Gene Jones (actor)

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Gene Jones
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Gene Jones is an American character actor, who appeared in No Country for Old Men (2007), [1] The Hateful Eight (2015) and The Sacrament (2013), with the latter earning him a nomination for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award as Best Supporting Actor. [2]

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Biography

Jones grew up in Louisiana. He acted in theater productions for nearly 30 years before being cast in No Country for Old Men (2007) as the gas station proprietor who plays a game of "heads or tails" with killer Anton Chigurh. [3] [4] [5] From there, Jones received bit parts in television shows like Louie and House of Cards . He was cast in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) because director Sam Raimi liked his voice. [3] That same year, he received a lead role as a cult leader named Father in The Sacrament (2013). Jones got the part after director Ti West saw his role as a pharmacist in Louie and asked him to send in a video audition. [6] [7] [8]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes.
1990 The Civil War Various9 episodes
2004 Chappelle's Show Prosecutor #31 episode
2004 Red Dead Revolver Sheriff Bartlett / CowboyVoices, video game
2007 No Country for Old Men Gas Station Proprietor
2010Working it OutHenry
2012 Louie PharmacistEpisode: "Ikea/Piano Lesson"
2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Neighbor
2013 House of Cards Wayne Paley1 episode
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Wild West Barker
2013 The Sacrament Father
2014 Boardwalk Empire Indiana Counter Man1 episode
2014 A Merry Friggin' Christmas Glen
2015DementiaGeorge Lockhart
2015 The Hateful Eight Sweet Dave
2015-2016 Inside Amy Schumer Congressman #3 / Doctor2 episodes
2016UncagedWade
2016 Vinyl Colonel Tom Parker Episode: "The King and I"
2016 Katie Says Goodbye Mr. Willard
2017 Godless Sheriff Elton Cunningham
2017 The Strange Ones Gary
2017BugEarl
2018 The Old Man & the Gun Mr. Owens
2018 The Standoff at Sparrow Creek Hubbel
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Tumbleweed gunsmithVoice, video game
2019 Living with Yourself Farmer Ray3 episodes
2020 Little America Hat Store ShopkeepEpisode: "The Cowboy"
2023 The Blacklist PopsEpisode: "The Four Guns"
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Pitts Beatty

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