Tommy Lee Jones

American actor and film director

Photo by: Dick Thomas Johnson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:September 15, 1946

Age:80

Zodiac Sign:Virgo

Children:2

Born in:San Saba, United States

Residence:Terrell Hills, United States

Languages:English

Film Actor Voice Actor Screenwriter Film Director Television Actor American Football Player Theatre Director Actor Stage Actor Film Producer Polo Player

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Famous For

Movies & TV

No Country for Old MenCaptain America: The First AvengerMen in BlackLincolnBatman Forever

Awards

Donostia Award (2012)Cannes Best Director Award (2005)Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1994)Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (1994)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (1983)

Tommy Lee Jones

American actor and film director

Biography

Thomas Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and former football player. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. After appearing in several projects from the 1960s to 1980s, Jones established himself as a leading man in the 1990s, known for his gruff and authoritative film roles. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the thriller film The Fugitive (1993). His other Oscar-nominated roles were as businessman Clay Shaw in JFK (1991), Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah (2007), and Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln (2012). He played Agent K in the Men in Black franchise. Other notable roles were in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Volcano (1997), Under Siege (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), The Client (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Double Jeopardy (1999), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Company Men (2010), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Jason Bourne (2016) and Ad Astra (2019). Jones won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as executed murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song (1982). He was further nominated for playing Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989). He portrayed Howard Hughes in the CBS film The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977). He directed and starred in the western TNT movie The Good Old Boys (1995). He directed, starred in, and executive produced the HBO film The Sunset Limited (2011).

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Quotes

“The old-timers thought, Well, fire's bad; we'll get rid of it. That was certainly a mistake. We have to get it back into the system somehow, in safe, controlled ways. That's what I'm into now.”

— On the errors of trying to completely eliminate forest fires, because of the disruption of growth cycles that make those that do occur more destructive and harder to control.

“I'm one of those people who feels that agriculture is a creative act. It's a very fine art — that's the way I approach it.”

“It makes me feel like a very special person, that I'm able to make my living with my imagination. I developed a big respect for my calling while I was in school, and it remains with me to this day.”

— On his acting career.

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Photos

Tommy Lee Jones the Jury President at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017

Tommy Lee Jones at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival

Tommy Lee Jones au festival de Cannes.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones arrives on the red carpet for a screening of the film "Ad Astra" at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film was produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray and stars Jones, Brad Pitt, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Tommy Lee Jones on hand for his new movie, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Tommy Lee Jones at the premiere of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Toronto Film Festival 2005

Tommy Lee Jones at the Cannes Film festival

Tommy Lee Jones au festival de Cannes.

From left to right, actor Brad Pitt, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, film producer, co-writer, and director James Gray, and actor Tommy Lee Jones pose for a photo in the green room before a screening of the film "Ad Astra" at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film stars Pitt, Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, former NASA astronaut Kay Hire, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and actor Tommy Lee Jones arrive on the red carpet for a screening of the film "Ad Astra" at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film was produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray and stars Jones, Brad Pitt, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)