Tommy Lee Jones
Biography
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor, director, and former football player who was born in San Saba, Texas, and raised in Midland. He moved into acting after college and spent his early years on stage and television before becoming a leading man in the 1990s, often cast in gruff, authoritative parts. He earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor by playing U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive (1993). His Oscar-nominated turns include JFK (1991), In the Valley of Elah (2007), and Lincoln (2012). He played Agent K in the Men in Black series and appeared in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Under Siege (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Batman Forever (1995), No Country for Old Men (2007), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and Ad Astra (2019). He also won a Primetime Emmy for The Executioner's Song (1982) and directed The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), winning Best Actor at Cannes.
80years old
Turns 81 on September 15in 309 days
- Born San Saba
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Thomas Lee Jones and Tom Lee Jones
Movie Career
- Films
- 68
- Career span
- 53 years1970 to 2023
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First role
After he finished at Harvard in 1969, Jones went to New York City to act, and that same year he first appeared on Broadway in A Patriot for Me, taking several supporting parts.
First role
Jones landed his first film role in 1970, a Harvard student in Love Story. Erich Segal, who wrote the book, said the lead character Oliver drew on two Harvard roommates he had known, Jones and Al Gore.
Behind the award
When Jones accepted his Oscar, he had shaved his head for his part in the film Cobb, and he joked about it in his speech, saying he was not really bald.
Own stunts
Jones was a guard for the Harvard Crimson from 1965 to 1968. He earned first-team All-Ivy League honors and appeared in the 1968 Game, where Harvard made a last-minute 16-point comeback to tie Yale.
Behind the camera
Jones directed The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, his first theatrical feature film, which was presented at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His performance in it won him the Best Actor Award at Cannes.
A change of course
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in Japanese TV commercials for Suntory's Boss coffee brand. He plays "Alien Jones", an extraterrestrial who takes human form to check on the world of humans.
Tommy Lee Jones movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Barry Sonnenfeld directed three of these films, Oliver Stone three and Andrew Davis three. Three actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Barry Sonnenfeld
All films by Oliver Stone
Andrew DavisDirector, 3 films, 1989 to 1993
All films by Andrew Davis
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- Meryl StreepThe Homesman (2014), Hope Springs (2012) and A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
- Gary OldmanCriminal (2016), Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1992) and JFK (1991)
- Joe PantolianoJust Getting Started (2017), U.S. Marshals (1998) and The Fugitive (1993)
- Josh BrolinMen in Black 3 (2012), In the Valley of Elah (2007) and No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Will SmithMen in Black 3 (2012), Men in Black II (2002) and Men in Black (1997)
- William SandersonThe Client (1994), Black Moon Rising (1986) and Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
- Dale DyeRules of Engagement (2000), Blue Sky (1994) and Fire Birds (1990)
- Michael Paul ChanU.S. Marshals (1998), Batman Forever (1995) and Stranger on My Land (1988)
- John FinnAd Astra (2019), The Hunted (2003) and Blown Away (1994)
- Levon HelmIn the Electric Mist (2009), The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) and Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tommy Lee Jones's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$5.8 billion
50 of the 68 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 68 films: 50 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 50Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 60% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$654M11.3% of the total
- 2$589M10.2% of the total
- 3$445M7.7% of the total
- 4$415M7.2% of the total
- 5$371M6.4% of the total
- 6$369M6.4% of the total
- 7$337M5.8% of the total
- 8$275M4.8% of the total
$2.3 billionfrom the other 42 films with a worldwide figure, 40% of the total
Awards
Six awards and honors from 1983 to 2012, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actor | The Fugitive | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The Fugitive | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1983 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Executioner's Song | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 2005 | Best Director Award | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2012 | Donostia Award | Won | |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.