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Acting

Tommy Lee Jones

Career: Active from 1970 to 2026, busiest in 1994 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 72
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Lonesome Dove
92/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Golden Globe Awards · Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1994 · Won
The Fugitive
Source: Wikidata
MTV Movie & TV Awards · MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
1994 · Won
The Fugitive
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1994 · Won · 66th Academy Awards
The Fugitive
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1983 · Won · 35th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Executioner's Song
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
2013 · Nominated · 85th Academy Awards
Lincoln
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
2008 · Nominated · 80th Academy Awards
In the Valley of Elah
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1992 · Nominated · 64th Academy Awards
JFK
Source: Wikidata

Characters

20

The characters Tommy Lee Jones played, best-known titles first.

Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Ed Tom Bell

Tommy Lee Jones as Colonel Chester Phillips

Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K

Tommy Lee Jones as Kevin Brown, Agent Kay

Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K

Tommy Lee Jones as Samuel Gerard

Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens

Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent / Two-Face

Tommy Lee Jones as Clifford McBride

Tommy Lee Jones as Robert Dewey

Tommy Lee Jones as Travis Lehman

Tommy Lee Jones as Max Adams

Tommy Lee Jones as Hawk Hawkins

Tommy Lee Jones as Dr. Franks

Tommy Lee Jones as L.T. Bonham

Tommy Lee Jones as Jeremiah O'Keefe

Tommy Lee Jones as George Briggs

Tommy Lee Jones as Duke Montana

Tommy Lee Jones as Thomas Boyette

Tommy Lee Jones as Jimmy Cleats

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tommy Lee Jones Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Cringe Humor
1.4, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Character Study 7
Political Intrigue 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Social Commentary 5
Historical Drama 4
Gritty Realism 4
Psychological Drama 3
Dialogue-Driven 3
Crime Thriller 3
Bleak Realism 2
Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

The Razor's Edge

as Taxman

as Gus Wanamaker

2020s

5 titles · average score 51

Angel and the Badman

47

as Marshal McClintock

The Burial

77

as Jeremiah O'Keefe

Finestkind

49

as Ray Eldridge

The Comeback Trail

40

as Duke Montana

Wander

42

as Jimmy Cleats

2010s

15 titles · average score 58

Ad Astra

71

as H. Clifford McBride

Jason Bourne

59

as CIA Director Robert Dewey

Mechanic: Resurrection

42

as Max Adams

Criminal

44

as Dr. Franks

The Homesman

68

as George Briggs

The Family

46

as FBI Agent Robert Stansfield

Men in Black 3

64

as Agent K

Hope Springs

65

as Arnold Soames

Emperor

49

as General Douglas MacArthur

Captain America: The First Avenger

71

as Colonel Chester Phillips

The Sunset Limited

71

as White

The Company Men

65

as Gene McClary

2000s

12 titles · average score 61

In the Electric Mist

53

as Dave Robicheaux

No Country for Old Men

87

as Ed Tom Bell

In the Valley of Elah

67

as Hank Deerfield

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

as Narrator (voice)

A Prairie Home Companion

72

as Axeman

Man of the House

37

as Ranger Roland Sharp

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

77

as Pete Perkins

The Hunted

46

as L.T. Bonham

The Missing

59

as Samuel Jones

Men in Black II

51

as Kay

Space Cowboys

68

as Hawk Hawkins

Rules of Engagement

50

as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II

1990s

18 titles · average score 61

Double Jeopardy

53

as Travis Lehman

U.S. Marshals

50

as Samuel Gerard

Men in Black

78

as Kay

Volcano

51

as Mike Roark

Batman Forever

48

as Harvey Two-Face / Harvey Dent

The Client

69

as Roy Foltrigg

Blown Away

48

as Ryan Gaerity

Natural Born Killers

72

as Warden Dwight McClusky

The Fugitive

86

as Samuel Gerard

Heaven & Earth

55

as Steve Butler

Under Siege

67

as William Strannix

JFK

79

as Clay Shaw

1980s

23 titles · average score 59

Lonesome Dove

92

TV show · as Woodrow F. Call

The Package

60

as Thomas Boyette

Gotham

55

as Eddie Mallard

Stormy Monday

67

as Cosmo

April Morning

58

as Moses Cooper

The Big Town

43

as George Cole

Black Moon Rising

42

as Quint

The Park Is Mine

58

as Mitch

Nate and Hayes

30

as Captain Bully Hayes

The Executioner's Song

67

as Gary Mark Gilmore

Back Roads

41

as Elmore Pratt

Coal Miner's Daughter

78

as 'Mooney' Lynn

1970s

12 titles · average score 55

Eyes of Laura Mars

56

as John Neville

The Betsy

28

as Angelo Perino

Rolling Thunder

73

as Johnny Vohden

The Amazing Howard Hughes

65

TV show · as Howard Hughes

The Amazing Howard Hughes

62

as Howard Hughes

Jackson County Jail

52

as Coley Blake

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

47

as Officer Hutton

Charlie's Angels

60

as Aram

Eliza's Horoscope

43

as Tommy Lee

Baretta

44

TV show

as Gus

Love Story

72

as Hank Simpson

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Moses Cooper