Billy Bob Thornton
August 4, 1955 (69 years old) in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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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Credits
- 2025 · The Electric State as (voice)
- 2024 · Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story as Self
- 2024 · Landman as Tommy Norris
- 2023 · Devil's Peak as Charlie McNeely
- 2022 · Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures as
- 2022 · Immediate Family as
- 2022 · The Gray Man as Fitzroy
- 2021 · 1883 as Marshal Jim Courtright
- 2021 · Hollywood.Con as Boxmaster
- 2020 · Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man as Self
- 2020 · Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
- 2020 · The Ventures: Stars on Guitars as
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
- 2019 · A Million Little Pieces as Leonard
- 2019 · Untouchable as Himself (archive footage)
- 2019 · ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas as Self
- 2018 · Temple of Art as Self
- 2018 · London Fields as Samson Young
- 2016 · Bad Santa 2 as Willie Soke
- 2016 · Goliath as Billy McBride
- 2016 · The First Boys of Spring as
- 2016 · Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as General Hollanek
- 2016 · What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt as Himself
- 2015 · Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin as Himself
- 2015 · Our Brand Is Crisis as Pat Candy
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Entourage as Larsen McCredle
- 2015 · Into the Grizzly Maze as Douglass
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon as Self / Actor / Director
- 2014 · 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- 2014 · The Judge as Dwight Dickham
- 2014 · Cut Bank as Stan Steeley
- 2014 · Fargo as Lorne Malvo
- 2014 · Fargo as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Sport in America: Our Defining Stories as Himself
- 2013 · Parkland as Forrest Sorrels
- 2013 · Jayne Mansfield's Car as Skip Caldwell
- 2013 · Norm Macdonald Live as Self
- 2012 · The Baytown Outlaws as Carlos
- 2012 · Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton as Self
- 2011 · Puss in Boots as Jack (voice)
- 2011 · Dislecksia: The Movie as Himself
- 2011 · The Smell of Success as Patrick
- 2011 · Nashville Rises as narration
- 2011 · Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland as
- 2010 · Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm as Himself
- 2010 · Faster as Cop
- 2009 · Ramble At The Ryman as Himself
- 2008 · The Informers as William Sloan
- 2008 · Eagle Eye as Thomas Morgan
- 2008 · VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
- 2007 · The Big Bang Theory as Oliver Lorvis
- 2007 · Mr. Woodcock as Jasper Woodcock
- 2007 · Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation as Self
- 2007 · The Astronaut Farmer as Charles Farmer
- 2006 · 2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film as Narrator
- 2006 · NFL: Favre 4 Ever as Voice
- 2006 · School for Scoundrels as Dr. P
- 2006 · VH1 Rock Honors as
- 2005 · The Ice Harvest as Vic
- 2005 · Bad News Bears as Morris Buttermaker
- 2005 · Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · American Dad! as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Friday Night Lights as Coach Gary Gaines
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2004 · The Alamo as Davy Crockett
- 2004 · Chrystal as Joe
- 2003 · Bad Santa as Willie
- 2003 · Love Actually as The US President
- 2003 · Intolerable Cruelty as Howard D. Doyle
- 2003 · (Inside Out): Warren Zevon as Narrator
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Levity as Manuel Jordan
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · Waking Up in Reno as Lonnie Earl Dodd
- 2002 · The Badge as Sheriff Darl
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · Making " The Man Who Wasn't There" as Self
- 2001 · The Man Who Wasn't There as Ed Crane
- 2001 · Daddy and Them as Claude Montgomery
- 2001 · Bandits as Terry Lee Collins
- 2001 · Monster's Ball as Hank Grotowski
- 2000 · CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
- 2000 · The Last Real Cowboys as Tar
- 2000 · Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2000 · South of Heaven, West of Hell as Brig. Smalls
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Pushing Tin as Russell Bell
- 1998 · A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell
- 1998 · Armageddon as Dan Truman
- 1998 · Homegrown as Jack Marsden
- 1998 · CatDog as Father (voice)
- 1998 · Primary Colors as Richard Jemmons
- 1998 · An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as Self
- 1997 · The Apostle as Troublemaker
- 1997 · U Turn as Darrell
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · A Gun, a Car, a Blonde as Syd / Monk
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Boyce Hubert (voice)
- 1996 · The Winner as Jack
- 1996 · Sling Blade as Karl Childers
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Don't Look Back as Marshall
- 1995 · Dead Man as Big George Drakoulious
- 1995 · Out There as Jailbird
- 1995 · The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Roy
- 1994 · Floundering as Gun Clerk
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade as Karl Childers
- 1994 · On Deadly Ground as Homer Carlton
- 1993 · Tombstone as Johnny Tyler
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Indecent Proposal as Day Tripper
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Langston
- 1993 · Bound by Honor as Lightning
- 1993 · Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Rowdy Udall
- 1993 · Trouble Bound as Coldface
- 1992 · Hearts Afire as Billy Bob Davis
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · For the Boys as Marine Sergeant, Korea
- 1991 · One False Move as Ray Malcolm
- 1991 · The Dark Backward as Patron at Sloppy's
- 1990 · The Outsiders as Buck Merrill
- 1989 · Going Overboard as Dave
- 1989 · Chopper Chicks in Zombietown as Tommy
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · South of Reno as Counterman
- 1988 · Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
- 1986 · Hunter's Blood as Billy Bob
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Timberman
- 1977 · This Week in Baseball as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self