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Tommy Lee Jones net worth stands for over 85 million dollars. Tommy Lee is famous American actor and film director. He is well known for his outstanding acting in films as follows ‘The Fugitive’, ‘The Good Old Boys’, ‘Men in Black’, ‘No Country for Old Men’, ‘In the Valley of Elah’ and ‘Lincoln’. Tommy Lee Jones was born on September 15, 1946 in San Saba, Texas, U.S. His mother, Lucille Marie Scott, was working as a police officer, school teacher and was a beauty shop owner whereas his father, Clyde C. Jones, was working on an oil field. Tommy Lee Jones has graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Tommy Lee Jones began his career on the Broadway stage meanwhile landing roles in films ‘Love Story’ directed by Arthur Hiller, ‘Jackson County Jail’ directed by Michael Miller, ‘The Amazing Howard Hughes’ directed by William A. Graham where Tommy Lee landed the leading role, ‘Rolling Thunder’ directed by John Flynn, ‘Eyes of Laura Mars’ directed by Irvin Kershner and other films. In 1980, Tommy Lee Jones net worth rose significantly as he was nominated by Golden Globe Awards for the Best Actor for his role in biographical film ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ directed by Michael Apted. After a few years, Tommy Lee increased his net worth winning Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in television film ‘The Executioner’s Song’ directed by Lawrence Schiller. He took parts in films as ‘Nate and Hayes’ directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, ‘Black Moon Rising’ directed by Harley Cokeliss, ‘The Big Town’ directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker, ‘Stormy Monday’ directed by Mike Figgis and other films. Furthermore, he was acting in TV films like ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ directed by Jack Hofsiss, ‘The Park Is Mine’ directed by Steven Hilliard Stern, ‘Broken Vows’ directed by Jud Taylor, ‘Stanger on My Land’ directed by Larry Elikann and other TV films. Jones net worth jumped in 1991 after he received nominations by Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his Clay Shaw role in political thriller film ‘JFK’ directed by Oliver Stone.

In 1993, Tommy Lee Jones attracted critics’ attention and added up his net worth starring in thriller ‘The Fugitive’ directed by Andrew Davis. He won Academy Awards, Golden Globe Award, Kansas City Film Critics Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, MTV Movie Award, and Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for this role. Tommy Lee received nominations positive thus raising his net worth for his roles in ‘Blown Away’ directed by Stephen Hopkins, ‘Cobb’ directed by Ron Shelton, ‘Batman Forever’ directed by Joel Schumacher, ‘Men in Black’ directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, ‘U.S. Marshals’ directed by Stuart Baird, ‘Double Jeopardy’ directed by Bruce Beresford and other films. ‘The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada’ also put sharp rise on Lee net worth as the film was directed by and starring by Tommy Lee Jones after which Tommy received only positive evaluations for directing and acting. Jones net worth rose after he was nominated for his roles in ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ directed by Robert Altman, ‘No Country for Old Men’ directed, written, and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, ‘In the Valley of Elah’ written and directed by Paul Haggis, ‘The Company Men’ written and directed by John Wells, ‘Lincoln’ directed by Steven Spielberg.

Tommy Lee Jones now is married for the third time and living with Dawn Laurel. His former spouses were Katherine “Kate” Lardner and Kimberlea Cloughley. He has two children.

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Tommy Lee Jones Quick Info

Tommy Lee Jones Trademarks

1. Deep gravelly voice with thick Texas accent
2. Often plays real-life historical figures (Thaddeus Stevens, Howard Hughes, Gary Gilmore, Ty Cobb, Oliver Lynn, Clay Shaw)
3. Often plays hard-edged but sarcastic law enforcement and military officers
4. Known both on-screen and off-screen for his crusty, cranky persona
5. Deadpan delivery

Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

• [on his film, The Homesman (2014)] I don’t even know what a western is. I’m interested in making films about the history of my country. I think ‘western’ means the story has horses and big hats. That’s about as descriptive as the term can be. What I’m trying to indicate is that I don’t think in terms of genre. And yet I will admit that I’ve made three movies that had horses and big hats, so there must be something there.
• [observation, 2014] The quality of one’s emotional life changes over the years, doesn’t it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there’s a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that’s what keeps me going.
• Harrison [Harrison Ford] is probably the best physical actor working today. I don’t simply mean hanging on to the hood of a Nazi truck as it zooms around the desert. He has a way of running that’s quite articulate. He uses his body very, very well.
• [on Will Smith] Will is more generous than anyone, and he spreads joy. He walks into a studio, walks onto a set, and he makes certain that everybody’s happy. He can’t help himself.
• I bear no resemblance to Douglas MacArthur whatsoever. But a campaign hat, some aviator glasses and a corncob pipe go a long way.
• It’s been said, truthfully, that every actor has a moment in every year, at least, when he knows for sure that he’ll never work again. That’s a more or less humorous way to point to the insecurity that comes with the job. I think that’s why [Laurence Olivier] said, “If you have any choice at all, don’t be an actor”.
• [regarding the furor over the violence in Natural Born Killers (1994)] Those who say that a work of art is an invitation to violent anti-social behavior are not very bright.
• I love cinema, and I love agriculture.
• You just look for good parts and good stories and a good company to work with. Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.
• [on working with famous movie stars] I feel pretty lucky. Those guys, they know my name. They know who I am. Not bad for a little Indian boy. Not bad.
• I really enjoyed a remark that Howard Hawks once made. He said the most important thing is not to ask an actor to do anything he can’t do. Same thing goes for horses.
• [on how he learned to direct] I’ve worked with more than 50 directors and I’ve paid attention since day one. That’s pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I’ve seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving. You just leave the bad part out.
• I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort.
• My thanks to the Academy for the very finest, greatest award that any actor can ever receive. The only thing a man can say at a time like this is — I am not really bald.
• It’s no mean calling to bring fun into the afternoons of large numbers of people. That too is part of my job, and I’m happy to serve when called on.
• Somebody’s gonna give you some money to perform a job, you do your best to make ’em a good hand…

Tommy Lee Jones Important Facts

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• Accepted the Texas Legend Award during the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards ceremony held on March 12, 2015 in Austin, Texas.
• First of three actors whose Oscar-winning roles were inspired by the works of Victor Hugo. The character of Lt. Gerard in The Fugitive (1993) was modeled after Inspector Javert in Les Miserables. Anne Hathaway won her Oscar for playing Fantine in Les Misérables (2012). Heath Ledger won his Oscar for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008), which was inspired by the character Gwynplaine from The Man Who Laughs (1928). He and Hathaway have also both had roles in the Batman film series: Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), while Jones appeared in Batman Forever (1995) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, a character also appearing in The Dark Knight (2008).
• As of 2014, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Love Story (1970), Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), JFK (1991), The Fugitive (1993), No Country for Old Men (2007) and Lincoln (2012). Only No Country for Old Men (2007) won in the category.
• The longest he has gone without an Oscar nomination is 14 years, between The Fugitive (1993) and In the Valley of Elah (2007).
• Has been friends with actor Tom Berenger since they were both on One Life to Live (1968).
• Was set to star in Savior (1998), but had to back out due to other commitments.
• Was set to star in Everybody’s All-American (1988) in 1982, but the studio backed out partly because they did not believe that Jones was leading man material. Jones has said that he found it all amusing. Dennis Quaid got the part when Taylor Hackford took over the project.
• At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, he presented the nominating speech for Al Gore as the Democratic Party’s nominee for President of the United States.
• Became friends with Al Gore when they were roommates at Harvard University, and he was asked to host the Nobel Peace Prize concert for Gore.
• Had a younger brother, born 3 years after the actor, who died in infancy.
• Mother was Lucille Marie Scott.
• In Batman Forever (1995), his character of “Two-Face” flips a coin to see if his victims should live or die. Twelve years later he played a sheriff in No Country for Old Men (2007) pursuing an assassin who kills random victims by asking them to call a coin toss.
• Is an avid polo player. He even bought a house in a polo country club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• An animated caricature of him appeared in an episode of the animated series adaptation of Men in Black (1997) alongside an animated caricature of his MIB co-star Will Smith, set against a scene parodying another hit film starring Smith, Independence Day (1996).
• An eighth-generation Texan, he has English, as well as some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Scottish, ancestry. He has also stated that he has Cherokee Native American roots, but it is not clear if this ancestry has been documented (all of his grandparents and great-grandparents were listed as “White” on United States Censuses).
• Jones was also a resident of Midland, Texas, and attended the same high school as the former First Lady Laura Bush.
• Played Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) and later appeared in Batman Forever (1995), which was filmed inside the hangar of Hughes’ “Spruce Goose.”.
• Is an avid San Antonio Spurs fan.
• Is the only Texan to have played fellow Texan Howard Hughes. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator (2004)), Jason Robards (Melvin and Howard (1980)) and Terry O’Quinn (The Rocketeer (1991)) were born in California, Illinois and Michigan, respectively.
• Has worked twice with actresses playing Katharine Hepburn. In The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977), he played Howard Hughes opposite Tovah Feldshuh as Hepburn. In The Missing (2003), his daughter is played by Cate Blanchett, who played Hepburn in The Aviator (2004)–another biopic about Hughes.
• Was the studio’s original (and preferred) choice to play Snake Plisken in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981). The studio was reluctant to cast Kurt Russell, who ultimately got the part, because of his previous work.
• Born on the exact same day as filmmaker and good friend Oliver Stone.
• Owns the movie rights to Cormac McCarthy’s controversial novel “Blood Meridian,” which many consider unfilmable.
• He is a first cousin of Boxcar Willie, a famous country singer.
• Speaks Spanish fluently.
• His ex-wife, Kate Lardner, is Ring Lardner’s granddaughter.
• Good friends with: Al Gore, Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Oliver Stone and Robert Duvall.
• Ten days after graduating from Harvard, he landed his first role in the Broadway production of “A Patriot for Me” (with Maximilian Schell), which closed after 49 performances. He got his agent after giving a letter of introduction to actress Jane Alexander. His story of how he found an agent and a Broadway job so quickly was written about in an issue of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”.
• Writes most of his own most memorable lines in films: The Fugitive (1993)… when Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) tells Marshal Gerard, “I didn’t kill my wife,” Gerard replies, “I don’t care!” Under Siege (1992)… William Strannix’s speech after he loses his mind: “Saturday morning cartoons… This little piggy… ” Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) … John Neville’s revealing speech at the end of the movie.
• Injured after falling from horse during polo match. [October 1998]
• According to author Erich Segal, Jones and his then Harvard roommate Al Gore, were the models for the character of Oliver in Love Story (1970).
• Real-life son, Austin Leonard Jones, played his son, Tommy, in Screen Two: Double Image (1986).
• Father, with Kimberlea Cloughley, of Austin Leonard Jones (born November 9, 1982) and Victoria Jones (born September 3, 1991).
• Father’s name was Clyde C. Jones — he did not have a middle name, just an initial.
• Plays polo and raises polo ponies. His team won the U.S. Polo Association’s Western Challenge Cup in 1993. Invites Harvard University’s best polo players to his ranch to practice each fall.
• Part time cattle rancher, owns 3,000-acre ranch near San Antonio, TX.
• He and Al Gore were roommates while the two were students at Harvard University. The two remain close friends.
• Never took an acting class.

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