Biography
One of the most acclaimed and accomplished actors in Hollywood, Academy Award® winner Tommy Lee Jones brings a distinct character to his every film.
Audiences saw him star in “No Country for Old Men.” He also starred in the critically acclaimed film “In the Valley of Elah” for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Jones has just completed filming on “In the Electric Mist.” Jones was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his portrayal of the uncompromising U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard in the box office hit “The Fugitive” in 1994.
For this performance, he also received a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor. Three years before, Jones received his first Oscar® nomination for his portrayal of Clay Shaw in Oliver Stone’s “JFK.”
In 2005, audiences saw Jones star in the critically acclaimed film, “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” which he also directed and produced. The film debuted in competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and garnered Jones the award for Best Actor. Jones made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed telefilm adaptation of the Elmer Kelton novel “The Good Old Boys” for TNT.
Jones made his feature film debut in “Love Story” and, in a career spanning four decades, has starred in such films as” Eyes of Laura Mars,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter” – for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination – “Stormy Monday,” “The Package,” “JFK,” “Under Siege,” “The Fugitive,” “Heaven and Earth,” “The Client,” “Natural Born Killers,” “Blue Sky,” “Cobb,” “Batman Forever,” “Men In Black,” “U.S. Marshalls,” “Double Jeopardy,” “Rules of Engagement,” “Space Cowboys,” “Men in Black 2,” “The Hunted,” “The Missing,” “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” “A Prairie Home Companion” and “In the Electric Mist.”
Jones has had previous success on the small screen. He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for his portrayal of Gary Gilmore in “The Executioner’s Song” and, in 1989 he was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for “Lonesome Dove.”
His numerous network and cable credits include the title role in “The Amazing Howard Hughes,” the American Playhouse production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “The Rainmaker” for HBO, the HBO/BBC production of “Yuri Noshenko,” “KGB” and “April Morning.”In 1969, Jones made his Broadway debut in John Osborne’s “A Patriot for Me.” His other Broadway appearances include “Four on a Garden” with Carol Channing and Sid Caesar, and “Ulysses in Nighttown” with the late Zero Mostel.
Born in San Saba, Texas, he worked briefly with his father in the oil fields before attending St. Mark’s School of Texas, then Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in English.
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Actor
Series | |
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1989 |
Lonesome Dove |
Return (E04) |
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The Plains (E03) |
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On the Trail (E02) |
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Leaving (E01) |
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1976 |
Family |
Coming of Age (S02E04) |
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1968 |
One Life to Live |
Documentaries | |
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2020 |
Stars of the Silver Screen (series) - a.f. |
Tommy Lee Jones - a.f. (S12E05) |
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2018 |
Always at the Carlyle |
2014 |
Luc Besson : A Portrait (TV movie) |
2011 |
Stars ! (series) |
2008 |
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 |
2007 |
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández - narrator |
2005 |
L'Hebdo cinéma (series) |
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - Reinventing a Hero - a.f. |
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2002 |
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy |
Creature Featurettes |
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Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' |
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The Directors: Oliver Stone |
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2001 |
Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' |
2000 |
Metamorphosis of Men in Black |
The Making of 'Space Cowboys' (TV movie) |
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1998 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV movie) |
1997 |
The Making of 'Volcano' |
1995 |
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? (TV movie) |
1992 |
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy |
1991 |
Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic (TV movie) |
1988 |
P.O.V. (series) |
Music videos | |
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2012 |
Pitbull - Back In Time |
1997 |
Will Smith - Men In Black |
1973 |
Billy Joel - Piano Man |
Short | |
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2007 |
5 Second Movies (series) - a.f. |
1980 |
Barn Burning (TV movie) |
Director
Movies | |
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2014 |
The Homesman |
2011 |
The Sunset Limited (TV movie) |
2005 |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada |
1995 |
The Good Old Boys (TV movie) |
Screenwriter
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2014 |
The Homesman |
1995 |
The Good Old Boys (TV movie) |
1978 |
Eyes of Laura Mars |