Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Lucille Marie 's novel, is set in west Texas where Jones has strong family ties. Consequently, this story of a cowboy facing the end of an era has special meaning for him.
Never took an acting class.
He and Al Gore were roommates while the two were students at Harvard University. The two remain close friends.
Part time cattle rancher, owns 3,000-acre ranch near San Antonio, TX.
Plays polo and raises polo ponies. His team won the U.S. Polo Associations Western Challenge Cup in 1993. Invites Harvard Universitys best polo players to his ranch to practice each fall.
Fathers name was Clyde C. Jones -- he did not have a middle name, just an initial.
Father, with Kimberlea Cloughley , of Austin Leonard Jones (born November 9, 1982) and Victoria Jones .
Real-life son, Austin Leonard Jones , played his son, Tommy, in "Screen Two" {Double Image (#2.13)} .
According to author Erich Segal , Jones and his then Harvard roommate Al Gore , were the models for the character of Oliver in Love Story .
(30 October 1998) Injured after falling from horse during polo match.
Writes most of his own most memorable lines in films: The Fugitive ... when Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford ) tells Marshal Gerard, "I didnt kill my wife," Gerard replies, "I dont care!" Under Siege ... William Strannixs speech after he loses his mind: "Saturday morning cartoons... This little piggy... " Eyes of Laura Mars ... John Nevilles revealing speech at the end of the movie.
Ten days after graduating from Harvard, he landed his first role in the Broadway production of "A Patriot for Me" (with Maximilian Schell ), which closed after 49 performances. He got his agent after giving a letter of introduction to actress Jane Alexander. His story of how he found an agent and a Broadway job so quickly was written about in an issue of "Ripleys Believe It or Not".
Good friends with: Al Gore , Willie Nelson , Gary Busey , Oliver Stone Robert Duvall , and Will Smith.
His ex-wife, Kate Lardner , is Ring Lardner s granddaughter.
Speaks Spanish fluently.
He is a first cousin of Boxcar Willie , a famous country singer.
Owns the movie rights to Cormac McCarthy s controversial novel "Blood Meridian," which many consider unfilmable.
Born on the exact same day as filmmaker and good friend Oliver Stone.
Was the studios original (and preferred) choice to play Snake Plisken in John Carpenter s Escape from New York . The studio was reluctant to cast Kurt Russell , who ultimately got the part, because of his previous work.
Has worked twice with actresses playing Katharine Hepburn. In The Amazing Howard Hughes , he played Howard Hughes opposite Tovah Feldshuh as Hepburn. In The Missing (2003/I) , his daughter is played by Cate Blanchett , who played Hepburn in The Aviator --another biopic about Hughes.
Is the only Texan to have played fellow Texan Howard Hughes. Leonardo DiCaprio ( The Aviator ), Jason Robards ( Melvin and Howard ) and Terry OQuinn ( The Rocketeer ) were born in California, Illinois and Michigan, respectively.
Is an avid San Antonio Spurs fan.
Played Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes and later appeared in Batman Forever , which was filmed inside the hangar of Hughes "Spruce Goose.".
Jones was also a resident of Midland, Texas, and attended the same high school as the former First Lady Laura Bush.
An eighth-generation Texan, he has English, as well as some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Scottish, ancestry. He has also stated that he has Cherokee Native American roots, but it is not clear if this ancestry has been documented (all of his grandparents and great-grandparents were listed as "White" on United States Censuses).
An animated caricature of him appeared in an episode of the animated series adaptation of Men in Black alongside an animated caricature of his MIB co-star Will Smith , set against a scene parodying another hit film starring Smith, Independence Day .
Is an avid polo player. He even bought a house in a polo country club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In Batman Forever , his character of "Two-Face" flips a coin to see if his victims should live or die. Twelve years later he played a sheriff in No Country for Old Men pursuing an assassin who kills random victims by asking them to call a coin toss.
Mother was Lucille Marie Scott.
Had a younger brother, born 3 years after the actor, who died in infancy.
Became friends with Al Gore when they were roommates at Harvard University, and he was asked to host the Nobel Peace Prize concert for Gore.
At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, he presented the nominating speech for Al Gore as the Democratic Partys nominee for President of the United States.
Was set to star in Everybodys All-American in 1982, but the studio backed out partly because they did not believe that Jones was leading man material. Jones has said that he found it all amusing. Dennis Quaid got the part when Taylor Hackford took over the project.
Was set to star in Savior , but had to back out due to other commitments.
Has been friends with actor Tom Berenger since they were both on "One Life to Live" .
The longest he has gone without an Oscar nomination is 14 years, between The Fugitive and In the Valley of Elah .
As of 2014, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Love Story , Coal Miners Daughter , JFK , The Fugitive , No Country for Old Men and Lincoln . Only No Country for Old Men won in the category.
First of three actors whose Oscar-winning roles were inspired by the works of Victor Hugo. The character of Lt. Gerard in The Fugitive was modeled after Inspector Javert in Les Miserables. Anne Hathaway won her Oscar for playing Fantine in Les Misrables . Heath Ledger won his Oscar for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight , which was inspired by the character Gwynplaine from The Man Who Laughs . He and Hathaway have also both had roles in the Batman film series: Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises , while Jones appeared in Batman Forever as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, a character also appearing in The Dark Knight .
Accepted the Texas Legend Award during the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards ceremony held on March 12, 2015 in Austin, Texas.
Played Paul in Billy Joel s Piano Man music video.
He has worked with 8 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Oliver Stone , Tony Richardson , William Friedkin , Clint Eastwood , Ron Howard , Joel Coen & Ethan Coen , and Steven Spielberg.
My thanks to the Academy for the very finest, greatest award that any,actor can ever receive. The only thing a man can say at a time like,this is -- I am not really bald.
I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort.
[on working with famous movie stars] I feel pretty lucky. Those guys,they know my name. They know who I am. Not bad for a little Indian boy.
Not bad.
You just look for good parts and good stories and a good company to work,with. Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as,characters with lots of integrity.
I love cinema, and I love agriculture.
[regarding the furor over the violence in,Natural Born Killers (1994) ] Those who say that a work of art is,an invitation to violent anti-social behavior are not very bright.
I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort.
In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect.
I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.
You should never ask a horse or an actor to do something they cannot do. Wisdom will teach you to find out what they can do and then make it easy for them.
What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold. .
