Billy Bob Thornton
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.
Acted in
The Electric State
2025
as (voice)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story
2024
as Self
Landman
2024
as Tommy Norris
Devil's Peak
2023
as Charlie McNeely
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
Immediate Family
2022
The Gray Man
2022
as Fitzroy
1883
2021
as Marshal Jim Courtright
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
Harley Quinn
2019
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
A Million Little Pieces
2019
as Leonard
Untouchable
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019
as Self
Temple of Art
2018
as Self
London Fields
2018
as Samson Young
Bad Santa 2
2016
as Willie Soke
Goliath
2016
as Billy McBride
The First Boys of Spring
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as General Hollanek
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
as Himself
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
2015
as Himself
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
as Pat Candy
Entourage
2015
as Larsen McCredle
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015
as Douglass
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
2015
as Self / Actor / Director
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
The Judge
2014
as Dwight Dickham
Cut Bank
2014
as Stan Steeley
Fargo
2014
as Lorne Malvo
Fargo
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013
as Himself
Parkland
2013
as Forrest Sorrels
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Skip Caldwell
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 Himself
The Smell of Success
2011
as Patrick
Nashville Rises
2011
as narration
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010
as Himself
Faster
2010
as Cop
Ramble At The Ryman
2009
as Himself
The Informers
2008
as William Sloan
Eagle Eye
2008
as Thomas Morgan
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Oliver Lorvis
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: The Official World Series Film
2006
as Narrator
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006
as 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
American Dad!
2005
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
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
Love Actually
2003
as The US President
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Howard D. Doyle
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
2003
as Narrator
Levity
2003
as Manuel Jordan
Waking Up in Reno
2002
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
The Badge
2002
as Sheriff Darl
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002
as Self
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Ed Crane
Daddy and Them
2001
as Claude Montgomery
Bandits
2001
as Terry Lee Collins
Monster's Ball
2001
as Hank Grotowski
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
The Last Real Cowboys
2000
as Tar
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
CatDog
1998
as Father (voice)
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
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Boyce Hubert (voice)
The Winner
1996
as Jack
Sling Blade
1996
as Karl Childers
Don't Look Back
1996
as Marshall
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
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
Hearts Afire
1992
as Billy Bob Davis
For the Boys
1991
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
One False Move
1991
as Ray Malcolm
The Dark Backward
1991
as Patron at Sloppy's
The Outsiders
1990
as Buck Merrill
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
Matlock
1986
Knots Landing
1979
as Timberman
The Oscars
1953
as Self