Billy Bob Thornton

male

Born on August 04, 1955 (69 years old)

From Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

Known for Acting

Biography

Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent film Sling Blade, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He appeared in several major film roles following Sling Blade 's success, including 1998's Armageddon and A Simple Plan. During the late 1990s, Thornton began a career as a singer-songwriter. He has released three albums and was the singer of a blues rock band.

Cast Credits

2024
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
  as
  Self
  2024
- Landman
  as
  Tommy Norris
  2024
2023
- Devil's Peak
  as
  Charlie McNeely
  2023
2022
- Immediate Family
  2022
- Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
  2022
- The Gray Man
  as
  Fitzroy
  2022
2021
- Hollywood.Con
  as
  Boxmaster
  2021
- 1883
  as
  Marshal Jim Courtright
  2021
2020
- The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
  2020
- Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
  as
  Self
  2020
- Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
  as
  Self
  2020
2019
- Untouchable
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2019
- A Million Little Pieces
  as
  Leonard
  2019
- ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
  as
  Self
  2019
- Harley Quinn
  as
  Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
  2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show
  2019
2018
- Temple of Art
  as
  Self
  2018
- London Fields
  as
  Samson Young
  2018
2016
- What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
  as
  Self
  2016
- The First Boys of Spring
  2016
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  as
  General Hollanek
  2016
- Bad Santa 2
  as
  Willie Soke
  2016
- Goliath
  as
  Billy McBride
  2016
2015
- Into the Grizzly Maze
  as
  Douglass
  2015
- Entourage
  as
  Larsen McCredle
  2015
- Our Brand Is Crisis
  as
  Pat Candy
  2015
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
  as
  Self - Actor / Director
  2015
- Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
  as
  Self
  2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
  as
  Self
  2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  as
  Self
  2015
2014
- Cut Bank
  as
  Stan Steeley
  2014
- The Judge
  as
  Dwight Dickham
  2014
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater
  as
  Self - Actor
  2014
- Fargo
  as
  Lorne Malvo
  2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
  as
  Self
  2014
- Fargo
  as
  Narrator (voice)
  2014
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
  as
  Self
  2014
2013
- Jayne Mansfield's Car
  as
  Skip Caldwell
  2013
- Parkland
  as
  Forrest Sorrels
  2013
- Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
  as
  Self
  2013
- Norm Macdonald Live
  as
  Self
  2013
2012
- The Baytown Outlaws
  as
  Carlos
  2012
- Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
  as
  Self
  2012
2011
- The Smell of Success
  as
  Patrick
  2011
- Dislecksia: The Movie
  as
  Self
  2011
- Nashville Rises
  as
  narration
  2011
- no image
  Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
  2011
- Puss in Boots
  as
  Jack (voice)
  2011
2010
- Faster
  as
  Cop
  2010
- Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
  as
  Self
  2010
2009
- Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman
  as
  Self
  2009
2008
- Eagle Eye
  as
  Thomas Morgan
  2008
- The Informers
  as
  William Sloan
  2008
- VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
  as
  Self
  2008
2007
- The Astronaut Farmer
  as
  Charles Farmer
  2007
- Mr. Woodcock
  as
  Jasper Woodcock
  2007
- Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
  as
  Self
  2007
- The Big Bang Theory
  as
  Oliver Lorvis
  2007
2006
- School for Scoundrels
  as
  Dr. P
  2006
- no image
  NFL: Favre 4 Ever
  as
  Voice
  2006
- 2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
  as
  Narrator
  2006
- VH1 Rock Honors
  2006
2005
- The Ice Harvest
  as
  Vic
  2005
- Bad News Bears
  as
  Morris Buttermaker
  2005
- Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
  as
  Self
  2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  as
  Self
  2005
- American Dad!
  as
  Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
  2005
2004
- The Alamo
  as
  Davy Crockett
  2004
- Chrystal
  as
  Joe
  2004
- Friday Night Lights
  as
  Coach Gary Gaines
  2004
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
  as
  Self
  2004
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
  as
  Other Voices (voice)
  2004
2003
- Bad Santa
  as
  Willie
  2003
- Levity
  as
  Manuel Jordan
  2003
- Intolerable Cruelty
  as
  Howard D. Doyle
  2003
- (Inside Out): Warren Zevon
  as
  Narrator
  2003
- Love Actually
  as
  The US President
  2003
- Celebrities Uncensored
  as
  Self
  2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  as
  Self
  2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  as
  Self
  2003
2002
- The Badge
  as
  Sheriff Darl
  2002
- Waking Up in Reno
  as
