Tommy Lee Jones

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September 15, 1946

Tommy Lee Jones

Dawn Jones (March 19, 2001 - present)

Kimberlea Cloughley (May 30, 1981 - March 28, 1996) (divorced) (2 children)

Kate Lardner (December 31, 1971 - February 9, 1978) (divorced)

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Actor:

2012 Lincoln

2012 Premio Donostia a Tommy Lee Jones (TV movie)

2005-2012 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series)

2012 E! Online Live from the Red Carpet Men in Black 3 (TV documentary)

2011 Men In Black 3

2011 Captain America

2010 The Company Men

2009 In the Electric Mist

2007 In the Valley of Elah

2007 No Country For Old Men

2006 A Prairie Home Companion

2006 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005 Man of the House

2003 The Missing

2003 The Hunted

2002 Men In Black II

2000 Space Cowboys

2000 Rules of Engagement

1999 Double Jeopardy

1998 Small Soldiers(voice)

1998 U.S. Marshals

1997 Men In Black

1997 Volcano

1995 Batman Forever

1995 The Good Old Boys (TV)

1994 Cobb

1994 Blue Sky

1994 Natural Born Killers

1994 The Client

1994 Blown Away

Heaven & Earth (1993)

1993 The Fugitive

1993 House of Cards

1992 Under Siege

1991 JFK

1990 Fire Birds

1989 The Package

1989 "Lonesome Dove"

1988 Gotham (TV)

1988 "Hallmark Hall of Fame"

1988 Stormy Monday

1988 Stranger on My Land (TV)

1987 The Big Town

1987 Broken Vows (TV)

1986 Yuri Nosenko, KGB (TV)

1986 Black Moon Rising

1986 The Park Is Mine (TV)

1984 The River Rat

1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV)

1983 Nate and Hayes

1982 The Executioner's Song (TV)

1982 The Rainmaker (TV)

1981 Back Roads

1980 Barn Burning (TV)

1980 Coal Miner's Daughter

1971-1979"One Life to Live"

1978 Eyes of Laura Mars

1978 The Betsy

1977 Rolling Thunder

1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes (TV)

1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (TV)

1976 "Family"

1976 Jackson County Jail

1976 "Charlie's Angels"

1976 "Baretta"

1975 "Barnaby Jones"

1975 Eliza's Horoscope

1973 Life Study

1970 Love Story

Director:

2010 The Sunset Limited (TV)

2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

1995 The Good Old Boys (TV)

Producer:

2010 The Sunset Limited (TV) (executive producer)

2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (producer)

2005 Man of the House (executive producer)

Writer:

1995 The Good Old Boys (TV) (teleplay)

1978 Eyes of Laura Mars (monologue writer) (uncredited)

Appearances:

2012 Cinema 3 (TV series)

2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)

2012 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)

Sundance Skippy (2009)

8:Ivy League Football and America (2008) (TV)

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008)

"P.O.V." (1 episode, 2008)

The Making of 'No Country for Old Men' (2008)

The 80th Annual Academy Awards 2008 (TV)

After Iraq (2008)

Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes, 2007-2008)

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008) (TV)

"Film '72" (2 episodes, 2004-2008)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (3 episodes, 2002-2007)

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez (2007) Narrator

"HBO First Look" (4 episodes, 1997-2006)

"The Hollywood Greats" (1 episode, 2006)

Late Show with David Letterman (1 episode, 2006)

A Prairie Home Companion: Exclusive Sneak Peek (2006)

The Charlie Rose Show (1 episode, 2005)

"The Early Show" (1 episode, 2005)

"CBS News Sunday Morning" (1 episode, 2005)

"L'hebdo cinéma" (1 episode, 2005)

"Corazón de..." (1 episode, 2005)

"Magacine" (1 episode, 2005)

"Le grand journal de Canal+" (1 episode, 2005)

New Frontiers: Making 'The Missing' (2004)

Filming 'The Hunted' (2003)

The Cutting Edge (2003)

Pursuing 'The Hunted' (2003)

The 75th Annual Academy Awards 2003 (TV) (uncredited)

Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' (2002)

Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy (2002)

Creature Featurettes (2002)

Headliners & Legends: Will Smith (2001) (TV)

Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (2001)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2000) (TV)

Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' (2000)

"Larry King Live" (1 episode, 2000)

2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV)

The 72nd Annual Academy Awards 2000 (TV)

The Making of 'Double Jeopardy' (2000)

"The Directors" (1 episode, 2000)

The Making of 'Space Cowboys' (2000) (TV)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998) (TV)

The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997) (TV)

Inside the Actors Studio (1 episode, 1996)

This Morning (1 episode, 1995)

Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? (1995) (TV)

"Showbiz Today" (1 episode, 1995)

The 67th Annual Academy Awards 1995 (TV)

The 66th Annual Academy Awards 1994 (TV)

1994-2012 The Charlie Rose Show (TV series)

"Nyhetsmorgon" (1 episode, 1993)

The 64th Annual Academy Awards 1992 (TV)

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992)

Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic (1991) (TV)

The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1981 (TV)

Academy Awards

2008 Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: In the Valley of Elah (2007)

1994 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Fugitive (1993)

1992 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: JFK (1991)

BAFTA Awards

2008 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men (2007)

1994 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Fugitive (1993)

1993 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: JFK (1991)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Action Team (Internet Only) for: Space Cowboys (2000). Shared with: Clint Eastwood, James Garner & Donald Sutherland

2000 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Suspense for: Double Jeopardy (1999)

1999 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Duo - Action/Adventure for: U.S. Marshals (1998). Shared with: Wesley Snipes

1998 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi for: Men in Black (1997)

Boston Film Festival

1993 Won Film Excellence Award

Cannes Film Festival

2005 Won Best Actor for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

2005 Nominated Golden Palm for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Emmy Awards

1989 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for: "Lonesome Dove" (1989) for: part IV ("The Return")

1983 Won Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for: The Executioner's Song (1982) (TV)

Ghent International Film Festival

2005 Won Grand Prix for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Golden Boot Awards

2003 Golden Boot

Golden Globes

2013 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Lincoln (2012)

1994 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: The Fugitive (1993)

1990 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: "Lonesome Dove" (1989)

1981 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy for: Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Gotham Awards

2006 Nominated Best Ensemble Cast for: A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Independent Spirit Awards

2006 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Feature for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Shared with: Michael Fitzgerald, Luc Besson & Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

1994 Won KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fugitive (1993)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2012 Won Sierra Award Best Supporting Actor for: Lincoln (2012)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2008 Nominated ALFS Award Actor of the Year for: In the Valley of Elah (2007)

Lone Star Film & Television Awards

1996 Won Lone Star Film & Television Award Best TV Actor for: The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV)

1996 Won Lone Star Film & Television Award Best TV Director for: The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1993 Won LAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fugitive (1993)

MTV Movie Awards

1998 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo for: Men in Black (1997), Shared with: Will Smith

1996 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Villain for: Batman Forever (1995)

1995 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Villain for: Blown Away (1994)

1994 Won MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo for: The Fugitive (1993) Shared with: Harrison Ford

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2012 3rd place NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for: Lincoln (2012)

Palm Beach International Film Festival

2000 Lifetime Achievement Award Acting

Prism Awards

2012 Nominated Prism Award Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries for: The Sunset Limited (2011) (TV)

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2007 Won SDFCS Award Best Supporting Actor for: No Country for Old Men (2007)

San Sebastián International Film Festival

2012 Won Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Satellite Awards

2012 Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Lincoln (2012)

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Company Men (2010)

2007 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for: In the Valley of Elah (2007)

