All About Austin and Victoria

Tommy Lee Jones shares two children, Austin and Victoria, with his ex-wife, Kimberlea Cloughley.

The former couple welcomed Austin in 1982 and Victoria in 1991 before divorcing in 1996. Tommy has been married three times, first to Kate Lardner in 1971 and then to Cloughley. His current marriage to Dawn Laurel-Jones took place in 2001 after the couple met on the set of The Good Old Boys in 1995.

Currently, Jones and wife Dawn live on a 150-year-old Texas cattle ranch, and also spend time on their 74-acre polo estate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, The New Yorker previously reported.

Despite their father’s fame, both children have been raised with a strong sense of normalcy, remaining out of the spotlight for the most part, besides a few acting roles here and there, some performed alongside their father.

Here’s everything to know about Tommy Lee Jones’ children: Austin and Victoria Jones.

Austin Leonard Jones, 41

Tommy welcomed Austin on Nov. 9, 1982, and raised him in his home state of Texas. Austin has followed in his dad’s footsteps and made his mark in the entertainment industry as both an actor and a musician and composer.

His notable acting credits include roles in The Homesman, in which he played the banjo, and composing credits for the movies Metamorphosis: Junior Year and Frontera.

When talking about The Homesman in an interview with Movies.ie, Tommy mentioned how he worked alongside his son on set, Tommy directing and acting, while Austin was the musical supervisor.

Set in the Midwest during 1855, just a year after the Nebraska Territory was established, the 2014 Western film traces the journey from Nebraska to a town in Iowa. According to Tommy, his son “went through the archives of 19th-century music that would have been expected in that part of the world.”

“He found some important and rare songs for us,” he added.

Austin also makes his own music — he has released a number of albums, including Dead Calm in 2022 under the record label Perpetual Doom and At the Polo Club in 2023 with the same label. The musician also has tour dates across the U.S. in 2024 listed on his website.

The composer reminisced about playing music and touring in a 2023 Instagram post. “We are all old friends and road runners who have been singing and screaming together for well over a decade in TX, AZ, OR & WA,” he wrote of his musical crew.

Victoria Kafka Jones, 32

Tommy and Cloughley welcomed Victoria nearly 10 years after her brother on Sept. 3, 1991. She followed in her father’s footsteps from a young age, even appearing in a movie before she was a teenager.

Victoria’s 2002 role in Men in Black II marked her first in Hollywood. Following her acting debut in the blockbuster film, she continued to build her portfolio with a memorable performance in 2005’s The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a film directed by her father and which featured her stepmom, Laurel-Jones, as the stills photographer.

Tommy opened up about his daughter and her achievements, telling The New Yorker in 2006 that, “She’s a good actress, has her sag card, speaks impeccable Spanish… When she was a baby, I told Leticia, her nurse, to speak to her in Spanish.”

He went on to recall having to fire Victoria one time on the set of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: “She had to get up at 5 a.m. for her part. One morning, she wouldn’t get out of bed. I said, ‘Honey, this is work.’ But she wouldn’t budge. So I fired her. Then, without telling me, the production staff went over and woke her and rushed her out to the set just in time.”

In addition to her film roles, Victoria made an appearance in the popular television series One Tree Hill in one episode in 2003.

After 2005, the actress seemingly stepped away from acting, however she still attends red carpets with her father every now and then. Victoria attended the premiere of Just Getting Started in 2017 alongside Tommy, who starred in the film, and her stepmom Dawn.