Tommy Lee Jones born September 15, is an American actor. While fame somewhat eluded him for much of the s and s, Jones established himself as a leading man in the s, known for his gruff and authoritative film roles. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the thriller film The Fugitive He played Agent K in the Men in Black franchise.
He was further nominated for playing Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the television miniseries Lonesome Dove Jones was born on September 15, , in San Saba, Texas. Jones β , was a cowboy and oil field worker. Jones is of Cherokee descent. Lee High School. Jones later moved to Dallas and graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas in , [ 7 ] which he attended on scholarship. Jones entered Harvard College in on need-based aid. Jones majored in English literature and was a pupil of dramatist Robert Chapman.
His senior thesis was on "the mechanics of Catholicism" in the works of Flannery O'Connor. Jones played guard [ 13 ] on the Harvard Crimson football team from to He was a member of Harvard's undefeated football team. He was named as a first-team All- Ivy League selection, and played in the Game.
The game featured a memorable and last-minute Harvard point comeback to tie Yale. He recounted his memory of "the most famous football game in Ivy League history" in the documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29β After graduating from Harvard in , Jones moved to New York City to become an actor, making his Broadway debut in 's A Patriot for Me in a number of supporting roles.
In , he landed his first film role, coincidentally playing a Harvard student in Love Story Erich Segal , the author of Love Story , said that he based the lead character of Oliver on aspects of two undergraduate roommates he knew while on a sabbatical at Harvard, Jones and Al Gore. Between and he portrayed Dr. He returned to the stage for a short-lived production of Ulysses in Nighttown , an adaptation of one episode from James Joyce 's novel Ulysses , playing Stephen Dedalus opposite Zero Mostel 's Leopold Bloom and directed by Burgess Meredith.
