Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received fourΒ Academy AwardΒ nominations, winningΒ Best Supporting ActorΒ for his performance asΒ U.S. MarshalΒ Samuel GerardΒ in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive.
His other notable starring roles includeΒ Texas RangerΒ Woodrow F. CallΒ in the television miniseriesΒ Lonesome Dove,Β Agent KΒ in theΒ Men in BlackΒ film series, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell inΒ No Country for Old Men, Hank Deerfield inΒ In the Valley of Elah, the villainΒ Two-FaceΒ inΒ Batman Forever, Mike Roark in the disaster filmΒ Volcano, terrorist William "Bill" Strannix inΒ Under Siege, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp inΒ Man of the House, rancher Pete Perkins inΒ The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaΒ (which he also directed), ColonelΒ Chester PhillipsΒ inΒ Captain America: The First Avenger, CIA Director Robert Dewey inΒ Jason Bourne, and Warden Dwight McClusky inΒ Natural Born Killers. He most recently appeared in the science fiction filmΒ Ad AstraΒ in 2019 and in the comedyΒ The Comeback TrailΒ in 2020.
He has also portrayed historical figures such as businessmanΒ Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes,Β Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens inΒ Lincoln, executed murdererΒ Gary GilmoreΒ inΒ The Executioner's Song, U.S. Army GeneralΒ Douglas MacArthurΒ inΒ Emperor, businessmanΒ Clay Shaw, the only person prosecuted in connection with theΒ assassination of President John F. Kennedy inΒ JFK, Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn, inΒ Coal Miner's Daughter, and baseball playerΒ Ty CobbΒ inΒ Cobb.
