The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Cast List

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Cast List

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones began his acting career on Broadway in 1969 and gained his first motion picture role the following year. He continued to work a great deal through the 1980s garnering critical praise and awards for his film and tv work. In the 1990s he broke out in films such as The Fugitive which he earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Men In Black Franchise. Jones has garnered 4 total Oscar nominations (1 win), and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is his first theatrically released film as a director. His directorial debut came on a made for tv movie entitled The Good Old Boys.

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper is best known for his roles in Saving Private Ryan and The Green Mile. He first began acting by performing sketches with his family on a homemade boat his father built for them to travel the South Pacific islands. The sketches were done as a way to create entertainment for the family and he carried on this enjoyment into the pursuit of an acting career that began in the early 1990s.

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Julio Cesar Cedillo is an actor born in Durango, Mexico. He got his start appearing in television series in the 1990s. He is most well known for his role in Sicario as Fausto Alarcon, the cartel leader who becomes the target of assasination.

January Jones

January Jones began her television and film career in 1999, but it was in 2007's Mad Men that she gained a wider recognition. For the series she earned two Golden Globe Nominations and one Emmy nomination. She's gone on to appear in X:Men First Class, Unknown and the television series The Last Man on Earth.

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam is a country music star who quite literally is responsible for honky tonk style of country music gaining acceptance in the mainstream. Yoakam was rejected by Nashville early on in his career as they didn't believe they could market his music. So he moved to Los Angeles and began performing at rock and punk rock clubs which earned him the attention of those genre's followers. He has five Billboard #1 Albums, 12 gold albums, 9 platinum albums and one triple platinum album. Yoakam gained attention for his acting opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the 1996 film Sling Blade. He's appeared in Panic Room and the television series Wilfred and Under the Dome.

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