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Tommy Lee Jones
San Saba, Texas, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
Angel and the Badman
Movie
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2023
The Burial
Movie Jeremiah O'Keefe
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2023
Finestkind
Movie Ray Eldridge
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2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV show Self
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2021
Val
Movie Self (archive)
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2020
Wander
Movie Jimmy Cleats
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2020
The Comeback Trail
Movie Duke Montana
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2019
Reach for the Stars
Movie Self
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2019
Flannery
Movie Self
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2019
Ad Astra
Movie H. Clifford McBride
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2018
Always at The Carlyle
Movie Self
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2017
Shock and Awe
Movie Joe Galloway
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2017
Just Getting Started
Movie Leo
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2016
Mechanic: Resurrection
Movie Max Adams
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2016
Jason Bourne
Movie CIA Director Robert Dewey
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2016
Criminal
Movie Dr. Franks
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2014
The Homesman
Movie George Briggs
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2013
The Family
Movie FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
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2013
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Movie Self
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2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie Self
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2013
Lincoln: An American Journey
Movie Self
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2012
Lincoln
Movie Thaddeus Stevens
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2012
Emperor
Movie General Douglas MacArthur
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2012
Hope Springs
Movie Arnold Soames
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2012
Men in Black 3
Movie Agent K
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2011
Captain America: The First Avenger
Movie Colonel Chester Phillips
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2011
On Story
TV show Self
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2011
The Sunset Limited
Movie White
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2010
The Company Men
Movie Gene McClary
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2009
In the Electric Mist
Movie Dave Robicheaux
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2008
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Movie Self
- 2008
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2008
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Movie Self - Sherriff Bell
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2007
No Country for Old Men
Movie Ed Tom Bell
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2007
In the Valley of Elah
Movie Hank Deerfield
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2007
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2006
A Prairie Home Companion
Movie Axeman
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2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Movie Pete Perkins
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2005
Man of the House
Movie Ranger Roland Sharp
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2003
The Missing
Movie Samuel Jones
