Tommy 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. 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
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
American Playhouse
1982
Screen Two
1985
Film '72
1971
POV
1988
Baretta
1975
The Oscars
1953
No Country for Old Men
2007
Men in Black II
2002
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
Men in Black
1997
Filmography
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self · 1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self · 1979
American Playhouse
as Brick Pollitt · 1982
Screen Two
as Steve Daley · 1985
Film '72
as Self · 1971
POV
as Narrator (voice) · 1988
Baretta
· 1975
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
No Country for Old Men
as Ed Tom Bell · 2007
Men in Black II
as Kay · 2002
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Colonel Chester Phillips · 2011
Men in Black
as Kay · 1997
Jason Bourne
as CIA Director Robert Dewey · 2016
The Fugitive
as Samuel Gerard · 1993
Men in Black 3
as Agent K · 2012
Mechanic: Resurrection
as Max Adams · 2016
Double Jeopardy
as Travis Lehman · 1999
Batman Forever
as Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent · 1995
On Story
as Self · 2011
The Early Show
as Self - Guest · 1999
Under Siege
as William Strannix · 1992
Natural Born Killers
as Warden Dwight McClusky · 1994
The Client
as Roy Foltrigg · 1994
The Family
as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield · 2013
Lonesome Dove
as Woodrow F. Call · 1989
Small Soldiers
as Chip Hazard (voice) · 1998
U.S. Marshals
as Samuel Gerard · 1998
Ad Astra
as H. Clifford McBride · 2019
JFK
as Clay Shaw · 1991
Volcano
as Mike Roark · 1997
Lincoln
as Thaddeus Stevens · 2012
In the Valley of Elah
as Hank Deerfield · 2007
The Comeback Trail
as Duke Montana · 2020
The Homesman
as George Briggs · 2014
The Burial
as Jeremiah O'Keefe · 2023
Space Cowboys
as Hawk Hawkins · 2000
Man of the House
as Ranger Roland Sharp · 2005
Criminal
as Dr. Franks · 2016
The Missing
as Samuel Jones · 2003
The Hunted
as L.T. Bonham · 2003
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Moses Cooper · 1951
Hope Springs
as Arnold Soames · 2012
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self · 2021
Blown Away
as Ryan Gaerity · 1994
Rules of Engagement
as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II · 2000
In the Electric Mist
as Dave Robicheaux · 2009
Shock and Awe
as Joe Galloway · 2017
Love Story
as Hank Simpson · 1970
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Howard Hughes · 1977
Val
as Self (archive) · 2021
The Company Men
as Gene McClary · 2010
The Sunset Limited
as White · 2011
The Package
as Thomas Boyette · 1989
Angel and the Badman
· 2026
Heaven & Earth
as Steve Butler · 1993
Emperor
as General Douglas MacArthur · 2012
Finestkind
as Ray Eldridge · 2023
Coal Miner's Daughter
as 'Mooney' Lynn · 1980
A Prairie Home Companion
as Axeman · 2006
Eyes of Laura Mars
as John Neville · 1978
Just Getting Started
as Leo · 2017
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
as Pete Perkins · 2005
Black Moon Rising
as Quint · 1986
Always at The Carlyle
as Self · 2018
Wander
as Jimmy Cleats · 2020
The Park Is Mine
as Mitch · 1986
The Executioner's Song
as Gary Mark Gilmore · 1982
Fire Birds
as Brad Little · 1990
The Betsy
as Angelo Perino · 1978
House of Cards
as Jake Beerlander · 1993
The Executioner's Song
as Gary Gilmore · 1982
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Cobb
as Ty Cobb · 1994
Rolling Thunder
as Johnny Vohden · 1977
Back Roads
as Elmore Pratt · 1981
The Big Town
as George Cole · 1987
Blue Sky
as Hank Marshall · 1994
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Howard Hughes · 1977
Double Image
as Steve Daley · 1986
Nate and Hayes
as Captain Bully Hayes · 1983
Gotham
as Eddie Mallard · 1988
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self · 2013
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Two-Face · 1995
Stormy Monday
as Cosmo · 1988
Inside the Golden Statue
as Self · 1998
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Officer Hutton · 1976
Flannery
as Self · 2019
Outside Man
as Gus Wanamaker
Reach for the Stars
as Self · 2019
The River Rat
as Billy · 1984
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self · 1993
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
as Narrator (voice) · 2007
The Good Old Boys
as Hewey Calloway · 1995
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self · 2013
Jackson County Jail
as Coley Blake · 1976
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
as Self · 2002
April Morning
as Moses Cooper · 1988
Stranger on My Land
as Bud Whitman · 1988
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
as Self · 2008
The Making of Men in Black
as Self · 1997
Life Study
as Gus · 1973
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
as Self · 2013
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
as Self · 2000
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Brick Pollitt · 1984
The Rainmaker
as Starbuck · 1982
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
as Self - Sherriff Bell · 2008
Broken Vows
as Pater Joseph McMahon · 1987
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
as Self · 2008
The Razor's Edge
as Taxman
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
as Self · 2002
Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes
as Self · 2002
Charlie's Angels
as Aram · 1976
Filming “The Hunted”
as Self · 2003
Eliza's Horoscope
as Tommy Lee · 1975
Barn Burning
as Ab Snopes · 1980
The Cutting Edge
as Self · 2003
Pursuing “The Hunted”
as Self · 2003
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
as Self · 2002
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
as Self · 2002