Tommy Lee Jones

Actor

Tommy Lee Jones

Born September 15, 1946 in San Saba, Texas, USA79 films

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.

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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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No Country for Old Men posterFirst watchNo Country for Old Men20077.9as Ed Tom BellA leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on…View film

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The Fugitive poster7.5The Fugitive1993Men in Black poster7.2Men in Black1997JFK poster7.6JFK1991Men in Black 3 poster6.6Men in Black 32012Men in Black II poster6.4Men in Black II2002The Burial poster7.1The Burial2023The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada poster7.0The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2005In the Valley of Elah poster6.8In the Valley of Elah2007

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Captain America: The First Avenger poster7.0Captain America: The First Avenger2011The Fugitive poster7.5The Fugitive1993No Country for Old Men poster7.9No Country for Old Men2007Mechanic: Resurrection poster6.1Mechanic: Resurrection2016Jason Bourne poster6.4Jason Bourne2016U.S. Marshals poster6.6U.S. Marshals1998

Filmography

79 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Razor's EdgeTaxman
  2. TBAOutside ManGus Wanamaker
  3. 2026Angel and the BadmanMarshal McClintock
  4. 2023The BurialJeremiah O'Keefe
  5. 2023FinestkindRay Eldridge
  6. 2020WanderJimmy Cleats
  7. 2020The Comeback TrailDuke Montana
  8. 2019Ad AstraH. Clifford McBride
  9. 2017Shock and AweJoe Galloway
  10. 2017Just Getting StartedLeo
  11. 2016Mechanic: ResurrectionMax Adams
  12. 2016Jason BourneCIA Director Robert Dewey
  13. 2016CriminalDr. Franks
  14. 2014The HomesmanGeorge Briggs
  15. 2013The FamilyFBI Agent Robert Stansfield
  16. 2012LincolnThaddeus Stevens
  17. 2012EmperorGeneral Douglas MacArthur
  18. 2012Hope SpringsArnold Soames
  19. 2012Men in Black 3Agent K
  20. 2011Captain America: The First AvengerColonel Chester Phillips
  21. 2011The Sunset LimitedWhite
  22. 2010The Company MenGene McClary
  23. 2009In the Electric MistDave Robicheaux
  24. 2007No Country for Old MenEd Tom Bell
  25. 2007In the Valley of ElahHank Deerfield
  26. 2006A Prairie Home CompanionAxeman
  27. 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaPete Perkins
  28. 2005Man of the HouseRanger Roland Sharp
  29. 2003The MissingSamuel Jones
  30. 2003The HuntedL.T. Bonham
  31. 2002Men in Black IIKay
  32. 2000Space CowboysHawk Hawkins
  33. 2000Rules of EngagementCol. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
  34. 1999Double JeopardyTravis Lehman
  35. 1998Small SoldiersChip Hazard (voice)
  36. 1998U.S. MarshalsSamuel Gerard
  37. 1997Men in BlackKay
  38. 1997VolcanoMike Roark
  39. 1995Batman ForeverHarvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
  40. 1995The Good Old BoysHewey Calloway
  41. 1994CobbTy Cobb
  42. 1994Blue SkyHank Marshall
  43. 1994Natural Born KillersWarden Dwight McClusky
  44. 1994The ClientRoy Foltrigg
  45. 1994Blown AwayRyan Gaerity
  46. 1993Heaven & EarthSteve Butler
  47. 1993The FugitiveSamuel Gerard
  48. 1993House of CardsJake Beerlander
  49. 1992Under SiegeWilliam Strannix
  50. 1991JFKClay Shaw
  51. 1990Fire BirdsBrad Little
  52. 1989The PackageThomas Boyette
  53. 1988GothamEddie Mallard
  54. 1988Stormy MondayCosmo
  55. 1988April MorningMoses Cooper
  56. 1988Stranger on My LandBud Whitman
  57. 1987The Big TownGeorge Cole
  58. 1987Broken VowsPater Joseph McMahon
  59. 1986The Park Is MineMitch
  60. 1986Double ImageSteve Daley
  61. 1986Black Moon RisingQuint
  62. 1984The River RatBilly
  63. 1984Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBrick Pollitt
  64. 1983Nate and HayesCaptain Bully Hayes
  65. 1982The RainmakerStarbuck
  66. 1982The Executioner's SongGary Mark Gilmore
  67. 1981Back RoadsElmore Pratt
  68. 1980Barn BurningAb Snopes
  69. 1980Coal Miner's Daughter'Mooney' Lynn
  70. 1978Eyes of Laura MarsJohn Neville
  71. 1978The BetsyAngelo Perino
  72. 1977Rolling ThunderJohnny Vohden
  73. 1977The Amazing Howard HughesHoward Hughes
  74. 1976Jackson County JailColey Blake
  75. 1976Charlie's AngelsAram
  76. 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5Officer Hutton
  77. 1975Eliza's HoroscopeTommy Lee
  78. 1973Life StudyGus
  79. 1970Love StoryHank Simpson