Tom Jones

Known for ActingBorn 1940-06-07 (age 85)Trefforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente

Die Helene Fischer Show 2016

John Farnham & Tom Jones: Together in Concert

The Simpsons: America's First Family

MTV Europe Music Awards

The BRIT Awards

Raquel!

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas

Cilla

VH1 Divas 2004

Party in the Park

Tom Jones : An Audience with Tom Jones

De TV Show

Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

... Sings Dylan II

The Bruce Forsyth Show

Tom Jones | Duets by Invitation Only

Bambi

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

St David's Day at the BBC

Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show

Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live

The Simpsons

Going Live!

Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now

TV-am

Cachitos de hierro y cromo

Lynda Carter: Encore!

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Cinderella at the Palace

The Special London Bridge Special

Concert for Diana

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Top Gear

The Emperor's New Groove

Red, White and Blues

VH1 Divas

Duck Dodgers

The Frank Skinner Show

The Sound of 007

Elvis | Viva Las Vegas

Tom Jones: Live on Soundstage

The Graham Norton Show

Documentary Now!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson