List of Tommy Lee Jones performances

American actor and film director Tommy Lee Jones has appeared in numerous films and television series since his acting debut in 1970. One of his first notable roles was as Oliver "Doolittle Mooney" Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter with Sissy Spacek (1980). He then went on to play one of his most notable roles as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive with Harrison Ford. He has had starring roles in the films The Client (1994), Natural Born Killers (1994), Cobb (1994), and Volcano (1997). Also in 1997, he was cast as Agent K in the science fiction action comedy film Men in Black opposite Will Smith, a role he went on to reprise in Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 (2012). Other notable film roles include terrorist William "Bill" Strannix in Under Siege (1992), villain Two-Face in Batman Forever (1995), parole officer Travis Lehman in Double Jeopardy, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp in Man of the House (2005), rancher Pete Perkins in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men (2007), Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah (2007), Colonel Chester Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and CIA Director Robert Dewey in Jason Bourne (2016).

Jones in 2005

He has played several real-life people in films, including: businessman Clay Shaw in JFK (1991), Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln (2012), U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in Emperor (2012), Joseph L. Galloway in Shock and Awe (2017), and Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe in The Burial (2023).

His notable television roles include playing Howard Hughes in the television film The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) and Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989).

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1970 Love Story Hank Simpson
1973 Life Study Gus
1975 Eliza's Horoscope Tommy Lee
1976 Jackson County Jail Coley Blake
1977 Rolling Thunder Master Sergeant Johnny Vohden
1978 The Betsy Angelo Perino
Eyes of Laura Mars Detective John Neville
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter Oliver "Doolittle Mooney" Lynn
Barn Burning Ab Snopes Short film
1981 Back Roads Elmore Pratt
1983 Nate and Hayes Captain "Bully" Hayes
1984 The River Rat Billy
1985 The Park Is Mine Mitch Garnett
1986 Black Moon Rising Sam Quint
1987 The Big Town George Cole
1988 Stormy Monday Cosmo
Gotham Eddie Mallard
1989 The Package Thomas Boyette
1990 Fire Birds Captain Brad Little
1991 JFK Clay Shaw / Clay Bertrand
1992 Under Siege William Strannix
1993 House of Cards Jake Beerlander
The Fugitive Samuel Gerard [1]
Heaven & Earth Steve Butler
1994 Blown Away Ryan Gaerity
The Client Roy "Reverend Roy" Foltrigg [2]
Natural Born Killers Warden Dwight McClusky
Blue Sky Major Hank Marshall
Cobb Ty Cobb
1995 Batman Forever Harvey Dent / Two-Face
1997 Volcano Michael Roark
Men in Black Kevin Brown / Agent K
1998 U.S. Marshals Samuel Gerard
Small Soldiers Major Chip Hazard (voice)
1999 Double Jeopardy Travis Lehman
2000 Rules of Engagement Colonel Hayes "Hodge" Hodges
Space Cowboys William "Hawk" Hawkins
2002 Men in Black II Kevin Brown / Agent K
2003 The Hunted L.T. Bonham
The Missing Samuel Jones
2005 Man of the House Ranger Lieutenant Roland Sharp Also executive producer
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Pete Perkins Also producer and director
2006 A Prairie Home Companion Axeman
2007 No Country for Old Men Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
In the Valley of Elah Hank Deerfield
2008 Harvard Beats Yale 29–29 Himself Documentary
2009 In the Electric Mist Dave Robicheaux
2010 The Company Men Gene McClary
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Colonel Chester Phillips
The Sunset Limited White Also director
2012 Men in Black 3 Kevin Brown / Agent K
Hope Springs Arnold Soames
Lincoln Thaddeus Stevens
Emperor General Douglas MacArthur
2013 The Family FBI Agent Robert Stansfield [3]
2014 The Homesman George Briggs Also writer, executive producer and director [4]
2016 Criminal Dr. Micah Franks
Jason Bourne CIA Director Robert Dewey
Mechanic: Resurrection Max Adams
2017 Shock and Awe Joseph L. Galloway
Just Getting Started Leo McKay
2019 Ad Astra Clifford McBride
2020 Wander Jimmy Cleats
The Comeback Trail Duke Montana
2023 Finestkind Ray Eldridge [5]
The Burial Jerry O'Keefe [6]
TBA The Razor's Edge Filming [7]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1971–1975 One Life to Live Dr. Mark Toland 21 episodes
1975 Barnaby Jones Dr. Jim Melford Episode: "Fatal Witness"
1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 Officer Hutton TV film
Baretta Sharky Episode: "Dead Man Out"
Charlie's Angels Aram Kolegian Episode: "Charlie's Angels"
Family David Needham Episode: "Coming of Age"
1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes Howard Hughes TV film
1982 The Executioner's Song Gary Gilmore
The Rainmaker Starbuck
1984 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof "Brick" Pollitt
1985 The Park is Mine Mitch
1986 Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent Steve Daley
1987 Broken Vows Peter Joseph McMahon
1988 Stranger on My Land Bud Whitman
April Morning Moses Cooper
1989 Lonesome Dove Woodrow F. Call Miniseries; 4 episodes [8]
1995 The Good Old Boys Hewey Calloway TV film; also director
2011 The Sunset Limited White TV film; also director and executive producer

Stage

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Year Production Role Venue Ref.
1969 A Patriot for Me Various Imperial Theatre
1971 Four on a Garden Joel Broadhurst Theatre
1974 Ulysses in Nighttown Stephen Dedalus Winter Garden Theatre
1980 True West Austin Joseph Papp Public Theater

References

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  1. ^ "The Fugitive". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Roger Ebert (July 20, 1994). "The Client movie review and film summary (1994)". Rogerebert.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Vlessing, Etan (August 14, 2012). "Toronto 2012: Paul Andrew Williams' 'Song for Marion' to Close 37th Edition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  5. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 5, 2022). "Paramount+ Picks Up Crime Thriller 'Finestkind' Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace & Jenna Ortega". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  6. ^ Knowles, Lindsay (March 8, 2022). "New film to tell story of landmark case involving Coast funeral home and former Biloxi mayor". wlox.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  7. ^ Tommy Lee Jones filming "The Razor's Edge" in Columbus Georgia
  8. ^ Limbong, Andrew (March 26, 2021). "'Lonesome Dove' Author Larry McMurtry Has Died". NPR.org. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
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