About
Tommy Lee Jones
Overview
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
Acting |
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2023 | The Burial | Actor | Jeremiah O'Keefe | 64 Fair |
2023 | Finestkind | Actor | Ray Eldridge | 62 Fair |
2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2021 | Brandon Bott Gets Grounded: The Movie | Actor | Thaddeus Stevens (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2020 | Wander | Actor | Jimmy Cleats | 56 Average |
2020 | The Comeback Trail | Actor | Duke Montana | 58 Average |
2019 | Flannery | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2019 | Ad Astra | Actor | H. Clifford McBride | 60 Fair |
2018 | Shock and Awe | Actor | Joe Galloway | 60 Fair |
2018 | Always at The Carlyle | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2017 | Just Getting Started | Actor | Leo | 55 Average |
2016 | Mechanic: Resurrection | Actor | Max Adams | 59 Average |
2016 | Jason Bourne | Actor | Robert Dewey | 63 Fair |
2016 | Criminal | Actor | Dr. Franks | 61 Fair |
2016 | Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl | Actor | Doolittle Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2014 | The Homesman | Actor | George Briggs | 62 Fair |
2013 | The Family | Actor | FBI Agent Robert Stansfield | 63 Fair |
2013 | The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | Lincoln: An American Journey | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2012 | Partners in Time: The Making of 'MIB 3' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2012 | Lincoln | Actor | Thaddeus Stevens | 67 Fair |
2012 | Emperor | Actor | General Douglas MacArthur | 59 Average |
2012 | Hope Springs | Actor | Arnold Soames | 61 Fair |
2012 | Men in Black 3 | Actor | Agent K | 64 Fair |
2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Actor | Colonel Chester Phillips | 69 Fair |
2011 | The Sunset Limited | Actor | White | 64 Fair |
2010 | The Company Men | Actor | Gene McClary | 62 Fair |
2009 | In the Electric Mist | Actor | Dave Robicheaux | 59 Average |
2008 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2008 | No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Actor | Hank Deerfield | 64 Fair |
2007 | No Country for Old Men | Actor | Ed Tom Bell | 78 Good |
2007 | The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Actor | Axeman | 60 Fair |
2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Actor | Pete Perkins | 65 Fair |
2005 | Man of the House | Actor | Ranger Roland Sharp | 58 Average |
2003 | The Missing | Actor | Samuel Jones | 61 Fair |
2003 | The Cutting Edge | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2003 | Filming “The Hunted” | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2003 | Pursuing “The Hunted” | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2003 | The Hunted | Actor | L.T. Bonham | 60 Fair |
2002 | Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2002 | Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2002 | Men in Black II | Actor | Kay | 63 Fair |
2000 | Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Space Cowboys | Actor | Hawk Hawkins | 62 Fair |
2000 | Rules of Engagement | Actor | Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II | 60 Fair |
1999 | Double Jeopardy | Actor | Travis Lehman | 64 Fair |
1998 | Small Soldiers | Actor | Chip Hazard (voice) | 63 Fair |
1998 | U.S. Marshals | Actor | Samuel Gerard | 63 Fair |
1998 | Inside the Golden Statue | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1997 | The Making of Men in Black | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1997 | Men in Black | Actor | Kay | 71 Good |
1997 | Volcano | Actor | Mike Roark | 58 Average |
1995 | Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? | Actor | Self - Two-Face | 59 Average |
1995 | Batman Forever | Actor | Harvey Dent / Two-Face | 54 Average |
1995 | The Good Old Boys | Actor | Hewey Calloway | 59 Average |
1994 | Cobb | Actor | Ty Cobb | 59 Average |
1994 | Blue Sky | Actor | Hank Marshall | 59 Average |
1994 | Natural Born Killers | Actor | Warden Dwight McClusky | 69 Fair |
1994 | The Client | Actor | Roy Foltrigg | 64 Fair |
1994 | Blown Away | Actor | Ryan Gaerity | 60 Fair |
1994 | Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1993 | Heaven & Earth | Actor | Steve Butler | 61 Fair |
1993 | The Fugitive | Actor | Samuel Gerard | 73 Good |
1993 | House of Cards | Actor | Jake Beerlander | 59 Average |
1993 | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
1992 | Under Siege | Actor | William Strannix | 61 Fair |
1991 | JFK | Actor | Clay Shaw | 72 Good |
1990 | Fire Birds | Actor | Brad Little | 57 Average |
1989 | Lonesome Dove | Actor | Woodrow F. Call | 75 Good |
1989 | The Package | Actor | Thomas Boyette | 59 Average |
1988 | Gotham | Actor | Eddie Mallard | 58 Average |
1988 | Stormy Monday | Actor | Cosmo | 59 Average |
1988 | April Morning | Actor | Moses Cooper | 59 Average |
1988 | Stranger on My Land | Actor | Bud Whitman | 58 Average |
1987 | The Big Town | Actor | George Cole | 58 Average |
1987 | Broken Vows | Actor | Pater Joseph McMahon | 58 Average |
1986 | The Park Is Mine | Actor | Mitch | 58 Average |
1986 | Double Image | Actor | Steve Daley | 58 Average |
1986 | Black Moon Rising | Actor | Quint | 58 Average |
1984 | The River Rat | Actor | Billy | 59 Average |
1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Actor | Brick | 58 Average |
1983 | Nate and Hayes | Actor | Captain Bully Hayes | 59 Average |
1982 | The Executioner's Song | Actor | Gary Gilmore | N/A N/A |
1982 | The Rainmaker | Actor | Starbuck | 58 Average |
1982 | The Executioner's Song | Actor | Gary Mark Gilmore | 58 Average |
1981 | Back Roads | Actor | Elmore Pratt | 58 Average |
1980 | Barn Burning | Actor | Ab Snopes | 59 Average |
1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Actor | 'Mooney' Lynn | 63 Fair |
1978 | Eyes of Laura Mars | Actor | John Neville | 58 Average |
1978 | The Betsy | Actor | Angelo Perino | 58 Average |
1977 | Rolling Thunder | Actor | Johnny Vohden | 61 Fair |
1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Actor | Howard Hughes | 59 Average |
1976 | Jackson County Jail | Actor | Coley Blake | 58 Average |
1976 | Charlie's Angels | Actor | Aram Kolegian | 59 Average |
1976 | Smash-Up on Interstate 5 | Actor | Officer Hutton | 58 Average |
1975 | Eliza's Horoscope | Actor | Tommy Lee | 58 Average |
1973 | Life Study | Actor | Gus | N/A N/A |
1970 | Love Story | Actor | Hank - Oliver's Roommate | 64 Fair |
The Razor's Edge | Actor | Taxman | N/A N/A |
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Stoner | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2014 | The Homesman | Directing | Director | 62 Fair |
2011 | The Sunset Limited | Directing | Director | 64 Fair |
2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Directing | Director | 65 Fair |
1995 | The Good Old Boys | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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2014 | The Homesman | Writing | Writer | 62 Fair |
1995 | The Good Old Boys | Writing | Teleplay | 59 Average |
Production |
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2014 | The Homesman | Production | Executive Producer | 62 Fair |
2011 | The Sunset Limited | Production | Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Production | Producer | 65 Fair |
2005 | Man of the House | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |