Personal Info
Known Credits
105
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1955-08-04 (70 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Also Known For
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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 ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
The Electric State
| (voice)
2024 --
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story
| Self
2023 --
Devil's Peak
| Charlie McNeely
2022 --
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
|
2022 --
Immediate Family
|
2022 --
The Gray Man
| Fitzroy
2021 --
Hollywood.Con
| Boxmaster
2020 --
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
| Self
2020 --
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
| Self
2020 --
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
|
2019 --
A Million Little Pieces
| Leonard
2019 --
Untouchable
| Himself (archive footage)
2019 --
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
| Self
2018 --
Temple of Art
| Self
2018 --
London Fields
| Samson Young
2016 --
Bad Santa 2
| Willie Soke
2016 --
The First Boys of Spring
|
2016 --
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
| General Hollanek
2016 --
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
| Himself
2015 --
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
| Himself
2015 --
Our Brand Is Crisis
| Pat Candy
2015 --
Entourage
| Larsen McCredle
2015 --
Into the Grizzly Maze
| Douglass
2015 --
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
| Self - Actor / Director
2014 --
21 Years: Richard Linklater
| Self - Actor
2014 --
The Judge
| Dwight Dickham
2014 --
Cut Bank
| Stan Steeley
2013 --
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
| Himself
2013 --
Parkland
| Forrest Sorrels
2013 --
Jayne Mansfield's Car
| Skip Caldwell
2012 --
The Baytown Outlaws
| Carlos
2012 --
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
| Self
2011 --
Puss in Boots
| Jack (voice)
2011 --
Dislecksia: The Movie
| Himself
2011 --
The Smell of Success
| Patrick
2011 --
Nashville Rises
| narration
2011 --
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
|
2010 --
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
| Himself
2010 --
Faster
| Cop
2009 --
Ramble At The Ryman
| Himself
2008 --
The Informers
| William Sloan
2008 --
Eagle Eye
| Thomas Morgan
2008 --
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
| Self
2007 --
Mr. Woodcock
| Jasper Woodcock
2007 --
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
| Self
2007 --
The Astronaut Farmer
| Charles Farmer
2006 --
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
| Narrator
2006 --
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
| Voice
2006 --
School for Scoundrels
| Dr. P
2005 --
The Ice Harvest
| Vic
2005 --
Bad News Bears
| Morris Buttermaker
2005 --
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
| Self
2004 --
Friday Night Lights
| Coach Gary Gaines
2004 --
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
| Other Voices (voice)
2004 --
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
| Self
2004 --
The Alamo
| Davy Crockett
2004 --
Chrystal
| Joe
2003 --
Bad Santa
| Willie
2003 --
Love Actually
| The US President
2003 --
Intolerable Cruelty
| Howard D. Doyle
2003 --
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
| Narrator
2003 --
Levity
| Manuel Jordan
2002 --
Waking Up in Reno
| Lonnie Earl Dodd
2002 --
The Badge
| Sheriff Darl
2002 --
Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
| Self
2001 --
Monster's Ball
| Hank Grotowski
2001 --
Daddy and Them
| Claude Montgomery
2001 --
The Man Who Wasn't There
| Ed Crane
2001 --
Bandits
| Terry Lee Collins
2000 --
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
| Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
2000 --
The Last Real Cowboys
| Tar
2000 --
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
| Self
2000 --
South of Heaven, West of Hell
| Brig. Smalls
1999 --
Pushing Tin
| Russell Bell
1998 --
A Simple Plan
| Jacob Mitchell
1998 --
Armageddon
| Dan Truman
1998 --
Homegrown
| Jack Marsden
1998 --
Primary Colors
| Richard Jemmons
1998 --
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
| Self
1997 --
The Apostle
| Troublemaker
1997 --
U Turn
| Darrell
1997 --
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
| Syd / Monk
1996 --
The Winner
| Jack
1996 --
Sling Blade
| Karl Childers
1996 --
Don't Look Back
| Marshall
1995 --
Dead Man
| Big George Drakoulious
1995 --
Out There
| Jailbird
1995 --
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
| Roy
1994 --
Floundering
| Gun Clerk
1994 --
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
| Karl Childers
1994 --
On Deadly Ground
| Homer Carlton
1993 --
Tombstone
| Johnny Tyler
1993 --
Indecent Proposal
| Day Tripper
1993 --
Grey Knight
| Langston
1993 --
Bound by Honor
| Lightning
1993 --
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
| Rowdy Udall
1993 --
Trouble Bound
| Coldface
1991 --
For the Boys
| Marine Sergeant, Korea
1991 --
One False Move
| Ray Malcolm
1991 --
The Dark Backward
| Patron at Sloppy's
1989 --
Going Overboard
| Dave
1989 --
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
| Tommy
1988 --
South of Reno
| Counterman
1988 --
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
| Self - Audience Member
1986 --
Hunter's Blood
| Billy Bob