Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive.

His other notable starring roles include Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove, Agent K in the Men in Black film series, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men, Hank Deerfield in In the Valley of Elah, the villain Two-Face in Batman Forever, Mike Roark in the disaster film Volcano, terrorist William “Bill” Strannix in Under Siege, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp in Man of the House, rancher Pete Perkins in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (which he also directed), Colonel Chester Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger, CIA Director Robert Dewey in Jason Bourne, and Warden Dwight McClusky in Natural Born Killers. He most recently appeared in the science fiction film Ad Astra in 2019 and in the comedy The Comeback Trail in 2020.

He has also portrayed historical figures such as businessman Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes, Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln, executed murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner’s Song, U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in Emperor, businessman Clay Shaw, the only person prosecuted in connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in JFK, Oliver Vanetta “Doolittle” Lynn, in Coal Miner’s Daughter, and baseball player Ty Cobb in Cobb.

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Tommy Lee Jones Movies

Discover the best Tommy Lee Jones movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Tommy Lee Jones ranked by year and score.

1

Finestkind (2023)

Crime Drama Thriller
Charlie and Tom grew up in different worlds, one polished, one hardened by the docks of New England. When they reconnect as adults, a string of bad decisions pulls them...
Score 6.9
2

Ad Astra (2019)

Drama Science Fiction
Astronaut Roy McBride has spent his career keeping his pulse below 80, no matter the crisis. But a series of catastrophic power surges threatening Earth sends him on a classified...
Score 6.1
3

Shock and Awe (2017)

Drama History Thriller
As the Bush administration beats the drums for war, a scrappy band of reporters refuse to accept the official narrative about Iraqi weapons. Their investigations reveal troubling gaps in the...
Score 6.3
4

The Family (2013)

Action Comedy Crime
Relocating a former mob boss to a quiet Normandy village sounds like a reasonable plan until you meet the Manzonis. Now operating under the name Blake, Giovanni and his family...
Score 6.4
5

Lincoln (2012)

Drama History
January 1865. The Civil War grinds toward its bloody conclusion, and Abraham Lincoln knows he has a narrow window to pass the Thirteenth Amendment before peace negotiations complicate everything. Steven...
Score 6.8
6

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
A scrawny kid from Brooklyn never stopped wanting to fight, even when every recruiter turned him away. Steve Rogers gets his chance through an experimental program that reshapes his body...
Score 7.0
7

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Crime Thriller Western
A West Texas hunting trip turns catastrophic when Llewelyn Moss walks into the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and walks out carrying two million dollars he has no...
Score 7.9
8

Men in Black (1997)

Action Adventure Comedy
A fast-talking NYPD officer stumbles into the strangest job interview of his life and ends up working for a clandestine agency that keeps Earth's alien population in check, all without...
Score 7.2
9

Volcano (1997)

Action Drama Science Fiction
Los Angeles has survived earthquakes, riots, and wildfires, but nothing quite like this. When a tremor cracks open the ground beneath the La Brea Tar Pits, molten rock begins pushing...
Score 5.9
10

Batman Forever (1995)

Action Crime Fantasy
Gotham is crowded with chaos when two of its most flamboyant criminals decide to strike at once. Harvey Dent, the city's disfigured former DA, nurses a grudge from behind a...
Score 5.5
11

The Fugitive (1993)

Action Drama Thriller
Richard Kimble is a respected surgeon who wakes up to a nightmare: his wife is dead, he is blamed for her murder, and a death sentence follows. After a spectacular...
Score 7.5
12

Under Siege (1992)

Action Thriller
When a rogue ex-CIA operative and a band of mercenaries hijack the USS Missouri with plans to sell its nuclear warheads, they account for every armed sailor on board. What...
Score 6.3
13

JFK (1991)

Drama History Thriller
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison refuses to accept the official verdict on November 22, 1963. Convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, he pulls at threads that...
Score 7.6

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the highest-rated movies starring Tommy Lee Jones? +
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Tommy Lee Jones are Finestkind, Ad Astra, and Shock and Awe.
How many movies and TV shows has Tommy Lee Jones starred in? +
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 13 titles starring Tommy Lee Jones, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Tommy Lee Jones worth watching? +
Yes! The overall filmography starring Tommy Lee Jones maintains a strong average user rating of 6.7 out of 10 across all tracked titles.