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Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

While fame somewhat eluded him for much of the 1970s and 1980s, Jones established himself as a leading man in the 1990s, known for his gruff and authoritative film roles. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the thriller film ''The Fugitive'' (1993). His other Oscar-nominated roles were as businessman Clay Shaw in ''JFK'' (1991), Hank Deerfield in ''In the Valley of Elah'' (2007), and Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in ''Lincoln'' (2012). He played Agent K in the ''Men in Black'' franchise. Other notable roles were in ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980), ''Under Siege'' (1992), ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994), ''The Client'' (1994), ''Batman Forever'' (1995), ''Double Jeopardy'' (1999), ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007), ''The Company Men'' (2010), ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), ''Jason Bourne'' (2016), and (2019).

Jones won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as executed murderer Gary Gilmore in ''The Executioner's Song'' (1982). He was further nominated for playing Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries ''Lonesome Dove'' (1989). He portrayed Howard Hughes in the CBS film ''The Amazing Howard Hughes'' (1977). He directed and starred in the western TNT movie ''The Good Old Boys'' (1995). He directed, starred in and executive produced the HBO film ''The Sunset Limited'' (2011). Provided by Wikipedia