11 Facts About Tommy Lee Jones

1. Tommy Lee Jones is a ubiquitous spokesman for Boss Coffee in Japan.

2. Tommy Lee Jones played offensive guard for Harvard that magical day 50 years ago.

3. Tommy Lee Jones does not often expound on anything much, at least not to the press.

4. Tommy Lee Jones is a polo player and he has a house in a polo country club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

5. In 2011, Tommy Lee Jones appeared in public service announcements on Japanese television, joining a number of other popular figures who sang two sentimental songs in remembrance of those lost in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

6. Tommy Lee Jones has been a spokesperson for Japanese brewing company Suntory since 2006.

7. In 2005, the first theatrical feature film Tommy Lee Jones directed, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, was presented at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

8. In 1980, Tommy Lee Jones earned his first Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn's husband, Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn, in the popular Coal Miner's Daughter.

9. Tommy Lee Jones moved to New York to become an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1969's A Patriot for Me in a number of supporting roles.

10. Tommy Lee Jones was born on September 15, 1946, in San Saba, Texas.

11. Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and filmmaker.