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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Has always looked between ten to fifteen years older than he actually is, though nowadays he's starting to look his age. This actually allowed him to be cast in ''Film/SpaceCowboys'' with ClintEastwood; despite ranging from 12-20 years younger than his three castmates, his character was portrayed in the same age bracket as them.

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'''Tommy Lee Jones''', born on September 15, 1946, is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.

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'''Tommy Lee Jones''', born on September 15, 1946, is an American actor.actor and film director. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.
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'''Tommy Lee Jones''' (September 15, 1946-) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.

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'''Tommy Lee Jones''' (September Jones''', born on September 15, 1946-) 1946, is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.
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'''Tommy Lee Jones''' (born 1946 in San Saba, Texas) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.

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'''Tommy Lee Jones''' (born 1946 in San Saba, Texas) (September 15, 1946-) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Has always looked between ten to fifteen years older than he actually is, though nowadays he's starting to look his age. This actually allowed him to be cast in ''SpaceCowboys'' with ClintEastwood; despite ranging from 12-20 years younger than his three castmates, his character was portrayed in the same age bracket as them.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Has always looked between ten to fifteen years older than he actually is, though nowadays he's starting to look his age. This actually allowed him to be cast in ''SpaceCowboys'' ''Film/SpaceCowboys'' with ClintEastwood; despite ranging from 12-20 years younger than his three castmates, his character was portrayed in the same age bracket as them.
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Try not to confuse him with Music/TomJones.
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* ''LoveStory'': Hank Simpson (film debut)
* ''Film/NateAndHayes'': Captain Bully Hayes
* ''LonesomeDove'': Woodrow F. Call
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'': Clay Shaw
* ''Film/UnderSiege'': Billy Stranix
* ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''USMarshals'': Marshal Samuel Gerard (he won an Oscar for the former)
* ''TheClient'': Roy Foltrigg
* ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'': Warden Dwight [=McClusky=]
* ''Film/BlownAway'': Ryan Gaerity
* ''Film/BatmanForever'': Harvey Dent/Two-Face
* ''Film/MenInBlack'' and its sequels: Agent K
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': Major Chip Hazard (voice)
* ''DoubleJeopardy''
* ''SpaceCowboys'': William "Hawk" Hawkins
* ''TheHunted''
* ''Film/TheThreeBurialsOfMelquiadesEstrada''
* ''NoCountryForOldMen'': Ed Tom Bell
* ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah'': Hank Deerfield
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Colonel Chester Philips
* ''Emperor'': General Douglas [=MacArthur=]
* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'': Thaddeus Stevens

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* ''LoveStory'': ''LoveStory'' (1970): Hank Simpson (film debut)
* ''Film/NateAndHayes'': ''Film/NateAndHayes'' (1983): Captain Bully Hayes
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* ''Film/BatmanForever'': ''Film/BatmanForever'' (1995): Harvey Dent/Two-Face
* ''Film/MenInBlack'' and its sequels: (1997): Agent K
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': ''USMarshals'' (1998): Marshal Samuel Gerard
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' (1998):
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''DoubleJeopardy'' (1999): Travis
* ''SpaceCowboys'': ''SpaceCowboys'' (2000): William "Hawk" Hawkins
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* ''NoCountryForOldMen'' (2007):
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* ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah'': ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah'' (2007): Hank Deerfield
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' (2011): Colonel Chester Philips
* ''Emperor'': ''[[Film/MenInBlack MenInBlack 3]]'' (2012) : Agent K
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'''Tommy Lee Jones''' (born 1946) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.

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'''Tommy Lee Jones''' (born 1946) 1946 in San Saba, Texas) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.
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* TheStoic: several of his characters.

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* TheStoic: several Most of his characters.
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Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.

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Tommy '''Tommy Lee Jones Jones''' (born 1946) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.
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He tends to play snarky, grumpy, and very {{Badass}} characters.

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He tends to play snarky, grumpy, and usually very {{Badass}} characters.
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Not funny, not necessary.


