- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 4, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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.
Filmography
movieDernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
movieIf These Walls Could Rock
2025
movieThe Electric State
2025 · Voice (uncredited)
movieStanding on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024 · Self
tvLandman
2024 · Tommy Norris, Executive Producer
movieDevil's Peak
2023 · Charlie McNeely
movieWalk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
movieImmediate Family
2022 · Self
movieHelp Her Live
2022 · Thanks
movieThe Gray Man
2022 · Fitzroy
tv1883
2021 · Marshal Jim Courtright
movieHollywood.Con
2021 · Boxmaster
movieChuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020 · Self
moviePicture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020 · Self
movieThe Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
tvHarley Quinn
2019 · Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
movieA Million Little Pieces
2019 · Leonard
movieUntouchable
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019 · Self
movieTemple of Art
2018 · Self
movieLondon Fields
2018 · Samson Young
movieBad Santa 2
2016 · Willie Soke
tvGoliath
2016 · Billy McBride, Director
movieIRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016 · Narrator
movieThe First Boys of Spring
2016
movieWhiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 · General Hollanek
movieWhat Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016 · Self
movieTrailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015 · Self
movieOur Brand Is Crisis
2015 · Pat Candy
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
movieEntourage
2015 · Larsen McCredle
movieInto the Grizzly Maze
2015 · Douglass
movieDrunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Actor / Director
tvVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
movie21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014 · Self - Actor
movieThe Judge
2014 · Dwight Dickham
movieCut Bank
2014 · Stan Steeley
tvFargo
2014 · Lorne Malvo, Narrator (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
movieSport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013 · Self
movieParkland
2013 · Forrest Sorrels
movieJayne Mansfield's Car
2013 · Skip Caldwell, Director, Screenplay
tvNorm Macdonald Live
2013 · Self
movieThe Baytown Outlaws
2012 · Carlos
movieBasically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012 · Self
moviePuss in Boots
2011 · Jack (voice)
movieDislecksia: The Movie
2011 · Self
movieThe Smell of Success
2011 · Patrick
movieThe King of Luck
2011 · Director
movieNashville Rises
2011 · Narrator
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
movieAin't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010 · Self
movieFaster
2010 · Cop
movieSmall Town Saturday Night
2010 · Thanks
movieLevon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009 · Self
movieThe Informers
2008 · William Sloan
movieEagle Eye
2008 · Thomas Morgan
movieVH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008 · Self
moviePick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
2008 · Self
movieMr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
2008 · Self
tvThe Big Bang Theory
2007 · Oliver Lorvis
movieMr. Woodcock
2007 · Jasper Woodcock
movieClassic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007 · Self
movieThe Astronaut Farmer
2007 · Charles Farmer
movie2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006 · Narrator
movie2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006 · Narrator
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006 · Narrator (voice)
movieSchool for Scoundrels
2006 · Dr. P
tvVH1 Rock Honors
2006
movieThe Ice Harvest
2005 · Vic
movieBad News Bears
2005 · Morris Buttermaker
movieMr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005 · Self
tvAmerican Dad!
2005 · Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
tvThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
movieFriday Night Lights
2004 · Coach Gary Gaines
movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Other Voices (voice)
movieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self
movieThe Alamo
2004 · Davy Crockett
movieChrystal
2004 · Joe
movieBad Santa
2003 · Willie
movieIntolerable Cruelty
2003 · Howard D. Doyle
movieLove Actually
2003 · The US President
movieWarren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003 · Narrator
tvCelebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
movieLevity
2003 · Manuel Jordan
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
movieWaking Up in Reno
2002 · Lonnie Earl Dodd
movieWidespread Panic: Panic In the Streets
2002 · Director
movieThe Badge
2002 · Sheriff Darl
tvCMT Music Awards
2002 · Self - Presenter
HypaSpace
2002 · Self
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002 · Self
movieMonster's Ball
2001 · Hank Grotowski
movieThe Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Ed Crane
movieDaddy and Them
2001 · Claude Montgomery, Director, Writer
movieBandits
2001 · Terry Lee Collins
movieCamouflage
2001 · Story, Screenplay
movieThe Gift
2000 · Screenplay
movieAll the Pretty Horses
2000 · Director, Producer
movieCatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000 · Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
movieThe Last Real Cowboys
2000 · Tar, Story
movieArista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000 · Self
movieSouth of Heaven, West of Hell
2000 · Brig. Smalls
tvThe Early Show
1999 · Self
moviePushing Tin
1999 · Russell Bell
movieA Simple Plan
1998 · Jacob Mitchell
movieArmageddon
1998 · Dan Truman
movieHomegrown
1998 · Jack Marsden
tvCatDog
1998 · CatDog's Father (voice)
moviePrimary Colors
1998 · Richard Jemmons
movieAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 · Self
movieThe Apostle
1997 · Troublemaker
movieU Turn
1997 · Darrell
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movieA Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997 · Syd / Monk
tvClassic Albums
1997 · Self
tvKing of the Hill
1997 · Boyce Hubert (voice)
movieThe Winner
1996 · Jack
movieSling Blade
1996 · Karl Childers, Director, Theatre Play, Screenplay
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
movieDon't Look Back
1996 · Marshall, Writer, Story
movieA Family Thing
1996 · Writer
movieDead Man
1995 · Big George Drakoulious
movieOut There
1995 · Jailbird
movieThe Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995 · Roy
movieFloundering
1994 · Gun Clerk
tvInside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
movieSome Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994 · Karl Childers, Writer
movieOn Deadly Ground
1994 · Homer Carlton
movieTombstone
1993 · Johnny Tyler
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
movieIndecent Proposal
1993 · Day Tripper
movieGrey Knight
1993 · Langston
movieBound by Honor
1993 · Lightning
movieLiving and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993 · Rowdy Udall
movieTrouble Bound
1993 · Coldface
tvHearts Afire
1992 · Billy Bob Davis
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
movieOne False Move
1992 · Ray Malcolm, Writer
movieFor the Boys
1991 · Marine Sergeant, Korea
movieThe Dark Backward
1991 · Patron at Sloppy's
tvEvening Shade
1990 · Alvin
tvThe Outsiders
1990 · Buck Merrill
movieGoing Overboard
1989 · Dave
movieChopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989 · Tommy
tvThis Morning
1988 · Self - Guest
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · , Self - Guest
movieSouth of Reno
1988 · Counterman
movieRoy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988 · Self - Audience Member
movieHunter's Blood
1986 · Billy Bob
tvMatlock
1986 · Pawnshop Clerk
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Timberman
tvThis Week in Baseball
1977
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvToday
1952 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
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