ABOUT THE CAST
Academy Award® winner TOMMY LEE JONES reprises his role as Agent Kay, the greatest agent in the history of the world's most secret law enforcement organization.
Jones most recently starred in Space Cowboys with James Garner and Donald Sutherland for director/actor Clint Eastwood, Rules of Engagement with Samuel L. Jackson, Double Jeopardy with Ashley Judd and in U.S. Marshals, the follow-up to The Fugitive.
In 1994 Jones was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscarâ for his uncompromising portrayal of U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard in the box office hit The Fugitive. For this performance, he also received a Golden Globe® Award as Best Supporting Actor. Three years prior in 1991, Jones received his first Oscarâ nomination for his portrayal of Clay Shaw in Oliver Stone's JFK.
Jones made his feature film debut in Arthur Hiller's Love Story in 1970 and, in a career spanning three decades, has starred in such films as Eyes of Laura Mars, Coal Miner's Daughter, for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination, Stormy Monday, The Package, Under Siege, Heaven and Earth, The Client, Natural Born Killers, Blue Sky, Batman Forever and Cobb.
Following Men in Black II, Jones will star with Benicio del Toro in The Hunted for director William Friedkin.
In 1995, Jones made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed telefilm adaptation of the Elmer Kelton book "The Good Old Boys" for TNT. Jones also starred in the telefilm with Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Frances McDormand and Matt Damon. For his portrayal of Hewey Calloway, he received nominations for both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a CableACE Award.
Jones had had previous success on the small screen. In 1983, he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Gary Gilmore in "The Executioner's Song" and, in 1989, was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the miniseries Lonesome Dove.
His numerous network and cable credits include the title role in "The Amazing Howard Hughes," the American Playhouse production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "The Rainmaker" for HBO, the HBO/BBC production of "Yuri Noshenko," "KGB" and "April Morning."
In 1969, Jones made his Broadway debut in John Osborne's "A Patriot for Me. " His other Broadway appearances include "Four on a Garden" with Carol Channing and Sid Caesar, and "Ulysses in Nighttown" with the late Zero Mostel.
Born in San Saba, Texas, he worked briefly with his father in the oil fields before leaving for Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in English.
Academy Award® nominated WILL SMITH returns to his monochrome suit in the role of Agent Jay, the most devoted super-agent in the world's most clandestine organization.
Smith has most recently starred in the title role in Ali, the biographical drama of the boxer whose charismatic style and combative temperament shook the world. His performance earned him Best Actor Award nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Image Awards. He previously starred with Matt Damon in Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance, for which he won the NAACP Award for Best Actor. Prior to that, Smith starred in the box office hit Wild Wild West, for which he also recorded the hit theme song. His company, Overbrook Entertainment, produced the soundtrack that sold over two million copies.
In addition to toplining the Tony Scott thriller Enemy of the State, Smith starred in two of the biggest box office hits of all time, Independence Day and Men in Black, for which he recorded the Grammy-winning theme song. His earlier films include the action hit Bad Boys, the Oscar®-nominated Six Degrees of Separation, Made in America and Where the Day Takes You.
Smith's box-office power has been recognized by NATO/ShoWest three times, in 2002 as "Male Star of the Year," in 1999 as winner of the International Box Office Achievement Award and in 1995 as "Male Star of Tomorrow." In addition, Smith was named "1999 Entertainer of the Year" at the NAACP Image Awards.
Smith began his career in music where he cut his first record as a high school senior and, shortly thereafter, teamed with his friend Jeff Townes to record several platinum and multi-platinum albums as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Smith's first solo album, Big Willie Style, has sold eight million copies. His follow-up album Willennium featured the hit single Will2K and both went double platinum, selling over two million copies.
On television, Smith can still be seen starring in syndicated re-runs of the enormously successful situation comedy "Fresh Prince of Bel Air", created for him by Quincy Jones.
LARA FLYNN BOYLE (Serleena) was last seen in Happiness for director Todd Solondz, and had a memorable performance in the feature film Afterglow, directed by Alan Rudolph, with Nick Nolte and Julie Christie. Lara got her first big break when she starred in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks."
Lara's past films include: Equinox, also directed by Alan Rudolph; Red Rock West, directed by John Dahl, Alan Parker's The Road to Wellville, Clint Eastwood's The Rookie, Wayne's World, directed by Penelope Spheeris, Andrew Fleming's Threesome, and Mark Rocco's Where the Day Takes You.
On the small screen the Emmy nominated, Boyle is in her sixth season as Helen Gamble in David E. Kelley's Emmy Award winning drama "The Practice".
A Native of Chicago, Lara began her career upon graduation from The Chicago Academy for the Arts.
