American actor and film director Tommy Lee Jones has appeared in numerous films and television series since his acting debut in 1970. One of his first notable roles was as Oliver "Doolittle Mooney" Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter with Sissy Spacek (1980). He then went on to play one of his most notable roles as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive with Harrison Ford. He has had starring roles in the films The Client (1994), Natural Born Killers (1994), Cobb (1994), and Volcano (1997). Also in 1997, he was cast as Agent K in the science fiction action comedy film Men in Black opposite Will Smith, a role he went on to reprise in Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 (2012). Other notable film roles include terrorist William "Bill" Strannix in Under Siege (1992), villain Two-Face in Batman Forever (1995), parole officer Travis Lehman in Double Jeopardy, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp in Man of the House (2005), rancher Pete Perkins in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men (2007), Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah (2007), Colonel Chester Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and CIA Director Robert Dewey in Jason Bourne (2016).
He has played several real-life people in film including businessman Clay Shaw in JFK (1991), Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln (2012), U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in Emperor (2012), Joseph L. Galloway in Shock and Awe (2017), and portrays Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe in the 2023 film The Burial.
His notable television roles include playing Howard Hughes in the television film The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) and Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989).
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Love Story | Hank Simpson | ||
| 1973 | Life Study | Gus | ||
| 1975 | Eliza's Horoscope | Tommy Lee | ||
| 1976 | Jackson County Jail | Coley Blake | ||
| 1977 | Rolling Thunder | Master Sergeant Johnny Vohden | ||
| 1978 | The Betsy | Angelo Perino | ||
| Eyes of Laura Mars | Detective John Neville | |||
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Oliver "Doolittle Mooney" Lynn | ||
| Barn Burning | Ab Snopes | Short film | ||
| 1981 | Back Roads | Elmore Pratt | ||
| 1983 | Nate and Hayes | Captain "Bully" Hayes | ||
| 1984 | The River Rat | Billy | ||
| 1986 | Black Moon Rising | Sam Quint | ||
| 1987 | The Big Town | George Cole | ||
| 1988 | Stormy Monday | Cosmo | ||
| Gotham | Eddie Mallard | |||
| 1989 | The Package | Thomas Boyette | ||
| 1990 | Fire Birds | Captain Brad Little | ||
| 1991 | JFK | Clay Shaw / Clay Bertrand | ||
| 1992 | Under Siege | William Strannix | ||
| 1993 | House of Cards | Jake Beerlander | ||
| The Fugitive | Samuel Gerard | [1] | ||
| Heaven & Earth | Steve Butler | |||
| 1994 | Blown Away | Ryan Gaerity | ||
| The Client | Roy "Reverend Roy" Foltrigg | [2] | ||
| Natural Born Killers | Warden Dwight McClusky | |||
| Blue Sky | Major Hank Marshall | |||
| Cobb | Ty Cobb | |||
| 1995 | Batman Forever | Harvey Dent / Two-Face | ||
| 1997 | Volcano | Michael Roark | ||
| Men in Black | Kevin Brown / Agent K | |||
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals | Samuel Gerard | ||
| Small Soldiers | Major Chip Hazard (voice) | |||
| 1999 | Double Jeopardy | Travis Lehman | ||
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Colonel Hayes "Hodge" Hodges | ||
| Space Cowboys | William "Hawk" Hawkins | |||
| 2002 | Men in Black II | Kevin Brown / Agent K | ||
| 2003 | The Hunted | L.T. Bonham | ||
| The Missing | Samuel Jones | |||
| 2005 | Man of the House | Ranger Lieutenant Roland Sharp | Also executive producer | |
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Pete Perkins | Also producer and director | ||
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Axeman | ||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Sheriff Ed Tom Bell | ||
| In the Valley of Elah | Hank Deerfield | |||
| 2008 | Harvard Beats Yale 29–29 | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist | Dave Robicheaux | ||
| 2010 | The Company Men | Gene McClary | ||
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Colonel Chester Phillips | ||
| The Sunset Limited | White | Also director | ||
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Kevin Brown / Agent K | ||
| Hope Springs | Arnold Soames | |||
| Lincoln | Thaddeus Stevens | |||
| Emperor | General Douglas MacArthur | |||
| 2013 | The Family | FBI Agent Robert Stansfield | [3] | |
| 2014 | The Homesman | George Briggs | Also writer, executive producer and director | [4] |
| 2016 | Criminal | Dr. Micah Franks | ||
| Jason Bourne | CIA Director Robert Dewey | |||
| Mechanic: Resurrection | Max Adams | |||
| 2017 | Shock and Awe | Joseph L. Galloway | ||
| Just Getting Started | Leo McKay | |||
| 2019 | Ad Astra | Clifford McBride | ||
| 2020 | Wander | Jimmy Cleats | ||
| The Comeback Trail | Duke Montana | |||
| 2023 | Finestkind | Ray Eldridge | [5] | |
| The Burial | Jerry O'Keefe | [6] |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–1975 | One Life to Live | Dr. Mark Toland | 21 episodes | |
| 1975 | Barnaby Jones | Dr. Jim Melford | Episode: "Fatal Witness" | |
| 1976 | Smash-Up on Interstate 5 | Officer Hutton | TV film | |
| 1976 | Baretta | Sharky | Episode: "Dead Man Out" | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Aram Kolegian | Episode: "Charlie's Angels" | |
| 1976 | Family | David Needham | Episode: "Coming of Age" | |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Howard Hughes | TV film | |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Gary Gilmore | TV film | |
| 1982 | The Rainmaker | Starbuck | TV film | |
| 1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | "Brick" Pollitt | TV film | |
| 1985 | The Park is Mine | Mitch | TV film | |
| 1986 | Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent | Steve Daley | TV film | |
| 1987 | Broken Vows | Peter Joseph McMahon | TV film | |
| 1988 | Stranger on My Land | Bud Whitman | TV film | |
| 1988 | April Morning | Moses Cooper | TV film | |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Woodrow F. Call | Miniseries; 4 episodes | [7] |
| 1995 | The Good Old Boys | Hewey Calloway | TV film; also director | |
| 2011 | The Sunset Limited | White | TV film; also director and executive producer |
Stage edit
| Year | Production | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | A Patriot for Me | Various | Imperial Theatre | |
| 1971 | Four on a Garden | Joel | Broadhurst Theatre | |
| 1974 | Ulysses in Nighttown | Stephen Dedalus | Winter Garden Theatre | |
| 1980 | True West | Austin | Joseph Papp Public Theater |
References edit
- ^ "The Fugitive". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ Roger Ebert (July 20, 1994). "The Client movie review and film summary (1994)". Rogerebert.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (August 14, 2012). "Toronto 2012: Paul Andrew Williams' 'Song for Marion' to Close 37th Edition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ^ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 5, 2022). "Paramount+ Picks Up Crime Thriller 'Finestkind' Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace & Jenna Ortega". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ Knowles, Lindsay (March 8, 2022). "New film to tell story of landmark case involving Coast funeral home and former Biloxi mayor". wlox.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ Limbong, Andrew (March 26, 2021). "'Lonesome Dove' Author Larry McMurtry Has Died". NPR.org. Retrieved June 20, 2022.