Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Known for
Acting
Born
September 15, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
San Saba, Texas, USA

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

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Filmography

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The Razor's Edge poster

The Razor's Edge

Movie · as Taxman

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Outside Man

Outside Man

Movie · as Gus Wanamaker

2026
Angel and the Badman poster

Angel and the Badman

Movie · as Marshal McClintock

2026
A Man of Vision: The Bill Wittliff Story poster

A Man of Vision: The Bill Wittliff Story

Movie · as Self

2023
The Burial poster

The Burial

Movie · as Jeremiah O'Keefe

2023
Finestkind poster

Finestkind

Movie · as Ray Eldridge

2021
Val poster

Val

Movie · as Self (archive)

2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy poster

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

TV · as Self · 9 eps

2020
Wander poster

Wander

Movie · as Jimmy Cleats

2020
The Comeback Trail poster

The Comeback Trail

Movie · as Duke Montana

2019
Flannery poster

Flannery

Movie · as Self

2019
Reach for the Stars poster

Reach for the Stars

Movie · as Self

2019
Ad Astra poster

Ad Astra

Movie · as H. Clifford McBride

2018
Always at The Carlyle poster

Always at The Carlyle

Movie · as Self

2017
Just Getting Started poster

Just Getting Started

Movie · as Leo

2017
Shock and Awe poster

Shock and Awe

Movie · as Joe Galloway

2016
Mechanic: Resurrection poster

Mechanic: Resurrection

Movie · as Max Adams

2016
Criminal poster

Criminal

Movie · as Dr. Franks

2016
Jason Bourne poster

Jason Bourne

Movie · as CIA Director Robert Dewey

2014
The Homesman poster

The Homesman

Movie · as George Briggs

2013
The Family poster

The Family

Movie · as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield

2013
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase poster

The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase

Movie · as Self

2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story poster

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Movie · as Self

2013
Lincoln: An American Journey poster

Lincoln: An American Journey

Movie · as Self

2012
Men in Black 3 poster

Men in Black 3

Movie · as Agent K

2012
Hope Springs poster

Hope Springs

Movie · as Arnold Soames

2012
Lincoln poster

Lincoln

Movie · as Thaddeus Stevens

2012
Emperor poster

Emperor

Movie · as General Douglas MacArthur

2011
Captain America: The First Avenger poster

Captain America: The First Avenger

Movie · as Colonel Chester Phillips

2011
The Sunset Limited poster

The Sunset Limited

Movie · as White

2011
On Story poster

On Story

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Company Men poster

The Company Men

Movie · as Gene McClary

2009
In the Electric Mist poster

In the Electric Mist

Movie · as Dave Robicheaux

2008
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 poster

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Movie · as Self

2008
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary poster

Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary

Movie · as Self

2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' poster

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

Movie · as Self - Sherriff Bell

2007
In the Valley of Elah poster

In the Valley of Elah

Movie · as Hank Deerfield

2007
No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men

Movie · as Ed Tom Bell

2007
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
A Prairie Home Companion poster

A Prairie Home Companion

Movie · as Axeman

2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada poster

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Movie · as Pete Perkins

2005
Man of the House poster

Man of the House

Movie · as Ranger Roland Sharp

2003
The Hunted poster

The Hunted

Movie · as L.T. Bonham

2003
The Missing poster

The Missing

Movie · as Samuel Jones

2003
Filming “The Hunted”

Filming “The Hunted”

Movie · as Self

2003
Pursuing “The Hunted”

Pursuing “The Hunted”

Movie · as Self

2003
The Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge

Movie · as Self

2002
Men in Black II poster

Men in Black II

Movie · as Kay

2002
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy poster

Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie · as Self

2002
Men in Black II‎: Creature Featurettes poster

Men in Black II‎: Creature Featurettes

Movie · as Self

2002
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy poster

Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie · as Self

2000
Rules of Engagement poster

Rules of Engagement

Movie · as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II

2000
Space Cowboys poster

Space Cowboys

Movie · as Hawk Hawkins

2000
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' poster

Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'

Movie · as Self

1999
Double Jeopardy poster

Double Jeopardy

Movie · as Travis Lehman

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Chip Hazard (voice)

