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.
Filmography (114)
Angel and the Badman
2026
The Burial
2023
Finestkind
2023
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
Wander
2020
The Comeback Trail
2020
Flannery
2019
Reach for the Stars
2019
Ad Astra
2019
Always at The Carlyle
2018
Just Getting Started
2017
Shock and Awe
2017
Mechanic: Resurrection
2016
Criminal
2016
Jason Bourne
2016
The Homesman
2014
The Family
2013
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
Men in Black 3
2012
Hope Springs
2012
Lincoln
2012
Emperor
2012
Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes
2012
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
The Sunset Limited
2011
On Story
2011
The Company Men
2010
In the Electric Mist
2009
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
In the Valley of Elah
2007
No Country for Old Men
2007
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
2007
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
Man of the House
2005
The Hunted
2003
The Missing
2003
Filming “The Hunted”
2003
Pursuing “The Hunted”
2003
The Cutting Edge
2003
Men in Black II
2002
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
2002
Rules of Engagement
2000
Space Cowboys
2000
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
2000
Double Jeopardy
1999
The Early Show
1999
Small Soldiers
1998
U.S. Marshals
1998
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
Men in Black
1997
Volcano
1997
The Making of Men in Black
1997
Batman Forever
1995
The Good Old Boys
1995
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
Blown Away
1994
Natural Born Killers
1994
The Client
1994
Cobb
1994
Blue Sky
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Fugitive
1993
Heaven & Earth
1993
House of Cards
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
Under Siege
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
JFK
1991
Fire Birds
1990
The Package
1989
Lonesome Dove
1989
Stormy Monday
1988
Gotham
1988
April Morning
1988
Stranger on My Land
1988
POV
1988
The Big Town
1987
Broken Vows
1987
Black Moon Rising
1986
Double Image
1986
The Park Is Mine
1986
Screen Two
1985
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
The River Rat
1984
Nate and Hayes
1983
The Executioner's Song
1982
The Rainmaker
1982
The Executioner's Song
1982
Back Roads
1981
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
Barn Burning
1980
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978
The Betsy
1978
Rolling Thunder
1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
Jackson County Jail
1976
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976
Eliza's Horoscope
1975
Baretta
1975
Life Study
1973
Love Story
1970
The Oscars
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Razor's Edge
Outside Man
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