Tommy Lee Jones

Movie Actor

Birthday September 15, 1946

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace San Saba, TX

Age 78 years old

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About

He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the The Fugitive. His other major roles include Agent K in Men in Black and Colonel Chester Phillips in Captain America: The First Avenger.

Before Fame

Raised in Midland, Texas, he attended Robert E. Lee High School. He attended Harvard University, and wrote his senior thesis on the role of Catholicism in the works of Flannery O'Connor.

Trivia

While attending Harvard, he was roommates with Al Gore and Bob Somerby.

Family Life

His mother, Lucille Marie Scott, was a police officer, teacher, and beauty shop owner. His father worked in an oil field. He married Dawn Laurel on March 19, 2001. He has a daughter named Victoria and a son named Austin.

Associated With

He starred in Men in Black with Will Smith, and had supporting roles in No Country for Old Men and Lincoln.

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