Tommy Lee Jones Biography

Birthday: 1946-09-15
Place of Birth: San Saba, Texas
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Wiki Biography: 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.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Love Story | 1970 | Drama | |
Big Town | 1987 | Drama | |
The Fugitive | Samuel Gerard | 1993 | Action |
The Client | 'Reverend' Roy Foltrigg | 1994 | Thriller |
Men In Black | Kevin Brown | 1997 | Comedy |
The Hunted | L.T. Bonham | 2003 | Action |
Hunted | L.T. Bonham | 2003 | Action |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Love Story | 1970 | Drama, Romance | |
The Amazing Howard Hughes | Howard Hughes | 1977 | Drama |
The Betsy | Angelo Perino | 1978 | |
Eyes of Laura Mars | 1978 | 0, Reality Tv | |
Rolling Thunder | 1978 | Action, Drama, Crime | |
Nate and Hayes | 1983 | Action, Adventure, Comedy | |
The River Rat | Billy | 1984 | Adventure, Crime, Drama |
Black Moon Rising | 1986 | Sport, Game Show, 0 | |
The Big Town | 1987 | Drama, Romance, Thriller | |
Stormy Monday | 1988 | ||
The Package | Thomas Boyette | 1989 | 0, Comedy, 0 |
Fire Birds | 1990 | ||
Under Siege | William Stranix | 1992 | Action, Thriller |
House of Cards | Jake Beerlander | 1993 | Drama |
The Fugitive | Samuel Gerard | 1993 | Action, Adventure, Crime |
Blown Away | Ryan Gaerity | 1994 | 0, 0, Game Show |
Cobb | Ty Cobb | 1994 | |
Blue Sky | 1994 | 0 | |
The Client | 'Reverend' Roy Foltrigg | 1994 | Thriller, Mystery, Drama |
Batman Forever | Two-Face | 1995 | 0 |
Men in Black | Kevin Brown | 1997 | 0, 0 |
Volcano | Mike Roark | 1997 | Action, Thriller, Drama |
U.S. Marshals | Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard | 1998 | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Double Jeopardy | 1999 | Comedy, 0 | |
Space Cowboys | Hawk Hawkins | 2000 | 0, Game Show, Sport, 0 |
Rules of Engagement | Col. Hayes Hodges | 2000 | 0, 0, 0 |
Men in Black II | Kevin Brown, Agent Kay | 2002 | 0, 0 |
The Hunted | L.T. Bonham | 2003 | Action, Crime, Drama |
The Missing | Samuel Jones | 2003 | Adventure, Thriller |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Pete Perkins | 2005 | 0, Game Show, Fantasy, 0 |
Man of the House | 2005 | Action, Comedy | |
A Prairie Home Companion | 2006 | Comedy, Drama, Music | |
No Country for Old Men | Ed Tom Bell | 2007 | 0 |
In the Valley of Elah | Hank Deerfield | 2007 | 0, Game Show, Comedy |
In the Electric Mist | Dave Robicheaux | 2009 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
The Company Men | Gene McClary | 2010 | |
Captain America: The First Avenger | Colonel Chester Phillips | 2011 | Sport, 0 |
Lincoln | Thaddeus Stevens | 2012 | 0 |
Emperor | General Douglas MacArthur | 2012 | 0, 0, Romance |
Men in Black 3 | Agent K | 2012 | 0, 0 |
Hope Springs | Arnold | 2012 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
The Homesman | George Briggs | 2014 | Drama |
The League | Himself | 2015 | Sport |
Back Roads | 2018 | Game Show |