Billy Bob Thornton
94 movies · 14 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 4, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
- Also known as
- Reginald Perry
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Billy Bob Thornton: movies and TV shows
Acting (100)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2025
- 2025 The Electric State
as Voice (uncredited)
- 2024
- 2023 Devil's Peak
as Charlie McNeely
- 2022
- 2022 The Gray Man
as Fitzroy
- 2021
- 2021 Hollywood.Con
as Boxmaster
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019 A Million Little Pieces
as Leonard
- 2018 London Fields
as Samson Young
- 2016 Bad Santa 2
as Willie Soke
- 2016
- 2016 IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
as Narrator
- 2016
- 2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as General Hollanek
- 2015 Our Brand Is Crisis
as Pat Candy
- 2015 Entourage
as Larsen McCredle
- 2015 Into the Grizzly Maze
as Douglass
- 2014 The Judge
as Dwight Dickham
- 2014 Cut Bank
as Stan Steeley
- 2014
- 2013 Parkland
as Forrest Sorrels
- 2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Skip Caldwell
- 2012 The Baytown Outlaws
as Carlos
- 2011 Puss in Boots
as Jack (voice)
- 2011 The Smell of Success
as Patrick
- 2011 Nashville Rises
as Narrator
- 2011
- 2010 Faster
as Cop
- 2008 The Informers
as William Sloan
- 2008 Eagle Eye
as Thomas Morgan
- 2007
- 2007 Mr. Woodcock
as Jasper Woodcock
- 2007 The Astronaut Farmer
as Charles Farmer
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 NFL: Favre 4 Ever
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 School for Scoundrels
as Dr. P
- 2005 The Ice Harvest
as Vic
- 2005 Bad News Bears
as Morris Buttermaker
- 2005
- 2004 Friday Night Lights
as Coach Gary Gaines
- 2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004 The Alamo
as Davy Crockett
- 2004 Chrystal
as Joe
- 2003 Bad Santa
as Willie
- 2003 Intolerable Cruelty
as Howard D. Doyle
- 2003 Love Actually
as The US President
- 2003 Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
as Narrator
- 2003 Levity
as Manuel Jordan
- 2002 Waking Up in Reno
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
- 2002 The Badge
as Sheriff Darl
- 2001 Monster's Ball
as Hank Grotowski
- 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There
as Ed Crane
- 2001 Daddy and Them
as Claude Montgomery
- 2001 Bandits
as Terry Lee Collins
- 2000 CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
- 2000 The Last Real Cowboys
as Tar
- 2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell
as Brig. Smalls
- 1999 Pushing Tin
as Russell Bell
- 1998 A Simple Plan
as Jacob Mitchell
- 1998 Armageddon
as Dan Truman
- 1998 Homegrown
as Jack Marsden
- 1998
- 1998 Primary Colors
as Richard Jemmons
- 1997 The Apostle
as Troublemaker
- 1997 U Turn
as Darrell
- 1997 A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
as Syd / Monk
- 1997
- 1996 The Winner
as Jack
- 1996 Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
- 1996 Don't Look Back
as Marshall
- 1995 Dead Man
as Big George Drakoulious
- 1995 Out There
as Jailbird
- 1995 The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Roy
- 1994 Floundering
as Gun Clerk
- 1994 Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
- 1994 On Deadly Ground
as Homer Carlton
- 1993 Tombstone
as Johnny Tyler
- 1993 Indecent Proposal
as Day Tripper
- 1993 Grey Knight
as Langston
- 1993 Bound by Honor
as Lightning
- 1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Rowdy Udall
- 1993 Trouble Bound
as Coldface
- 1992
- 1992 One False Move
as Ray Malcolm
- 1991 For the Boys
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
- 1991 The Dark Backward
as Patron at Sloppy's
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989 Going Overboard
as Dave
- 1989 Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
as Tommy
- 1988 South of Reno
as Counterman
- 1986 Hunter's Blood
as Billy Bob
- 1986
- 1979
Behind the camera (17)
- 2024
- 2022 Help Her Live
Thanks
- 2016
- 2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car
Director, Screenplay
- 2011 The King of Luck
Director
- 2010 Small Town Saturday Night
Thanks
- 2002
- 2001 Daddy and Them
Director, Writer
- 2001 Camouflage
Story, Screenplay
- 2000 The Gift
Screenplay
- 2000 All the Pretty Horses
Director, Producer
- 2000 The Last Real Cowboys
Story
- 1996 Sling Blade
Director, Theatre Play, Screenplay
- 1996 Don't Look Back
Writer, Story
- 1996 A Family Thing
Writer
- 1994
- 1992 One False Move
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (54)
- 2024
- 2022
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
4 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2013
- 2013 Norm Macdonald Live
1 episode
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 VH1 Rock Honors
1 episode
- 2005
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
1 episode
- 2004
- 2003 Celebrities Uncensored
1 episode
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3 episodes
- 2002 CMT Music Awards
1 episode
- 2002 HypaSpace
1 episode
- 2002
- 2000
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1998
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1997 Classic Albums
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
4 episodes
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
4 episodes
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1988 This Morning
1 episode
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5 episodes
- 1988
- 1977 This Week in Baseball
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1952 Today
2 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode