Tommy Lee Jones
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 Tommy Lee Jones at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, September 2007 |
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| Born | Tommy Lee Jones September 15, 1946 San Saba, Texas, U.S. |
| Years active | 1970 - present |
| Notable works | Doolittle 'Mooney' Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) Clay Shaw in JFK (1991) Two-Face/Harvey Dent in Batman Forever (1995) Woodrow F. Call in Lonesome Dove (1989) Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive (1993) and U.S. Marshals (1998) Agent K in Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln (2012) |
| Height | 6'1" (1.85 m) |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1993 The Fugitive Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special 1983 The Executioner's Song Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 1994 The Fugitive Screen Actor Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 2013 Lincoln |
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and director. He won the Academy and the Golden Globe awards in 1993 for his role in the movie The Fugitive.
He was born in Texas in 1946.[1] His father worked on oil rigs so the family moved around quite a bit. Jones was given an athletic scholarship to go to a school in Dallas, Texas. After finishing school he worked on the oil rigs before going to Harvard University to study English.[1]
He finished university in 1969 and moved to New York to be an actor. His first role was in the Broadway play, A Patriot For Me. He had many small parts until he got the main role in the movie JFK. He won the Academy Award for the best actor in a supporting role for the movie The Fugitive.[1]
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