Tommy Lee Jones
Biography
Tommy Lee Jones, born September 15 1946 in San Saba, Texas, is an American male actor and film director. Over a career that includes at least 118 credited performances, he has received four Academy Award nominations and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for portraying U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller The Fugitive. His notable starring roles span television and film, including Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the miniseries Lonesome Dove, Agent K in the Men in Black film series, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, and Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah. He also played the villain Two‑Face in Batman Forever, Mike Roark in Volcano, terrorist William “Bill” Strannix in Under Siege, and Texas Ranger Roland Sharp in Man of the House.
Career overview
Tommy Lee Jones, born on September 15 1946 in San Saba, Texas, is an American actor and film director whose career spans several decades of prominent film and television work. He has earned four Academy Award nominations, securing the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller The Fugitive. Jones’s versatility is evident in a range of notable starring roles: he played Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove, and later returned to the Texas Ranger archetype as Roland Sharp in Man of the House. In the science‑fiction comedy franchise Men in Black, he embodied the enigmatic Agent K, while his performance as Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men highlighted his capacity for nuanced, dramatic characters.
Jones has also taken on memorable antagonistic parts, such as the villain Two‑Face in Batman Forever and terrorist William “Bill” Strannix in Under Siege. His work in disaster and war‑related narratives includes the role of Mike Roark in the film Volcano and Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah. Additionally, he portrayed rancher Pete Perkins in an unspecified project. Across film and television, Jones’s body of work reflects a consistent presence in both leading and supporting capacities, underscored by critical recognition and an Academy Award win.
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- Angel and the Badman (2026)
- Finestkind (2023) as Ray Eldridge
- The Burial (2023) as Jeremiah O'Keefe
- Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021) as Self
- The Comeback Trail (2020) as Duke Montana
- Wander (2020) as Jimmy Cleats
- Ad Astra (2019) as H. Clifford McBride
- Reach for the Stars (2019) as Self
- Flannery (2019) as Self
- Always at The Carlyle (2018) as Self
- Shock and Awe (2017) as Joe Galloway
- Just Getting Started (2017) as Leo
- Jason Bourne (2016) as CIA Director Robert Dewey
- Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) as Max Adams
- Criminal (2016) as Dr. Franks
- The Homesman (2014) as George Briggs
- The Homesman (2014) Director
- The Homesman (2014) Writer
- The Homesman (2014) Executive Producer
- The Family (2013) as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013) as Self
- Lincoln: An American Journey (2013) as Self
- The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase (2013) as Self
- Men in Black 3 (2012) as Agent K
- Emperor (2012) as General Douglas MacArthur
- Lincoln (2012) as Thaddeus Stevens
- Hope Springs (2012) as Arnold Soames
- On Story (2011) as Self
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) as Colonel Chester Phillips
- The Sunset Limited (2011) as White
- The Sunset Limited (2011) Executive Producer
- The Sunset Limited (2011) Director
- The Company Men (2010) as Gene McClary
- In the Electric Mist (2009) as Dave Robicheaux
- The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (2008) as Self - Sherriff Bell
- Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008) as Self
- No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes (2008) as Self
- No Country for Old Men (2007) as Ed Tom Bell
- In the Valley of Elah (2007) as Hank Deerfield
- The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández (2007) as Narrator (voice)
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006) as Axeman
- Man of the House (2005) as Ranger Roland Sharp
- Man of the House (2005) Executive Producer
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) as Pete Perkins
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Director
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Producer
- The Hunted (2003) as L.T. Bonham
- The Missing (2003) as Samuel Jones
- Filming “The Hunted” (2003) as Self
- Pursuing “The Hunted” (2003) as Self
- The Cutting Edge (2003) as Self
- Men in Black II (2002) as Kay
- Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' (2002) as Self
- Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy (2002) as Self
- Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' (2002) as Self
- Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy (2002) as Self
- Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes (2002) as Self
- Space Cowboys (2000) as Hawk Hawkins
- Rules of Engagement (2000) as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
- Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' (2000) as Self
- Double Jeopardy (1999) as Travis Lehman
- The Early Show (1999) as Self - Guest
- Small Soldiers (1998) as Chip Hazard (voice)
- U.S. Marshals (1998) as Samuel Gerard
- Inside the Golden Statue (1998) as Self
- Men in Black (1997) as Kay
- Volcano (1997) as Mike Roark
- The Making of Men in Black (1997) as Self
- Batman Forever (1995) as Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
- The Good Old Boys (1995) as Hewey Calloway
- The Good Old Boys (1995) Director
- The Good Old Boys (1995) Teleplay
- Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? (1995) as Self - Two-Face
- Natural Born Killers (1994) as Warden Dwight McClusky
- The Client (1994) as Roy Foltrigg
- Blown Away (1994) as Ryan Gaerity
- Blue Sky (1994) as Hank Marshall
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- Cobb (1994) as Ty Cobb
- The Fugitive (1993) as Samuel Gerard
- Heaven & Earth (1993) as Steve Butler
- House of Cards (1993) as Jake Beerlander
- Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993) as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- Under Siege (1992) as William Strannix
- JFK (1991) as Clay Shaw
- Fire Birds (1990) as Brad Little
- Lonesome Dove (1989) as Woodrow F. Call
- The Package (1989) as Thomas Boyette
- Point of View (1988) as Narrator (voice)
- Gotham (1988) as Eddie Mallard
- Stranger on My Land (1988) as Bud Whitman
- Stormy Monday (1988) as Cosmo
- April Morning (1988) as Moses Cooper
- The Big Town (1987) as George Cole
- Broken Vows (1987) as Pater Joseph McMahon
- Black Moon Rising (1986) as Quint
- Double Image (1986) as Steve Daley
- The Park Is Mine (1986) as Mitch
- Screen Two (1985) as Steve Daley
- The River Rat (1984) as Billy
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984) as Brick
- Nate and Hayes (1983) as Captain Bully Hayes
- American Playhouse (1982) as Brick Pollitt
- The Executioner's Song (1982) as Gary Gilmore
- The Executioner's Song (1982) as Gary Mark Gilmore
- The Rainmaker (1982) as Starbuck
- Back Roads (1981) as Elmore Pratt
- Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) as 'Mooney' Lynn
- Barn Burning (1980) as Ab Snopes
- CBS News Sunday Morning (1979) as Self
- The Betsy (1978) as Angelo Perino
- Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) as John Neville
- Rolling Thunder (1977) as Johnny Vohden
- The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) as Howard Hughes
- The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) as Howard Hughes
- Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) as Officer Hutton
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Aram
- Jackson County Jail (1976) as Coley Blake
- Baretta (1975)
- Eliza's Horoscope (1975) as Tommy Lee
- Life Study (1973) as Gus
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Love Story (1970) as Hank - Oliver's Roommate
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Moses Cooper
- Outside Man as Gus Wanamaker
- The Razor's Edge as Taxman