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Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

ActingBorn August 4, 1955 (age 70)Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

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

2025
The Electric State

as Voice (uncredited)

Movie
2024
Landman

as Tommy Norris

TV
2023
Devil's Peak

as Charlie McNeely

Movie
2022Movie
2022
The Gray Man

as Fitzroy

Movie
2021
1883

as Marshal Jim Courtright

TV
2021
Hollywood.Con

as Boxmaster

Movie
2019
Harley Quinn

as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)

TV
2019TV
2019Movie
2019
Untouchable

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018Movie
2018
London Fields

as Samson Young

Movie
2016
Bad Santa 2

as Willie Soke

Movie
2016
Goliath

as Billy McBride

TV
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

as General Hollanek

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Entourage

as Larsen McCredle

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Actor / Director

Movie
2014Movie
2014
The Judge

as Dwight Dickham

Movie
2014
Cut Bank

as Stan Steeley

Movie
2014
Fargo

as Lorne Malvo

TV
2014
Fargo

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2014TV
2013
Parkland

as Forrest Sorrels

Movie
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car

as Skip Caldwell

Movie
2013TV
2012Movie
2011
Puss in Boots

as Jack (voice)

Movie
2011Movie
2011Movie
2011
Nashville Rises

as Narrator

Movie
2010
Faster

as Cop

Movie
2008
The Informers

as William Sloan

Movie
2008
Eagle Eye

as Thomas Morgan

Movie
2008Movie
2007
The Big Bang Theory

as Oliver Lorvis

TV
2007
Mr. Woodcock

as Jasper Woodcock

Movie
2007
The Astronaut Farmer

as Charles Farmer

Movie
2006
NFL: Favre 4 Ever

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2006Movie
2005Movie
2005
Bad News Bears

as Morris Buttermaker

Movie
2005
American Dad!

as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)

TV
2004
Friday Night Lights

as Coach Gary Gaines

Movie
2004
The Alamo

as Davy Crockett

Movie
2004
Chrystal

as Joe

Movie
2003
Bad Santa

as Willie

Movie
2003
Intolerable Cruelty

as Howard D. Doyle

Movie
2003
Love Actually

as The US President

Movie
2003
Levity

as Manuel Jordan

Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2003TV
2002
Waking Up in Reno

as Lonnie Earl Dodd

Movie
2002
The Badge

as Sheriff Darl

Movie
2002
CMT Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
2002
HypaSpace

as Self

TV
2001
Monster's Ball

as Hank Grotowski

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Daddy and Them

as Claude Montgomery

Movie
2001
Bandits

as Terry Lee Collins

Movie
2000
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

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

Movie
2000Movie
2000Movie
1999TV
1999
Pushing Tin

as Russell Bell

Movie
1998
A Simple Plan

as Jacob Mitchell

Movie
1998
Armageddon

as Dan Truman

Movie
1998
Homegrown

as Jack Marsden

Movie
1998
CatDog

as CatDog's Father (voice)

TV
1998
Primary Colors

as Richard Jemmons

Movie
1997
The Apostle

as Troublemaker

Movie
1997
U Turn

as Darrell

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997Movie
1997TV
1997
King of the Hill

as Boyce Hubert (voice)

TV
1996
The Winner

as Jack

Movie
1996
Sling Blade

as Karl Childers

Movie
1996TV
1996
Don't Look Back

as Marshall

Movie
1995
Dead Man

as Big George Drakoulious

Movie
1995
Out There

as Jailbird

Movie
1994
Floundering

as Gun Clerk

Movie
1994Movie
1994
On Deadly Ground

as Homer Carlton

Movie
1993
Tombstone

as Johnny Tyler

Movie
1993TV
1993
Indecent Proposal

as Day Tripper

Movie
1993
Grey Knight

as Langston

Movie
1993
Bound by Honor

as Lightning

Movie
1993
Trouble Bound

as Coldface

Movie
1992
Hearts Afire

as Billy Bob Davis

TV
1992
One False Move

as Ray Malcolm

Movie
1991
For the Boys

as Marine Sergeant, Korea

Movie
1991
The Dark Backward

as Patron at Sloppy's

Movie
1990TV
1990
The Outsiders

as Buck Merrill

TV
1989Movie
1988
This Morning

as Self - Guest

TV
1988TV
1988
South of Reno

as Counterman

Movie
1988Movie
1986
Hunter's Blood

as Billy Bob

Movie
1986
Matlock

as Pawnshop Clerk

TV
1979
Knots Landing

as Timberman

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Today

as Self

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 4, 1955
Place of BirthHot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Popularity3.0