Tommy Lee Jones
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-09-15 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
San Saba, Texas, USA
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
Acting
The Razor's Edge
as Taxman
(2023)
The Burial
as Jeremiah O'Keefe
(2023)
Finestkind
as Ray Eldridge
(2021)
Val
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
The Comeback Trail
as Duke Montana
(2020)
Wander
as Jimmy Cleats
(2019)
Ad Astra
as H. Clifford McBride
(2019)
Reach For The Stars
as Self
(2019)
Flannery
as Self
(2018)
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
(2017)
Just Getting Started
as Leo
(2017)
Shock and Awe
as Joe Galloway
(2016)
Jason Bourne
as CIA Director Robert Dewey
(2016)
Criminal
as Dr. Franks
(2016)
Mechanic: Resurrection
as Max Adams
(2016)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
as Doolittle Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2014)
The Homesman
as George Briggs
(2013)
The Family
as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
(2013)
(2013)
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
(2013)
(2012)
Men in Black 3
as Agent K
(2012)
Lincoln
as Thaddeus Stevens
(2012)
Emperor
as General Douglas MacArthur
(2012)
Hope Springs
as Arnold Soames
(2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Colonel Chester Phillips
(2011)
The Sunset Limited
as White
(2010)
The Company Men
as Gene McClary
(2009)
In the Electric Mist
as Dave Robicheaux
(2008)
(2008)
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
as Self
(2008)
(2007)
No Country for Old Men
as Ed Tom Bell
(2007)
In the Valley of Elah
as Hank Deerfield
(2007)
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
A Prairie Home Companion
as Axeman
(2005)
Man of the House
as Ranger Roland Sharp
(2005)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
as Pete Perkins
(2003)
The Hunted
as L.T. Bonham
(2003)
The Missing
as Samuel Jones
(2003)
Pursuing “The Hunted”
as Self
(2003)
The Cutting Edge
as Self
(2003)
Filming “The Hunted”
as Self
(2002)
Men in Black II
as Kay
(2002)
(2002)
(2000)
Space Cowboys
as Hawk Hawkins
(2000)
Rules of Engagement
as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
(2000)
(1999)
Double Jeopardy
as Travis Lehman
(1998)
U.S. Marshals
as Samuel Gerard
(1998)
Small Soldiers
as Chip Hazard (voice)
(1998)
Inside the Golden Statue
as Self
(1997)
Men in Black
as Kay
(1997)
Volcano
as Mike Roark
(1997)
The Making of Men in Black
as Self
(1995)
Batman Forever
as Harvey Dent / Two-Face
(1995)
The Good Old Boys
as Hewey Calloway
(1995)
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Two-Face
(1994)
Natural Born Killers
as Warden Dwight McClusky
(1994)
The Client
as Roy Foltrigg
(1994)
Blown Away
as Ryan Gaerity
(1994)
Blue Sky
as Hank Marshall
(1994)
Cobb
as Ty Cobb
(1994)
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
The Fugitive
as Samuel Gerard
(1993)
Heaven & Earth
as Steve Butler
(1993)
House of Cards
as Jake Beerlander
(1993)
(1992)
Under Siege
as William Strannix
(1991)
JFK
as Clay Shaw
(1990)
Fire Birds
as Brad Little
(1989)
The Package
as Thomas Boyette
(1988)
Stormy Monday
as Cosmo
(1988)
April Morning
as Moses Cooper
(1988)
Gotham
as Eddie Mallard
(1988)
Stranger on My Land
as Bud Whitman
(1987)
The Big Town
as George Cole
(1987)
Broken Vows
as Pater Joseph McMahon
(1986)
Black Moon Rising
as Quint
(1986)
The Park Is Mine
as Mitch
(1986)
Double Image
as Steve Daley
(1984)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Brick
(1984)
The River Rat
as Billy
(1983)
Nate and Hayes
as Captain Bully Hayes
(1982)
The Executioner's Song
as Gary Mark Gilmore
(1982)
The Rainmaker
as Starbuck
(1981)
Back Roads
as Elmore Pratt
(1980)
Coal Miner's Daughter
as 'Mooney' Lynn
(1980)
Barn Burning
as Ab Snopes
(1978)
Eyes of Laura Mars
as John Neville
(1978)
The Betsy
as Angelo Perino
(1977)
Rolling Thunder
as Johnny Vohden
(1977)
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Howard Hughes
(1976)
Jackson County Jail
as Coley Blake
(1976)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Officer Hutton
(1975)
Eliza's Horoscope
as Tommy Lee
(1973)
Life Study
as Gus
(1970)
Love Story
as Hank - Oliver's Roommate
Crew
(2014)
The Homesman
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(2011)
The Sunset Limited
Director, Executive Producer
(2005)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Director, Producer
(2005)
Man of the House
Executive Producer
(1995)
The Good Old Boys
Director, Teleplay