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Billy Bob Thornton
Born · August 4, 1955 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Bio
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.
The Electric State
(voice)
0.0
2025
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story
Self
0.0
2024
Landman
Tommy Norris · (10 episodes)
8.0
2024
Devil's Peak
Charlie McNeely
5.6
2023
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
0.0
2022
Immediate Family
6.0
2022
The Gray Man
Fitzroy
7.0
2022
1883
Marshal Jim Courtright · (1 episode)
8.3
2021
Hollywood.Con
Boxmaster
4.0
2021
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Self
5.0
2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
0.0
2020
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2.0
2020
Harley Quinn
Billy Bob Thornton (voice) · (1 episode)
8.4
2019
A Million Little Pieces
Leonard
6.3
2019
Untouchable
Himself (archive footage)
6.4
2019
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Self
7.4
2019
Temple of Art
Self
0.0
2018
London Fields
Samson Young
5.1
2018
Bad Santa 2
Willie Soke
5.4
2016
Goliath
Billy McBride · (32 episodes)
7.6
2016
The First Boys of Spring
0.0
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
General Hollanek
6.3
2016
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Himself
0.0
2016
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
Himself
5.4
2015
Our Brand Is Crisis
Pat Candy
5.8
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
2015
Entourage
Larsen McCredle
6.2
2015
Into the Grizzly Maze
Douglass
5.4
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Self - Actor / Director
6.6
2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
6.2
2014
The Judge
Dwight Dickham
7.3
2014
Cut Bank
Stan Steeley
5.7
2014
Fargo
Lorne Malvo · (10 episodes)
8.3
2014
Fargo
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
8.3
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (3 episodes)
5.5
2014
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Himself
8.0
2013
Parkland
Forrest Sorrels
6.2
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Skip Caldwell
5.9
2013
Norm Macdonald Live
Self · (1 episode)
7.7
2013
The Baytown Outlaws
Carlos
6.0
2012
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Self
6.3
2012
Puss in Boots
Jack (voice)
6.6
2011
Dislecksia: The Movie
Himself
0.0
2011
The Smell of Success
Patrick
5.5
2011
Nashville Rises
narration
8.0
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
0.0
2011
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Himself
6.3
2010
Faster
Cop
6.3
2010
Ramble At The Ryman
Himself
0.0
2009
The Informers
William Sloan
4.8
2008
Eagle Eye
Thomas Morgan
6.5
2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
0.0
2008
The Big Bang Theory
Oliver Lorvis · (1 episode)
7.9
2007
Mr. Woodcock
Jasper Woodcock
5.1
2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Self
6.5
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
Charles Farmer
6.2
2007
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
Narrator
0.0
2006
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
Voice
8.0
2006
School for Scoundrels
Dr. P
5.4
2006
VH1 Rock Honors
(1 episode)
7.0
2006
The Ice Harvest
Vic
5.9
2005
Bad News Bears
Morris Buttermaker
5.9
2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Self
7.0
2005
American Dad!
Billy Bob Thornton (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
Friday Night Lights
Coach Gary Gaines
6.9
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
7.1
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
7.3
2004
The Alamo
Davy Crockett
5.8
2004
Chrystal
Joe
5.9
2004
Bad Santa
Willie
6.5
2003
Love Actually
The US President
7.1
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
Howard D. Doyle
5.9
2003
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
Narrator
10.0
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (1 episode)
2.5
2003
Levity
Manuel Jordan
6.2
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
Waking Up in Reno
Lonnie Earl Dodd
5.0
2002
The Badge
Sheriff Darl
5.9
2002
HypaSpace
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
2002
Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
Self
0.0
2002
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ed Crane
7.5
2001
Daddy and Them
Claude Montgomery
5.5
2001
Bandits
Terry Lee Collins
6.3
2001
Monster's Ball
Hank Grotowski
6.8
2001
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
7.7
2000
The Last Real Cowboys
Tar
7.0
2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
6.3
2000
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Brig. Smalls
5.0
2000
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1999
Pushing Tin
Russell Bell
5.9
1999
A Simple Plan
Jacob Mitchell
7.2
1998
Armageddon
Dan Truman
6.8
1998
Homegrown
Jack Marsden
5.6
1998
CatDog
Father (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
1998
Primary Colors
Richard Jemmons
6.3
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Self
4.0
1998
The Apostle
Troublemaker
6.3
1997
U Turn
Darrell
6.6
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Syd / Monk
4.3
1997
Classic Albums
Self · (1 episode)
7.7
1997
King of the Hill
Boyce Hubert (voice) · (1 episode)
7.3
1997
The Winner
Jack
4.4
1996
Sling Blade
Karl Childers
7.5
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (4 episodes)
6.4
1996
Don't Look Back
Marshall
5.1
1996
Dead Man
Big George Drakoulious
7.3
1995
Out There
Jailbird
4.7
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Roy
6.1
1995
Floundering
Gun Clerk
4.9
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Karl Childers
6.7
1994
On Deadly Ground
Homer Carlton
5.1
1994
Tombstone
Johnny Tyler
7.6
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
7.1
1993
Indecent Proposal
Day Tripper
6.4
1993
Grey Knight
Langston
5.2
1993
Bound by Honor
Lightning
8.1
1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Rowdy Udall
0.0
1993
Trouble Bound
Coldface
5.6
1993
Hearts Afire
Billy Bob Davis · (54 episodes)
8.0
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
5.4
1992
For the Boys
Marine Sergeant, Korea
6.2
1991
One False Move
Ray Malcolm
6.6
1991
The Dark Backward
Patron at Sloppy's
5.4
1991
The Outsiders
Buck Merrill · (10 episodes)
7.3
1990
Going Overboard
Dave
2.3
1989
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Tommy
4.5
1989
This Morning
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
5.2
1988
South of Reno
Counterman
4.8
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
7.4
1988
Hunter's Blood
Billy Bob
5.5
1986
Matlock
(1 episode)
7.2
1986
Knots Landing
Timberman · (1 episode)
6.8
1979
This Week in Baseball
(1 episode)
8.0
1977
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1953
Today
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
1952