Tommy Lee Jones | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 100% The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez (2007)

Lowest Rated: Not Available

Birthday: Sep 15, 1946

Birthplace: San Saba, Texas, USA

Actor Tommy Lee Jones emerged to become one of the most admired and respected film stars of his generation. A start on the daytime soap "One Life to Live" (ABC, 1967-2012) eventually led to leading roles in made-for-television movies like "The Amazing Howard Hughes" (CBS, 1977) and "The Executioner's Song" (NBC, 1982) that clearly demonstrated his acting prowess. An Emmy award win for the miniseries "Lonesome Dove" (CBS, 1989) raised his fortunes permanently, leading to defining film roles in "JFK" (1991), "The Fugitive" (1993) and "Men in Black" (1997). He played the grizzled veteran looking for redemption in below the radar fare like "The Hunted" (2003) and "The Missing" (2005), and Jones found himself the talk of Oscar buzz once again with empathetic performances in "No Country For Old Men" (2007) and "In the Valley of Elah" (2007), both of which affirmed his status as an actor able to deliver some of the most powerful and nuanced performances of recent memory.

Highest rated movies

The Fugitive No Country for Old Men The Burial Men in Black Lincoln Coal Miner's Daughter The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada JFK

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Tommy Lee Jones U.S. MARSHALS, Tommy Lee Jones, 1998, (c) Warner Brothers U.S. MARSHALS, Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, 1998, (c) Warner Brothers COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, from left, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, 1980, ©Universal MEN IN BLACK 2, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, 2002 (c) Columbia. THE MISSING, Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, 2003, (c) Columbia THE BETSY, Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, 1978, (c) Allied Artists THE PACKAGE, Tommy Lee Jones, 1989, (c) Orion COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, 1980 THE MISSING, Tommy Lee Jones, 2003, (c) Columbia THE PACKAGE, Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, 1989, (c) Orion RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, Tommy Lee Jones, 2000 THE PACKAGE, Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, 1989, (c) Orion SPACE COWBOYS, James Garner, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Clint Eastwood, 2000, (c) Warner Brothers BLUE SKY, Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Lange, 1994 APRIL MORNING, Chad Lowe, Tommy Lee Jones, 1988. © Hallmark Hall of Fame Prod. THE MISSING, Tommy Lee Jones, 2003, (c) Columbia IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, Tommy Lee Jones, 2007. ©Warner Bros. THE BETSY, Tommy Lee Jones, 1978, © Allied Artists Picturs IN THE ELECTRIC MIST, Tommy Lee Jones, 2009. ©Image Entertainment

