Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and filmmaker known for acting and directing in films including The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Sunset Limited and The Homesman. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Fugitive (1994).

Born September 15, 1946. Academy Award winner (Best Supporting Actor, The Fugitive, 1994). Actor and director of feature films; directed The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), The Sunset Limited (2011, HBO) and The Homesman (2014).

DeBaser reviews praise Tommy Lee Jones's austere, old‑style directorial approach and his work in modern westerns. Reviews highlight moral journeys, minimalist mise‑en‑scène and strong performances. The three DeBaser pieces focus on The Three Burials (Le Tre Sepolture), The Sunset Limited and The Homesman.

For:Fans of auteur cinema, modern westerns and thoughtful, minimalist filmmaking

 “Show me a single religion that does not prepare for life after death. Show me one that prepares for nothingness. Now, that would be the one for me.”

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 “The Homesman” works masterfully in subtraction, stylistically and visually: basic locations, interiors set up with mid-19th-century simplicity, and a profusion of stretches and prairies.

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