Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and filmmaker who began his career as a professional actor on Broadway in 2000’s A Patriot for Me (1969) before moving to Los Angeles, USA in the mid-1970s in hopes of more work. Since beginning his acting career, Tommy Lee Jones has worked in front of and behind the camera, on screen and in television roles.

As a youngster, Tommy Lee Jones worked hard to win scholarships for his education and was able to attend the prestigious Dallas Preparatory Boarding School for Boys. St Mark’s School of Texas . He also went to Harvard on a scholarship, graduating with honors in 1969 and receiving a BA in English Literature. His roommate was a future Vice President, Al Gore, with whom he remains friends.

He has charmed the entertainment industry withhis acting achievements, screenwriting skills and directing various projects. He is best known for portraying the characters in an indescribable, inscrutable and dead-on manner.

Born name

Tommy Lee Jones

nickname

TLJ, Tom

Sun sign

Virgo

Place of birth

San Saba, Texas, United States

Residence

Terrell Hills, Texas, USA

nationality

training

Tommy Lee Jones attended high school at Robert E. Lee High School in Midland, Texas and moved to Dallas and graduated from St. Marks School of Texas in 1965 .

He attended Harvard College and graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

occupation

Actor, director, producer, screenwriter, rancher

family

• Father – Clyde C. Jones (Oilfield Worker)
• Mother – Lucille Marie née Scott (police officer, school teacher and beauty salon owner)
• Siblings – Unknowns

Manager

Tommy Lee Jones is managed by –

• Viewpoint, Inc. (PR-Agentur), Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, USA
• Javelina Film Company (Produktionsfirma), San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA) (advertising/literary talent agency), Los Angeles, California, USA
• Jacobson, Russell, Saltz, Nassim and De La Torre (legal representative), Los Angeles, California, USA
• Lavely & Singer (legal representative), Los Angeles, California, USA

To build

Athletic

Height

185,5 cm

weight

91 kg or 200.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Tommy Lee Jones dated –

1. Katherine “Kate” Lardner (1971-1978) – Tommy Lee Jones was married to actress Katherine Lardner for 7 years.
2. Lisa Taylor (1978) – Lisa and Tommy dated briefly in 1978.
3. Kimberlea Cloughley (1981-1996) – Tommy and photographer KimberleaCloughley married in 1981. They had two children together, Victoria Kafka Jones (born September 3, 1991) and Austin Leonard Jones (born November 9, 1982). Her father was former San Antonia Mayor Phil Hardberger. They were separated in 1996.
4. Dawn Laurel-Jones (2001-Present) – Tommy married his third wife, photographer Dawn Laurel-Jones, in 2001.

race/ethnicity

White

He is Anglo-Saxon with English, Scottish and Northern Irish ancestry. He also claims to have Cherokee Native American ancestry.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Deep hoarse voice
• Thick Texan accent
• Ornery grumpy personality

brand promotion

Tommy Lee Jones supports brands like:

• Red dog beer
• Suntory Boss cans of coffee
• Ameriprise Financial

Religion

Not religious

Known for

• Acting in big budget films, particularly in the 1990’s, in films that had great earning potential such as: JFK , The Fugitive where he was a US Marshal, Natural Born Killers where he was a prison guard, Cobb where he who was baseball player Ty Cobb, and The Client where he was, among other things, a federal prosecutor
• Appears as real characters who lived and gave a realistic performance. In 1977, Jones played the title role in the TV series The Amazing Howard Hughes where his resemblance, vocally and visually, was spot on.
• Stage acting, appearing in theatrical productions such as A Patriot for Me (1969 ) , Fortune and Man’s Eyes (1969) and Ulysses in Nighttown (1974) among others

first movie

Tommy Lee Jones made his big screen debut in 1970 as the Hank Simpson love story .

First TV show

He made his TV show debut as Dr. Mark Toland on the soap opera A Life to Live in 1971.

Personal trainer

Tommy Lee Jones doesn’t appear to be exercising due to age. But he seems to be the kind of person who keeps an eye on diet to maintain a healthy body.

Tommy Lee Jones Lieblingssachen

• Cities – Kyoto, Japan
• Sports – Polo

Tommy Lee Jones Facts

1. He was born and raised in San Saba, Texas, USA.
2. Tommy is fluent in Spanish.
3. He attended the same school as former “First Lady” Laura Bush when they lived in Midland, Texas.
4. His parents were twice married and divorced.
5. Jones was a talented athlete and student when he was at Harvard he joined the football team as an offensive guard.
6. Being physically too small to play in the stadium for the National Football League (NFL) , Jones decided to follow his 2nd interest and headed to New York and landed a role on Broadway.
7. He is a championship polo player and raises polo ponies. In 1993, his team won the US Polo Association’s Western Challenge Cup .
8. Jones is actively involved in the Polo Training Foundation .
9. He accepted the Texas Legend Award at the 2015 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony.
10. His cantankerous demeanor on-screen is as crusty as it is off-screen.
11. He never took an acting class.
12. He owns a 3000-acre cattle ranch in San Saba County, Texas, a ranch near Van Horn, Texas where the film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was filmed, alongside a home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a farm in Florida.
13. Jones owns a property in Terrel Hills, Texas, where he lives, and another home in Wellington, Florida.
14. He is a San Antonio Spurs fan and attends many of their games.
15. His role in The Fugitive (1994) earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Feature Film.
16. Tommy’s portrayal of Doolittle “Mooney” Lynn, husband of country singer Loretta Lynn, in Coal Miners Daughter earned him his 1st Golden Globe nomination in 1980.
17. His participation in the blockbuster hits The Fugitive with Harrison Ford, Batman Forever with Val Kilmer and Men in Black with Will Smith raised his profile and made him one of the highest paid actors of the time.
18. In 2011, he was publicized on Japanese television to remember the victims of the Tohoku tsunami.
19. He does not appear to be active on social media.