Acting · Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA · Born August 4, 1955
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.
MovieDernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
MovieIf These Walls Could Rock
2025
MovieThe Electric State
2025
as Voice (uncredited)
MovieStanding on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024
as Self
TVLandman
2024
as Tommy Norris
MovieDevil's Peak
2023
as Charlie McNeely
MovieWalk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
MovieImmediate Family
2022
as Self
MovieThe Gray Man
2022
as Fitzroy
TV1883
2021
as Marshal Jim Courtright
MovieHollywood.Con
2021
as Boxmaster
MovieChuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020
as Self
MoviePicture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
as Self
MovieThe Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
TVHarley Quinn
2019
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieA Million Little Pieces
2019
as Leonard
MovieUntouchable
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019
as Self
MovieTemple of Art
2018
as Self
MovieLondon Fields
2018
as Samson Young
MovieBad Santa 2
2016
as Willie Soke
TVGoliath
2016
as Billy McBride
MovieIRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016
as Narrator
MovieThe First Boys of Spring
2016
MovieWhiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as General Hollanek
MovieWhat Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
as Self
MovieTrailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015
as Self
MovieOur Brand Is Crisis
2015
as Pat Candy
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieEntourage
2015
as Larsen McCredle
MovieInto the Grizzly Maze
2015
as Douglass
MovieDrunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor / Director
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Movie21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
MovieThe Judge
2014
as Dwight Dickham
MovieCut Bank
2014
as Stan Steeley
TVFargo
2014
as Lorne Malvo
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieSport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013
as Self
MovieParkland
2013
as Forrest Sorrels
MovieJayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Skip Caldwell
TVNorm Macdonald Live
2013
as Self
MovieThe Baytown Outlaws
2012
as Carlos
MovieBasically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012
as Self
MoviePuss in Boots
2011
as Jack (voice)
MovieDislecksia: The Movie
2011
as Self
MovieThe Smell of Success
2011
as Patrick
MovieNashville Rises
2011
as Narrator
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
MovieAin't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010
as Self
MovieFaster
2010
as Cop
MovieLevon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009
as Self
MovieThe Informers
2008
as William Sloan
MovieEagle Eye
2008
as Thomas Morgan
MovieVH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
MoviePick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
2008
as Self
MovieMr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
2008
as Self
TVThe Big Bang Theory
2007
as Oliver Lorvis
MovieMr. Woodcock
2007
as Jasper Woodcock
MovieClassic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007
as Self
MovieThe Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Charles Farmer
Movie2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006
as Narrator
Movie2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006
as Narrator
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSchool for Scoundrels
2006
as Dr. P
TVVH1 Rock Honors
2006
MovieThe Ice Harvest
2005
as Vic
MovieBad News Bears
2005
as Morris Buttermaker
MovieMr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005
as Self
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieFriday Night Lights
2004
as Coach Gary Gaines
MovieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
MovieThe Alamo
2004
as Davy Crockett
MovieChrystal
2004
as Joe
MovieBad Santa
2003
as Willie
MovieIntolerable Cruelty
2003
as Howard D. Doyle
MovieLove Actually
2003
as The US President
MovieWarren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003
as Narrator
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
MovieLevity
2003
as Manuel Jordan
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieWaking Up in Reno
2002
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
MovieThe Badge
2002
as Sheriff Darl
TVCMT Music Awards
2002
as Self - Presenter
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002
as Self
MovieMonster's Ball
2001
as Hank Grotowski
MovieThe Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Ed Crane
MovieDaddy and Them
2001
as Claude Montgomery
MovieBandits
2001
as Terry Lee Collins
MovieCatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
MovieThe Last Real Cowboys
2000
as Tar
MovieArista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
MovieSouth of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
as Brig. Smalls
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
MoviePushing Tin
1999
as Russell Bell
MovieA Simple Plan
1998
as Jacob Mitchell
MovieArmageddon
1998
as Dan Truman
MovieHomegrown
1998
as Jack Marsden
TVCatDog
1998
as CatDog's Father (voice)
MoviePrimary Colors
1998
as Richard Jemmons
MovieAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as Self
MovieThe Apostle
1997
as Troublemaker
MovieU Turn
1997
as Darrell
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieA Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997
as Syd / Monk
TVClassic Albums
1997
as Self
TVKing of the Hill
1997
as Boyce Hubert (voice)
MovieThe Winner
1996
as Jack
MovieSling Blade
1996
as Karl Childers
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieDon't Look Back
1996
as Marshall
MovieDead Man
1995
as Big George Drakoulious
MovieOut There
1995
as Jailbird
MovieThe Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Roy
MovieFloundering
1994
as Gun Clerk
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieSome Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
as Karl Childers
MovieOn Deadly Ground
1994
as Homer Carlton
MovieTombstone
1993
as Johnny Tyler
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieIndecent Proposal
1993
as Day Tripper
MovieGrey Knight
1993
as Langston
MovieBound by Honor
1993
as Lightning
MovieLiving and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
as Rowdy Udall
MovieTrouble Bound
1993
as Coldface
TVHearts Afire
1992
as Billy Bob Davis
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MovieOne False Move
1992
as Ray Malcolm
MovieFor the Boys
1991
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
MovieThe Dark Backward
1991
as Patron at Sloppy's
TVEvening Shade
1990
as Alvin
TVThe Outsiders
1990
as Buck Merrill
MovieGoing Overboard
1989
as Dave
MovieChopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989
as Tommy
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MovieSouth of Reno
1988
as Counterman
MovieRoy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
MovieHunter's Blood
1986
as Billy Bob
TVMatlock
1986
as Pawnshop Clerk
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Timberman
TVThis Week in Baseball
1977
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVToday
1952
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
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