Date of Birth: Sun, Sep 15, 1946
Place of Birth: San Saba, Texas, USA
Born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Lucille Marie (Scott) Jones, Tommy Lee Jones worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Marks School of Texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in Dallas, on a scholarship, and went to Harvard on another scholarship.He roomed with future Vice President Al Gore and played offensive guard in the famous 29-29 Harvard-Yale football game of 68 known as The Tie. He received a B.A. in English literature and graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1969.