In "Captain America: The First Avenger" what character does Tommy Lee Jones play?

In Captain America: The First Avenger, Tommy Lee Jones plays Colonel Chester Phillips.

Phillips is a senior U.S. Army officer and a member of the Strategic Scientific Reserve, the wartime organization overseeing the super-soldier program. He supervises the effort led by Dr. Abraham Erskine and recruits candidates for the experiment that transforms Steve Rogers into Captain America.

In the film, Phillips initially doubts Rogers because he appears physically weak and unfit for military service. Rogers eventually proves his courage and determination, especially during a training exercise involving a simulated grenade. Phillips then helps select him for Project Rebirth, even though the officer remains gruff and skeptical.

The character is based on General Phillips from Marvel Comics, but the film presents him as a colonel. Tommy Lee Jones plays the role with dry humor and military authority, adding a skeptical counterweight to Erskine’s scientific optimism and Peggy Carter’s support for Rogers.

Phillips is not Captain America’s commanding enemy. The main villain is Johann Schmidt, also known as the Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving.