Tommy Lee Jones
Known For
Acting
Born
1946-09-15 in 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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
Lonesome Dove
as Woodrow F. Call
The Oscars
as Self
No Country for Old Men
as Ed Tom Bell
On Story
as Self
Baretta
Men in Black
as Kay
Lincoln
as Thaddeus Stevens
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Colonel Chester Phillips
Jason Bourne
as CIA Director Robert Dewey
The Fugitive
as Samuel Gerard
Batman Forever
as Harvey Dent / Two-Face
Men in Black 3
as Agent K
Men in Black II
as Kay
Love Story
as Hank - Oliver's Roommate
POV
as Narrator (voice)
Emperor
as General Douglas MacArthur
Double Jeopardy
as Travis Lehman
Natural Born Killers
as Warden Dwight McClusky