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Born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Lucille Marie (Scott) Jones, Tommy Lee Jones worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in Dallas, on a scholarship, and went to Harvard on another scholarship.He roomed... See full bio »

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2013 The Homesman (filming)
George Briggs
 
2013 Malavita (post-production)
 
2012 Lincoln
Thaddeus Stevens
 
2012 Emperor
General Douglas MacArthur
 
2012 Hope Springs
Arnold
 
2012 Men in Black 3
Agent K
 
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger
Colonel Chester Phillips
 
2011 The Sunset Limited (TV movie)
White
 
2010 The Company Men
Gene McClary
 
2009 In the Electric Mist
Dave Robicheaux
 
2007 In the Valley of Elah
Hank Deerfield
 
2007 No Country for Old Men
Ed Tom Bell
 
2006 A Prairie Home Companion
The Axeman
 
2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Pete Perkins
 
2005/I Man of the House
Ranger Roland Sharp
 
2003/I The Missing
Samuel Jones / Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan
 
2003 The Hunted
L.T. Bonham
 
2002 Men in Black II
Kay
 
2000 Space Cowboys
Hawk Hawkins
 
2000 Rules of Engagement
Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges
 
1999 Double Jeopardy
Travis
 
1998 Small Soldiers (Video Game)
Major Chip Hazard (voice)
 
1998 Small Soldiers
Chip Hazard (voice)
 
1998 U.S. Marshals
Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard
 
1997 Men in Black
Kay
 
1997 Volcano
Mike Roark
 
1995 Batman Forever
Two-Face / Harvey Dent
 
1995 The Good Old Boys (TV movie)
Hewey Calloway
 
1994 Cobb
Ty Cobb
 
1994 Blue Sky
Hank Marshall
 
1994 Natural Born Killers
Warden Dwight McClusky
 
1994 The Client
Roy Foltrigg
 
1994 Blown Away
Ryan Gaerity
 
1993 Heaven & Earth
Steve Butler
 
1993 The Fugitive
Samuel Gerard
 
1993 House of Cards
Jake Beerlander
 
1992 Under Siege
William Stranix
 
1991 JFK
Clay Shaw
 
1990 Fire Birds
Brad Little
 
1989 The Package
Thomas Boyette
 
1989 Lonesome Dove (TV mini-series)
Woodrow F. Call
– Return (1989) … Woodrow F. Call
– The Plains (1989) … Woodrow F. Call
– On the Trail (1989) … Woodrow F. Call
– Leaving (1989) … Woodrow F. Call
 
1988 Gotham (TV movie)
Eddie Mallard
 
1988 April Morning (TV movie)
Moses Cooper
 
1988 Stormy Monday
Cosmo
 
1988 Stranger on My Land (TV movie)
Bud Whitman
 
1987 The Big Town
George Cole
 
1987 Broken Vows (TV movie)
Pater Joseph McMahon
 
1986 Yuri Nosenko, KGB (TV movie)
Steve Daley
 
1986 Black Moon Rising
Quint
 
1986 The Park Is Mine (TV movie)
Mitch
 
1984 The River Rat
Billy
 
1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV movie)
Brick Pollitt
 
1983 Nate and Hayes
Captain Bully Hayes
 
1982 The Rainmaker (TV movie)
Starbuck
 
1982 The Executioner's Song (TV movie)
Gary Mark Gilmore
 
1981 Back Roads
Elmore Pratt
 
1980 Barn Burning (TV short)
Ab Snopes
 
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter
Doolittle Lynn
 
1971-1979 One Life to Live (TV series)
Dr. Mark Toland
– Episode dated 12 November 1979 (1979) … Dr. Mark Toland (uncredited)
– Episode dated 17 March 1971 (1971) … Dr. Mark Toland
 
1978 Eyes of Laura Mars
John Neville
 
1978 The Betsy
Angelo Perino
 
1977 Rolling Thunder
Johnny Vohden
 
1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes (TV movie)
Howard Hughes
 
1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (TV movie)
Officer Hutton
 
1976 Family (TV series)
David Needham
– Coming of Age (1976) … David Needham
 
1976 Jackson County Jail
Coley Blake
 
1976 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Aram Kolegian
– Charlie's Angels (1976) … Aram Kolegian
 
