Today is Tommy Lee Jones' Birthday
Tommy Lee Jones was born September 15, 1946, in San Saba, Texas.
He was raised in Midland, Texas.
His family moved to Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from high school.
He attended Harvard, where, as an upperclassman, his roommate was Al Gore.
Jones played offensive guard on Harvard's undefeated 1968 varsity football team, and was nominated as a first-team All Ivy League selection.
After college, he moved to New York to become an actor where he played on Broadway.
In 1970, he played a Harvard student in his first movie, "Love Story."
The next year, he returned to Broadway to play in Abe Burrow's "Four on a Garden," where he shared the stage with Carol Channing and Sid Caesar.
Between 1971 and 1975 he portrayed Dr. Mark Toland on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live"
He returned to the stage for a 1974 production of "Ulysses in Nighttown" with Zero Mostel.
It was followed by the acclaimed TV movie "The Amazing Howard Hughes," where he played the leading tole.
Jones has appeared in more than 60 movies and has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Warden Dwight McClusky in "Natural Born Killers."
Jones has been married three times, and now lives in Terrell Hills, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.
He owns a 3,000 acre cattle ranch in San Saba County, Texas and a ranch near Van Horn, Texas.
He is an avid San Antonio Spurs fan and is often seen court-side at Spurs' games.
At the 2000 Democratic Convention, he gave the nominating speech for his college roommate, Al Gore, as the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States.
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Outstanding movie. I think it's perfect. I can't see how it could be improved. I think I'll watch it tonight.
I've never read the book.
