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Tommy Lee Jones, born September 15, 1946, is an illustrious American actor who has enjoyed a long and storied career. Earning numerous accolades, his prizes include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy, and two Screen Actors Guild awards. After moving to New York City to become an actor, soon after graduating from Harvard in 1969, he first found fame on Broadway. His first film role, also in 1970, saw him playing a Harvard student in Love Story. He has portrayed diverse roles from a hunted escaped convict in Jackson County Jail (1976), a Vietnam veteran in Rolling Thunder (1977) to a cowboy and oil field worker in The Good Old Boys (1995). Jones' breakthrough came in the 1990s when he established himself as a leading man and is best known for his exceptional performances in The Fugitive (1993) and Men in Black franchise. Jones directed his first theatrical feature film, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada in 2005, bagging the Best Actor award at Cannes. His direction also extends to the acclaimed HBO film, The Sunset Limited (2011). Jones married Dawn Laurel in 2001 and they currently reside in Texas.
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Given Name: Tommy Lee Jones
Born: San Saba, Texas, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: September 15, 1946
Occupations: Actor, Film director
Years Active: 1969-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Katherine Lardner, Kimberlea Cloughley, Dawn Laurel
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Supporting Actor)
The FugitiveBatman Forever
Jason Bourne
No Country for Old Men
The Homesman
In the Valley of Elah
Space Cowboys
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Ad Astra
The Company Men
Cobb
The Family
Wander
Mechanic: Resurrection
Men in Black
Men in Black III
Men in Black II
Shock and Awe
Always at The Carlyle
The Client
Volcano
Rules of Engagement
Hope Springs
The Hunted
Double Jeopardy
The Missing
Just Getting Started
Eyes of Laura Mars
Man of the House
Rolling Thunder
The Fugitive
U.S. Marshals
Emperor
Criminal
Flannery
Back Roads
The Package
The Big Town
Black Moon Rising
Fire Birds
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Burial
Finestkind
The Sunset Limited
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Flannery
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Barn Burning
The Executioner’s Song
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The River Rat
The Park Is Mine
The Rainmaker
Nate and Hayes
Stranger on My Land
April Morning
Gotham
Lonesome Dove
Broken Vows
Stormy Monday
Double Image
The Comeback Trail
Broken Vows
Stormy Monday
Double Image
The Comeback Trail
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Blue Sky
The Betsy
Blown Away
In the Electric Mist
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Heaven & Earth
Jackson County Jail
Eliza’s Horoscope
Small Soldiers
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin’s Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
The Good Old Boys
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2020
Wander
Jimmy Cleats
Flannery
Self
The Comeback Trail
Duke Montana
The Comeback Trail
Duke Montana
2016
Jason Bourne
Mechanic: Resurrection
Criminal
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Doolittle Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)
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