beverley Knight’s Gospel Christmas
as Self - Presenter
(2016)
Die Helene Fischer Show 2016
as Self
(2016)
Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me
as presenter
(2015)
(2015)
... Sings Dylan II
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
(2014)
I Am Ali
as Self
(2014)
Under Milk Wood
as Captain Cat
(2012)
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
as Self - Performer
(2012)
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
as Himself
(2012)
(2011)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2010)
A Concert for Heroes
as Self
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
as Self
(2008)
(2007)
Concert for Diana
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
(2005)
John Farnham & Tom Jones: Together in Concert
as Self (Vocals)
(2004)
VH1 Divas 2004
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
Tom Jones: Sincerely Yours
as Himself
(2004)
(2003)
Red, White and Blues
as Self
(2002)
The Sweatbox
as Himself
(2002)
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
as Self - Performer
(2001)
Party in the Park
as Self
(2001)
(2000)
The Emperor's New Groove
as Theme Song Guy (voice) (uncredited)
(2000)
(2000)
(2000)
Tom Jones and Friends: Live
as Self
(1999)
Agnes Browne
as Himself
(1999)
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
as Tom Jones
(1995)
The Jerky Boys
as Self
(1991)
(1991)
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
as Gordon Selfridge
(1990)
(1989)
(1987)
(1980)
Lynda Carter: Encore!
as Self
(1979)
Pleasure Cove
as Raymond Gordon
(1975)
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
as Self
(1972)
The Special London Bridge Special
as Himself
(1971)
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
as Himself
(1971)
(1970)
Raquel!
as Self
Crew
(1965)
Thunderball
Theme Song Performance
(1965)
What's New Pussycat?
Theme Song Performance