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.
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Films (120)
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
If These Walls Could Rock
2025
The Electric State
2025 · Voice (uncredited)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024 · Self
Devil's Peak
2023 · Charlie McNeely
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
Immediate Family
2022 · Self
Help Her Live
2022 · Thanks
L'homme gris
2022 · Fitzroy
Hollywood.Con
2021 · Boxmaster
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020 · Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020 · Self
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
A Million Little Pieces
2019 · Leonard
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019 · Self
L'Intouchable, Harvey Weinstein
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Temple of Art
2018 · Self
Séduction fatale
2018 · Samson Young
Méchant Père Noël 2
2016 · Willie Soke
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016 · Narrator
The First Boys of Spring
2016
Reporteras en Guerra
2016 · General Hollanek
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016 · Self
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015 · Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Actor / Director
Que le meilleur gagne
2015 · Pat Candy
Entourage (El séquito)
2015 · Larsen McCredle
Piégés
2015 · Douglass
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014 · Self - Actor
Le Juge
2014 · Dwight Dickham
Hell Town
2014 · Stan Steeley
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013 · Self
Parkland
2013 · Forrest Sorrels
Infierno en Alabama
2013 · Skip Caldwell, Screenplay, Director
The Baytown Outlaws : Les Hors-la-Loi
2012 · Carlos
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012 · Self
Le Chat Potté
2011 · Jack (voice)
Dislecksia: The Movie
2011 · Self
Le Parfum du succès
2011 · Patrick
The King of Luck
2011 · Director
Nashville Rises
2011 · Narrator
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010 · Self
Faster
2010 · Cop
Small Town Saturday Night
2010 · Thanks
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009 · Self
Informers
2008 · William Sloan
L'œil du mal
2008 · Thomas Morgan
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008 · Self
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
2008 · Self
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
2008 · Self
Monsieur Woodcock
2007 · Jasper Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007 · Self
Le Fermier Astronaute
2007 · Charles Farmer
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006 · Narrator
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006 · Narrator
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006 · Narrator (voice)
L'École des dragueurs
2006 · Dr. P
Faux amis
2005 · Vic
Bad News Bears
2005 · Morris Buttermaker
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005 · Self
Les lumières du vendredi soir
2004 · Coach Gary Gaines
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Other Voices (voice)
L'Ouest de Sam Peckinpah : la loi selon un renégat d'Hollywood
2004 · Self
Alamo
2004 · Davy Crockett
Chrystal
2004 · Joe
Méchant Père Noël
2003 · Willie
Intolérable cruauté
2003 · Howard D. Doyle
Love Actually
2003 · The US President
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003 · Narrator
Levity
2003 · Manuel Jordan
Une Chambre pour quatre
2002 · Lonnie Earl Dodd
Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets
2002 · Director
En eaux troubles
2002 · Sheriff Darl
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002 · Self
À l'ombre de la haine
2001 · Hank Grotowski
The Barber : L'Homme qui n'était pas là
2001 · Ed Crane
Daddy and Them
2001 · Claude Montgomery, Writer, Director
Vida Bandida
2001 · Terry Lee Collins
Camouflage
2001 · Story, Screenplay
Intuitions
2000 · Screenplay
De si jolis chevaux
2000 · Director, Producer
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000 · Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Father (voice)
The Last Real Cowboys
2000 · Tar, Story
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000 · Self
West of Hell
2000 · Brig. Smalls
Pushing Tin
1999 · Russell Bell
A Simple Plan
1998 · Jacob Mitchell
Armageddon
1998 · Dan Truman
Homegrown
1998 · Jack Marsden
Primary Colors
1998 · Richard Jemmons
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 · Self
The Apostle
1997 · Troublemaker
U Turn
1997 · Darrell
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997 · Syd / Monk
The Winner
1996 · Jack
Sling Blade
1996 · Karl Childers, Director, Screenplay, Theatre Play
Don't Look Back
1996 · Marshall, Writer, Story
A Family Thing
1996 · Writer
Dead Man
1995 · Big George Drakoulious
Out There
1995 · Jailbird
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995 · Roy
Floundering
1994 · Gun Clerk
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994 · Karl Childers, Writer
On Deadly Ground
1994 · Homer Carlton
Tombstone
1993 · Johnny Tyler
Indecent Proposal
1993 · Day Tripper
Grey Knight
1993 · Langston
Bound by Honor
1993 · Lightning
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993 · Rowdy Udall
Trouble Bound
1993 · Coldface
One False Move
1992 · Ray Malcolm, Writer
For the Boys
1991 · Marine Sergeant, Korea
The Dark Backward
1991 · Patron at Sloppy's
Going Overboard
1989 · Dave
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989 · Tommy
South of Reno
1988 · Counterman
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988 · Self - Audience Member
Hunter's Blood
1986 · Billy Bob
Somedays
Séries (42)
Landman
2024 · Tommy Norris, Executive Producer
1883
2021 · Marshal Jim Courtright
Harley Quinn
2019 · Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest, Self
Goliath
2016 · Billy McBride, Director
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Fargo
2014 · Lorne Malvo, Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Le Tonight Show
2014 · Self - Guest
Norm Macdonald Live
2013 · Self
La Teoría del Big Bang
2007 · Oliver Lorvis
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
American Dad
2005 · Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
CMT Music Awards
2002 · Self - Presenter
HypaSpace
2002 · Self
The Early Show
1999 · Self
CatDog
1998 · CatDog's Father (voice)
The View
1997 · Self
Classic Albums
1997 · Self
King of the Hill
1997 · Boyce Hubert (voice)
Le Daily Show
1996 · Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Hearts Afire
1992 · Billy Bob Davis
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
Evening Shade
1990 · Alvin
The Outsiders
1990 · Buck Merrill
This Morning
1988 · Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Matlock
1986 · Pawnshop Clerk
Knots Landing
1979 · Timberman
This Week in Baseball
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Today
1952 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee