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Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones
Birthday: 1946-09-15
Place of Birth: San Saba, Texas, USA
Biography: Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive. His other notable starring roles include Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove, Agent K in the Men in Black film series, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah, the villain Two-Face in Batman Forever, Mike Roark in the disaster film Volcano, terrorist William "Bill" Strannix in Under Siege, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp in Man of the House, rancher Pete Perkins in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (which he also directed), Colonel Chester Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger, CIA Director Robert Dewey in Jason Bourne, and Warden Dwight McClusky in Natural Born Killers. He most recently appeared in the science fiction film Ad Astra in 2019 and in the comedy The Comeback Trail in 2020. He has also portrayed historical figures such as businessman Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes, Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln, executed murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song, U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in Emperor, businessman Clay Shaw, the only person prosecuted in connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in JFK, Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn, in Coal Miner's Daughter, and baseball player Ty Cobb in Cobb.
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Love Story
6.8
Love Story, 1970
Romance
Drama
Coal Miner's Daughter
7.2
Coal Miner's Daughter, 1980
Drama
JFK
7.6
JFK, 1991
Drama
Thriller
Historical
Under Siege
6.3
Under Siege, 1992
Action
Thriller
The Fugitive
7.5
The Fugitive, 1993
Action
Thriller
Drama
Heaven & Earth
6.7
Heaven & Earth, 1993
Historical
War
Action
Drama
Natural Born Killers
7.1
Natural Born Killers, 1994
Detective
Thriller
Drama
The Client
6.7
The Client, 1994
Drama
Thriller
Detective
Mystery
Blown Away
6.2
Blown Away, 1994
Action
Batman Forever
5.4
Batman Forever, 1995
Action
Detective
Fantasy
Men in Black
7.2
Men in Black, 1997
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Volcano
5.9
Volcano, 1997
Sci-Fi
Action
Drama
Thriller
Small Soldiers
6.5
Small Soldiers, 1998
Comedy
Adventure
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Action
U.S. Marshals
6.5
U.S. Marshals, 1998
Thriller
Detective
Action
Double Jeopardy
6.6
Double Jeopardy, 1999
Drama
Thriller
Mystery
Rules of Engagement
6.2
Rules of Engagement, 2000
War
Drama
Space Cowboys
6.4
Space Cowboys, 2000
Action
Adventure
Thriller
Men in Black II
6.4
Men in Black II, 2002
Action
Comedy
Sci-Fi
The Missing
6.3
The Missing, 2003
Thriller
Western
Adventure
The Hunted
6.2
The Hunted, 2003
Drama
Action
Thriller
Detective
Man of the House
5.7
Man of the House, 2005
Comedy
Action
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
7.0
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, 2005
Adventure
Detective
Drama
Mystery
Western
A Prairie Home Companion
6.3
A Prairie Home Companion, 2006
Drama
Comedy
No Country for Old Men
7.9
No Country for Old Men, 2007
Detective
Drama
Thriller
In the Valley of Elah
6.8
In the Valley of Elah, 2007
Historical
Drama
Thriller
Detective
Mystery
In the Electric Mist
6.1
In the Electric Mist, 2009
Thriller
Drama
Detective
Mystery
The Company Men
6.5
The Company Men, 2010
Drama
Captain America: The First Avenger
7.0
Captain America: The First Avenger, 2011
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Men in Black 3
6.5
Men in Black 3, 2012
Action
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Lincoln
6.9
Lincoln, 2012
Historical
Drama
Emperor
6.1
Emperor, 2012
Drama
Historical
War
Hope Springs
6.3
Hope Springs, 2012
Drama
Comedy
Romance
The Family
6.4
The Family, 2013
Detective
Comedy
Action
The Homesman
6.6
The Homesman, 2014
Western
Drama
Mechanic: Resurrection
6.0
Mechanic: Resurrection, 2016
Action
Detective
Thriller
Jason Bourne
6.3
Jason Bourne, 2016
Action
Thriller
Mystery
Drama
Criminal
6.2
Criminal, 2016
Action
Detective
Sci-Fi
Ad Astra
6.1
Ad Astra, 2019
Sci-Fi
Drama
The Comeback Trail
5.9
The Comeback Trail, 2020
Comedy
Detective
Wander
5.3
Wander, 2020
Thriller
Detective
Mystery
The Burial
7.2
The Burial, 2023
Comedy
Drama