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

• CREDITS
• 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
• Television Appearances
• 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
• Miniseries
• Gary Mark Gilmore, The Executioner's Song, NBC, 1982
• Woodrow F. Call, Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989
• Specials
• Brick Pollitt, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Showtime, 1984, then broadcast on American Playhouse, PBS, 1985
• Texas 150: A Celebration, ABC, 1986
• Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic, The Nashville Network, 1992
• Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?, ABC, 1995
• Interviewee, "Al Gore: A Burning Ambition," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1998
• Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Tipper Gore, Lifetime, 2000
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 2000
• The Making of "Space Cowboys," 2000
• 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.
• Awards Presentations
• The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
• Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997
• Presenter, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 2000
• The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
• 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
• Television Director
• Movies
• The Good Old Boys, TNT, 1995
• Stage Appearances
• (Broadway debut) A Patriot for Me, Imperial Theatre, 1969
• 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
• 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.
• Stage Director
• The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, Josephine Street Theatre, SanAntonio, TX, 1990
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Metamorphosis of Men in Black, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2000
• Design in Motion: The Look of "Men in Black II," Columbia TriStarHome Video, 2002
• Creature Featurettes, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002
• Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy, Columbia TriStarHome Video, 2002
• Audio Books
• Narrator (with others), Texas Bound: Stories by Texas Writers Read byTexas Actors, 1994
• WRITINGS
• Television Movies
• The Good Old Boys, TNT, 1995
• 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

• 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
• Newsmakers 1994, Issue 4, Gale, 1994

• Cowboys and Indians, September, 2000, pp. 144-49, 183
• Elle, August, 1993
• Empire, October, 1997, pp. 92-93
• Entertainment Weekly, December 23, 1994, pp. 28-33
• Film Comment, January-February, 1994, pp. 30-36
• GQ, March, 1994, pp. 210-15
• Interview, June, 1995, p. 80
• Jet, June 23, 1997, p. 62
• Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1993, pp. F6, F28-F30
• New Yorker, April 4, 1994, pp. 57-63
• New York Times, March 5, 1995, sec. 2
• People Weekly, September 6, 1993, pp. 83-85; December 27, 1993, pp. 106-07; August 28, 1995, p. 42; July 17, 2000, p. 20
• Premiere, July, 2002, p. 86
• Texas Monthly, October, 1993, p. 106
• Time, September 6, 1993, p. 65
• Total Film, September, 1997, p. 31
• USA Weekend, January 6, 1995, pp. 4-5