Acting · San Saba, Texas, USA · Born September 15, 1946
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.
MovieAngel and the Badman
2026
MovieThe Burial
2023
as Jeremiah O'Keefe
MovieFinestkind
2023
as Ray Eldridge
TVClint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
MovieWander
2020
as Jimmy Cleats
MovieThe Comeback Trail
2020
as Duke Montana
MovieReach for the Stars
2019
as Self
MovieFlannery
2019
as Self
MovieAd Astra
2019
as H. Clifford McBride
MovieAlways at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
MovieShock and Awe
2017
as Joe Galloway
MovieJust Getting Started
2017
as Leo
MovieMechanic: Resurrection
2016
as Max Adams
MovieJason Bourne
2016
as CIA Director Robert Dewey
MovieCriminal
2016
as Dr. Franks
MovieThe Homesman
2014
as George Briggs
MovieThe Family
2013
as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
MovieThe Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013
as Self
MovieEastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
MovieLincoln: An American Journey
2013
as Self
MovieLincoln
2012
as Thaddeus Stevens
MovieEmperor
2012
as General Douglas MacArthur
MovieHope Springs
2012
as Arnold Soames
MovieMen in Black 3
2012
as Agent K
MovieCaptain America: The First Avenger
2011
as Colonel Chester Phillips
TVOn Story
2011
as Self
MovieThe Sunset Limited
2011
as White
MovieThe Company Men
2010
as Gene McClary
MovieIn the Electric Mist
2009
as Dave Robicheaux
MovieHarvard Beats Yale 29-29
2008
as Self
MovieNo Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
2008
as Self - Sherriff Bell
MovieNo Country for Old Men
2007
as Ed Tom Bell
MovieIn the Valley of Elah
2007
as Hank Deerfield
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Axeman
MovieThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
as Pete Perkins
MovieMan of the House
2005
as Ranger Roland Sharp
MovieThe Missing
2003
as Samuel Jones
Filming “The Hunted”
2003
as Self
Pursuing “The Hunted”
2003
as Self
The Cutting Edge
2003
as Self
MovieThe Hunted
2003
as L.T. Bonham
MovieBarry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002
as Self
MovieDesign in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
2002
as Self
MovieMen in Black II: Creature Featurettes
2002
as Self
MovieMen in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002
as Self
MovieDesign in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
2002
as Self
MovieMen in Black II
2002
as Kay
MovieMetamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
2000
as Self
MovieSpace Cowboys
2000
as Hawk Hawkins
MovieRules of Engagement
2000
as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
MovieDouble Jeopardy
1999
as Travis Lehman
MovieSmall Soldiers
1998
as Chip Hazard (voice)
MovieU.S. Marshals
1998
as Samuel Gerard
MovieInside the Golden Statue
1998
as Self
MovieThe Making of Men in Black
1997
as Self
MovieMen in Black
1997
as Kay
MovieVolcano
1997
as Mike Roark
MovieBatman Forever
1995
as Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
MovieRiddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
as Self - Two-Face
MovieThe Good Old Boys
1995
as Hewey Calloway
MovieCobb
1994
as Ty Cobb
MovieBlue Sky
1994
as Hank Marshall
MovieNatural Born Killers
1994
as Warden Dwight McClusky
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieThe Client
1994
as Roy Foltrigg
MovieBlown Away
1994
as Ryan Gaerity
MovieHeaven & Earth
1993
as Steve Butler
MovieThe Fugitive
1993
as Samuel Gerard
MovieHouse of Cards
1993
as Jake Beerlander
MovieBeyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self
MovieUnder Siege
1992
as William Strannix
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MovieJFK
1991
as Clay Shaw
MovieFire Birds
1990
as Brad Little
MovieThe Package
1989
as Thomas Boyette
TVLonesome Dove
1989
as Woodrow F. Call
MovieGotham
1988
as Eddie Mallard
TVPoint of View
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieStormy Monday
1988
as Cosmo
MovieApril Morning
1988
as Moses Cooper
MovieStranger on My Land
1988
as Bud Whitman
MovieThe Big Town
1987
as George Cole
MovieBroken Vows
1987
as Pater Joseph McMahon
MovieThe Park Is Mine
1986
as Mitch
MovieDouble Image
1986
as Steve Daley
MovieBlack Moon Rising
1986
as Quint
TVScreen Two
1985
as Steve Daley
MovieThe River Rat
1984
as Billy
MovieCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984
as Brick
MovieNate and Hayes
1983
as Captain Bully Hayes
TVThe Executioner's Song
1982
as Gary Gilmore
MovieThe Rainmaker
1982
as Starbuck
MovieThe Executioner's Song
1982
as Gary Mark Gilmore
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Brick Pollitt
MovieBack Roads
1981
as Elmore Pratt
MovieBarn Burning
1980
as Ab Snopes
MovieCoal Miner's Daughter
1980
as 'Mooney' Lynn
TVCBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
MovieEyes of Laura Mars
1978
as John Neville
MovieThe Betsy
1978
as Angelo Perino
MovieRolling Thunder
1977
as Johnny Vohden
MovieThe Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
as Howard Hughes
TVThe Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
as Howard Hughes
MovieJackson County Jail
1976
as Coley Blake
MovieCharlie's Angels
1976
as Aram
MovieSmash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
as Officer Hutton
TVBaretta
1975
MovieEliza's Horoscope
1975
as Tommy Lee
Life Study
1973
as Gus
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieLove Story
1970
as Hank - Oliver's Roommate
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Moses Cooper
MovieThe Razor's Edge
as Taxman
Outside Man
as Gus Wanamaker
