Billy Bob Thornton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 4, 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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.
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Filmography
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
Movie
If These Walls Could Rock
Movie
The Electric State
Movie · as Voice (uncredited)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Movie · as Self
Landman
TV · as Tommy Norris · 20 eps
Devil's Peak
Movie · as Charlie McNeely
Immediate Family
Movie · as Self
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
Movie
The Gray Man
Movie · as Fitzroy
Hollywood.Con
Movie · as Boxmaster
1883
TV · as Marshal Jim Courtright · 1 ep
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
Movie
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Movie · as Self
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Movie · as Self
Untouchable
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Million Little Pieces
Movie · as Leonard
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Movie · as Self
Harley Quinn
TV · as Billy Bob Thornton (voice) · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Temple of Art
Movie · as Self
London Fields
Movie · as Samson Young
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Movie · as Self
The First Boys of Spring
Movie
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Movie · as General Hollanek
Bad Santa 2
Movie · as Willie Soke
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
Movie · as Narrator
Goliath
TV · as Billy McBride · 32 eps
Into the Grizzly Maze
Movie · as Douglass
Entourage
Movie · as Larsen McCredle
Our Brand Is Crisis
Movie · as Pat Candy
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Movie · as Self - Actor / Director
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
Movie · as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cut Bank
Movie · as Stan Steeley
The Judge
Movie · as Dwight Dickham
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Movie · as Self - Actor
Fargo
TV · as Lorne Malvo, Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Movie · as Skip Caldwell
Parkland
Movie · as Forrest Sorrels
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Movie · as Self
Norm Macdonald Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Baytown Outlaws
Movie · as Carlos
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Movie · as Self
The Smell of Success
Movie · as Patrick
Dislecksia: The Movie
Movie · as Self
Nashville Rises
Movie · as Narrator
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Movie
Puss in Boots
Movie · as Jack (voice)
Faster
Movie · as Cop
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Movie · as Self
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
Movie · as Self
Eagle Eye
Movie · as Thomas Morgan
The Informers
Movie · as William Sloan
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Movie · as Self
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
Movie · as Self
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
Movie · as Self
The Astronaut Farmer
Movie · as Charles Farmer
Mr. Woodcock
Movie · as Jasper Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Movie · as Self
The Big Bang Theory
TV · as Oliver Lorvis · 1 ep
School for Scoundrels
Movie · as Dr. P
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
Movie · as Narrator
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
Movie · as Narrator
VH1 Rock Honors
TV · 1 ep
The Ice Harvest
Movie · as Vic
Bad News Bears
Movie · as Morris Buttermaker
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Dad!
TV · as Billy Bob Thornton (voice) · 1 ep
The Alamo
Movie · as Davy Crockett
Chrystal
Movie · as Joe
Friday Night Lights
Movie · as Coach Gary Gaines
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie · as Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)
Bad Santa
Movie · as Willie
Levity
Movie · as Manuel Jordan
Intolerable Cruelty
Movie · as Howard D. Doyle
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
Movie · as Narrator
Love Actually
Movie · as The US President
Celebrities Uncensored
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Badge
Movie · as Sheriff Darl
Waking Up in Reno
Movie · as Lonnie Earl Dodd
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Movie · as Self
HypaSpace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
CMT Music Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Monster's Ball
Movie · as Hank Grotowski
Bandits
Movie · as Terry Lee Collins
The Man Who Wasn't There
Movie · as Ed Crane
Daddy and Them
Movie · as Claude Montgomery
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Movie · as Brig. Smalls
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
Movie · as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Father (voice)
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
The Last Real Cowboys
Movie · as Tar
Pushing Tin
Movie · as Russell Bell
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Armageddon
Movie · as Dan Truman
A Simple Plan
Movie · as Jacob Mitchell
Primary Colors
Movie · as Richard Jemmons
Homegrown
Movie · as Jack Marsden
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Movie · as Self
CatDog
TV · as CatDog's Father (voice) · 1 ep
U Turn
Movie · as Darrell
The Apostle
Movie · as Troublemaker
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Movie · as Syd / Monk
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Classic Albums
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King of the Hill
TV · as Boyce Hubert (voice) · 1 ep
Sling Blade
Movie · as Karl Childers
Don't Look Back
Movie · as Marshall
The Winner
Movie · as Jack
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Movie · as Roy
Out There
Movie · as Jailbird
Dead Man
Movie · as Big George Drakoulious
On Deadly Ground
Movie · as Homer Carlton
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Movie · as Karl Childers
Floundering
Movie · as Gun Clerk
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Indecent Proposal
Movie · as Day Tripper
Tombstone
Movie · as Johnny Tyler
Bound by Honor
Movie · as Lightning
Grey Knight
Movie · as Langston
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Movie · as Rowdy Udall
Trouble Bound
Movie · as Coldface
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
One False Move
Movie · as Ray Malcolm
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Hearts Afire
TV · as Billy Bob Davis · 54 eps
The Dark Backward
Movie · as Patron at Sloppy's
For the Boys
Movie · as Marine Sergeant, Korea
The Outsiders
TV · as Buck Merrill · 10 eps
Evening Shade
TV · as Alvin · 1 ep
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Movie · as Tommy
Going Overboard
Movie · as Dave
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Movie · as Self - Audience Member
South of Reno
Movie · as Counterman
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest
This Morning
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Hunter's Blood
Movie · as Billy Bob
Matlock
TV · as Pawnshop Clerk · 1 ep
Knots Landing
TV · as Timberman · 1 ep
This Week in Baseball
TV · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep