Tommy Lee Jones
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
121
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-09-15 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
San Saba, Texas, USA
Acting

2023

Finestkind as Ray Eldridge

2023

The Burial as Jeremiah O'Keefe

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

2017

Shock and Awe as Joe Galloway

2016

Mechanic: Resurrection as Max Adams

2016

Jason Bourne as CIA Director Robert Dewey

2016

Criminal as Dr. Franks

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

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

On Story as Self

2011

The Sunset Limited as White

2010

The Company Men as Gene McClary

2009

In the Electric Mist as Dave Robicheaux

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)

2005

Man of the House as Ranger Roland Sharp

2003

The Missing as Samuel Jones

2003

The Hunted as L.T. Bonham

2003

The Cutting Edge as Self

2002

Men in Black II as Kay

2000

Space Cowboys as Hawk Hawkins

2000

Rules of Engagement as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II

1999

The Early Show as Self - Guest

1999

Double Jeopardy as Travis Lehman

1998

U.S. Marshals as Samuel Gerard

1998

Small Soldiers as Chip Hazard (voice)

1997

Men in Black as Kay

1997

Volcano as Mike Roark

1995

Batman Forever as Harvey Dent / Two-Face

1995

The Good Old Boys as Hewey Calloway

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

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Not available

1992

Under Siege as William Strannix

1991

JFK as Clay Shaw

1990

Fire Birds as Brad Little

1989

Lonesome Dove as Woodrow F. Call

1989

The Package as Thomas Boyette

1988

POV as Narrator (voice)

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

The River Rat as Billy

1984

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick

1983

Nate and Hayes as Captain Bully Hayes

1982

The Executioner's Song as Gary Mark Gilmore

1982

The Rainmaker as Starbuck

1982

The Executioner's Song as Gary Gilmore

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

Charlie's Angels as Aram Kolegian

1976

Jackson County Jail as Coley Blake

1976

Smash-Up on Interstate 5 as Officer Hutton

1975

Baretta as Not available

1970

Love Story as Hank - Oliver's Roommate

1953

The Oscars as Self

NaN

The Razor's Edge as Taxman

1975

Eliza's Horoscope as Tommy Lee

1973

Life Study as Gus

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Moses Cooper
Crew

2014

The Homesman Director

2014

The Homesman Writer

2014

The Homesman Executive Producer

2011

The Sunset Limited Director

2011

The Sunset Limited Executive Producer

2005

Man of the House Executive Producer

1995

The Good Old Boys Director

1995

The Good Old Boys Teleplay