History Creator / TommyLeeJones

* BigOlUnibrow

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KnightInSourArmor: Also quite frequently.

He tends to play snarky, grumpy, and usually very badass characters, as well as {{Perpetual Frowner}}s in recent years.

* TheComicallySerious: When cast in comedic roles, he tends to be this (barring ''Film/BatmanForever'').

* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Since nearly every role of his tends to be a grumpy fellow, it's often joked that he's just playing himself.

He was also UsefulNotes/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 ''Literature/LoveStory'' was based on a fusion of the two of them.

* ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980): Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn

'''Tommy Lee Jones''', born on September 15, 1946, is an American actor and film director. He was little known until his big breaks in the 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 ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''.

* 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.

He tends to play snarky, grumpy, and usually very {{Badass}} characters, as well as {{Perpetual Frowner}}s in recent years.

* {{Badass}}: His characters are rarely anything but.

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 ''Literature/LoveStory'' was based on a fusion of the two of them.

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

'''Tommy Lee Jones''', born on September 15, 1946, is an American 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 ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''.

** He also speaks fluent Spanish. The scene at the start of ''Film/MenInBlack'' where he was talking to the immigrants at the Mexican border? Ad-libbed.

** Noted in the {{Podcast/Rifftrax}} of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' when he says he's happy: "You'll have to take my word for it. This is pretty much all my face can do."

* SeenItAll: Most of his characters tend to have a lot of experience and jaded against the craziest things that happen, in conjunction with TheComicallySerious. He plays the type extremely well.

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

'''Tommy Lee Jones''', born on September 15, 1946, is an American 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''.

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.

* ''LonesomeDove'' (1989): Woodrow F. Call

* ''Film/MenInBlack2'' (2002) : Agent K

** He also speaks fluent Spanish. The scene at the start of Film/MenInBlack where he was talking to the immigrants at the Mexican border? Ad-libbed.

** Noted in the {{Rifftrax}} of ''CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' when he says he's happy: "You'll have to take my word for it. This is pretty much all my face can do."

* ''Film/TheThreeBurialsOfMelquiadesEstrada'' (2005) (won Best Actor Award at Cannes Festival)

** He also speaks fluent Spanish. The scene at the start of Film/MenInBlack where he was talking to the immigrants at the at the Mexican border? Ad-libbed.

* ''Emperor'' (2012): General Douglas [=MacArthur=]

* ''The Company Men'' (2010): Gene McClary

* ''Film/BlownAway'' (1994): Ryan Gaerity