Tommy Lee Jones: Movies, Awards & Box Office

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.