Birthday: September 15, 1946
An eighth-generation Texan, actor Tommy Lee Jones attended Harvard University, where he roomed with future U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Though several of his less-knowledgeable fans have tended to dismiss Jones as a roughhewn redneck, the actor was equally at home on the polo fields (he's a champion player) as the oil fields, where he made his living for many years. After graduating ...more- 2007
- San Diego Film Critics Association
- Best Supporting Actor
- No Country for Old Men
- win
- 2007
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- In the Valley of Elah
- nom
- 2007
- Golden Satellite Award
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- In the Valley of Elah
- nom
- 2007
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Supporting Actor
- No Country for Old Men
- nom
- 2007
- Detroit Film Critics Society
- Best Actor
- No Country for Old Men
- nom
- 2009
- In the Electric Mist
- Det. Dave Robicheaux
- 2007
- In the Valley of Elah
- Hank Deerfield
- 2007
- The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
- Narrator
- 2007
- No Country for Old Men
- Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
- 2006
- A Prairie Home Companion
- The Axeman
- 2009
- In the Electric Mist
- Screenwriter
- 2005
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Director
- 2005
- Man of the House
- Executive Producer
- 2005
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Producer
- 1995
- The Good Old Boys
- Director















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