1998
U.S. Marshals poster

U.S. Marshals

Movie · as Samuel Gerard

1998
Inside the Golden Statue poster

Inside the Golden Statue

Movie · as Self

1997
Men in Black poster

Men in Black

Movie · as Kay

1997
Volcano poster

Volcano

Movie · as Mike Roark

1997
The Making of Men in Black poster

The Making of Men in Black

Movie · as Self

1995
Batman Forever poster

Batman Forever

Movie · as Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent

1995
The Good Old Boys poster

The Good Old Boys

Movie · as Hewey Calloway

1995
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? poster

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

Movie · as Self - Two-Face

1994
Blown Away poster

Blown Away

Movie · as Ryan Gaerity

1994
Natural Born Killers poster

Natural Born Killers

Movie · as Warden Dwight McClusky

1994
The Client poster

The Client

Movie · as Roy Foltrigg

1994
Cobb poster

Cobb

Movie · as Ty Cobb

1994
Blue Sky poster

Blue Sky

Movie · as Hank Marshall

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

Movie · as Samuel Gerard

1993
Heaven & Earth poster

Heaven & Earth

Movie · as Steve Butler

1993
House of Cards poster

House of Cards

Movie · as Jake Beerlander

1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy poster

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Movie · as Self

1992
Under Siege poster

Under Siege

Movie · as William Strannix

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1991
JFK poster

JFK

Movie · as Clay Shaw

1990
Fire Birds poster

Fire Birds

Movie · as Brad Little

1989
The Package poster

The Package

Movie · as Thomas Boyette

1989
Lonesome Dove poster

Lonesome Dove

TV · as Woodrow F. Call · 4 eps

1988
Stormy Monday poster

Stormy Monday

Movie · as Cosmo

1988
Gotham poster

Gotham

Movie · as Eddie Mallard

1988
April Morning poster

April Morning

Movie · as Moses Cooper

1988
Stranger on My Land poster

Stranger on My Land

Movie · as Bud Whitman

1988
POV poster

POV

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1987
The Big Town poster

The Big Town

Movie · as George Cole

1987
Broken Vows poster

Broken Vows

Movie · as Pater Joseph McMahon

1986
Black Moon Rising poster

Black Moon Rising

Movie · as Quint

1986
Double Image poster

Double Image

Movie · as Steve Daley

1986
The Park Is Mine poster

The Park Is Mine

Movie · as Mitch

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Steve Daley · 1 ep

1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof poster

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Movie · as Brick Pollitt

1984
The River Rat poster

The River Rat

Movie · as Billy

1983
Nate and Hayes poster

Nate and Hayes

Movie · as Captain Bully Hayes

1982
The Executioner's Song poster

The Executioner's Song

Movie · as Gary Mark Gilmore

1982
The Rainmaker poster

The Rainmaker

Movie · as Starbuck

1982
The Executioner's Song poster

The Executioner's Song

TV · as Gary Gilmore · 2 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Brick Pollitt · 1 ep

1981
Back Roads poster

Back Roads

Movie · as Elmore Pratt

1980
Coal Miner's Daughter poster

Coal Miner's Daughter

Movie · as 'Mooney' Lynn

1980
Barn Burning poster

Barn Burning

Movie · as Ab Snopes

1979
CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
Eyes of Laura Mars poster

Eyes of Laura Mars

Movie · as John Neville

1978
The Betsy poster

The Betsy

Movie · as Angelo Perino

1977
Rolling Thunder poster

Rolling Thunder

Movie · as Johnny Vohden

1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes poster

The Amazing Howard Hughes

Movie · as Howard Hughes

1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes poster

The Amazing Howard Hughes

TV · as Howard Hughes · 2 eps

1976
Jackson County Jail poster

Jackson County Jail

Movie · as Coley Blake

1976
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 poster

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

Movie · as Officer Hutton

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

Movie · as Aram

1975
Eliza's Horoscope poster

Eliza's Horoscope

Movie · as Tommy Lee

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 1 ep

1973
Life Study

Life Study

Movie · as Gus

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Love Story poster

Love Story

Movie · as Hank Simpson

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Moses Cooper · 1 ep