Billy Bob Thornton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-08-04 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Billy Bob Thornton
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.
Acting
(2024)
(2023)
Devil's Peak
as Charlie McNeely
(2022)
The Gray Man
as Fitzroy
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Hollywood.Con
as Boxmaster
(2020)
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
Untouchable
as Himself (archive footage)
(2019)
A Million Little Pieces
as Leonard
(2019)
(2018)
London Fields
as Samson Young
(2018)
Temple of Art
as Self
(2016)
Bad Santa 2
as Willie Soke
(2016)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as General Hollanek
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
Entourage
as Larsen McCredle
(2015)
Into the Grizzly Maze
as Douglass
(2015)
Our Brand Is Crisis
as Pat Candy
(2015)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
as Self - Actor / Director
(2015)
(2014)
The Judge
as Dwight Dickham
(2014)
Cut Bank
as Stan Steeley
(2014)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
(2013)
Parkland
as Forrest Sorrels
(2013)
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Skip Caldwell
(2013)
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
as Himself
(2012)
The Baytown Outlaws
as Carlos
(2012)
(2011)
Puss in Boots
as Jack (voice)
(2011)
The Smell of Success
as Patrick
(2011)
(2011)
Nashville Rises
as narration
(2011)
Dislecksia: The Movie
as Himself
(2010)
Faster
as Cop
(2010)
(2009)
Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman
as Himself
(2008)
Eagle Eye
as Thomas Morgan
(2008)
The Informers
as William Sloan
(2008)
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
(2007)
The Astronaut Farmer
as Charles Farmer
(2007)
Mr. Woodcock
as Jasper Woodcock
(2007)
(2006)
School for Scoundrels
as Dr. P
(2006)
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
as Voice
(2006)
(2005)
Bad News Bears
as Morris Buttermaker
(2005)
The Ice Harvest
as Vic
(2005)
(2004)
Friday Night Lights
as Coach Gary Gaines
(2004)
The Alamo
as Davy Crockett
(2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
(2004)
(2004)
Chrystal
as Joe
(2003)
Love Actually
as The US President
(2003)
Intolerable Cruelty
as Howard D. Doyle
(2003)
Bad Santa
as Willie
(2003)
Levity
as Manuel Jordan
(2003)
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
as Narrator
(2002)
The Badge
as Sheriff Darl
(2002)
Waking Up in Reno
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
(2002)
(2001)
Bandits
as Terry Lee Collins
(2001)
Monster's Ball
as Hank Grotowski
(2001)
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Ed Crane
(2001)
Daddy and Them
as Claude Montgomery
(2000)
South of Heaven, West of Hell
as Brig. Smalls
(2000)
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
(2000)
(2000)
The Last Real Cowboys
as Tar
(1999)
Pushing Tin
as Russell Bell
(1998)
Armageddon
as Dan Truman
(1998)
A Simple Plan
as Jacob Mitchell
(1998)
Primary Colors
as Richard Jemmons
(1998)
Homegrown
as Jack Marsden
(1998)
(1997)
U Turn
as Darrell
(1997)
The Apostle
as Troublemaker
(1997)
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
as Syd / Monk
(1996)
Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
(1996)
The Winner
as Jack
(1996)
Don't Look Back
as Marshall
(1995)
Dead Man
as Big George Drakoulious
(1995)
Out There
as Jailbird
(1995)
(1994)
On Deadly Ground
as Homer Carlton
(1994)
Floundering
as Gun Clerk
(1994)
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
(1993)
Tombstone
as Johnny Tyler
(1993)
Indecent Proposal
as Day Tripper
(1993)
Bound by Honor
as Lightning
(1993)
Grey Knight
as Langston
(1993)
Trouble Bound
as Coldface
(1993)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Rowdy Udall
(1991)
One False Move
as Ray Malcolm
(1991)
For the Boys
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
(1991)
The Dark Backward
as Patron at Sloppy's
(1989)
Going Overboard
as Dave
(1989)
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
as Tommy
(1988)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
(1988)
South of Reno
as Counterman
(1986)
Hunter's Blood
as Billy Bob
Crew
(2013)
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Screenplay, Director
(2011)
The King of Luck
Director
(2010)
(2001)
Daddy and Them
Writer, Director
(2001)
Camouflage
Story, Screenplay
(2000)
The Gift
Screenplay
(2000)
All the Pretty Horses
Director, Producer
(2000)
(1996)
Sling Blade
Director, Screenplay, Theatre Play
(1996)
A Family Thing
Writer
(1996)
Don't Look Back
Writer, Story
(1994)
(1991)
One False Move
Writer