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

CBS News Sunday Morning

Baretta

Screen Two

The Oscars

No Country for Old Men

The Fugitive

Men in Black

All Movies (102)

• Angel and the Badman2026
• The Burial2023 · as Jeremiah O'Keefe
• Finestkind2023 · as Ray Eldridge
• Wander2020 · as Jimmy Cleats
• The Comeback Trail2020 · as Duke Montana
• Reach for the Stars2019 · as Self
• Flannery2019 · as Self
• Ad Astra2019 · as H. Clifford McBride
• Always at The Carlyle2018 · as Self
• Shock and Awe2017 · as Joe Galloway
• Just Getting Started2017 · as Leo
• Mechanic: Resurrection2016 · as Max Adams
• Jason Bourne2016 · as CIA Director Robert Dewey
• Criminal2016 · as Dr. Franks
• The Homesman2014 · as George Briggs
• The Family2013 · as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
• The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase2013 · as Self
• Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story2013 · as Self
• Lincoln: An American Journey2013 · as Self
• Lincoln2012 · as Thaddeus Stevens
• Emperor2012 · as General Douglas MacArthur
• Hope Springs2012 · as Arnold Soames
• Men in Black 32012 · as Agent K
• Captain America: The First Avenger2011 · as Colonel Chester Phillips
• The Sunset Limited2011 · as White
• The Company Men2010 · as Gene McClary
• In the Electric Mist2009 · as Dave Robicheaux
• Harvard Beats Yale 29-292008 · as Self
• No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes2008 · as Self
• The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'2008 · as Self - Sherriff Bell
• No Country for Old Men2007 · as Ed Tom Bell
• In the Valley of Elah2007 · as Hank Deerfield
• The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Prairie Home Companion2006 · as Axeman
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2005 · as Pete Perkins
• Man of the House2005 · as Ranger Roland Sharp
• The Missing2003 · as Samuel Jones
• The Cutting Edge2003 · as Self
• Filming “The Hunted”2003 · as Self
• Pursuing “The Hunted”2003 · as Self
• The Hunted2003 · as L.T. Bonham
• Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'2002 · as Self
• Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy2002 · as Self
• Men in Black II‎: Creature Featurettes2002 · as Self
• Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy2002 · as Self
• Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'2002 · as Self
• Men in Black II2002 · as Kay
• Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'2000 · as Self
• Space Cowboys2000 · as Hawk Hawkins
• Rules of Engagement2000 · as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
• Double Jeopardy1999 · as Travis Lehman
• Small Soldiers1998 · as Chip Hazard (voice)
• U.S. Marshals1998 · as Samuel Gerard
• Inside the Golden Statue1998 · as Self
• The Making of Men in Black1997 · as Self
• Men in Black1997 · as Kay
• Volcano1997 · as Mike Roark
• Batman Forever1995 · as Harvey Dent / Two-Face
• Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?1995 · as Self - Two-Face
• The Good Old Boys1995 · as Hewey Calloway
• Cobb1994 · as Ty Cobb
• Blue Sky1994 · as Hank Marshall
• Natural Born Killers1994 · as Warden Dwight McClusky
• The Client1994 · as Roy Foltrigg
• Blown Away1994 · as Ryan Gaerity
• Heaven & Earth1993 · as Steve Butler
• The Fugitive1993 · as Samuel Gerard
• House of Cards1993 · as Jake Beerlander
• Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy1993 · as Self
• Under Siege1992 · as William Strannix
• JFK1991 · as Clay Shaw
• Fire Birds1990 · as Brad Little
• The Package1989 · as Thomas Boyette
• Gotham1988 · as Eddie Mallard
• Stormy Monday1988 · as Cosmo
• April Morning1988 · as Moses Cooper
• Stranger on My Land1988 · as Bud Whitman
• The Big Town1987 · as George Cole
• Broken Vows1987 · as Pater Joseph McMahon
• The Park Is Mine1986 · as Mitch
• Double Image1986 · as Steve Daley
• Black Moon Rising1986 · as Quint
• The River Rat1984 · as Billy
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1984 · as Brick
• Nate and Hayes1983 · as Captain Bully Hayes
• The Rainmaker1982 · as Starbuck
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Gary Mark Gilmore
• Back Roads1981 · as Elmore Pratt
• Barn Burning1980 · as Ab Snopes
• Coal Miner's Daughter1980 · as 'Mooney' Lynn
• Eyes of Laura Mars1978 · as John Neville
• The Betsy1978 · as Angelo Perino
• Rolling Thunder1977 · as Johnny Vohden
• The Amazing Howard Hughes1977 · as Howard Hughes
• Jackson County Jail1976 · as Coley Blake
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Aram
• Smash-Up on Interstate 51976 · as Officer Hutton
• Eliza's Horoscope1975 · as Tommy Lee
• Life Study1973 · as Gus
• Love Story1970 · as Hank - Oliver's Roommate
• The Razor's Edge— · as Taxman
• Outside Man— · as Gus Wanamaker

All TV Shows (14)

• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy2021 · as Self
• On Story2011 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self - Guest
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• Lonesome Dove1989 · as Woodrow F. Call
• POV1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• Screen Two1985 · as Steve Daley
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Gary Gilmore
• CBS News Sunday Morning1979 · as Self
• The Amazing Howard Hughes1977 · as Howard Hughes
• Baretta1975
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Moses Cooper