Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and
director.
His film roles include federal marshal Samuel Gerard in
The Fugitive and
U.S. Marshals, the villain "
Two-Face" in
Batman Forever, the mysterious Agent K in the
Men in Black films, Western peace officers
Woodrow F. Call in
Lonesome Dove and Ed Tom Bell in
No Country for Old Men. Jones has also portrayed real-life figures such as billionaire
Howard Hughes, executed murderer
Gary Gilmore and baseball great
Ty Cobb.
Early life
Jones was born in
San Saba, Texas,
[www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/movies/film-tommy-lee-jones-snarls-his-way-to-the-pinnacle.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=2] the son of Lucille Marie (
née Scott), a police officer, school teacher, and beauty shop owner, and Clyde C. Jones, an oil field worker;
[Tommy Lee Jones Biography (1946-)] the two were married and divorced twice. Jones, an eighth-generation Texan of
Welsh descent, had a
Cherokee grandparent.
[Eric O'Keefe :: WD Ranch] He was a resident of
Midland, Texas and attended
Robert E. Lee High School.
