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.

Filmography

• 2026Angel and the Badman
• 2023Finestkind — Ray Eldridge
• 2023The Burial — Jeremiah O'Keefe
• 2020The Comeback Trail — Duke Montana
• 2020Wander — Jimmy Cleats
• 2019Ad Astra — H. Clifford McBride
• 2017Just Getting Started — Leo
• 2017Shock and Awe — Joe Galloway
• 2016Criminal — Dr. Franks
• 2016Jason Bourne — CIA Director Robert Dewey
• 2016Mechanic: Resurrection — Max Adams
• 2014The Homesman — George Briggs, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2013The Family — FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
• 2012Emperor — General Douglas MacArthur
• 2012Hope Springs — Arnold Soames
• 2012Lincoln — Thaddeus Stevens
• 2012Men in Black 3 — Agent K
• 2011Captain America: The First Avenger — Colonel Chester Phillips
• 2011The Sunset Limited — White, Executive Producer, Director
• 2010The Company Men — Gene McClary
• 2009In the Electric Mist — Dave Robicheaux
• 2007In the Valley of Elah — Hank Deerfield
• 2007No Country for Old Men — Ed Tom Bell
• 2007The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández — Narrator (voice)
• 2006A Prairie Home Companion — Axeman
• 2005Man of the House — Ranger Roland Sharp, Executive Producer
• 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada — Pete Perkins, Director, Producer
• 2003The Hunted — L.T. Bonham
• 2003The Missing — Samuel Jones
• 2002Men in Black II — Kay
• 2000Rules of Engagement — Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
• 2000Space Cowboys — Hawk Hawkins
• 1999Double Jeopardy — Travis Lehman
• 1998Small Soldiers — Chip Hazard (voice)
• 1998U.S. Marshals — Samuel Gerard
• 1997Men in Black — Kay
• 1997Volcano — Mike Roark
• 1995Batman Forever — Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
• 1995The Good Old Boys — Hewey Calloway, Director, Teleplay
• 1994Blown Away — Ryan Gaerity
• 1994Blue Sky — Hank Marshall
• 1994Cobb — Ty Cobb
• 1994Natural Born Killers — Warden Dwight McClusky
• 1994The Client — Roy Foltrigg
• 1993Heaven & Earth — Steve Butler
• 1993House of Cards — Jake Beerlander
• 1993The Fugitive — Samuel Gerard
• 1992Under Siege — William Strannix
• 1991JFK — Clay Shaw
• 1990Fire Birds — Brad Little
• Lonesome Dove — Woodrow F. Call
• 1989The Package — Thomas Boyette
• 1988April Morning — Moses Cooper
• 1988Gotham — Eddie Mallard
• POV — Narrator (voice)
• 1988Stormy Monday — Cosmo
• 1988Stranger on My Land — Bud Whitman
• 1987Broken Vows — Pater Joseph McMahon
• 1987The Big Town — George Cole
• 1986Black Moon Rising — Quint
• 1986Double Image — Steve Daley
• 1986The Park Is Mine — Mitch
• Screen Two — Steve Daley
• 1984Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — Brick Pollitt
• 1984The River Rat — Billy
• 1983Nate and Hayes — Captain Bully Hayes
• American Playhouse — Brick Pollitt
• 1982The Executioner's Song — Gary Mark Gilmore
• The Executioner's Song — Gary Gilmore
• 1982The Rainmaker — Starbuck
• 1981Back Roads — Elmore Pratt
• 1980Barn Burning — Ab Snopes
• 1980Coal Miner's Daughter — 'Mooney' Lynn
• 1978Eyes of Laura Mars — John Neville
• 1978The Betsy — Angelo Perino
• 1977Rolling Thunder — Johnny Vohden
• 1977The Amazing Howard Hughes — Howard Hughes
• The Amazing Howard Hughes — Howard Hughes
• 1976Charlie's Angels — Aram
• 1976Jackson County Jail — Coley Blake
• 1976Smash-Up on Interstate 5 — Officer Hutton
• Baretta
• 1975Eliza's Horoscope — Tommy Lee
• 1973Life Study — Gus
• 1970Love Story — Hank Simpson
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Moses Cooper
• Outside Man — Gus Wanamaker
• The Razor's Edge — Taxman

Appearances as themselves (31)

• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy — Self
• 2021Val — Self (archive)
• 2019Flannery — Self
• 2019Reach for the Stars — Self
• 2018Always at The Carlyle — Self
• 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story — Self
• 2013Lincoln: An American Journey — Self
• 2013The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase — Self
• On Story — Self
• 2008Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary — Self
• 2008Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 — Self
• 2008The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' — Self - Sherriff Bell
• 2003Filming “The Hunted” — Self
• 2003Pursuing “The Hunted” — Self
• 2003The Cutting Edge — Self
• 2002Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy — Self
• 2002Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' — Self
• 2002Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' — Self
• 2002Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy — Self
• 2002Men in Black II‎: Creature Featurettes — Self
• 2000Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' — Self
• The Early Show — Self - Guest
• 1998Inside the Golden Statue — Self
• 1997The Making of Men in Black — Self
• 1995Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? — Self - Two-Face
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Oscars — Self