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Filmography

Movies

Credit
30% 61% Finestkind Ray Eldridge (Character) - 2023
92% 82% The Burial Jeremiah O'Keefe (Character) - 2023
30% 30% The Comeback Trail Duke Montana (Character) - 2020
33% 31% Wander Jimmy Cleats (Character) - 2020
83% 40% Ad Astra H. Clifford McBride (Character) $50.2M 2019
58% 66% Always at the Carlyle Self $174.3K 2018
30% 42% Shock and Awe Joe Galloway (Character) $45.9K 2017
4% 12% Just Getting Started Leo (Character) $5.5M 2017
31% 40% Mechanic: Resurrection Max Adams (Character) $21.2M 2016
54% 55% Jason Bourne CIA Director Robert Dewey (Character) $162.2M 2016
30% 47% Criminal Dr. Franks (Character) $14.7M 2016
81% 53% The Homesman George Briggs (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$2.4M 2014
27% 41% The Family Agent Stansfield (Character) $114.5K 2013
32% 46% Emperor Gen. MacArthur (Character) $3.3M 2012
90% 80% Lincoln Thaddeus Stevens (Character) $182.2M 2012
75% 55% Hope Springs Arnold (Character) $63.5M 2012
67% 70% Men in Black 3 Agent K (Character) $179.0M 2012
68% 80% The Sunset Limited White (Character),
Director
- 2011
80% 75% Captain America: The First Avenger Col. Chester Phillips (Character) $176.6M 2011
68% 55% The Company Men Gene McClary (Character) $4.4M 2010
54% 34% In the Electric Mist Dave Robicheaux (Character) - 2009
100% 76% The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez Narrator - 2007
93% 86% No Country for Old Men Sheriff Bell (Character) $74.3M 2007
74% 77% In the Valley of Elah Hank Deerfield (Character) $6.8M 2007
81% 59% A Prairie Home Companion The Axeman (Character) $20.3M 2006
85% 81% The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Pete Perkins (Character),
Director,
Producer
$5.0M 2005
9% 46% Man of the House Roland Sharp (Character),
Executive Producer
$19.1M 2005
58% 51% The Missing Jones (Character) $26.9M 2003
29% 46% The Hunted L.T. Bonham (Character) $34.2M 2003
38% 45% Men in Black II Agent Kay (Character) $192.4M 2002
78% 53% Space Cowboys Hawk Hawkins (Character) $90.4M 2000
37% 55% Rules of Engagement Colonel Hayes Hodges (Character) $61.3M 2000
28% 61% Double Jeopardy Travis Lehman (Character) $116.7M 1999
49% 45% Small Soldiers Maj. Chip Hazard (Voice) $55.1M 1998
30% 53% U.S. Marshals Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard (Character) $57.8M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet US Marshalls Samuel Gerard (Character) - 1998
49% 32% Volcano Mike Roark (Character) $47.5M 1997
91% 80% Men in Black MiB Agent K (Kay) (Character) $250.1M 1997
No Score Yet 62% The Good Old Boys Hewey Calloway (Character),
Director
- 1995
41% 32% Batman Forever Harvey Dent/Two-Face (Character) $182.5M 1995
65% 58% Cobb Ty Cobb (Character) $648.1K 1994
39% 40% Blown Away Ryan Gaerity (Character) $30.1M 1994
80% 58% Blue Sky Hank Marshall (Character) $2.5M 1994
51% 81% Natural Born Killers Dwight McClusky (Character) - 1994
80% 68% The Client "Reverend" Roy Foltrigg (Character) $90.8M 1994
60% 68% House of Cards Jake Beerlander (Character) $102.4K 1993
43% 71% Heaven and Earth Steve Butler (Character) - 1993
96% 89% The Fugitive Samuel Gerard (Character) $183.8M 1993
80% 62% Under Siege William Stranix (Character) $82.3M 1992
84% 88% JFK Clay Shaw aka Clay Bertrand (Character) - 1991
9% 35% Fire Birds Brad Little (Character) $14.8M 1990
No Score Yet 93% Lonesome Dove - The Making of An Epic Unknown (Character) - 1990
68% 44% The Package Thomas Boyette (Character) $9.3M 1989
78% 49% Stormy Monday Cosmo (Character) $255.9K 1988
No Score Yet 52% April Morning Moses Cooper (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stranger on My Land Bud Whitman (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 36% Gotham Eddie Mallard (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dead Can't Lie Eddie Mallard (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broken Vows Pater Joseph McMahon (Character) - 1987
50% 36% The Big Town George Cole (Character) $776.7K 1987
47% 25% Black Moon Rising Quint (Character) $3.4M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yuri Nosenko, KGB Steve Daley (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 60% The Park Is Mine Mitch (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 54% The River Rat Billy (Character) - 1984
0% 59% Nate and Hayes Captain Bully Hayes (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 74% The Executioner's Song Gary Mark Gilmore (Character) - 1982
40% 34% Back Roads Elmore Pratt (Character) - 1981
86% 86% Coal Miner's Daughter Doolittle Lynn (Character) - 1980
17% 22% The Betsy Angelo Perino (Character) - 1978
61% 43% Eyes of Laura Mars John Neville (Character) - 1978
80% 78% Rolling Thunder Johnny Vohden (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 58% The Amazing Howard Hughes Howard Hughes (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 43% Smash-Up on Interstate 5 Officer Hutton (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 36% Jackson County Jail Coley Blake (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Aram Kolegian (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 50% Eliza's Horoscope Tommy Lee (Character) - 1975
63% 75% Love Story Hank Simpson (Character) - 1970

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrated Self 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Actors Studio Guest 1997
98% 92% Lonesome Dove Woodrow F. Call (Character) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
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Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who was also the author of the best-selling 1970 novel of the same name. It was produced by Howard G. Minsky, and directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut.

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One of his first notable roles was as Oliver "Doolittle Mooney" Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter with Sissy Spacek (1980).

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Jones was given an athletic scholarship to go to a school in Dallas, Texas. After finishing school he worked on the oil rigs before going to Harvard University to study English. He finished university in 1969 and moved to New York to be an actor. His first role was in the Broadway play, A Patriot For Me.

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