Tommy Lee Jones
80 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 15, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- San Saba, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Tom 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.
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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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Known for
Tommy Lee Jones: movies and TV shows
Acting (88)
- Upcoming The Razor's Edge
as Taxman
- Upcoming Outside Man
as Gus Wanamaker
- 2026
- 2023 The Burial
as Jeremiah O'Keefe
- 2023 Finestkind
as Ray Eldridge
- 2020 Wander
as Jimmy Cleats
- 2020 The Comeback Trail
as Duke Montana
- 2019 Ad Astra
as H. Clifford McBride
- 2017 Shock and Awe
as Joe Galloway
- 2017 Just Getting Started
as Leo
- 2016 Mechanic: Resurrection
as Max Adams
- 2016 Jason Bourne
as CIA Director Robert Dewey
- 2016 Criminal
as Dr. Franks
- 2014 The Homesman
as George Briggs
- 2013 The Family
as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
- 2012 Lincoln
as Thaddeus Stevens
- 2012 Emperor
as General Douglas MacArthur
- 2012 Hope Springs
as Arnold Soames
- 2012 Men in Black 3
as Agent K
- 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger
as Colonel Chester Phillips
- 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)
- 2006 A Prairie Home Companion
as Axeman
- 2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
as Pete Perkins
- 2005 Man of the House
as Ranger Roland Sharp
- 2003 The Missing
as Samuel Jones
- 2003 The Hunted
as L.T. Bonham
- 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 Double Jeopardy
as Travis Lehman
- 1998 Small Soldiers
as Chip Hazard (voice)
- 1998 U.S. Marshals
as Samuel Gerard
- 1997 Men in Black
as Kay
- 1997 Volcano
as Mike Roark
- 1995 Batman Forever
as Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
- 1995 The Good Old Boys
as Hewey Calloway
- 1994 Cobb
as Ty Cobb
- 1994 Blue Sky
as Hank Marshall
- 1994 Natural Born Killers
as Warden Dwight McClusky
- 1994 The Client
as Roy Foltrigg
- 1994 Blown Away
as Ryan Gaerity
- 1993 Heaven & Earth
as Steve Butler
- 1993 The Fugitive
as Samuel Gerard
- 1993 House of Cards
as Jake Beerlander
- 1992 Under Siege
as William Strannix
- 1991 JFK
as Clay Shaw
- 1990 Fire Birds
as Brad Little
- 1989 The Package
as Thomas Boyette
- 1989
- 1988 Gotham
as Eddie Mallard
- 1988
- 1988 Stormy Monday
as Cosmo
- 1988 April Morning
as Moses Cooper
- 1988 Stranger on My Land
as Bud Whitman
- 1987 The Big Town
as George Cole
- 1987 Broken Vows
as Pater Joseph McMahon
- 1986 The Park Is Mine
as Mitch
- 1986 Double Image
as Steve Daley
- 1986 Black Moon Rising
as Quint
- 1985
- 1984 The River Rat
as Billy
- 1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Brick Pollitt
- 1983 Nate and Hayes
as Captain Bully Hayes
- 1982
- 1982 The Rainmaker
as Starbuck
- 1982 The Executioner's Song
as Gary Mark Gilmore
- 1982
- 1981 Back Roads
as Elmore Pratt
- 1980 Barn Burning
as Ab Snopes
- 1980 Coal Miner's Daughter
as 'Mooney' Lynn
- 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
- 1977
- 1976 Jackson County Jail
as Coley Blake
- 1976 Charlie's Angels
as Aram
- 1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Officer Hutton
- 1975
- 1975 Eliza's Horoscope
as Tommy Lee
- 1973 Life Study
as Gus
- 1970 Love Story
as Hank Simpson
- 1951
Behind the camera (5)
- 2014 The Homesman
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2011 The Sunset Limited
Executive Producer, Director
- 2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Director, Producer
- 2005 Man of the House
Executive Producer
- 1995 The Good Old Boys
Director, Teleplay
Talk shows and appearances (31)
- 2021 Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
9 episodes
- 2021
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2011 On Story
1 episode
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2000
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1998
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1979 CBS News Sunday Morning
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
5 episodes