Born in Texas- Had a younger brother, born 3 years after the actor, who died in infancy.
- Never took an acting class.
- Played Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV) and later appeared in Batman Forever (1995), which was filmed inside the hangar of Hughes` "Spruce Goose."
- Married 3 times.
- Tommy Lee Jones was also a resident of Midland, Texas, and attended the same high school as the future First Lady Laura Bush.
- Born on the exact same day as filmmaker and good friend Oliver Stone.
- Is an avid San Antonio Spurs fan.
- He is a first cousin of Boxcar Willie, a famous country singer.
- Owns the movie rights to Cormac McCarthy`s controversial novel "Blood Meridian," which many consider unfilmable.
- Speaks Spanish fluently.
- According to author Erich Segal, Jones and his then Harvard roommate Al Gore, were the models for the character of Oliver in Love Story (1970).
- Good friends with: Al Gore, Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Oliver Stone and Robert Duvall.
- Father`s name was Clyde C. Jones -- he did not have a middle name, just an initial.
- Real-life son, Austin Leonard Jones, played his son, Tommy, in Yuri Nosenko, KGB (1986) (TV).
- He and Al Gore were roommates while the two were students at Harvard University. The two remain close friends.
16 interesting facts about Tommy Lee Jones