  Lonnie Earl Dodd
  2002
- no image
  Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
  as
  Self
  2002
- no image
  HypaSpace
  as
  Self
  2002
2001
- Monster's Ball
  as
  Hank Grotowski
  2001
- Bandits
  as
  Terry Lee Collins
  2001
- The Man Who Wasn't There
  as
  Ed Crane
  2001
- Daddy and Them
  as
  Claude Montgomery
  2001
2000
- South of Heaven, West of Hell
  as
  Brig. Smalls
  2000
- CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
  as
  Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
  2000
- Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
  as
  Self
  2000
- The Last Real Cowboys
  as
  Tar
  2000
1999
- Pushing Tin
  as
  Russell Bell
  1999
- The Early Show
  as
  Self
  1999
1998
- Armageddon
  as
  Dan Truman
  1998
- A Simple Plan
  as
  Jacob Mitchell
  1998
- Primary Colors
  as
  Richard Jemmons
  1998
- Homegrown
  as
  Jack Marsden
  1998
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
  as
  Self
  1998
- CatDog
  as
  Father (voice)
  1998
1997
- U Turn
  as
  Darrell
  1997
- The Apostle
  as
  Troublemaker
  1997
- A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
  as
  Syd / Monk
  1997
- The View
  as
  Self
  1997
- Classic Albums
  as
  Self
  1997
- King of the Hill
  as
  Boyce Hubert (voice)
  1997
1996
- Sling Blade
  as
  Karl Childers
  1996
- Don't Look Back
  as
  Marshall
  1996
- The Winner
  as
  Jack
  1996
- The Daily Show
  as
  Self
  1996
1995
- The Stars Fell on Henrietta
  as
  Roy
  1995
- Out There
  as
  Jailbird
  1995
- Dead Man
  as
  Big George Drakoulious
  1995
1994
- On Deadly Ground
  as
  Homer Carlton
  1994
- Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
  as
  Karl Childers
  1994
- Floundering
  as
  Gun Clerk
  1994
- Inside the Actors Studio
  as
  Self
  1994
1993
- Indecent Proposal
  as
  Day Tripper
  1993
- Tombstone
  as
  Johnny Tyler
  1993
- Bound by Honor
  as
  Lightning
  1993
- Grey Knight
  as
  Langston
  1993
- no image
  Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
  as
  Rowdy Udall
  1993
- Trouble Bound
  as
  Coldface
  1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  as
  Self - Guest
  1993
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  as
  Self
  1992
- Hearts Afire
  as
  Billy Bob Davis
  1992
1991
- One False Move
  as
  Ray Malcolm
  1991
- The Dark Backward
  as
  Patron at Sloppy's
  1991
- For the Boys
  as
  Marine Sergeant, Korea
  1991
1990
- The Outsiders
  as
  Buck Merrill
  1990
1989
- Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
  as
  Tommy
  1989
- Going Overboard
  as
  Dave
  1989
1988
- Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
  as
  Self - Audience Member
  1988
- South of Reno
  as
  Counterman
  1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
  1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
  as
  Self - Guest
  1988
- This Morning
  as
  Self
  1988
1986
- Hunter's Blood
  as
  Billy Bob
  1986
- Matlock
  1986
1979
- Knots Landing
  as
  Timberman
  1979
1977
- This Week in Baseball
  1977
1975
- Saturday Night Live
  as
  Self - Host
  1975
1953
- The Oscars
  as
  Self
  1953
1952
- Today
  as
  Self
  1952
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
  as
  Self - Nominee
  1944

Billy Bob Thornton

Biography

Cast Credits

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Landman

Devil's Peak

Immediate Family

Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures

The Gray Man

Hollywood.Con

1883

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man

Untouchable

A Million Little Pieces

ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas

Harley Quinn

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Temple of Art

London Fields

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

The First Boys of Spring

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Bad Santa 2

Goliath

Into the Grizzly Maze

Entourage

Our Brand Is Crisis

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Cut Bank

The Judge

21 Years: Richard Linklater

Fargo

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Fargo

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Jayne Mansfield's Car

Parkland

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

Norm Macdonald Live

The Baytown Outlaws

Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton

The Smell of Success

Dislecksia: The Movie

Nashville Rises

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Puss in Boots

Faster

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman

Eagle Eye

The Informers

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

The Astronaut Farmer

Mr. Woodcock

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

The Big Bang Theory

School for Scoundrels

NFL: Favre 4 Ever

2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film

VH1 Rock Honors

The Ice Harvest

Bad News Bears

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

American Dad!

The Alamo

Chrystal

Friday Night Lights

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Bad Santa

Levity

Intolerable Cruelty

(Inside Out): Warren Zevon

Love Actually