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 Armag…
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Filmography
Acting (153)
Movies (110)
The Electric State
2025as Voice (uncredited)
If These Walls Could Rock
2025
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024as Self
Devil's Peak
2023as Charlie McNeely
The Gray Man
2022as Fitzroy
Immediate Family
2022as Self
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
Hollywood.Con
2021as Boxmaster
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020as Self
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020as Self
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
Untouchable
2019as Self (archive footage)
A Million Little Pieces
2019as Leonard
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019as Self
London Fields
2018as Samson Young
Temple of Art
2018as Self
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016as General Hollanek
Bad Santa 2
2016as Willie Soke
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016as Narrator
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016as Self
The First Boys of Spring
2016
Entourage
2015as Larsen McCredle
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015as Douglass
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015as Self
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015as Pat Candy
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015as Self - Actor / Director
The Judge
2014as Dwight Dickham
Cut Bank
2014as Stan Steeley
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014as Self - Actor
Parkland
2013as Forrest Sorrels
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013as Skip Caldwell
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013as Self
The Baytown Outlaws
2012as Carlos
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012as Self
Puss in Boots
2011as Jack (voice)
The Smell of Success
2011as Patrick
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Nashville Rises
2011as Narrator
Dislecksia: The Movie
2011as Self
Faster
2010as Cop
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010as Self
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009as Self
Eagle Eye
2008as Thomas Morgan
The Informers
2008as William Sloan
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008as Self
The Astronaut Farmer
2007as Charles Farmer
Mr. Woodcock
2007as Jasper Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007as Self
School for Scoundrels
2006as Dr. P
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006as Narrator
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006as Narrator
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006as Voice
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005as Self
Bad News Bears
2005as Morris Buttermaker
The Ice Harvest
2005as Vic
The Alamo
2004as Davy Crockett
Chrystal
2004as Joe
Friday Night Lights
2004as Coach Gary Gaines
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004as Other Voices (voice)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004as Self
Love Actually
2003as The US President
Intolerable Cruelty
2003as Howard D. Doyle
Bad Santa
2003as Willie
Levity
2003as Manuel Jordan
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003as Narrator
The Badge
2002as Sheriff Darl
Waking Up in Reno
2002as Lonnie Earl Dodd
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002as Self
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001as Ed Crane
Monster's Ball
2001as Hank Grotowski
Bandits
2001as Terry Lee Collins
Daddy and Them
2001as Claude Montgomery
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000as Self
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000as Brig. Smalls
The Last Real Cowboys
2000as Tar
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
Pushing Tin
1999as Russell Bell
Armageddon
1998as Dan Truman
A Simple Plan
1998as Jacob Mitchell
Primary Colors
1998as Richard Jemmons
Homegrown
1998as Jack Marsden
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998as Self
U Turn
1997as Darrell
The Apostle
1997as Troublemaker
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997as Syd / Monk
Sling Blade
1996as Karl Childers
The Winner
1996as Jack
Don't Look Back
1996as Marshall
Dead Man
1995as Big George Drakoulious
Out There
1995as Jailbird
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995as Roy
On Deadly Ground
1994as Homer Carlton
Floundering
1994as Gun Clerk
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994as Karl Childers
Indecent Proposal
1993as Day Tripper
Tombstone
1993as Johnny Tyler
Bound by Honor
1993as Lightning
Grey Knight
1993as Langston
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993as Rowdy Udall
Trouble Bound
1993as Coldface
For the Boys
1991as Marine Sergeant, Korea
One False Move
1991as Ray Malcolm
The Dark Backward
1991as Patron at Sloppy's
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989as Tommy
Going Overboard
1989as Dave
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988as Self - Audience Member
South of Reno
1988as Counterman
Hunter's Blood
1986as Billy Bob
A Celebration of the Life and Times of Skippy Jessop
Somedays
Television (43)
Landman
2024as Tommy Norris
1883
2021as Marshal Jim Courtright
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019as Self - Guest
Harley Quinn
2019as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
Goliath
2016as Billy McBride
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014as Self
Fargo
2014as Lorne Malvo
Fargo
2014as Narrator (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014as Self
Norm Macdonald Live
2013as Self
The Big Bang Theory
2007as Oliver Lorvis
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
American Dad!
2005as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
2003as Self
CMT Music Awards
2002as Self - Presenter
HypaSpace
2002as Self
The Early Show
1999as Self
CatDog
1998as Father (voice)
The View
1997as Self
King of the Hill
1997as Boyce Hubert (voice)
Classic Albums
1997as Self
The Daily Show
1996as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992as Self
Hearts Afire
1992as Billy Bob Davis
Evening Shade
1990as Alvin
The Outsiders
1990as Buck Merrill
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988as Self - Guest
This Morning
1988as Self - Guest
Matlock
1986as Pawnshop Clerk
Knots Landing
1979as Timberman
This Week in Baseball
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953as Self
Today
1952as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self - Nominee
Crew (23)
Movies (21)
Help Her Live
2022Thanks
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013Director
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013Screenplay
The King of Luck
2011Director
Small Town Saturday Night
2010Thanks
Daddy and Them
2001Director
Daddy and Them
2001Writer
Camouflage
2001Screenplay
Camouflage
2001Story
The Gift
2000Screenplay
The Last Real Cowboys
2000Story
All the Pretty Horses
2000Director
All the Pretty Horses
2000Producer
Sling Blade
1996Director
Sling Blade
1996Screenplay
Sling Blade
1996Theatre Play
A Family Thing
1996Writer
Don't Look Back
1996Story
Don't Look Back
1996Writer
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994Writer
One False Move
1991Writer
Television (2)
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