Tommy Lee Jones' Characters Trivia Quiz

Answer: Aram Kolegian

The pilot episode aired in 1976. The voice of Charlie, Charles Townsen, was provided by John Forsythe. Scott Woodville was the character played by David Ogden Stiers in 'Charlie's Angels'. Dr. Mark Toland was the name of Jones' character in the 1968 television series 'One Life to Live'.

Answer: Coal Miner's Daughter

'Coal Miner's Daughter' was released in 1980. It was from this film that Jones got his first Golden Globe nomination. He was nominated for the Best Motion Picture Actor in a musical or comedy. He lost out to Ray Sharkey who played the role of Vincent Vacarri in 'The Idolmaker', a film based on the life of Bob Marucci.

Answer: Black Moon Rising

Jones plays Quint, a former burglar who is hired by the FBI to steal a tape. Quint steals the tape, but has to hide it in a prototype car called "Black Moon" when he is discovered by Ringer (Lee Ving), an ex-colleague turned guard. Linda Hamilton's character Nina steals the car before Quint can retrieve the tape and he is obliged to go after the car in order to get the tape back again.

Answer: Major Chip Hazard

The 'Small Soldiers' were action toys that were tried out by the son of the store owner. The toys were designed to move and talk and fight against a set of 'enemies'; unfortunately the maker had put in military computer chips and the soldiers became virtually unstoppable. Major Chip Hazard led the Commando Elite in their battle against the Gorgonites. Captain Bully Hayes came from the movie 'Nate and Hayes' (1993), Colonel Hayes Hodges appears in 'Rules of Engagement' (2000) and Colonel William Hawkins was Jones' character in 'Space Cowboys' (2000).

Answer: Under Siege

Steven Segal plays Casey Ryback, who is an ex navy SEAL, who is the only one who can save the USS Missouri from Stranix and his team of mercenaries. The movie ends with an exciting knife fight between Segal and Jones; Casey Ryback saves the day and Stranix perishes.

Answer: Blown Away

Jeff Bridges stars as the bomb disposal expert who quits his job and then hears that his replacement has been blown up. Further investigation leads to the discovery that Ryan Gaerity, a dangerous man from his past, is on his tail. There are some spectacular explosions in the film and Jones is a convincing bad guy.

Answer: Two-Face

Val Kilmer played Batman and Jim Carrey played the Riddler in this 1995 film. Harvey Dent, a former DA of Gotham City, had been mutated so that half of his face was that of a monster. It was Two-Face that caused the death of Dick Grayson's parents, thereby setting in train the events that led to Grayson's becoming Robin.

Answer: Ty Cobb

'Cobb' was directed by Ron Shelton. Ty Cobb was portrayed harshly by the film; however, his reputation is one of single-mindedness and his personality was tempestuous and combative. Robert Wuhl also stars in 'Cobb', as the reporter who wants to write Cobb's autobiography.

Answer: Agent Kay

The tagline of 'Men in Black' was 'Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe'. Jones plays Agent Kay (or Kevin Brown) and Will Smith co-stars as Agent Jay, also known as James Edwards. 'Men in Black' was released in 1997 and 'Men in Black II' in 2002.

Answer: Val Kilmer

Jones also wrote the teleplay of this movie, which was based on a book by Elmer Kelton. Jones stars as Hewey Calloway and Sam Shepard is his side kick Tarnell. Matt Damon played Cotton Calloway and Sissy Spacek was Spring Renfro. Val Kilmer appeared in the 2003 movie 'The Missing' with Jones and Cate Blanchett.