His performance as US Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 suspense film “The Fugitive” earned him the Best Supporting Actor award.
Although he does not have cancer, it has been reported that he addressed cancer-related programs.
Tommy Lee Jones is probably most famous for his stolidly reserved depictions of law enforcement officers, military personnel, and cowboys. He was born in San Saba, Texas, on September 15, 1946.
Jones was the lone child of an oil field laborer and his wife, a cosmetologist, educator, and law enforcement official.
Jones stayed in the country after his dad grabbed a job offer abroad because he had a football scholarship that enabled him to enroll in a prestigious Dallas boarding school.
He became interested in theater there and participated in school performances. Later, Jones enrolled at Harvard University, where he shared a dorm with Al Gore, a future vice president of the United States.
Jones was a member of the football team and famously took part in the famous 1968 Harvard-Yale game that ended in a tie. He also continued to perform in school theater plays and with repertory companies over the summers.
Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in English in 1969 and moved to New York City to pursue an acting career after finding himself physically unfit for professional football.
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