Billy Bob Thornton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 4, 1955
- Birthplace
- Hot 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.
Filmography
- Somedays
Somedays TBA
Actor
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern 2026
Actor
If These Walls Could Rock 2025
Actor
The Electric State 2025
as Voice (uncredited)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties 2024
as Self
Devil's Peak 2023
as Charlie McNeely
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures 2022
Actor
Immediate Family 2022
as Self
Help Her Live 2022
Thanks
The Gray Man 2022
as Fitzroy
Hollywood.Con 2021
as Boxmaster
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man 2020
as Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine 2020
as Self
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars 2020
Actor
A Million Little Pieces 2019
as Leonard
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas 2019
as Self
Untouchable 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Temple of Art 2018
as Self
London Fields 2018
as Samson Young
Bad Santa 2 2016
as Willie Soke
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD 2016
as Narrator
The First Boys of Spring 2016
Actor
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2016
as General Hollanek
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt 2016
as Self
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed 2015
as Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead 2015
as Self - Actor / Director
Our Brand Is Crisis 2015
as Pat Candy
Entourage 2015
as Larsen McCredle
Into the Grizzly Maze 2015
as Douglass
21 Years: Richard Linklater 2014
as Self - Actor
The Judge 2014
as Dwight Dickham
Cut Bank 2014
as Stan Steeley
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories 2013
as Self
Parkland 2013
as Forrest Sorrels
Jayne Mansfield's Car 2013
as Skip Caldwell, Director, Screenplay
The Baytown Outlaws 2012
as Carlos
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton 2012
as Self
Puss in Boots 2011
as Jack (voice)
Dislecksia: The Movie 2011
as Self
The Smell of Success 2011
as Patrick
The King of Luck 2011
Director
Nashville Rises 2011
as Narrator
- Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland 2011
Actor
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm 2010
as Self
Faster 2010
as Cop
Small Town Saturday Night 2010
Thanks
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman 2009
as Self
The Informers 2008
as William Sloan
Eagle Eye 2008
as Thomas Morgan
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who 2008
as Self
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales 2008
as Self
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” 2008
as Self
Mr. Woodcock 2007
as Jasper Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation 2007
as Self
The Astronaut Farmer 2007
as Charles Farmer
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season 2006
as Narrator
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film 2006
as Narrator
- NFL: Favre 4 Ever
NFL: Favre 4 Ever 2006
as Narrator (voice)
School for Scoundrels 2006
as Dr. P
The Ice Harvest 2005
as Vic
Bad News Bears 2005
as Morris Buttermaker
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood 2005
as Self
Friday Night Lights 2004
as Coach Gary Gaines
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self
The Alamo 2004
as Davy Crockett
Chrystal 2004
as Joe
Bad Santa 2003
as Willie
Intolerable Cruelty 2003
as Howard D. Doyle
Love Actually 2003
as The US President
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart 2003
as Narrator
Levity 2003
as Manuel Jordan
Waking Up in Reno 2002
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets 2002
Director
The Badge 2002
as Sheriff Darl
- Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2002
as Self
Monster's Ball 2001
as Hank Grotowski
Daddy and Them 2001
as Claude Montgomery, Director, Writer
The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
as Ed Crane
Bandits 2001
as Terry Lee Collins
Camouflage 2001
Story, Screenplay
The Gift 2000
Screenplay
All the Pretty Horses 2000
Director, Producer
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery 2000
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Father (voice)
The Last Real Cowboys 2000
as Tar, Story
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration 2000
as Self
South of Heaven, West of Hell 2000
as Brig. Smalls
Pushing Tin 1999
as Russell Bell
A Simple Plan 1998
as Jacob Mitchell
Armageddon 1998
as Dan Truman
Homegrown 1998
as Jack Marsden
Primary Colors 1998
as Richard Jemmons
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn 1998
as Self
The Apostle 1997
as Troublemaker
U Turn 1997
as Darrell
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde 1997
as Syd / Monk
The Winner 1996
as Jack
Sling Blade 1996
as Karl Childers, Director, Screenplay, Theatre Play
Don't Look Back 1996
as Marshall, Writer, Story
A Family Thing 1996
Writer
Dead Man 1995
as Big George Drakoulious
Out There 1995
as Jailbird
The Stars Fell on Henrietta 1995
as Roy
Floundering 1994
as Gun Clerk
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade 1994
as Karl Childers, Writer
On Deadly Ground 1994
as Homer Carlton
Tombstone 1993
as Johnny Tyler
Indecent Proposal 1993
as Day Tripper
Grey Knight 1993
as Langston
Bound by Honor 1993
as Lightning
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun 1993
as Rowdy Udall
Trouble Bound 1993
as Coldface
One False Move 1992
as Ray Malcolm, Writer
For the Boys 1991
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
The Dark Backward 1991
as Patron at Sloppy's
Going Overboard 1989
as Dave
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown 1989
as Tommy
South of Reno 1988
as Counterman
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night 1988
as Self - Audience Member
Hunter's Blood 1986
as Billy Bob
Credits from TMDB.