What is Austin Leonard Jones doing now? Tommy Lee Jones’ son’s last acting role was in 2014

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Tommy Lee Jones Attends Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount+'s "Finestkind" - Arrivals - Source: Getty

Veteran Hollywood actor Tommy Lee Jones’ only daughter, Victoria Jones, was discovered dead at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on New Year’s Day of 2026. She was 34.

The San Francisco Fire Department told TMZ that its officers responded to a medical emergency at the hotel around 3 AM local time. Later, paramedics arrived on the scene and declared the female victim dead.

No official cause of death has been disclosed. However, NBC Bay Area reported that no signs of foul play were suspected following the initial investigation by SFPD. An autopsy report by the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will reveal more details soon.

Victoria Jones previously acted on TV shows and films in the early 2000s, including Men in Black II and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, alongside her father. But it remains unknown what she had been doing lately, except accompanying her famous dad to red-carpet events.

She has a brother named Austin Leonard Jones, who is Tommy Lee Jones’ only son. Austin, 43, is an actor, composer, and motel owner.

The Oscar-winning Fugitive star hasn’t released a public statement at the time of writing.


More about Tommy Lee Jones’ son

Tommy Lee Jones shares both his children with his second wife, Kimberlea Cloughley, the daughter of former Democratic San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger. The pair was together for over fifteen years until their divorce in 1996.

A year after their wedding, the ex-couple welcomed their firstborn, Austin Leonard Jones, in November 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand. He was raised in Texas and now lives in Ojai, California.

While not much is known about Austin’s education, he is now an actor and musician best known for the 2012 short film Frontera and the 2017 documentary Metamorphosis: Junior Year.

He was also credited as the composer/ musical supervisor for his father’s 2014 directorial and acting venture, The Homesman, where he impressed the audience with his banjo skills.

During a subsequent interview with Movies.ie, Tommy Lee Jones shared his experience of working with his son and how he found the right kind for their movie set in the 1855 Midwest:

“Austin 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.”

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Tommy Lee Jones’ son, who also goes by the nickname ALJ, runs The Austin Leonard Jones Motel in California alongside the podcast The Austin Leonard Jones Show.

Two years ago, Austin released a cover of John Denver’s hit song, Alone At Home Depot, via YouTube. He also has four album releases on cassette tape and live records, alongside a song collection titled Dead Calm in 2022 and the 2023 studio album At the Polo Club.

A 10-year retrospective album called The Wonder Years of Austin Leonard Jones was also released in two volumes under the Perpetual Doom Records label.

Tommy Lee’s only son appeared on the seventh season of Markly Morrison’s Low Profile podcast last year, where he was described as a “singing storyteller” who spun “narratives based in fact and fiction” with a “penchant for writing country-flavored tunes that feel familiar from the get-go.”

During the podcast, Austin Leonard Jones spoke about being part of the 2022 Scherler Sundays concert series, his connection to Mexico, being inspired by the Beach Boys, loving veg burgers, being a “strict” band leader, and travelling the country in a pickup van with his close friend Shenandoah.

Before that, in April 2022, Austin appeared on Conversations with Dwyer and spoke about his music career, friendships, and biggest influences, Tennessee Williams and The Jesus Lizard. Additionally, he expressed his gratitude for having tour dates scheduled for the upcoming year.

Tommy Lee Jones with his wife and daughter at the Premiere Of Broad Green Pictures' 'Just Getting Started' - Arrivals - Source: Getty
Tommy Lee Jones with his wife and daughter at the Premiere Of Broad Green Pictures' 'Just Getting Started' - Arrivals - Source: Getty

Victoria Kafka Jones was born in September 1991 in North Carolina. Nicknamed Tory, she was nine years younger than her brother. She is known for her appearance on the 2003 TV series, One Tree Hill.

Tommy Lee Jones praised her now-late daughter during a 2006 interview with The New Yorker.

“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.”

The legendary actor also spoke about the time he almost fired Victoria during their second movie together. Tommy Lee Jones recalled:

“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.”

Tommy Lee Jones, 79, did not have any children with his first wife, Kate Lardner, during their seven years of marriage. He now lives at a century-old cattle ranch in Texas with his third wife, Dawn Laurel-Jones, whom he married in 2001, after six years of dating.

Dawn and Tommy first met on the set of the 1995 film, The Good Old Boys. The couple also owns a 74-acre polo estate in Argentina.

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Edited by Pallavi K