Tommy Lee Jones
Acting • Born 1946-09-15
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.
Filmography
110 credits
Blown Away
Movie • 1994
Ryan Gaerity
Natural Born Killers
Movie • 1994
Warden Dwight McClusky
Batman Forever
Movie • 1995
Harvey Dent / Two-Face
Men in Black
Movie • 1997
Kay
Men in Black II
Movie • 2002
Kay
JFK
Movie • 1991
Clay Shaw
Captain America: The First Avenger
Movie • 2011
Colonel Chester Phillips
The Hunted
Movie • 2003
L.T. Bonham
Volcano
Movie • 1997
Mike Roark
Double Jeopardy
Movie • 1999
Travis Lehman
The Client
Movie • 1994
Roy Foltrigg
Rules of Engagement
Movie • 2000
Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie • 1984
Brick
The Fugitive
Movie • 1993
Samuel Gerard
Space Cowboys
Movie • 2000
Hawk Hawkins
Rolling Thunder
Movie • 1977
Johnny Vohden
Jackson County Jail
Movie • 1976
Coley Blake
Fire Birds
Movie • 1990
Brad Little
Small Soldiers
Movie • 1998
Chip Hazard (voice)
U.S. Marshals
Movie • 1998
Samuel Gerard
In the Valley of Elah
Movie • 2007
Hank Deerfield
No Country for Old Men
Movie • 2007
Ed Tom Bell
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Movie • 2005
Pete Perkins
The Package
Movie • 1989
Thomas Boyette
Heaven & Earth
Movie • 1993
Steve Butler
The Missing
Movie • 2003
Samuel Jones
Under Siege
Movie • 1992
William Strannix
Stormy Monday
Movie • 1988
Cosmo
Love Story
Movie • 1970
Hank - Oliver's Roommate
A Prairie Home Companion
Movie • 2006
Axeman
Man of the House
Movie • 2005
Ranger Roland Sharp
Nate and Hayes
Movie • 1983
Captain Bully Hayes
Men in Black 3
Movie • 2012
Agent K
Eyes of Laura Mars
Movie • 1978
John Neville
In the Electric Mist
Movie • 2009
Dave Robicheaux
Gotham
Movie • 1988
Eddie Mallard
Black Moon Rising
Movie • 1986
Quint
Cobb
Movie • 1994
Ty Cobb
Back Roads
Movie • 1981
Elmore Pratt
The Company Men
Movie • 2010
Gene McClary
The Burial
Movie • 2023
Jeremiah O'Keefe
Double Image
Movie • 1986
Steve Daley
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Movie • 2008
Self
Coal Miner's Daughter
Movie • 1980
'Mooney' Lynn
The River Rat
Movie • 1984
Billy
The Big Town
Movie • 1987
George Cole
House of Cards
Movie • 1993
Jake Beerlander
The Executioner's Song
Movie • 1982
Gary Mark Gilmore
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Movie • 1977
Howard Hughes
The Park Is Mine
Movie • 1986
Mitch
Hope Springs
Movie • 2012
Arnold Soames
Lincoln
Movie • 2012
Thaddeus Stevens
The Sunset Limited
Movie • 2011
White
Blue Sky
Movie • 1994
Hank Marshall
The Betsy
Movie • 1978
Angelo Perino
April Morning
Movie • 1988
Moses Cooper
Flannery
Movie • 2019
Self
Emperor
Movie • 2012
General Douglas MacArthur
The Family
Movie • 2013
FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
Finestkind
Movie • 2023
Ray Eldridge
Broken Vows
Movie • 1987
Pater Joseph McMahon
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Inside the Golden Statue
Movie • 1998
Self
The Homesman
Movie • 2014
George Briggs
The Good Old Boys
Movie • 1995
Hewey Calloway
Filming “The Hunted”
Movie • 2003
Self
Pursuing “The Hunted”
Movie • 2003
Self
The Cutting Edge
Movie • 2003
Self
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Movie • 1995
Self - Two-Face
Mechanic: Resurrection
Movie • 2016
Max Adams
Criminal
Movie • 2016
Dr. Franks
Reach for the Stars
Movie • 2019
Self
Jason Bourne
Movie • 2016
CIA Director Robert Dewey
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Movie • 2013
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie • 2013
Self
The Razor's Edge
Movie
Taxman
Just Getting Started
Movie • 2017
Leo
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie • 1993
Self
Stranger on My Land
Movie • 1988
Bud Whitman
The Rainmaker
Movie • 1982
Starbuck
Eliza's Horoscope
Movie • 1975
Tommy Lee
Life Study
Movie • 1973
Gus
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Movie • 1976
Officer Hutton
Shock and Awe
Movie • 2017
Joe Galloway
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
Movie • 2000
Self
Barn Burning
Movie • 1980
Ab Snopes
Always at The Carlyle
Movie • 2018
Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2008
Self
Wander
Movie • 2020
Jimmy Cleats
The Comeback Trail
Movie • 2020
Duke Montana
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
Movie • 2002
Self
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
Movie • 2002
Self
The Making of Men in Black
Movie • 1997
Self
Ad Astra
Movie • 2019
H. Clifford McBride
Lincoln: An American Journey
Movie • 2013
Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Movie • 2008
Self
Charlie's Angels
Movie • 1976
Aram
A Celebration of the Life and Times of Skippy Jessop
Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
On Story
TV • 2011
Self
Baretta
TV • 1975
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Moses Cooper
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Lonesome Dove
TV • 1989
Woodrow F. Call
POV
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV • 2021
Self
The Executioner's Song
TV • 1982
Gary Gilmore