
Tommy Lee Jones
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.
37Credits7 TV · 30 films
1951–2023Years activefirst to latest
9.0 Highest ratedLife Study
6.9 Average ratingacross 36 titles
Top TV shows 7best Tommy Lee Jones shows
- 1
Hallmark Hall of FameMoses Cooper · 1 ep · 1951 - 2
Lonesome DoveWoodrow F. Call · 4 eps · 1989 - 3
Screen TwoSteve Daley · 1 ep · 1985 - 4
POVNarrator (voice) · 1 ep · 1988 - 5
Baretta1 ep · 1975 - 6
The Amazing Howard HughesHoward Hughes · 2 eps · 1977 - 7
The Executioner's SongGary Gilmore · 2 eps · 1982
Top movies 30best Tommy Lee Jones movies
- 1Life StudyGus · 1973
- 2
No Country for Old MenEd Tom Bell · 2007 · Crime - 3
JFKClay Shaw · 1991 - 4
The RainmakerStarbuck · 1982 - 5
The FugitiveSamuel Gerard · 1993 · Action - 6
Men in BlackKay · 1997 · Action - 7
The Sunset LimitedWhite · 2011 - 8
Coal Miner's Daughter'Mooney' Lynn · 1980 - 9
The BurialJeremiah O'Keefe · 2023 - 10
Natural Born KillersWarden Dwight McClusky · 1994 · Crime - 11
Captain America: The First AvengerColonel Chester Phillips · 2011 · Action - 12
The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaPete Perkins · 2005 - 13The Ballad of Esequiel HernándezNarrator (voice) · 2007
- 14
LincolnThaddeus Stevens · 2012 · History - 15
FinestkindRay Eldridge · 2023 - 16
Love StoryHank - Oliver's Roommate · 1970 - 17
In the Valley of ElahHank Deerfield · 2007 - 18
Rolling ThunderJohnny Vohden · 1977 - 19
The Good Old BoysHewey Calloway · 1995 - 20
The ClientRoy Foltrigg · 1994 - 21
Heaven & EarthSteve Butler · 1993 - 22
Double JeopardyTravis Lehman · 1999 - 23
Small SoldiersChip Hazard (voice) · 1998 - 24
Men in Black 3Agent K · 2012 · Action - 25
Men in Black IIKay · 2002 · Action - 26
Jason BourneCIA Director Robert Dewey · 2016 · Action - 27
The FamilyFBI Agent Robert Stansfield · 2013 · Crime - 28
Ad AstraH. Clifford McBride · 2019 · Science Fiction - 29
Mechanic: ResurrectionMax Adams · 2016 · Action - 30
Batman ForeverHarvey Dent / Two-Face · 1995 · Action