Tommy Lee Jones

Born 1946 • San Saba, Texas, USA

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.

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2023

The Burial

as Jeremiah O'Keefe

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2023

Finestkind

as Ray Eldridge

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2020

Wander

as Jimmy Cleats

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2020

The Comeback Trail

as Duke Montana

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2019

Ad Astra

as H. Clifford McBride

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2019

Flannery

as Self

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2019

Reach for the Stars

as Self

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2018

Always at The Carlyle

as Self

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2017

Just Getting Started

as Leo

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2017

Shock and Awe

as Joe Galloway

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2016

Jason Bourne

as CIA Director Robert Dewey

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2016

Mechanic: Resurrection

as Max Adams

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2016

Criminal

as Dr. Franks

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2014

The Homesman

as George Briggs

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2013

The Family

as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield

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2013

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

as Self

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2013

Lincoln: An American Journey

as Self

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2013

The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase

as Self

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2012

Emperor

as General Douglas MacArthur

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2012

Hope Springs

as Arnold Soames

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2012

Lincoln

as Thaddeus Stevens

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2012

Men in Black 3

as Agent K

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2011

Captain America: The First Avenger

as Colonel Chester Phillips

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2011

The Sunset Limited

as White

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2010

The Company Men

as Gene McClary

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2009

In the Electric Mist

as Dave Robicheaux

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

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2008

No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes

as Self

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2008

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'

as Self

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2008

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

as Self

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2007

No Country for Old Men

as Ed Tom Bell

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2007

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

as Narrator (voice)

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2007

In the Valley of Elah

as Hank Deerfield

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2006

A Prairie Home Companion

as Axeman

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2005

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

as Pete Perkins

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2005

Man of the House

as Ranger Roland Sharp

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2003

The Cutting Edge

as Self

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2003

The Missing

as Samuel Jones

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2003

Pursuing “The Hunted”

as Self

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2003

Filming “The Hunted”

as Self

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2003

The Hunted

as L.T. Bonham

Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy

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2002

Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy

as Self

Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'

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2002

Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'

as Self

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2002

Men in Black II

as Kay

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2000

Rules of Engagement

as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II

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2000

Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'

as Self

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2000

Space Cowboys

as Hawk Hawkins

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1999

Double Jeopardy

as Travis Lehman

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1998

U.S. Marshals

as Samuel Gerard

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1998

Inside the Golden Statue

as Self

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1998

Small Soldiers

as Chip Hazard (voice)

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1997

Volcano

as Mike Roark

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1997

Men in Black

as Kay

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1997

The Making of Men in Black

as Self

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1995

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

as Self - Two-Face

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1995

Batman Forever

as Harvey Dent / Two-Face

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1995

The Good Old Boys

as Hewey Calloway

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1994

Blue Sky

as Hank Marshall

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1994

Cobb

as Ty Cobb

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1994

Blown Away

as Ryan Gaerity

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1994

The Client

as Roy Foltrigg

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1994

Natural Born Killers

as Warden Dwight McClusky

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1993

The Fugitive

as Samuel Gerard

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1993

House of Cards

as Jake Beerlander

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1993

Heaven & Earth

as Steve Butler

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1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

as Self

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1992

Under Siege

as William Strannix

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1991

JFK

as Clay Shaw

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1990

Fire Birds

as Brad Little

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1989

The Package

as Thomas Boyette

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1988

Stranger on My Land

as Bud Whitman

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1988

April Morning

as Moses Cooper

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1988

Gotham

as Eddie Mallard

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1988

Stormy Monday

as Cosmo

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1987

Broken Vows

as Pater Joseph McMahon

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1987

The Big Town

as George Cole

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1986

Black Moon Rising

as Quint

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1986

Double Image

as Steve Daley

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1986

The Park Is Mine

as Mitch

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1984

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Brick

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1984

The River Rat

as Billy

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1983

Nate and Hayes

as Captain Bully Hayes

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1982

The Rainmaker

as Starbuck

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1982

The Executioner's Song

as Gary Mark Gilmore

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1981

Back Roads

as Elmore Pratt

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1980

Barn Burning

as Ab Snopes

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1980

Coal Miner's Daughter

as 'Mooney' Lynn

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1978

The Betsy

as Angelo Perino

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1978

Eyes of Laura Mars

as John Neville

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1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes

as Howard Hughes

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1977

Rolling Thunder

as Johnny Vohden

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1976

Jackson County Jail

as Coley Blake

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1976

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

as Officer Hutton

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1975

Eliza's Horoscope

as Tommy Lee

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1973

Life Study

as Gus

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1970

Love Story

as Hank - Oliver's Roommate