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August 21, 2006

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Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones talks about typecasting in the industry and what it was like to direct himself in the new film, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.


Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

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Emmy- and Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones has never had an acting class. The Texas born thespian got his first taste of performing arts in school plays. Equally at home on the football and polo fields, he attended Harvard, where he roomed with future VP Al Gore. After graduating cum laude, Jones moved to NY to fulfill his dream of acting. Over the past three decades, he's played a wide range of roles on TV, the big screen and Broadway. He directed, co-produced and stars in the new feature, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.