Tommy Lee Jones was born on 15th 1946 in San Saba, Texas. Things were not as easy for Tommy when he was a child. his parents divorced even when he was very young and things became very difficult for him. He studied at the Alamo Junior High. While he was in the 7th Grade he started playing football and things changed for him. He got the scholarships and then he continued his education in St. Mark's School. Soon Tommy became interested in acting and wanted to pursue it as a full time career.
Although Tommy continued playing football in the Harvard University but this could not satisfy Tommy who was convinced that he wanted to be an actor. He moved to new York to pursue his career. He made his debut entry with film "LOVE STORY." Although he continued working in the same pace for the next five years but he got no great success, because he never got very good roles. Then Tommy made a decision to move to west coast, to Los Angeles. Jones made his living playing small parts in Jackson Country Jail, The Magazine Howard Hughes and the Betsy.
In the 80’s Tommy Lee appeared in TV productions such as "The Executioner’s Song", "The Rainmaker" and "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof". One of his better parts during this period was in the mini-series "Lonesome Dove", where he played a Texas Ranger, co-starring with Robert Duvall. Still all this did not bring the desired success. Then came the turning point in his life. He appeared in Mike Figgis’ film noir Stormy Monday (1988), then in Andrew Davis’ spy film The Package (1989) where he plays a prisoner who is transported to the U.S. by Sgt Gallagher (Gene Hackman). He received an Academy Award nomination for his eerie performance as suspected assassinator Clay Shaw in Oliver Stones JFK (1991). Jones then re-teamed with director Andrew Davis for two more films; UNDER SIEGE (1992) where he plays a disgruntled ex-CIA operative who leads a band that takes over a battleship.
The second film was the excellent chase movie The Fugitive (1993) where he plays opposite Harrison Ford. Ford stars as Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man accused of murdering his wife. He is now on the run and leading the pursuit is the relentless U.S. marshal Sam Gerard, played by Jones who won an Oscar. By this time Jones became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, a position which has been cemented by a number of strong performances in some of the decades’ most successful films. He played Dwight McCluskey in Oliver Stone’s road movie "Natural Born Killers" (1994) and Two-Face in the blockbuster "Batman Forever" (1995). He teamed with Will Smith in the sci-fi comedy "men In Black" (1997) which grossed 250 million dollars. Jones plays ‘K’, a veteran of a government agency that tracks down aliens on Earth. Smith and Jones form a perfect duo, Smith with his frantic energy and Jones with his deadpan delivery. Jones returned as Sam Gerard in U.S. "Marshals" (1998) opposite Wesley Snipes and as ‘K’ in Men In Black II (2002). Other notable appearances are the thriller "Double Jeopardy" (1999) and Clint Eastwood’s space adventure "Space Cowboys" (2000).
On a personal note Tommy first married Katharine Lardner, the marriage lasted for seven years. Then he met Kimberlea Gayle Cloughley. They married in 1981; lasted until Kimberlea discovered that Tommy Lee was being unfaithful to her in 1995. On March 19, 2001, he married Dawn Laurel (his third marriage). Tommy is also known to be very short tempered with the journalists.
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