Tommy Lee Jones
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 15 September 1946 · San Saba, Texas, USA
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 105
- 2026Angel and the Badman
- 2026The Razor's Edge as Taxman
- 2026Outside Man as Gus Wanamaker
- 2023The Burial as Jeremiah O'Keefe
- 2023Finestkind as Ray Eldridge
- 2021Val as Self (archive)
- 2020Wander as Jimmy Cleats
- 2020The Comeback Trail as Duke Montana
- 2019Reach for the Stars as Self
- 2019Flannery as Self
- 2019Ad Astra as H. Clifford McBride
- 2018Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2017Shock and Awe as Joe Galloway
- 2017Just Getting Started as Leo
- 2016Mechanic: Resurrection as Max Adams
- 2016Jason Bourne as CIA Director Robert Dewey
- 2016Criminal as Dr. Franks
- 2016Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl as Doolittle Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014The Homesman as George Briggs
- 2013The Family as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
- 2013The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase as Self
- 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2013Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- 2012Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
- 2012Emperor as General Douglas MacArthur
- 2012Hope Springs as Arnold Soames
- 2012Men in Black 3 as Agent K
- 2011Captain America: The First Avenger as Colonel Chester Phillips
- 2011The Sunset Limited as White
- 2010The Company Men as Gene McClary
- 2009In the Electric Mist as Dave Robicheaux
- 2008Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 as Self
- 2008Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary as Self
- 2008The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' as Self - Sherriff Bell
- 2007No Country for Old Men as Ed Tom Bell
- 2007In the Valley of Elah as Hank Deerfield
- 2007The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández as Narrator (voice)
- 2006A Prairie Home Companion as Axeman
- 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as Pete Perkins
- 2005Man of the House as Ranger Roland Sharp
- 2003The Missing as Samuel Jones
- 2003Pursuing “The Hunted” as Self
- 2003The Cutting Edge as Self
- 2003Filming “The Hunted” as Self
- 2003The Hunted as L.T. Bonham
- 2002Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy as Self
- 2002Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy as Self
- 2002Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes as Self
- 2002Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' as Self
- 2002Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' as Self
- 2002Men in Black II as Kay
- 2000Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' as Self
- 2000Space Cowboys as Hawk Hawkins
- 2000Rules of Engagement as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
- 1999Double Jeopardy as Travis Lehman
- 1998Small Soldiers as Chip Hazard (voice)
- 1998U.S. Marshals as Samuel Gerard
- 1998Inside the Golden Statue as Self
- 1997The Making of Men in Black as Self
- 1997Men in Black as Kay
- 1997Volcano as Mike Roark
- 1995Batman Forever as Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
- 1995Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Two-Face
- 1995The Good Old Boys as Hewey Calloway
- 1994Cobb as Ty Cobb
- 1994Blue Sky as Hank Marshall
- 1994Natural Born Killers as Warden Dwight McClusky
- 1994The Client as Roy Foltrigg
- 1994Blown Away as Ryan Gaerity
- 1994Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular as Self (archive footage)
- 1993Heaven & Earth as Steve Butler
- 1993The Fugitive as Samuel Gerard
- 1993House of Cards as Jake Beerlander
- 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
- 1992Under Siege as William Strannix
- 1991JFK as Clay Shaw
- 1990Fire Birds as Brad Little
- 1989The Package as Thomas Boyette
- 1988Gotham as Eddie Mallard
- 1988Stormy Monday as Cosmo
- 1988April Morning as Moses Cooper
- 1988Stranger on My Land as Bud Whitman
- 1987The Big Town as George Cole
- 1987Broken Vows as Pater Joseph McMahon
- 1986The Park Is Mine as Mitch
- 1986Double Image as Steve Daley
- 1986Black Moon Rising as Quint
- 1984The River Rat as Billy
- 1984Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick Pollitt
- 1983Nate and Hayes as Captain Bully Hayes
- 1982The Rainmaker as Starbuck
- 1982The Executioner's Song as Gary Mark Gilmore
- 1981Back Roads as Elmore Pratt
- 1980Barn Burning as Ab Snopes
- 1980Coal Miner's Daughter as 'Mooney' Lynn
- 1978Eyes of Laura Mars as John Neville
- 1978The Betsy as Angelo Perino
- 1977Rolling Thunder as Johnny Vohden
- 1977The Amazing Howard Hughes as Howard Hughes
- 1976Jackson County Jail as Coley Blake
- 1976Charlie's Angels as Aram
- 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5 as Officer Hutton
- 1975Eliza's Horoscope as Tommy Lee
- 1973Life Study as Gus
- 1970Love Story as Hank Simpson
Writing 2
- 2014The Homesman · writer
- 1995The Good Old Boys · teleplay
Directing 4
- 2014The Homesman · director
- 2011The Sunset Limited · director
- 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada · director
- 1995The Good Old Boys · director
Production 4
- 2014The Homesman · executive producer
- 2011The Sunset Limited · executive producer
- 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada · producer
- 2005Man of the House · executive producer