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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Maurice Jarre to Lawrence N. Kasha
Tommy Lee Jones Biography (1946-)
Born September 15, 1946, in San Saba, TX; son of Clyde C. (an oil field worker) and Lucille Marie (a police officer, schoolteacher, and beauty shop owner;maiden name, Scott) Jones; married Katherine "Kate" Lardner (an actress), 1971 (divorced, 1978); married Kimberlea Gayle Cloughley (a photojournalist), May 30, 1981 (divorced, 1996); married Dawn Maria Laurel (a photographer), March 19, 2001; children: (second marriage) Austin Leonard, Victoria Kafka. Addresses: Manager: Michael Black Management, 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 640, Los Angeles, CA 90036.; Publicist: Jennifer Allen, PMK/HBH, 8500 WilshireBlvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Contact: c/o P.O. Box 966, San Saba, TX 76877.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director, writer
- Birth Details
- September 15, 1946
- San Saba, Texas, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Film debut; as Tom Lee Jones) Hank, Love Story, Paramount, 1970
- Tommy, Eliza's Horoscope, O-Zali Films, 1970
- Gus, Life Study, Nebbco, 1972
- Coley Blake, Jackson County Jail (also known as The Innocent Victim and Outside Chance), New World, 1976
- Johnny Vohden, Rolling Thunder, American International Pictures, 1977
- Angelo Perino, The Betsy (also known as Harold Robbins' The Betsey), Allied Artists, 1978
- John Neville, Eyes of Laura Mars, Columbia, 1978
- Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter, Universal, 1980
- Elmore Pratt, Back Roads, Warner Bros., 1981
- Captain Bully Hayes, Nate and Hayes (also known as Savage Islands), Paramount, 1983
- Billy, The River Rat, Paramount, 1984
- Quint, Black Moon Rising, New World, 1986
- George Cole, The Big Town, Columbia, 1987
- Cosmo, Stormy Monday, Atlantic Releasing, 1988
- Thomas Boyette, The Package, Orion, 1989
- Brad Little, Fire Birds (also known as Wings of the Apache), Buena Vista, 1990
- Clay Shaw, JFK, Warner Bros., 1991
- William Strannix, Under Siege (also known as Piege an haute mer), Warner Bros., 1992
- Himself, Beyond "JFK": The Question of Conspiracy (documentary), 1992
- U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard, The Fugitive, Warner Bros., 1993
- Steve Butler, Heaven & Earth (also known as Entre ciel et terre), Warner Bros., 1993
- Dr. Jake Beerlander, House of Cards, Miramax, 1993
- Colonel Hank Marshall, Blue Sky, Orion, 1994
- Ryan Gaerity, Blown Away, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1994
- Dwight McClusky, Natural Born Killers, Warner Bros., 1994
- "Reverend" Roy Foltrigg, The Client, Warner Bros., 1994
- Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (title role), Cobb, Warner Bros., 1994
- Harvey "Two-face" Dent, Batman Forever (also known as Forever), Warner Bros., 1995
- Mike Roark, Volcano, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
- Agent K, Men in Black (also known as MIB), Columbia, 1997
- Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard, U.S. Marshals, Warner Bros., 1998
- Voice of Major Chip Hazard, Small Soldiers (also known as The Commando Elite), DreamWorks, 1998
- Travis Lehman, Double Jeopardy (also known as Double Condamnation and Doppelmord), Paramount, 1999
- Colonel Hayes "Hodge" Hodges, Rules of Engagement (also known as Les regles d'engagement and Rules--Sekunden der Entscheidung), Paramount, 2000
- Colonel William "Hawk" Hawkins, Space Cowboys, Warner Bros., 2000
- Agent K, Men in Black II (also known as MIB 2 and MIIB), Columbia, 2002
- L. T. Bonham, The Hunted, Paramount, 2003
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Officer Hutton, Smash-up on Interstate 5, ABC, 1976
- Title role, The Amazing Howard Hughes, CBS, 1977
- Abner Snopes, "Barn Burning," American Short Stories (also known as American Short Story Collection: The Barn Burning), 1980
- Bill Starbuck, The Rainmaker, HBO, 1982
- Mitch Harris, The Park Is Mine, HBO, 1985
- Steve Daley, Yuri Nosenko, KGB, HBO, 1986
- Father Joseph McMahon, Broken Vows (also known as Hennesseyand Where the Dark Streets Go), CBS, 1987
- Buddy Whitman, Stranger on My Land, ABC, 1988
- Moses Cooper, "April Morning," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1988
- Eddie Martel Mallard, Gotham (also known as The Dead Can't Lie), Showtime, 1988
- Hewey Collaway, The Good Old Boys, TNT, 1995
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Miniseries
- Gary Mark Gilmore, The Executioner's Song, NBC, 1982
- Woodrow F. Call, Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989
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Specials
- Brick Pollitt, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Showtime, 1984, then broadcast on American Playhouse, PBS, 1985
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Texas 150: A Celebration, ABC, 1986
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Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic, The Nashville Network, 1992
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Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?, ABC, 1995
- Interviewee, "Al Gore: A Burning Ambition," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1998
- Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Tipper Gore, Lifetime, 2000
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 2000
