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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 15, 1946
Place of Birth:
San Saba, Texas, USA
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Tommy Lee Jones
Biography
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive.
His other notable starring roles include Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove, Agent K in the Men in Black film series, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah, the villain Two-Face in Batman Forever, Mike Roark in the disaster film Volcano, terrorist William "Bill" Strannix in Under Siege, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp in Man of the House, rancher Pete Perkins in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (which he also directed), Colonel Chester Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger, CIA Director Robert Dewey in Jason Bourne, and Warden Dwight McClusky in Natural Born Killers. He most recently appeared in the science fiction film Ad Astra in 2019 and in the comedy The Comeback Trail in 2020.
He has also portrayed historical figures such as businessman Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes, Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln, executed murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song, U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in Emperor, businessman Clay Shaw, the only person prosecuted in connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in JFK, Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn, in Coal Miner's Daughter, and baseball player Ty Cobb in Cobb.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Burial | Jeremiah O'Keefe |
| 2023 | Finestkind | Ray Eldridge |
| 2021 | Val | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Wander | Jimmy Cleats |
| 2020 | The Comeback Trail | Duke Montana |
| 2019 | Flannery | Self |
| 2019 | Reach for the Stars | Self |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | H. Clifford McBride |
| 2018 | Always at The Carlyle | Self |
| 2017 | Just Getting Started | Leo |
| 2017 | Shock and Awe | Joe Galloway |
| 2016 | Mechanic: Resurrection | Max Adams |
| 2016 | Criminal | Dr. Franks |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | CIA Director Robert Dewey |
| 2016 | Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl | Doolittle Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2014 | The Homesman | George Briggs |
| 2013 | The Family | FBI Agent Robert Stansfield |
| 2013 | The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase | Self |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self |
| 2013 | Lincoln: An American Journey | Self |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Agent K |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | Arnold Soames |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Thaddeus Stevens |
| 2012 | Emperor | General Douglas MacArthur |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Colonel Chester Phillips |
| 2011 | The Sunset Limited | White |
| 2010 | The Company Men | Gene McClary |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Dave Robicheaux |
| 2008 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | Self |
| 2008 | No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes | Self |
| 2008 | The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' | Self |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Hank Deerfield |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Ed Tom Bell |
| 2007 | The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández | Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Axeman |
| 2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Pete Perkins |
| 2005 | Man of the House | Ranger Roland Sharp |
| 2003 | The Hunted | L.T. Bonham |
| 2003 | The Missing | Samuel Jones |
| 2003 | Filming “The Hunted” | Self |
| 2003 | Pursuing “The Hunted” | Self |
| 2003 | The Cutting Edge | Self |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Kay |
| 2002 | Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy | Self |
| 2002 | Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' | Self |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Hawk Hawkins |
| 2000 | Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' | Self |
| 1999 | Double Jeopardy | Travis Lehman |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Chip Hazard (voice) |
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals | Samuel Gerard |
| 1998 | Inside the Golden Statue | Self |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Kay |
| 1997 | Volcano | Mike Roark |
| 1997 | The Making of Men in Black | Self |
| 1995 | Batman Forever | Harvey Dent / Two-Face |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys | Hewey Calloway |
| 1995 | Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? | Self - Two-Face |
| 1994 | Blown Away | Ryan Gaerity |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Warden Dwight McClusky |
| 1994 | The Client | Roy Foltrigg |
| 1994 | Cobb | Ty Cobb |
| 1994 | Blue Sky | Hank Marshall |
| 1994 | Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Samuel Gerard |
| 1993 | Heaven & Earth | Steve Butler |
| 1993 | House of Cards | Jake Beerlander |
| 1993 | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self |
| 1992 | Under Siege | William Strannix |
| 1991 | JFK | Clay Shaw |
| 1990 | Fire Birds | Brad Little |
| 1989 | The Package | Thomas Boyette |
| 1988 | Stormy Monday | Cosmo |
| 1988 | Gotham | Eddie Mallard |
| 1988 | April Morning | Moses Cooper |
| 1988 | Stranger on My Land | Bud Whitman |
| 1987 | The Big Town | George Cole |
| 1987 | Broken Vows | Pater Joseph McMahon |
| 1986 | Black Moon Rising | Quint |
| 1986 | Double Image | Steve Daley |
| 1986 | The Park Is Mine | Mitch |
| 1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Brick |
| 1984 | The River Rat | Billy |
| 1983 | Nate and Hayes | Captain Bully Hayes |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Gary Mark Gilmore |
| 1982 | The Rainmaker | Starbuck |
| 1981 | Back Roads | Elmore Pratt |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | 'Mooney' Lynn |
| 1980 | Barn Burning | Ab Snopes |
| 1978 | Eyes of Laura Mars | John Neville |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Angelo Perino |
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder | Johnny Vohden |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Howard Hughes |
| 1976 | Jackson County Jail | Coley Blake |
| 1976 | Smash-Up on Interstate 5 | Officer Hutton |
| 1975 | Eliza's Horoscope | Tommy Lee |
| 1973 | Life Study | Gus |
| 1970 | Love Story | Hank - Oliver's Roommate |
| The Razor's Edge | Taxman |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy | Self |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Chester Phillips (archive footage) |
| 2011 | On Story | Self |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Woodrow F. Call |
| 1988 | POV | Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Gary Gilmore |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Moses Cooper |