Tom Jones

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-06-07 (85 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 ...

Acting

1996

Mars Attacks!

as Tom Jones

1995

1999

Agnes Browne

as Himself

2023

Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now

as Self (archive footage)

2002

2012

2014

Under Milk Wood

as Captain Cat

2018

The Queen's Birthday Party

as Self - Performer

2014

I Am Ali

as Self

2022

The Sound of 007

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991

The Ghosts of Oxford Street

as Gordon Selfridge

1970

Raquel!

as Self

2024

Prince and His Songs at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2004

1979

Pleasure Cove

as Raymond Gordon

2000

The Emperor's New Groove

as Theme Song Guy (voice) (uncredited)

2024

60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

as Self (archive footage)

2015

... Sings Dylan II

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1965

Thunderball

as Theme Song Performance

1965

What's New Pussycat?

as Theme Song Performance

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