
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.
Acting (89 movies)

Blown Away
1994

Natural Born Killers
1994

Batman Forever
1995

Men in Black
1997

Men in Black II
2002

JFK
1991

Captain America: The First Avenger
2011

The Hunted
2003

Volcano
1997

Double Jeopardy
1999

The Client
1994

Rules of Engagement
2000

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984

The Fugitive
1993

Space Cowboys
2000

Rolling Thunder
1977

Jackson County Jail
1976

Fire Birds
1990

Small Soldiers
1998

U.S. Marshals
1998

In the Valley of Elah
2007

No Country for Old Men
2007

The Package
1989

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005

Heaven & Earth
1993

The Missing
2003

Under Siege
1992

Stormy Monday
1988

Love Story
1970

A Prairie Home Companion
2006

Man of the House
2005

Nate and Hayes
1983

Men in Black 3
2012

Eyes of Laura Mars
1978

In the Electric Mist
2009

Black Moon Rising
1986

Gotham
1988

Cobb
1994

Back Roads
1981

The Company Men
2010

The Burial
2023

Double Image
1986

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
2008

Coal Miner's Daughter
1980

The River Rat
1984

The Big Town
1987

House of Cards
1993

The Executioner's Song
1982

The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977

The Park Is Mine
1986

Hope Springs
2012

Lincoln
2012

The Sunset Limited
2011

Blue Sky
1994

The Betsy
1978

April Morning
1988

Flannery
2019

Emperor
2012

The Family
2013

Finestkind
2023

Broken Vows
1987

Inside the Golden Statue
1998

The Homesman
2014

The Good Old Boys
1995

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995

Mechanic: Resurrection
2016

Criminal
2016

Reach for the Stars
2019

Jason Bourne
2016

The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013

Just Getting Started
2017

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993

Stranger on My Land
1988

Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976

Eliza's Horoscope
1975

The Rainmaker
1982

Shock and Awe
2017

Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
2000

Barn Burning
1980

Always at The Carlyle
2018

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008

Wander
2020

The Comeback Trail
2020

Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002

Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
2002

The Making of Men in Black
1997

Ad Astra
2019

Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
Directing (4 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Man of the House | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | 2005 | Producer |
| The Sunset Limited | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| The Homesman | 2014 | Writer |
| The Homesman | 2014 | Executive Producer |