Tommy Lee Jones
Born: 1946-09-15 in San Saba, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2026
2023
- Finestkind as Ray Eldridge
- The Burial as Jeremiah O'Keefe
2021
2020
- The Comeback Trail as Duke Montana
- Wander as Jimmy Cleats
2019
- Ad Astra as H. Clifford McBride
- Reach for the Stars as Self
- Flannery as Self
2018
- Always at The Carlyle as Self
2017
- Shock and Awe as Joe Galloway
- Just Getting Started as Leo
2016
- Mechanic: Resurrection as Max Adams
- Jason Bourne as CIA Director Robert Dewey
- Criminal as Dr. Franks
2014
- The Homesman as George Briggs
2013
- The Family as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase as Self
2012
- Men in Black 3 as Agent K
- Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
- Hope Springs as Arnold Soames
- Emperor as General Douglas MacArthur
2011
- Captain America: The First Avenger as Colonel Chester Phillips
- On Story as Self
- The Sunset Limited as White
2010
- The Company Men as Gene McClary
2009
- In the Electric Mist as Dave Robicheaux
2008
- The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self - Sherriff Bell
- No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
- Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 as Self
2007
- No Country for Old Men as Ed Tom Bell
- In the Valley of Elah as Hank Deerfield
- The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández as Narrator (voice)
2006
- A Prairie Home Companion as Axeman
2005
- Man of the House as Ranger Roland Sharp
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as Pete Perkins
2003
- The Hunted as L.T. Bonham
- The Missing as Samuel Jones
- Filming “The Hunted” as Self
- The Cutting Edge as Self
- Pursuing “The Hunted” as Self
2002
2000
- Space Cowboys as Hawk Hawkins
- Rules of Engagement as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
- Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' as Self
1999
- Double Jeopardy as Travis Lehman
- The Early Show as Self - Guest
1998
- U.S. Marshals as Samuel Gerard
- Small Soldiers as Chip Hazard (voice)
- Inside the Golden Statue as Self
1997
- Men in Black as Kay
- Volcano as Mike Roark
- The Making of Men in Black as Self
1995
- Batman Forever as Harvey Dent / Two-Face
- The Good Old Boys as Hewey Calloway
- Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Two-Face
1994
- Natural Born Killers as Warden Dwight McClusky
- The Client as Roy Foltrigg
- Blown Away as Ryan Gaerity
- Blue Sky as Hank Marshall
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Cobb as Ty Cobb
1993
- The Fugitive as Samuel Gerard
- Heaven & Earth as Steve Butler
- House of Cards as Jake Beerlander
- Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Under Siege as William Strannix
1991
- JFK as Clay Shaw
1990
- Fire Birds as Brad Little
1989
- Lonesome Dove as Woodrow F. Call
- The Package as Thomas Boyette
1988
- POV as Narrator (voice)
- Stormy Monday as Cosmo
- Gotham as Eddie Mallard
- Stranger on My Land as Bud Whitman
- April Morning as Moses Cooper
1987
- The Big Town as George Cole
- Broken Vows as Pater Joseph McMahon
1986
- Black Moon Rising as Quint
- The Park Is Mine as Mitch
- Double Image as Steve Daley
1984
- The River Rat as Billy
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick
1983
- Nate and Hayes as Captain Bully Hayes
1982
- The Executioner's Song as Gary Mark Gilmore
- The Executioner's Song as Gary Gilmore
- The Rainmaker as Starbuck
1981
- Back Roads as Elmore Pratt
1980
- Coal Miner's Daughter as 'Mooney' Lynn
- Barn Burning as Ab Snopes
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
1978
- Eyes of Laura Mars as John Neville
- The Betsy as Angelo Perino
1977
- Rolling Thunder as Johnny Vohden
- The Amazing Howard Hughes as Howard Hughes
- The Amazing Howard Hughes as Howard Hughes
1976
- Jackson County Jail as Coley Blake
- Smash-Up on Interstate 5 as Officer Hutton
- Charlie's Angels as Aram
1975
- Baretta
- Eliza's Horoscope as Tommy Lee
1973
- Life Study as Gus
1970
- Love Story as Hank - Oliver's Roommate
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Moses Cooper