Cast & creator
Tommy Lee Jones
Best known for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CBS News Sunday Morning, American Playhouse
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.
Also known as: Tom Lee Jones
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film credits
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television credits
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1951–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (129)
Showing 129 of 129 credits
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
American Playhouse
Brick Pollitt
1982
Screen Two
Steve Daley
1985Film '72
Self
1971
POV
Narrator (voice)
1988
Baretta
1975
The Oscars
Self
1953
No Country for Old Men
Ed Tom Bell
2007
Men in Black II
Kay
2002
Captain America: The First Avenger
Colonel Chester Phillips
2011
Men in Black
Kay
1997
Jason Bourne
CIA Director Robert Dewey
2016
The Fugitive
Samuel Gerard
1993
Men in Black 3
Agent K
2012
Mechanic: Resurrection
Max Adams
2016
Double Jeopardy
Travis Lehman
1999
Batman Forever
Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent
1995
On Story
Self
2011
The Early Show
Self - Guest
1999
Under Siege
William Strannix
1992
Natural Born Killers
Warden Dwight McClusky
1994
The Client
Roy Foltrigg
1994
The Family
FBI Agent Robert Stansfield
2013
Lonesome Dove
Woodrow F. Call
1989
Small Soldiers
Chip Hazard (voice)
1998
U.S. Marshals
Samuel Gerard
1998
Ad Astra
H. Clifford McBride
2019
JFK
Clay Shaw
1991
Volcano
Mike Roark
1997
Lincoln
Thaddeus Stevens
2012
In the Valley of Elah
Hank Deerfield
2007
The Comeback Trail
Duke Montana
2020
The Homesman
George Briggs
2014The Homesman
Director
2014The Homesman
Writer
2014The Homesman
Executive Producer
2014
The Burial
Jeremiah O'Keefe
2023
Space Cowboys
Hawk Hawkins
2000
Man of the House
Ranger Roland Sharp
2005Man of the House
Executive Producer
2005
Criminal
Dr. Franks
2016
The Missing
Samuel Jones
2003
The Hunted
L.T. Bonham
2003
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Moses Cooper
1951
Hope Springs
Arnold Soames
2012
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
Blown Away
Ryan Gaerity
1994
Rules of Engagement
Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II
2000
In the Electric Mist
Dave Robicheaux
2009
Shock and Awe
Joe Galloway
2017
Love Story
Hank Simpson
1970
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
1977
Val
Self (archive)
2021
The Company Men
Gene McClary
2010
The Sunset Limited
White
2011The Sunset Limited
Executive Producer
2011The Sunset Limited
Director
2011
The Package
Thomas Boyette
1989
Angel and the Badman
2026
Heaven & Earth
Steve Butler
1993
Emperor
General Douglas MacArthur
2012
Finestkind
Ray Eldridge
2023
Coal Miner's Daughter
'Mooney' Lynn
1980
A Prairie Home Companion
Axeman
2006
Eyes of Laura Mars
John Neville
1978
Just Getting Started
Leo
2017
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Pete Perkins
2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Director
2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Producer
2005
Black Moon Rising
Quint
1986
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
Wander
Jimmy Cleats
2020
The Park Is Mine
Mitch
1986
The Executioner's Song
Gary Mark Gilmore
1982
Fire Birds
Brad Little
1990
The Betsy
Angelo Perino
1978
House of Cards
Jake Beerlander
1993
The Executioner's Song
Gary Gilmore
1982
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Cobb
Ty Cobb
1994
Rolling Thunder
Johnny Vohden
1977
Back Roads
Elmore Pratt
1981
The Big Town
George Cole
1987
Blue Sky
Hank Marshall
1994
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
1977
Double Image
Steve Daley
1986
Nate and Hayes
Captain Bully Hayes
1983
Gotham
Eddie Mallard
1988
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Self - Two-Face
1995
Stormy Monday
Cosmo
1988
Inside the Golden Statue
Self
1998
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Officer Hutton
1976
Flannery
Self
2019Outside Man
Gus Wanamaker
Reach for the Stars
Self
2019
The River Rat
Billy
1984
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Narrator (voice)
2007
The Good Old Boys
Hewey Calloway
1995The Good Old Boys
Director
1995The Good Old Boys
Teleplay
1995
Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
2013
Jackson County Jail
Coley Blake
1976
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
Self
2002
April Morning
Moses Cooper
1988
Stranger on My Land
Bud Whitman
1988
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
Self
2008
The Making of Men in Black
Self
1997Life Study
Gus
1973
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Self
2013
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
Self
2000
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Brick Pollitt
1984
The Rainmaker
Starbuck
1982
The Making of 'No Country for Old Men'
Self - Sherriff Bell
2008
Broken Vows
Pater Joseph McMahon
1987
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Self
2008
The Razor's Edge
Taxman
Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
Self
2002
Men in Black II: Creature Featurettes
Self
2002
Charlie's Angels
Aram
1976Filming “The Hunted”
Self
2003
Eliza's Horoscope
Tommy Lee
1975
Barn Burning
Ab Snopes
1980The Cutting Edge
Self
2003Pursuing “The Hunted”
Self
2003
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
Self
2002
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
Self
2002