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.
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Movies (47)
The Burial
as Jeremiah O'Keefe
2023
Finestkind
as Ray Eldridge
2023
Wander
as Jimmy Cleats
2020
The Comeback Trail
as Duke Montana
2020
Reach for the Stars
as Self
2019
Flannery
as Self
2019
Ad Astra
as H. Clifford McBride
2019
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
2018
Shock and Awe
as Joe Galloway
2017
Just Getting Started
as Leo
2017
Mechanic: Resurrection
as Max Adams
2016
Jason Bourne
as CIA Director Robert Dewey
2016
Criminal
as Dr. Franks
2016
The Homesman
as George Briggs
2014
The Family
as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
2013
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
as Self
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
2013
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
2013
Lincoln
as Thaddeus Stevens
2012
Emperor
as General Douglas MacArthur
2012
Hope Springs
as Arnold Soames
2012
Men in Black 3
as Agent K
2012
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Colonel Chester Phillips
2011
The Sunset Limited
as White
2011
The Company Men
as Gene McClary
2010
In the Electric Mist
as Dave Robicheaux
2009
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
as Self
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
as Self
2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
as Self
2008
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)
2007
A Prairie Home Companion
as Axeman
2006
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
as Pete Perkins
2005
Man of the House
as Ranger Roland Sharp
2005
The Missing
as Samuel Jones
2003
Filming “The Hunted”
as Self
2003
Pursuing “The Hunted”
as Self
2003
The Cutting Edge
as Self
2003
The Hunted
as L.T. Bonham
2003
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
as Self
2002
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
as Self
2002
Men in Black II
as Kay
2002
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
as Self
2000
Space Cowboys
as Hawk Hawkins
2000
Rules of Engagement
as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
2000
Double Jeopardy
as Travis Lehman
1999
