Tommy Lee Jones (born on September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director, winner of an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor in the thriller The Fugitive (1993).
He most notably appeared in The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Batman Forever, Under Siege, Men in Black, Lonesome Dove, No Country for Old Men, Man of the House and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
He was born in San Saba, Texas and attended Robert E. Lee High School, Midland, Texas, graduated from St. Mark’s School of Texas and attended Harvard College. He graduated in 1969 cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
He moved to New York for a career in acting and debuted on Broadway in 1969 in A Patriot for Me. He got his first film role in 1970, playing the role of a Harvard student in Love Story. A year later, he returned to Broadway to play in Four on a Garden. In 1974 he appeared on the stage production of Ulysses in Nighttown. He also appeared in such movies as Jackson County Jail (1976), Rolling Thunder (1977) and The Betsy (1978).
His performance in Coal Miner’s Daughter (19870) he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. In 1981, he played in Back Roads, opposite Sally Field. In 1983, his performance as murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner’s Song (1983) earned him an Emmy for Best Actor. He also starred as Captain Bully Hayes in Nate and Hayes.
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