Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
157
Acting Credits
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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 Armag...
Known For
Filmography
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
If These Walls Could Rock
2025
The Electric State
2025
as Voice (uncredited)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024
as Self
Landman
2024
as Tommy Norris
Devil's Peak
2023
as Charlie McNeely
Immediate Family
2022
as Self
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
The Gray Man
2022
as Fitzroy
Hollywood.Con
2021
as Boxmaster
1883
2021
as Marshal Jim Courtright
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
as Self
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020
as Self
Untouchable
2019
as Self (archive footage)
A Million Little Pieces
2019
as Leonard
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019
as Self
Harley Quinn
2019
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Temple of Art
2018
as Self
London Fields
2018
as Samson Young
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
as Self
The First Boys of Spring
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as General Hollanek
Bad Santa 2
2016
as Willie Soke
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016
as Narrator
Goliath
2016
as Billy McBride
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015
as Douglass
Entourage
2015
as Larsen McCredle
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
as Pat Candy
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor / Director
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Cut Bank
2014
as Stan Steeley
The Judge
2014
as Dwight Dickham
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
Fargo
2014
as Lorne Malvo
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Fargo
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Skip Caldwell
Parkland
2013
as Forrest Sorrels
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013
as Self
Norm Macdonald Live
2013
as Self
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
as Carlos
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012
as Self
The Smell of Success
2011
as Patrick
Dislecksia: The Movie
2011
as Self
Nashville Rises
2011
as Narrator
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Puss in Boots
2011
as Jack (voice)
Faster
2010
as Cop
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010
as Self
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009
as Self
Eagle Eye
2008
as Thomas Morgan
The Informers
2008
as William Sloan
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
2008
as Self
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
2008
as Self
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Charles Farmer
Mr. Woodcock
2007
as Jasper Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007
as Self
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Oliver Lorvis
School for Scoundrels
2006
as Dr. P
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006
as Narrator (voice)
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006
as Narrator
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006
as Narrator
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
The Ice Harvest
2005
as Vic
Bad News Bears
2005
as Morris Buttermaker
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
The Alamo
2004
as Davy Crockett
Chrystal
2004
as Joe
Friday Night Lights
2004
as Coach Gary Gaines
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Bad Santa
2003
as Willie
Levity
2003
as Manuel Jordan
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Howard D. Doyle
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003
as Narrator
Love Actually
2003
as The US President
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Badge
2002
as Sheriff Darl
Waking Up in Reno
2002
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002
as Self
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
CMT Music Awards
2002
as Self - Presenter
Monster's Ball
2001
as Hank Grotowski
Bandits
2001
as Terry Lee Collins
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Ed Crane
Daddy and Them
2001
as Claude Montgomery
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
as Brig. Smalls
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
The Last Real Cowboys
2000
as Tar
Pushing Tin
1999
as Russell Bell
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Armageddon
1998
as Dan Truman
A Simple Plan
1998
as Jacob Mitchell
Primary Colors
1998
as Richard Jemmons
Homegrown
1998
as Jack Marsden
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as Self
CatDog
1998
as CatDog's Father (voice)
U Turn
1997
as Darrell
The Apostle
1997
as Troublemaker
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997
as Syd / Monk
The View
1997
as Self
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Boyce Hubert (voice)
Sling Blade
1996
as Karl Childers
Don't Look Back
1996
as Marshall
The Winner
1996
as Jack
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Roy
Out There
1995
as Jailbird
Dead Man
1995
as Big George Drakoulious
On Deadly Ground
1994
as Homer Carlton
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
as Karl Childers
Floundering
1994
as Gun Clerk
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Indecent Proposal
1993
as Day Tripper
Tombstone
1993
as Johnny Tyler
Bound by Honor
1993
as Lightning
Grey Knight
1993
as Langston
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
as Rowdy Udall
Trouble Bound
1993
as Coldface
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
One False Move
1992
as Ray Malcolm
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Hearts Afire
1992
as Billy Bob Davis
The Dark Backward
1991
as Patron at Sloppy's
For the Boys
1991
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
The Outsiders
1990
as Buck Merrill
Evening Shade
1990
as Alvin
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989
as Tommy
Going Overboard
1989
as Dave
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
South of Reno
1988
as Counterman
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
This Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
Hunter's Blood
1986
as Billy Bob
Matlock
1986
as Pawnshop Clerk
Knots Landing
1979
as Timberman
This Week in Baseball
1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee