Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Age
66
Birthday
Sep. 15th, 1946
Born in
San Saba, Texas, USA
Height
6'

Tommy Lee Jones' Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
The Academy Awards TV Show
The Academy Awards
Lonesome Dove TV Show
Lonesome Dove
 

Main Movie Roles

2012 - Men in Black III
2010 - The Company Men
2009 - In the Electric Mist
2008 - Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
2007 - No Country for Old Men
2007 - In the Valley of Elah
2006 - A Prairie Home Companion
2005 - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2003 - The Hunted
2002 - Men In Black II
2000 - Rules of Engagement
2000 - Space Cowboys
1999 - Double Jeopardy
1998 - Small Soldiers
1998 - U.S. Marshals
1997 - Volcano
1997 - Men in Black
1995 - Batman Forever
1994 - The Client
1994 - Blown Away
1994 - Natural Born Killers
1994 - Cobb
1993 - Heaven & Earth
1993 - House of Cards
1993 - The Fugitive
1992 - Under Siege
1991 - JFK
1990 - Fire Birds
1989 - The Package
1988 - Stormy Monday
1986 - Black Moon Rising
1984 - The River Rat
1983 - Nate and Hayes
1980 - Coal Miner's Daughter
1978 - Eyes of Laura Mars
1977 - Rolling Thunder
1976 - Jackson County Jail
1970 - Love Story

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
David Needham
1
Aram Kolegian
1
Sharky
1
Dr. Jim Melford
1
Himself
1
Himself
1
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BIOGRAPHY:

Born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Lucille Marie (Scott) Jones, Tommy Lee Jones worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in Dallas, on a scholarship, and went to Harvard on another scholarship.He roomed with future Vice President Al Gore (I) and played offensive guard in the famous 29-29 Harvard-Yale football game of '68 known as "The Tie." He received a B.A. in English literature and graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1969.

Following college, he moved to New York and began his theatrical career on Broadway in "A Patriot for Me" (1969). In 1970, he made his film debut in Love Story (1970). While living in New York, he continued to appear in various plays, both on- and off-Broadway: "Fortune and Men's Eyes" (1969); "Four on a Garden" (1971); "Blue Boys" (1972); "Ulysses in Nighttown" (1974). During this time, he also appeared on a daytime soap opera, "One Life to Live" (1968) as Dr. Mark Toland from 1971-75. He moved with wife Kate Lardner (I), granddaughter of short-story writer/columnist Ring Lardner, and her two children from a previous marriage, to Los Angeles.

There he began to get some roles on television: "Charlie's Angels" (1976) (pilot episode); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) (TV); and The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV). While working on the movie Back Roads (1981), he met and fell in love with Kimberlea Cloughley, whom he later married. More roles in television--both on network and cable--stage and film garnered him a reputation as a strong, explosive, thoughtful actor who could handle supporting as well as leading roles. He made his directorial debut in The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) on TNT. In addition to directing and starring in the film, he co-wrote the teleplay (with J.T. Allen). The film, based on Elmer Kelton's novel, is set in west Texas where Jones has strong family ties. Consequently, this story of a cowboy facing the end of an era has special meaning for him.


TRIVIA:
  • Had a younger brother, born 3 years after the actor, who died in infancy.
  • Became friends with Al Gore when they studied at Harvard and was asked to host the Noble Peace Prize concert for Al Gore.
  • Ten days after graduating from Harvard, he landed his first role in the Broadway production of "A Patriot for Me" (with 'Maximilian Schell' (qv)), which closed after 49 performances. He got his agent after giving a letter of introduction to actress 'Jane Alexander (I)' (qv). 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".
  • 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.
  • Never took an acting class.
  • 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.
  • Father's name was Clyde C. Jones -- he did not have a middle name, just an initial.


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