Tommy Jones

Biography

Born 09/15/1946

Despite wading through a significant amount of dreck at the beginning of his career, actor Tommy Lee Jones emerged to become one of the most admired and respected film stars of his generation. An inauspicious start on the daytime soap “One Life to Live” (ABC, 1967- ) eventually led to leading...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2008, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
In 2007, received National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble Cast
In 2005, received Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor

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Highlights

In 2007, Played a father who's son, a soldier who recently returned from Iraq, mysteriously goes missing in "In the Valley of Elah"; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a leading role
In 2007, Played a Local Sheriff in the Coen brother's film, "No Country For Old Men"; earned a SAG nomination for Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role
In 2006, Cast in Robert Altman's ensemble feature "A Prairie Home Companion," based on Garrison Keilor's radio program

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