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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.
The roles that explain the career.
76 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Finestkind | Ray Eldridge | Film |
| 2023 | The Burial | Jeremiah O'Keefe | Film |
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy | Self | TV |
| 2020 | Wander | Jimmy Cleats | Film |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | H. Clifford McBride | Film |
| 2018 | Always at The Carlyle | Self | Film |
| 2016 | Mechanic: Resurrection | Max Adams | Film |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | CIA Director Robert Dewey | Film |
| 2016 | Criminal | Dr. Franks | Film |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | Film |
| 2013 | The Family | FBI Agent Robert Stansfield | Film |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | Arnold Soames | Film |
| 2012 | Emperor | General Douglas MacArthur | Film |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Agent K | Film |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Colonel Chester Phillips | Film |
| 2010 | The Company Men | Gene McClary | Film |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Dave Robicheaux | Film |
| 2008 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | Self | Film |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Hank Deerfield | Film |
| 2007 | The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Ed Tom Bell | Film |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Axeman | Film |
| 2005 | Man of the House | Ranger Roland Sharp | Film |
| 2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Pete Perkins | Film |
| 2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Director | Film |
| 2005 | Man of the House | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Producer | Film |
| 2003 | The Missing | Samuel Jones | Film |
| 2003 | The Hunted | L.T. Bonham | Film |
| 2002 | Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Kay | Film |
| 2002 | Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II | Film |
| 2000 | Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Hawk Hawkins | Film |
| 1999 | Double Jeopardy | Travis Lehman | Film |
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals | Samuel Gerard | Film |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Chip Hazard (voice) | Film |
| 1997 | Volcano | Mike Roark | Film |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Kay | Film |
| 1995 | Batman Forever | Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent | Film |
| 1994 | Blue Sky | Hank Marshall | Film |
| 1994 | The Client | Roy Foltrigg | Film |
| 1994 | Cobb | Ty Cobb | Film |
| 1994 | Blown Away | Ryan Gaerity | Film |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Warden Dwight McClusky | Film |
| 1993 | House of Cards | Jake Beerlander | Film |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Samuel Gerard | Film |
| 1993 | Heaven & Earth | Steve Butler | Film |
| 1992 | Under Siege | William Strannix | Film |
| 1991 | JFK | Clay Shaw | Film |
| 1990 | Fire Birds | Brad Little | Film |
| 1989 | The Package | Thomas Boyette | Film |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Woodrow F. Call | TV |
| 1988 | Stormy Monday | Cosmo | Film |
| 1988 | April Morning | Moses Cooper | Film |
| 1988 | Gotham | Eddie Mallard | Film |
| 1987 | The Big Town | George Cole | Film |
| 1987 | Broken Vows | Pater Joseph McMahon | Film |
| 1986 | Double Image | Steve Daley | Film |
| 1986 | The Park Is Mine | Mitch | Film |
| 1986 | Black Moon Rising | Quint | Film |
| 1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Brick | Film |
| 1984 | The River Rat | Billy | Film |
| 1983 | Nate and Hayes | Captain Bully Hayes | Film |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Gary Mark Gilmore | Film |
| 1981 | Back Roads | Elmore Pratt | Film |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | 'Mooney' Lynn | Film |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Angelo Perino | Film |
| 1978 | Eyes of Laura Mars | John Neville | Film |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Howard Hughes | Film |
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder | Johnny Vohden | Film |
| 1976 | Jackson County Jail | Coley Blake | Film |
| 1976 | Smash-Up on Interstate 5 | Officer Hutton | Film |
| 1970 | Love Story | Hank - Oliver's Roommate | Film |
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