-->'''[[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]]''': (''pretending to be Jones'') I'm Tommy Lee Jones. I was here to play Tommy Lee Jones. I'm Tommy Lee Jones.
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Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.

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Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.
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* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Since nearly every role of his tends to be a grumpy fellow, it's often joked that he's just playing himself.
-->'''[[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]]''': (''pretending to be Jones'') I'm Tommy Lee Jones. I was here to play Tommy Lee Jones. I'm Tommy Lee Jones.
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* AcademyAward: Winner for ''Film/TheFugitive'', and nominee for ''Film/JFK'', ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah'', and ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''.

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* AcademyAward: Winner for ''Film/TheFugitive'', and nominee for ''Film/JFK'', ''Film/{{JFK}}'', ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah'', and ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''.
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* AcademyAward: Winner for ''Film/TheFugitive'', and nominee for ''Film/JFK'', ''Film/InTheValleyOfElah'', and ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''.
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* ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''USMarshals'': Marshal Samuel Gerard

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Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor. He was little known until his big breaks in 1990s, where he scored roles in three blockbuster films: ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/BatmanForever'', and ''Film/MenInBlack''. He fell off the radar for a few years until his resurgence with ''NoCountryForOldMen''.

He tends to play snarky, grumpy, and very {{Badass}} characters.

He was also AlGore's roommate at Harvard. Figure that one out. And in case you've managed to wrap your head around that, according to author Erich Segal (who attended Harvard at the same time), the hero of his novel ''LoveStory'' was based on a fusion of the two of them.
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!!Roles of Note:
* ''LoveStory'': Hank Simpson (film debut)
* ''Film/NateAndHayes'': Captain Bully Hayes
* ''LonesomeDove'': Woodrow F. Call
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'': Clay Shaw
* ''Film/UnderSiege'': Billy Stranix
* ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''USMarshals'': Marshal Samuel Gerard
* ''DoubleJeopardy''
* ''TheHunted''
* ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'': Warden Dwight [=McClusky=]
* ''Film/BatmanForever'': Harvey Dent/Two-Face
* ''Film/MenInBlack'' and its sequels: Agent K
* ''SpaceCowboys'': William "Hawk" Hawkins
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': Major Chip Hazard (voice)
* ''NoCountryForOldMen'': Ed Tom Bell
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Colonel Chester Philips
* ''Emperor'': General Douglas [=MacArthur=]
* ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'': Thaddeus Stevens

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!!Associated Tropes:

* {{Badass}}: His characters are rarely anything but.
* BigOlUnibrow
* TheCastShowoff: He is fluent in Spanish and speaks it in some of his films.
* CoolOldGuy: Very much one, both in real life and quite often in character as well.
* {{Cowboy}}: In RealLife as well as some of his roles. He owns at least two ranches, one of which was the setting for ''Film/TheThreeBurialsOfMelquiadesEstrada'', a film he also directed and starred in.
* TheComicallySerious: When cast in comedic roles, he tends to be this (barring ''Film/BatmanForever'').
* DeadpanSnarker: Practically an artform when he is doing it. No one can get across sarcasm like TLJ.
* DisapprovingLook: Pretty much his default expression. Also known as the "Implied Facepalm".
* HiddenDepths: He is a graduate of Harvard University and a good friend of Al Gore.
* {{Japandering}}: Played [[HughMann an alien disguised as himself]] in a series of Boss Coffee ads.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KnightInSourArmor: Also quite frequently.
* LargeHam: His performances in ''Film/UnderSiege'' and ''Film/BatmanForever'' can go [[HamToHamCombat ham-to-ham]] with anybody.
-->"Four minutes ahead of schedule. Damn, I'm good."
* SilentSnarker: [[http://byspecialrequest.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/implied-facepalm1.jpg To wit]]
* StockShoutOut: Variations of the following:
-->"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area."
* TheStoic: several of his characters.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Has always looked between ten to fifteen years older than he actually is, though nowadays he's starting to look his age. This actually allowed him to be cast in ''SpaceCowboys'' with ClintEastwood; despite ranging from 12-20 years younger than his three castmates, his character was portrayed in the same age bracket as them.

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