2005 Nominated Satellite Award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

1998 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for: Men in Black (1997)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2013 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: Lincoln (2012). Shared with: Daniel Day-Lewis, Hal Holbrook, David Strathairn, Sally Field, James Spader & Joseph Gordon-Levitt

2013 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for: Lincoln (2012)

2008 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: No Country for Old Men (2007)

2008 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for: No Country for Old Men (2007)

1996 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for: The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

1994 Won SEFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: The Fugitive (1993)

USA Film Festival

1997 Master Screen Artist Tribute

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2012 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Acting Ensemble for: Lincoln (2012). Shared with: John Hawkes,
Tim Blake Nelson, Jackie Earle Haley, David Strathairn, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jared Harris, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce McGill, Daniel Day-Lewis James Spader, Sally Field, Joseph Cross, Hal Holbrook & Lee Pace

2012 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor for: Lincoln (2012)

Walk of Fame (Hollywood)

1994 Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 6925 Hollywood Blvd.

Western Heritage Awards

2006 Won Bronze Wrangler Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture for: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

1990 Won Bronze Wrangler Television Feature Film for: "Lonesome Dove" (1989)

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I do not have a sense of humour of any recognizable sort.

I love cinema, and I love agriculture.

Somebody's gonna give you some money to perform a job, you do your best to make 'em a good hand...

It's no mean calling to bring fun into the afternoons of large numbers of people. That too is part of my job, and I'm happy to serve when called on.

I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different
sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving. You just leave the bad part out.

I really enjoyed a remark that Howard Hawks once made. He said the most important thing is not to ask an actor to do anything he can't do. Same thing goes for horses.

You just look for good parts and good stories and a good company to work with. Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

It's been said, truthfully, that every actor has a moment in every year, at least, when he knows for sure that he'll never work again. That's a more or less humorous way to point to the insecurity that comes with the job. I think
that's why [Laurence Olivier] said, "If you have any choice at all, don't be an actor".

[on working with famous movie stars] I feel pretty lucky. Those guys, they know my name. They know who I am. Not bad for a little Indian boy. Not bad.

[on Will Smith] Will is more generous than anyone, and he spreads joy. He walks into a studio, walks onto a set, and he makes certain that everybody's happy. He can't help himself.

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His father's name was Clyde C. Jones. He did not have a middle name, just an initial and his Mother was Lucille Marie (Scott) Jones.

An eighth-generation Texan, he has a Cherokee Native American grandparent, and is mostly of Welsh ancestry.

The worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig.

He and Al Gore were roommates while the two were students at Harvard University. The two remain close friends.

Ten days after graduating from Harvard, he landed his first role in the Broadway production of "A Patriot for Me". His story of how he found an agent and a Broadway job so quickly was written about in an issue of "Ripley's
Believe It or Not".

He is a part time cattle rancher, owns 3,000-acre ranch near San Antonio, TX.

Never took an acting class.

Plays polo and raises polo ponies. His team won the U.S. Polo Association's Western Challenge Cup in 1993. Invites the Harvard's best polo players to his ranch to practice each fall.

Speaks Spanish fluently.

He is a first cousin of Boxcar Willie, a famous country singer.

Turned down the role of Redfoot, the LA fence in The Usual Suspects (1995).

His real-life son, Austin Leonard Jones, played his son, Tommy, in Yuri Nosenko, KGB (1986).

According to author Erich Segal, Jones and his then Harvard roommate Al Gore, were the models for the character of Oliver in Love Story (1970).

Writes most of his own most memorable lines in films.

Owns the movie rights to Cormac McCarthy's controversial novel "Blood Meridian," which many consider unfilmable.

Is an avid San Antonio Spurs fan.

At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, he presented the nominating speech for Al Gore as the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States.

Salary

No Country For Old Men (2007) $10,000,000

Men In Black II (2002) $20,000,000+ gross %

U.S. Marshals (1998) $10,000,000

Men In Black (1997) $7,000,000

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