Tommy Lee Jones
- Acting
- September 15, 1946 · San Saba, Texas, USA
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
- Angel and the Badman · Marshal McClintock
- The Burial · Jeremiah O'Keefe
- Finestkind · Ray Eldridge
- Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy · Self
- Val · Self
- Wander · Jimmy Cleats
- The Comeback Trail · Duke Montana
- Reach for the Stars · Self
- Flannery · Self
- Ad Astra · H. Clifford McBride
- Always at The Carlyle · Self
- Shock and Awe · Joe Galloway
- Just Getting Started · Leo
- Mechanic: Resurrection · Max Adams
- Jason Bourne · CIA Director Robert Dewey
- Criminal · Dr. Franks
- The Homesman · George Briggs, Director
- The Family · FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
- The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase · Self
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story · Self
- Lincoln: An American Journey · Self
- Lincoln · Thaddeus Stevens
- Emperor · General Douglas MacArthur
- Hope Springs · Arnold Soames
- Men in Black 3 · Agent K
- Captain America: The First Avenger · Colonel Chester Phillips
- On Story · Self
- The Sunset Limited · White, Executive producer
- The Company Men · Gene McClary
- In the Electric Mist · Dave Robicheaux
- Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 · Self
- Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary · Self
- The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' · Self
- No Country for Old Men · Ed Tom Bell
- In the Valley of Elah · Hank Deerfield
- The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández · Narrator (Voice)
- A Prairie Home Companion · Axeman
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada · Pete Perkins, Director
- Man of the House · Ranger Roland Sharp, Executive producer
- The Missing · Samuel Jones
- Filming “The Hunted” · Self
- Pursuing “The Hunted” · Self
- The Cutting Edge · Self
- The Hunted · L.T. Bonham
- Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy · Self
- Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' · Self
- Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes · Self
- Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy · Self
- Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' · Self
- Men in Black II · Kay
- Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' · Self
- Space Cowboys · Hawk Hawkins
- Rules of Engagement · Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
- The Early Show · Self
- Double Jeopardy · Travis Lehman
- Small Soldiers · Chip Hazard (Voice)
- U.S. Marshals · Samuel Gerard
- Inside the Golden Statue · Self
- The Making of Men in Black · Self
- Men in Black · Kay
- Volcano · Mike Roark
- Batman Forever · Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
- Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? · Self
- The Good Old Boys · Hewey Calloway, Director
- Cobb · Ty Cobb
- Blue Sky · Hank Marshall
- Natural Born Killers · Warden Dwight McClusky
- Inside the Actors Studio · Self
- The Client · Roy Foltrigg
- Blown Away · Ryan Gaerity
- Heaven & Earth · Steve Butler
- The Fugitive · Samuel Gerard
- House of Cards · Jake Beerlander
- Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy · Self
- Under Siege · William Strannix
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Self
- JFK · Clay Shaw
- Fire Birds · Brad Little
- The Package · Thomas Boyette
- Lonesome Dove · Woodrow F. Call