Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild- and Emmy Award-winning American actor and director.
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 with future Vice President Al Gore and played offensive guard in the famous 29-29 Harvard-Yale football game of '68 known as "The Tie". He received a B.A. in English literature and graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1969. Following college, he moved to New York and began his theatrical career on Broadway in "A Patriot for Me" (1969). In 1970 he made his film debut in Love Story (1970). While living in New York, he continued to appear in various plays, both on- and off-Broadway: "Fortune and Men's Eyes" (1969); "Four on a Garden" (1971); "Blue Boys" (1972); "Ulysses in Nighttown" (1974). During this time, he also appeared on a daytime soap opera, "One Life to Live" (1968) as Dr. Mark Toland from 1971-75. He moved with wife Kate Lardner, granddaughter of short-story writer/columnist Ring Lardner, and her two children from a previous marriage, to Los Angeles. There he began to get some roles on television: "Charlie's Angels" (1976) (pilot episode); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) (TV); and The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV). While working on the movie Back Roads (1981), he met and fell in love with Kimberlea Cloughley, whom he later married. More roles in television--both on network and cable--stage and film garnered him a reputation as a strong, explosive, thoughtful actor who could handle supporting as well as leading roles. He made his directorial debut in The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) on TNT. In addition to directing and starring in the film, he co-wrote the teleplay (with J.T. Allen). The film, based on Elmer Kelton's novel, is set in west Texas where Jones has strong family ties. Consequently, this story of a cowboy facing the end of an era has special meaning for him. Salary Men in Black II (2002) $20,000,000+ gross % U.S. Marshals (1998) $10,000,000 Men in Black (1997) $7,000,000
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Actor - filmography In the Valley of Elah (2007) (pre-production) .... Hank Deerfield No Country for Old Men (2007) (post-production) .... Bell A Prairie Home Companion (2006) .... Axeman The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) .... Pete Perkins ... aka The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (International: English title) ... aka Three Burials: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Australia: DVD box title) ... aka Trois enterrements (France) Man of the House (2005/I) .... Roland Sharp The Missing (2003/I) .... Samuel Jones a.k.a Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan The Hunted (2003) .... L.T. Bonham Men in Black II (2002) .... Kevin Brown, Agent Kay ... aka MIB 2 (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka MIIB (USA: promotional abbreviation) Space Cowboys (2000) .... Hawk Hawkins Rules of Engagement (2000) .... Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges ... aka Règles d'engagement, Les (Canada: French title) ... aka Rules - Sekunden der Entscheidung (Germany) ... aka Rules of Engagement - Die Regeln des Krieges (Germany: TV title) Double Jeopardy (1999) .... Travis Lehman ... aka Doppelmord (Germany) ... aka Double condamnation (Canada: French title) Small Soldiers (1998) (VG) (voice) .... Major Chip Hazard Small Soldiers (1998) (voice) .... Major Chip Hazard U.S. Marshals (1998) .... Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard Men in Black (1997) .... Agent K (Kay) ... aka MIB (USA: promotional abbreviation) Volcano (1997) .... Mike Roark Batman Forever (1995) .... Harvey Two-Face/Harvey Dent The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) .... Hewey Calloway Cobb (1994) .... Ty Cobb Blue Sky (1994) .... Maj. Henry 'Hank' Marshall Natural Born Killers (1994) .... Warden Dwight McClusky The Client (1994) .... 'Reverend' Roy Foltrigg Blown Away (1994) .... Ryan Gaerity The Fugitive (1993) .... Marshal Samuel Gerard House of Cards (1993) .... Jake Beerlander Heaven & Earth (1993) .... Steve Butler ... aka Entre ciel et terre (France) Under Siege (1992) .... William Stranix ... aka Piège en haute mer (France) JFK (1991) .... Clay Shaw/Clay Bertrand ... aka JFK (France) Fire Birds (1990) .... Brad Little ... aka Wings of the Apache The Package (1989) .... Thomas Boyette "Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Woodrow F. Call Gotham (1988) (TV) .... Eddie Mallard ... aka The Dead Can't Lie April Morning (1988) (TV) .... Moses Cooper Stormy Monday (1988) .... Cosmo Stranger on My Land (1988) (TV) .... Bud Whitman The Big Town (1987) .... George Cole Broken Vows (1987) (TV) .... Pater Joseph McMahon Yuri Nosenko, KGB (1986) (TV) .... Steve Daley ... aka Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent (International: English title: video title) Black Moon Rising (1986) .... Quint The Park Is Mine (1986) (TV) .... Mitch Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985) (TV) .... Brick Pollitt The River Rat (1984) .... Billy Nate and Hayes (1983) .... Captain Bully Hayes ... aka Savage Islands (UK) The Executioner's Song (1982) (TV) .... Gary Mark Gilmore The Rainmaker (1982) (TV) .... Starbuck Back Roads (1981) .... Elmore Pratt ... aka Love with a Sinner (Philippines: English title) Barn Burning (1980) (TV) .... Ab Snopes ... aka The American Short Story Collection: Barn Burning Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) .... Doolittle 'Mooney' Lynn aka 'Doo' Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) .... John Neville The Betsy (1978) .... Angelo Perino ... aka Harold Robbins' The Betsy Rolling Thunder (1977) .... Cpl. Johnny Vohden The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV) .... Howard Hughes Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) (TV) .... Officer Hutton "Family" .... David Needham (1 episode, 1976) - Coming of Age (1976) TV Episode .... David Needham Jackson County Jail (1976) .... Coley Blake ... aka The Innocent Victim (USA: video title) "Charlie's Angels" .... Aram Kolegian (1 episode, 1976) - Charlie's Angels (1976) TV Episode .... Aram Kolegian "Baretta" .... Sharky (1 episode, 1976) - Dead Man Out (1976) TV Episode .... Sharky "Barnaby Jones" .... Dr. Jim Melford (1 episode, 1975) - Fatal Witness (1975) TV Episode .... Dr. Jim Melford Eliza's Horoscope (1975) (as Tom Lee Jones) .... Tommy Lee Life Study (1973) .... Gus "One Life to Live" (1968) TV Series .... Dr. Mark Toland (unknown episodes, 1971-1975) Love Story (1970) (as Tom Lee Jones) .... Hank Simpson Director - filmography The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV)
