
Tommy Lee Jones
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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

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Oscars

The Early Show

Honest Trailers

Charlie's Angels

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Marvel Studios Legends

CBS News Sunday Morning

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Val

Small Soldiers

A Prairie Home Companion

Lincoln

Love Story

Criminal

Natural Born Killers

Finestkind

Wander

Captain America: The First Avenger

The Family

The Comeback Trail

Mechanic: Resurrection

Under Siege

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Double Jeopardy

Lonesome Dove

JFK

Ad Astra

No Country for Old Men

Jason Bourne

Men in Black 3

Hope Springs

Batman Forever

The Fugitive

Gotham

Rules of Engagement

The River Rat

Men in Black II

Man of the House

The Burial

U.S. Marshals

Nate and Hayes

Men in Black

Volcano

The Hunted
Production Credits
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