Billy Bob Thornton
Born: 1955-08-04 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Known For: Acting
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 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
2026
- Primetime as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2025
- The Electric State as Voice (uncredited)
- If These Walls Could Rock
2024
- Landman as Tommy Norris
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties as Self
2023
- Devil's Peak as Charlie McNeely
2022
- The Gray Man as Fitzroy
- Immediate Family as Self
- Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
- Help Her Live ... (Thanks)
2021
- 1883 as Marshal Jim Courtright
- Hollywood.Con as Boxmaster
2020
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- Harley Quinn as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
- A Million Little Pieces as Leonard
- Untouchable as Self (archive footage)
- ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas as Self
2018
- London Fields as Samson Young
- Temple of Art as Self
2016
- Goliath as Billy McBride
- Bad Santa 2 as Willie Soke
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as General Hollanek
- IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD as Narrator
- What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt as Self
- The First Boys of Spring
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Entourage as Larsen McCredle
- Our Brand Is Crisis as Pat Candy
- Into the Grizzly Maze as Douglass
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor / Director
- Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Fargo as Lorne Malvo
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- The Judge as Dwight Dickham
- Cut Bank as Stan Steeley
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
2013
- Norm Macdonald Live as Self
- Parkland as Forrest Sorrels
- Jayne Mansfield's Car as Skip Caldwell
- Sport in America: Our Defining Stories as Self
2012
2011
- Puss in Boots as Jack (voice)
- Nashville Rises as Narrator
- The Smell of Success as Patrick
- The King of Luck ... (Director)
- Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
- Dislecksia: The Movie as Self
2010
- Faster as Cop
- Small Town Saturday Night ... (Thanks)
- Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm as Self
2009
- Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman as Self
2008
- Eagle Eye as Thomas Morgan
- The Informers as William Sloan
- VH1 Rock Honors: The Who as Self
- Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales as Self
- Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” as Self
2007
- The Big Bang Theory as Oliver Lorvis
- Mr. Woodcock as Jasper Woodcock
- The Astronaut Farmer as Charles Farmer
- Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation as Self
2006
- VH1 Rock Honors
- School for Scoundrels as Dr. P
- NFL: Favre 4 Ever as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film as Narrator
- 2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season as Narrator
2005
- American Dad! as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Bad News Bears as Morris Buttermaker
- The Ice Harvest as Vic
- Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood as Self
2004
- The Alamo as Davy Crockett
- Friday Night Lights as Coach Gary Gaines
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- Chrystal as Joe
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Love Actually as The US President
- Bad Santa as Willie
- Intolerable Cruelty as Howard D. Doyle
- Levity as Manuel Jordan
- Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart as Narrator
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- CMT Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- HypaSpace as Self
- Waking Up in Reno as Lonnie Earl Dodd
- The Badge as Sheriff Darl
- Making "The Man Who Wasn't There" as Self
- Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets ... (Director)
2001
- Monster's Ball as Hank Grotowski
- The Man Who Wasn't There as Ed Crane
- Bandits as Terry Lee Collins
- Daddy and Them as Claude Montgomery
- Camouflage ... (Story)
2000
- The Gift ... (Screenplay)
- All the Pretty Horses ... (Director)
- Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- South of Heaven, West of Hell as Brig. Smalls
- CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
- The Last Real Cowboys as Tar
1999
- The Early Show as Self
- Pushing Tin as Russell Bell
1998
- CatDog as CatDog's Father (voice)
- Armageddon as Dan Truman
- Primary Colors as Richard Jemmons
- A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn as Self
- Homegrown as Jack Marsden
1997
- The View as Self
- King of the Hill as Boyce Hubert (voice)
- Classic Albums as Self
- U Turn as Darrell
- The Apostle as Troublemaker
- A Gun, a Car, a Blonde as Syd / Monk
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Sling Blade as Karl Childers
- Don't Look Back as Marshall
- A Family Thing ... (Writer)
- The Winner as Jack
1995
- Dead Man as Big George Drakoulious
- The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Roy
- Out There as Jailbird
1994
- On Deadly Ground as Homer Carlton
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade as Karl Childers
- Floundering as Gun Clerk
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Indecent Proposal as Day Tripper
- Bound by Honor as Lightning
- Tombstone as Johnny Tyler
- Trouble Bound as Coldface
- Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Rowdy Udall
- Grey Knight as Langston
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Hearts Afire as Billy Bob Davis
- One False Move as Ray Malcolm
1991
- For the Boys as Marine Sergeant, Korea
- The Dark Backward as Patron at Sloppy's
1990
- Evening Shade as Alvin
- The Outsiders as Buck Merrill
1989
- Going Overboard as Dave
- Chopper Chicks in Zombietown as Tommy
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- This Morning as Self - Guest
- Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
- South of Reno as Counterman
1986
- Matlock as Pawnshop Clerk
- Hunter's Blood as Billy Bob
1979
- Knots Landing as Timberman
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee