Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and
filmmaker. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning the
Best Supporting Actor Oscar 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 TV
miniseries Lonesome Dove, Agent K in the Men in Black film series,
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, the villain Two-Face in
Batman Forever, 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.Jones has also portrayed real-life 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 Lynn, Doolittle, in Coal Miner's Daughter, and
baseball player Ty Cobb in Cobb.Jones was born on September 15, 1946,
in San Saba, Texas. His mother, Lucille Marie (née Scott, born 1928),
was a police officer, school teacher, and beauty shop owner, and his
father, Clyde C. Jones (1926â€"1986), was an oil field worker. The two
were married and divorced twice. He has said that he is of part
Cherokee descent. He was raised in Midland, Texas and attended Robert
E. Lee High School.
filmmaker. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning the
Best Supporting Actor Oscar 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 TV
miniseries Lonesome Dove, Agent K in the Men in Black film series,
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, the villain Two-Face in
Batman Forever, 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.Jones has also portrayed real-life 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 Lynn, Doolittle, in Coal Miner's Daughter, and
baseball player Ty Cobb in Cobb.Jones was born on September 15, 1946,
in San Saba, Texas. His mother, Lucille Marie (née Scott, born 1928),
was a police officer, school teacher, and beauty shop owner, and his
father, Clyde C. Jones (1926â€"1986), was an oil field worker. The two
were married and divorced twice. He has said that he is of part
Cherokee descent. He was raised in Midland, Texas and attended Robert
E. Lee High School.
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