1976 Baretta (TV series)
Sharky
– Dead Man Out (1976) … Sharky
 
1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Dr. Jim Melford
– Fatal Witness (1975) … Dr. Jim Melford
 
1975 Eliza's Horoscope
Tommy Lee (as Tom Lee Jones)
 
1973 Life Study
Gus
 
1970 Love Story
Hank Simpson (as Tom Lee Jones)
 
Show ShowDirector (4 titles)
2013 The Homesman (filming)
 
2011 The Sunset Limited (TV movie)
 
2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
 
1995 The Good Old Boys (TV movie)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2013 The Homesman (producer) (filming)
 
2011 The Sunset Limited (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (producer)
 
2005/I Man of the House (executive producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2013 The Homesman (screenplay) (filming)
 
1995 The Good Old Boys (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1978 Eyes of Laura Mars (monologue writer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1994 Blown Away ("Pop Goes the Weasel" - uncredited)
 
1992 Under Siege (writer: "RAP MAMA GOOSE", "LOVE YOU TO DEATH")
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2012 The Oohs (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Derailed: Anatomy of a Train Wreck (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (71 titles)
2015 The League (post-production)
Himself
 
2012-2013 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.20 (2013) … Himself
– Episode #7.28 (2012) … Himself
 
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Nominee (also archive footage)
 
2013 Costas at the Movies (TV series)
Himself
– Cobb (2013) … Himself
 
2013 The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2012 Hope Springs: An Expert's Guide to Everlasting Passion (video game documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Premio Donostia a Tommy Lee Jones (TV movie)
Himself - Winner
 
2005-2012 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 September 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2012 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.133 (2012) … Himself
 
1994-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 6 August 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 October 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 November 1994 (1994) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 E! Online Live from the Red Carpet Men in Black 3 (TV documentary)
 
2012 Lincoln: An American Journey (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Sundance Skippy (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 8:Ivy League Football and America (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
Himself / Narrator
– The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez (2008) … Himself/Narrator
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
2008 The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 After Iraq (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 August 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2008 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Cast in a Motion Picture & Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2004-2008 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2002-2007 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #15.194 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #13.213 (2005) … Himself
– Episode #10.105 (2002) … Himself
 
2007 The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez (documentary)
Narrator
 
1997-2006 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Voice of Chip Hazard
– The Making of 'A Prairie Home Companion' (2006) … Himself
– Men in Black II (2002) … Himself
– 'Small Soldiers': Size Doesn't Matter (1998) … Himself - Voice of Chip Hazard
– Men in Black (1997) … Himself
 
2006 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Harrison Ford (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 February 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 A Prairie Home Companion: Exclusive Sneak Peek (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Early Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 L'hebdo cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Magacine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 New Frontiers: Making 'The Missing' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Pursuing 'The Hunted' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Filming 'The Hunted' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The Cutting Edge (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - recalling his award (pre-recorded) (uncredited)
 
2002 Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Creature Featurettes (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Headliners & Legends: Will Smith (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Behind the Rules of Engagement (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 August 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
 
2000 The Making of 'Double Jeopardy' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'Space Cowboys' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Oliver Stone (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Pesel Ha'Zahav (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.7 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1995 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 July 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 June 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1994 CBS This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 December 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 July 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1992 Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1991 Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
 
1983 The 35th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1981 The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture [Musical or Comedy]
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2013 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee
 
2012 Top Priority: The Terror Within (documentary)
Himself - Academy Award Winning Actor
 
2011 The Colbert Report (TV series)
 
2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (documentary)
Coley Blake (uncredited)
 
2008 5 Second Movies (TV series)
 
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Hank Deerfield/Ed Tom Bell
 
2006 The Erroneous Earth Kitchen (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - Reinventing a Hero (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1995-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Private Screenings (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

Tom Lee Jones

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on working with famous movie stars] I feel pretty lucky. Those guys, they know my name. They know who I am. Not bad for a little Indian boy. Not bad. See more »

Trivia:

Good friends with: Al Gore, Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Oliver Stone and Robert Duvall. See more »

Trademark:

His films are often set in Texas See more »

Nickname:

TLJ See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo