Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones in scene from movie "In the Valley of Elah," for which he is nominated for an Oscar for Best Performance by An Actor In A Leading Role. In 1994, Jones won a best supporting actor Oscar for "The Fugitive." He was also nominated in the supporting actor category in 1992 for "JFK."

Tommy Lee Jones in a scene from "No Country For Old Men." Two strong performances in 2007 marked a resurgence in Jones' career -- his portrayal of a beleaguered father looking for his son in "In the Valley of Elah" and as a sheriff hunting an assassin in the critically acclaimed "No Country for Old Men."

Director Andy Davis gestures with actor Tommy Lee Jones as Jones accepts the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's American Riviera Award Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, in Santa Barbara, Calif., in recognition for his career performances in cinema. Jones is also up for an Academy Award for his supporting actor performance in the Iraq War drama "In the Valley of Elah."

Actor Tommy Lee Jones attends the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala presented by Bulgari at Cipriani's 42nd Street, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 in New York.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones arrives for the screening of "In The Valley of Elah" at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. His movie was among several dealing with the Iraq war that were being shown during the film festival.

From left to right, writer-director Ethan Coen, actor Tommy Lee Jones, and writer-director Joel Coen pose on the press line at the premiere of the Miramax Films feature film "No Country For Old Men" in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007.

In 2000, Tommy Lee Jones, second from left, starred with James Garner, Donald Sutherland and Clint Eastwood as aging astronauts in "Space Cowboys." Jones, a Texan who owns 3,000-acre ranch near San Antonio, is a part-time cattle rancher amd raises polo ponies.

In 1993, Tommy Lee Jones as L.T. Bonham and Benicio Del Toro as Aaron Hallam starred in Paramount Pictures' "The Hunted." In the 1990s, movies such as "The Fugitive" "Batman Forever" and "Men in Black" brought him tens of millions of dollars and made him one of the top actors of Hollywood.

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as Agents J and K in a scene from the 1997 movie "Men In Black." They also starred and its sequel, "Men in Black II." Jones has had memorable roles in such films as "The Fugitive" and its sequel, "U.S. Marshals," "JFK," "No Country for Old Men," "In the Valley of Elah" and "Batman Forever."

Tommy Lee Jones, director and star of the film "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," left, and Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, pose for photographers at the film's premiere Dec. 12, 2005, in New York. At the 2000 Democratic National Convention, Jones presented the nominating speech for Gore, his college roommate, as the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States.

Actor and director Tommy Lee Jones poses for photographs at the gala premiere if his film, "The Three Burials of Melquides Estrada," during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. The film won him the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival the same year.

In 2003, Tommy Lee Jones starred with Cate Blanchett in "The Missing." Just days after his graduation from Harvard, Jones moved to New York and began his theatrical career on Broadway in "A Patriot for Me" (1969). In 1970, he made his film debut in "Love Story." According to author Erich Segal, Jones and his then Harvard roommate Al Gore, were the models for the character of Oliver.

A "not really bald" Tommy Lee Jones talks to reporters after accepting the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role as Marshal Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive" on March 21, 1994. "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." His head was shaved for his role in the film "Cobb."