Tommy Lee Jones
3 FOLLOWERS • 46 CREDITS • SEP 15, 1946 • 78
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
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Early Show
Charlie's Angels
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Marvel Studios Legends
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Val
The Oscars
Small Soldiers
A Prairie Home Companion
Charlie's Angels
Lincoln
Love Story
Natural Born Killers
Wander
Captain America: The First Avenger
Criminal
Finestkind
Mechanic: Resurrection
The Family
The Comeback Trail
Men in Black 3
Jason Bourne
Hope Springs
Under Siege
Lonesome Dove
Ad Astra
JFK
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Double Jeopardy
No Country for Old Men
The Fugitive
Batman Forever
The River Rat
U.S. Marshals
Rules of Engagement
The Burial
Men in Black II
Men in Black
Volcano
Gotham
The Hunted
Man of the House
Nate and Hayes
Production Credits
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