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The Making of "Space Cowboys," 2000
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Episodic
- Dr. Jim Melford, "Fatal Witness," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1975
- Sharky, "Dead Man Out," Baretta, 1976
- David, Family, 1976
- Also appeared in Backstory, AMC, and Inside the Actors Studio.
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Awards Presentations
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The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
- Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997
- Presenter, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 2000
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The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
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Other
- Dr. Mark Toland, One Life to Live (series; also known as Between Heaven and Hell and One Life to Live: The Summer of Seduction),ABC, 1971-1975
- Aram Kolegian, Charlie's Angels (pilot), ABC, 1976
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Television Director
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Movies
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The Good Old Boys, TNT, 1995
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Stage Appearances
- (Broadway debut) A Patriot for Me, Imperial Theatre, 1969
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Fortune and Men's Eyes, Stage 73, New York City, 1969
- Delivery Man, House of Dunkelmayer, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1971
- Joel, Toreador, Broadhurst Theatre, 1971
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Four on a Garden, Broadhurst Theatre, 1971
- Simpson and Papa, Blue Boys, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1972
- Stephen Dedalus, Ulysses in Nighttown, Winter Garden Theatre, NewYork City, 1974
- Austin, True West, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre,New York City, 1981
- Also appeared in Fishing and The Time Trial, both New YorkShakespeare Festival.
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Stage Director
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The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, Josephine Street Theatre, SanAntonio, TX, 1990
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
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Metamorphosis of Men in Black, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2000
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Design in Motion: The Look of "Men in Black II," Columbia TriStarHome Video, 2002
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Creature Featurettes, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002
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Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy, Columbia TriStarHome Video, 2002
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Audio Books
- Narrator (with others), Texas Bound: Stories by Texas Writers Read byTexas Actors, 1994
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WRITINGS
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Television Movies
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The Good Old Boys, TNT, 1995
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Songs Featured in Films
- "Love You to Death" and "Rap Mama Goose," Under Siege (also knownas Piege an haute mer), Warner Bros., 1992
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996
- Marill, Alvin H., The Films of Tommy Lee Jones, Carol Publishing Group (Secaucus, NJ), 1998
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Newsmakers 1994, Issue 4, Gale, 1994
Periodicals
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Cowboys and Indians, September, 2000, pp. 144-49, 183
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Elle, August, 1993
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Empire, October, 1997, pp. 92-93
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Entertainment Weekly, December 23, 1994, pp. 28-33
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Film Comment, January-February, 1994, pp. 30-36
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GQ, March, 1994, pp. 210-15
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Interview, June, 1995, p. 80
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Jet, June 23, 1997, p. 62
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Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1993, pp. F6, F28-F30
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New Yorker, April 4, 1994, pp. 57-63
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New York Times, March 5, 1995, sec. 2
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People Weekly, September 6, 1993, pp. 83-85; December 27, 1993, pp. 106-07; August 28, 1995, p. 42; July 17, 2000, p. 20
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Premiere, July, 2002, p. 86
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Texas Monthly, October, 1993, p. 106
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Time, September 6, 1993, p. 65
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Total Film, September, 1997, p. 31
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USA Weekend, January 6, 1995, pp. 4-5
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