Tommy Lee Jones is an American-born Hollywood actor and director.

His portrayal of U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film “The Fugitive” won him the Best Supporting Actor award.

Although he does not have cancer, he was reportedly involved in cancer-related programs.

Tommy Lee Jones is probably best known for his very reserved portraits of police officers, soldiers and cowboys. He was born on September 15, 1946 in San Saba, Texas.

Jones was the only child of an oil worker and his wife, a beautician, educator and police officer.

Jones stayed in the country after his father accepted a job offer overseas because he had a soccer scholarship that allowed him to enroll at a prestigious boarding school in Dallas.

There he became interested in theater and took part in school performances. Jones then enrolled at Harvard University, where he shared a dorm room with Al Gore, future vice president of the United States.

Jones was a member of the football team and played in the famous Harvard-Yale game in 1968, which ended in a tie. He continued to perform in school plays and with repertory companies during the summer.

Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in English in 1969 and moved to New York to pursue an acting career after realizing he was not physically suited to professional football.