Billy Bob Thornton
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bob Thornton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Aug 4, 1955 In Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 121
- First Appeared:
- In the series Today 1952-01-14
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Electric State 2025-03-13
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Electric State | (voice) | 2025-03-13 |
| Series | Landman | Tommy Norris | 2024-11-17 |
| Movie | Devil's Peak | Charlie McNeely | 2023-02-17 |
| Movie | The Gray Man | Fitzroy | 2022-07-13 |
| Movie | Immediate Family | 2022-09-30 | |
| Movie | Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures | 2022-10-06 | |
| Movie | Hollywood.Con | Boxmaster | 2021-01-29 |
| Movie | Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man | Self | 2020-11-06 |
| Movie | The Ventures: Stars on Guitars | 2020-02-12 | |
| Movie | Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine | Self | 2020-06-11 |
| Movie | ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas | Self | 2019-06-01 |
| Movie | A Million Little Pieces | Leonard | 2019-08-30 |
| Movie | Untouchable | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-06-20 |
| Movie | London Fields | Samson Young | 2018-09-20 |
| Movie | Hunter Killer | 2018-10-19 | |
| Movie | Temple of Art | Self | 2018-12-31 |
| Movie | What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt | Himself | 2016-01-01 |
| Movie | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | General Hollanek | 2016-03-04 |
| Movie | Bad Santa 2 | Willie Soke | 2016-11-23 |
| Series | Goliath | Billy McBride | 2016-10-13 |
| Movie | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Self / Actor / Director | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Into the Grizzly Maze | Douglass | 2015-02-27 |
| Movie | Entourage | Larsen McCredle | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin | Himself | 2015-12-09 |
| Movie | Our Brand Is Crisis | Pat Candy | 2015-09-11 |
| Series | Fargo | Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | Cut Bank | Stan Steeley | 2014-10-04 |
| Movie | The Judge | Dwight Dickham | 2014-10-08 |
| Movie | 21 Years: Richard Linklater | Self - Actor | 2014-11-07 |
| Movie | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Skip Caldwell | 2013-07-25 |
| Movie | Parkland | Forrest Sorrels | 2013-10-02 |
| Movie | Sport in America: Our Defining Stories | Himself | 2013-11-28 |
| Movie | Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton | Self | 2012-03-30 |
| Movie | The Baytown Outlaws | Carlos | 2012-08-27 |
| Movie | Nashville Rises | narration | 2011-03-11 |
| Movie | Puss in Boots | Jack (voice) | 2011-10-27 |
| Movie | The Smell of Success | Patrick | 2011-08-19 |
| Movie | Faster | Cop | 2010-11-23 |
| Movie | Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm | Himself | 2010-11-24 |
| Movie | Ramble At The Ryman | Himself | 2009-07-20 |
| Movie | VH1 Rock Honors: The Who | Self | 2008-07-17 |
| Movie | Eagle Eye | Thomas Morgan | 2008-09-25 |
| Movie | The Informers | William Sloan | 2008-11-05 |
| Movie | The Astronaut Farmer | Charles Farmer | 2007-02-23 |
| Movie | Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation | Self | 2007-05-01 |
| Series | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Lorvis | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Mr. Woodcock | Jasper Woodcock | 2007-09-14 |
| Series | VH1 Rock Honors | Unknown | 2006-05-31 |
| Movie | School for Scoundrels | Dr. P | 2006-09-29 |
| Movie | 2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film | Narrator | 2006-10-21 |
| Movie | NFL: Favre 4 Ever | Voice | 2006-10-03 |
| Movie | Bad News Bears | Morris Buttermaker | 2005-07-22 |
| Movie | The Ice Harvest | Vic | 2005-11-23 |
| Movie | Chrystal | Joe | 2004-02-26 |
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | 2004-07-25 |
| Movie | The Alamo | Davy Crockett | 2004-04-07 |
| Movie | Friday Night Lights | Coach Gary Gaines | 2004-10-08 |
| Movie | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | Levity | Manuel Jordan | 2003-03-16 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | (Inside Out): Warren Zevon | Narrator | 2003-08-23 |
| Movie | Intolerable Cruelty | Howard D. Doyle | 2003-09-02 |
| Movie | Love Actually | The US President | 2003-09-07 |
| Movie | Bad Santa | Willie | 2003-11-26 |
| Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | Waking Up in Reno | Lonnie Earl Dodd | 2002-12-13 |
| Movie | The Badge | Sheriff Darl | 2002-09-07 |
| Movie | Monster's Ball | Hank Grotowski | 2001-06-07 |
| Movie | Bandits | Terry Lee Collins | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | The Man Who Wasn't There | Ed Crane | 2001-10-26 |
| Movie | Daddy and Them | Claude Montgomery | 2001-10-26 |
| Movie | Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2000-06-06 |
| Movie | South of Heaven, West of Hell | Brig. Smalls | 2000-01-28 |
| Movie | CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery | Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice) | 2000-11-25 |
| Movie | Pushing Tin | Russell Bell | 1999-04-23 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Self | 1998-02-27 |
| Movie | Primary Colors | Richard Jemmons | 1998-03-20 |
| Movie | A Simple Plan | Jacob Mitchell | 1998-12-11 |
| Movie | Homegrown | Jack Marsden | 1998-04-17 |
| Movie | Armageddon | Dan Truman | 1998-07-01 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | A Gun, a Car, a Blonde | Syd / Monk | 1997-06-01 |
| Movie | Princess Mononoke | Jigo (English Disney Version) | 1997-07-12 |
| Movie | U Turn | Darrell | 1997-10-03 |
| Movie | The Apostle | Troublemaker | 1997-12-19 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Don't Look Back | Marshall | 1996-07-13 |
| Movie | Sling Blade | Karl Childers | 1996-08-30 |
| Movie | The Winner | Jack | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Roy | 1995-09-15 |
| Movie | Out There | Jailbird | 1995-11-19 |
| Movie | Dead Man | Big George Drakoulious | 1995-12-23 |
| Movie | On Deadly Ground | Homer Carlton | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade | Karl Childers | 1994-03-26 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | Floundering | Gun Clerk | 1994-11-04 |
| Movie | Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun | Rowdy Udall | 1993-01-30 |
| Movie | Trouble Bound | Coldface | 1993-01-09 |
| Movie | Bound by Honor | Lightning | 1993-02-05 |
| Movie | Indecent Proposal | Day Tripper | 1993-04-07 |
| Movie | Tombstone | Johnny Tyler | 1993-12-25 |
| Movie | Grey Knight | Langston | 1993-03-07 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | Hearts Afire | Billy Bob Davis | 1992-09-14 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | The Dark Backward | Patron at Sloppy's | 1991-07-26 |
| Movie | For the Boys | Marine Sergeant, Korea | 1991-11-22 |
| Movie | One False Move | Ray Malcolm | 1991-10-12 |
| Series | The Outsiders | Buck Merrill | 1990-03-25 |
| Movie | Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Tommy | 1989-04-05 |
| Movie | Going Overboard | Dave | 1989-05-11 |
| Movie | South of Reno | Counterman | 1988-04-22 |
| Movie | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | 1988-01-03 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
| Movie | Hunter's Blood | Billy Bob | 1986-09-26 |
| Series | Knots Landing | Unknown | 1979-12-27 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |