“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.”

American actor, film director, and former football player

Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor, film director, and former football player. He is known for a long career in film and television, and for work that has earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. His career spans acting and directing, with early roots in sport before he became better known on screen. The honors attached to his name reflect a body of work that has been recognized across film and television, both in leading roles and behind the camera.