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 |