Tommy Lee Jones was recognized as an honored Texan.
Tommy Lee Jones was recognized as an honored Texan. EPA/FRANCISCO TIJERNA
Actors Jones and Barry Corbin were among six people inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame on Thursday night.
Jones and Corbin worked together in the 2007 best-picture Oscar winner "No Country for Old Men" and "In the Valley of Elah," as well as the TV miniseries "Lonesome Dove."
The other 2009 Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees are as follows: Tyler Magnus, a nine-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier and former winner in team roping who stars in his own TV show; Rope Myers, a former Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world champion steer wrestler; Ken Welch, a former champion saddle bronc rider; and the late Jim Bob Altizer, a former Rodeo Cowboy Association calf-roping champion and Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and National Cowboy Hall of Fame member.
"By God, y'all are cowboys too," Gov. Rick Perry told the audience, according to the AP.
Jones is an eighth-generation West Texan who still rsides in the state.
Jones has a working 3,000-acre ranch, said he had won many awards but had never felt they were about him. "This might be the first time that I've taken an award personally," Jones said. "This is the first time in all my long years of award-winning that I wish my granddad could be here."
Jones, 62, has won numerous awards including the Emmy for a 1982 made-for-TV movie "The Executioner's Song.", and an Oscar and the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in 1993's "The Fugitive."
The AP reports that Jones' fellow inductee Corbin is "a Lamesa native who now lives and ranches in Fort Worth." Corbin, 68, has appeared in many films and smallscreen shows including "Northern Exposure", "Dallas," ''Reba," ''The Closer TV series" and "One Tree Hill."
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