Tommy Lee Jones won the Academy Award® as Best Supporting Actor for his uncompromising portrayal of U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard in the 1994 boxoffice hit The Fugitive. He also received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work. Three years prior, Jones received his first Oscar® nomination for his portrayal of Clay Shaw in Oliver Stone's J.F.K.

Jones earned popular and critical kudos for his deadpan and droll delivery opposite Will Smith in Barry Sonnenfeld's hit films Men in Black™ and Men in Black™II. He also starred in Space Cowboys with Clint Eastwood, James Garner and Donald Sutherland, directed by Eastwood. He starred in two William Friedkin films, The Hunted opposite Benicio del Toro and Rules of Engagement opposite Samuel L. Jackson. He also starred opposite Ashley Judd in Double Jeopardy and reprised his role as Marshal Sam Gerard in U.S. Marshals.

Jones made his film debut in the classic Love Story and, in a career spanning three decades, has starred in such films as The Eyes of Laura Mars, Coal Miner's Daughter, for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination, Stormy Monday, The Package, Under Siege, Heaven and Earth, The Client, Natural Born Killers, Blue Sky, Batman Forever and Cobb.

In 1995, Jones made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed television adaptation of Elmer Kelton's book "The Good Old Boys." Jones also starred in the telefilm with Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Frances McDormand and Matt Damon. His portrayal of Hewey Calloway in "The Good Old Boys" earned him SAG and ACE award nominations.

In 1983, he won the Emmy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Gary Gilmore in "The Executioner's Song." His work in the "Lonesome Dove" miniseries in 1989 garnered him nominations for the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor. His numerous cable and network TV credits include the title role in "The Amazing Howard Hughes," the American Playhouse production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," HBO's "The Rainmaker," the HBO/BBC production of "Yuri Noshenko, KGB" and "April Morning."

In 1969, he made his Broadway debut in John Osborne's "A Patriot for Me." Other Broadway appearances include "Four on a Garden" with Carol Channing and Sid Caesar and "Ulysses in Nighttown" with Zero Mostel.

Born in San Saba, Texas, Jones worked briefly for his father in the oil fields before attending Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in English.