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE (Scrad/Charlie) rapidly gained fame as the creator and star of the MTV reality series "Jackass." Knoxville recently starred in Barry Sonnenfeld's ensemble comedy Big Trouble. He is currently in production on the feature film version of his highly successful "Jackass" series. Additional film credits include Coyote Ugly and Life Without Dick.
ROSARIO DAWSON (Laura) is currently filming a Spike Lee film titled The 25th Hour, and will soon be seen starring opposite Eddie Murphy in the comedy Pluto Nash. Dawson most recently starred with Ed Burns in Sidewalks of New York, and also recently completed production of The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest with Adam Garcia.
A native New Yorker, Dawson made her film debut in the highly praised drama that shocked Cannes Film Festival audiences at it's debut, Kids, directed by Larry Clark. She has also had starring roles in the features He Got Game, Light it Up, Down to You and Josie and the Pussycats.
Among Dawson's other upcoming screen appearances is a starring role in the recently completed Love In The Time of Money, written and directed by theatre director Peter Mattei and Ash Wednesday written and directed by Ed Burns with Elijah Wood and Oliver Platt.
RIP TORN (Zed) revisits one of his most popular roles, in a movie career that spans five decades, as MIB's head of operations. Most recently, he played the pompous professor Q in The Wonder Boys and co-starred in Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered.
After making his feature film debut with an uncredited role in the 1956 drama Baby Doll, Torn moved from Los Angeles to New York where he began a long, distinguished and award studded stage career starring in the original Broadway production of "Sweet Bird of Youth." He continued performing in films and television and was nominated for a 1984 Academy Award® for his role in Cross Creek, though his first love has always been the stage.
Torn's other feature film credits include How to Make an American Quilt, RoboCop 3, Defending Your Life, Extreme Prejudice, Summer Rental, Jinxed, Airplane 2: The Sequel, Heartland, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Payday, The Man Who Fell to Earth, You're a Big Boy Now, Tropic of Cancer, The Cincinnati Kid and the film version of Sweet Bird of Youth.
For his work in television, Torn won an Emmy, the CableACE award, and the American Comedy Award, playing the beleaguered producer of "The Larry Sanders Show." He has also starred in the tele-features A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle, She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal, Heart of a Child and Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster, among numerous others.
TONY SHALHOUB (Jeebs) returns as the irascible alien pawnshop owner he played in the original Men in Black™. He previously worked with director Barry Sonnenfeld on Addams Family Values.
Shalhoub most recently completed filming Against the Ropes starring Meg Ryan. He was also recently featured in the films Life or Something Like It, Spy Kids, Galaxy Quest, The Siege, Gattaca, Big Night, Imposter, 13 Ghosts and The Man Who Wasn't There. He also recently completed production on his feature directorial debut, the independent film Made Up, in which he costars with his wife Brooke Adams and Gary Sinise.
In addition to his work in feature films, Shalhoub will soon be seen starring in the new original television series "Monk," on USA Networks. He was a series regular on the sitcoms "Stark Raving Mad" and the long-running hit series "Wings."
Tony Shloub's theatre work includes stagings of "Waiting for Godot," "Conversations with My Father," "The Heidi Chronicles" and "The Odd Couple," and the New York Shakespeare Festival productions of "Henry IV Part 1" and "Richard III."
PATRICK WARBURTON (Agent Tee) recently starred in the title role of the television comedy series "The Tick," produced by Barry Sonnenfeld. He also recently co-starred in Sonnenfeld's big screen comedy Big Trouble. He will also soon be seen in the feature Sex & Violence.
Among Warburton's other film credits are Joe Somebody, The Woman Chaser, The Dish, Scream 3, Camouflage, Master of Dragonard Hill and Dragonard.
On television, Warburton had a recurring role as Elaine's boyfriend, Puddy, on the long-running hit "Seinfeld." Prior to that, he co-starred for two years on the CBS series "Dave's World." He has also been successful in the field of animated voiceovers with the series lead in "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command," the role of Agamemnon in the series "Hercules" and the part of Kronk in the feature The Emperor's New Groove, among others.
A former model for Bugle Boy clothes, Warburton studied marine biology at Orange Coast College where he met his wife, Cathy.
JACK KEHLER (Ben) most recently appeared in Big Trouble for director Barry Sonnenfeld. The hard-working character actor's other recent feature film appearances include, Love Liza, Beyond Suspicion, Civility, The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Male, Dudley Do-Right, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,True Crime, and Forces of Nature.
Kehler has also appeared in the features Lethal Weapon 4, The Big Lebowski, Lost Highway, My Fellow Americans, Serpent's Lair, Waterworld, Wyatt Earp, Cops and Robbersons, White Sands, Grand Canyon, The Last Boy Scout, Point Break, I Love You to Death and Year of the Dragon.
Among his many TV credits are the mini-series "Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer," "The Invaders," and "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom."
