Jones sues No Country producers

Jones played a sheriff hunting an assassin in the Coen brothers' film

Actor Tommy Lee Jones is to sue the makers of Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men, claiming they owe him more than $10m (£5.6m) in promised bonuses.

Legal papers filed in California stated the 61-year-old had taken a lower fee than normal to appear in the film.

But Paramount Pictures pledged "significant" bonuses to him if the movie was a hit and Jones did not receive these, the papers alleged.

The film company has yet to make a comment on the legal action.

Jones has asked for an auditor to be brought in to look at the production accounts and then establish the amount he is owed.

He has also claimed his contract contained errors in it but said these were not corrected as requested.

Texas-based thriller No Country For Old Men won four Academy Awards in February.

It saw Jones taking the role of a sheriff who was chasing an assassin, played by Javier Bardem.