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Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Acting

Born: August 4, 1955Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

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.

Known For
Filmography
If These Walls Could Rock

If These Walls Could Rock

2025
The Electric State

The Electric State

Voice (uncredited)

2025
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Self

2024
Devil's Peak

Devil's Peak

Charlie McNeely

2023
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures

Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures

2022
Immediate Family

Immediate Family

Self

2022
The Gray Man

The Gray Man

Fitzroy

2022
Hollywood.Con

Hollywood.Con

Boxmaster

2021
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man

Self

2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

Self

2020
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

2020
A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

Leonard

2019
Untouchable

Untouchable

Self (archive footage)

2019
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas

ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas

Self

2019
Temple of Art

Temple of Art

Self

2018
London Fields

London Fields

Samson Young

2018
Bad Santa 2

Bad Santa 2

Willie Soke

2016
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD

IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD

Narrator

2016
The First Boys of Spring

The First Boys of Spring

2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

General Hollanek

2016
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

Self

2016
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed

Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed

Self

2015
Our Brand Is Crisis

Our Brand Is Crisis

Pat Candy

2015
Entourage

Entourage

Larsen McCredle

2015
Into the Grizzly Maze

Into the Grizzly Maze

Douglass

2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Self - Actor / Director

2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater

21 Years: Richard Linklater

Self - Actor

2014
The Judge

The Judge

Dwight Dickham

2014
Cut Bank

Cut Bank

Stan Steeley

2014
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

Self

2013
Parkland

Parkland

Forrest Sorrels

2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car

Jayne Mansfield's Car

Skip Caldwell

2013
The Baytown Outlaws

The Baytown Outlaws

Carlos

2012
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton

Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton

Self

2012
Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

Jack (voice)

2011
Dislecksia: The Movie

Dislecksia: The Movie

Self

2011
The Smell of Success

The Smell of Success

Patrick

2011
Nashville Rises

Nashville Rises

Narrator

2011

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2011
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

Self

2010
Faster

Faster

Cop

2010
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman

Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman

Self

2009
The Informers

The Informers

William Sloan

2008
Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye

Thomas Morgan

2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Self

2008
Mr. Woodcock

Mr. Woodcock

Jasper Woodcock

2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

Self

2007
The Astronaut Farmer

The Astronaut Farmer

Charles Farmer

2007
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season

2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season

Narrator

2006
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film

2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film

Narrator

2006

NFL: Favre 4 Ever

Narrator (voice)

2006
School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels

Dr. P

2006
The Ice Harvest

The Ice Harvest

Vic

2005
Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears

Morris Buttermaker

2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

Self

2005
Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights

Coach Gary Gaines

2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Other Voices (voice)

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self

2004
The Alamo

The Alamo

Davy Crockett

2004
Chrystal

Chrystal

Joe

2004
Bad Santa

Bad Santa

Willie

2003
Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty

Howard D. Doyle

2003
Love Actually

Love Actually

The US President

2003
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart

Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart

Narrator

2003
Levity

Levity

Manuel Jordan

2003
Waking Up in Reno

Waking Up in Reno

Lonnie Earl Dodd

2002
The Badge

The Badge

Sheriff Darl

2002

Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"

Self

2002
Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball

Hank Grotowski

2001
Daddy and Them

Daddy and Them

Claude Montgomery

2001
The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There

Ed Crane

2001
Bandits

Bandits

Terry Lee Collins

2001
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)

2000
The Last Real Cowboys

The Last Real Cowboys

Tar

2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Self

2000
South of Heaven, West of Hell

South of Heaven, West of Hell

Brig. Smalls

2000
Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin

Russell Bell

1999
A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan

Jacob Mitchell

1998
Armageddon

Armageddon

Dan Truman

1998
Homegrown

Homegrown

Jack Marsden

1998
Primary Colors

Primary Colors

Richard Jemmons

1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Self

1998
The Apostle

The Apostle

Troublemaker

1997
U Turn

U Turn

Darrell

1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

Syd / Monk

1997
The Winner

The Winner

Jack

1996
Sling Blade

Sling Blade

Karl Childers

1996
Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back

Marshall

1996
Dead Man

Dead Man

Big George Drakoulious

1995
Out There

Out There

Jailbird

1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

Roy

1995
Floundering

Floundering

Gun Clerk

1994
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Karl Childers

1994
On Deadly Ground

On Deadly Ground

Homer Carlton

1994
Tombstone

Tombstone

Johnny Tyler

1993
Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal

Day Tripper

1993
Grey Knight

Grey Knight

Langston

1993
Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

Lightning

1993

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

Rowdy Udall

1993
Trouble Bound

Trouble Bound

Coldface

1993
For the Boys

For the Boys

Marine Sergeant, Korea

1991
One False Move

One False Move

Ray Malcolm

1991
The Dark Backward

The Dark Backward

Patron at Sloppy's

1991
Going Overboard

Going Overboard

Dave

1989
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

Tommy

1989
South of Reno

South of Reno

Counterman

1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Self - Audience Member

1988
Hunter's Blood

Hunter's Blood

Billy Bob

1986