Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 04, 1955
Place of Birth
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Credits
162 titles
Billy Bob Thornton
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
If These Walls Could Rock
The Electric State
Voice (uncredited)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Self
Landman
Tommy Norris
Devil's Peak
Charlie McNeely
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
Immediate Family
Self
Help Her Live
Thanks
The Gray Man
Fitzroy
1883
Marshal Jim Courtright
Hollywood.Con
Boxmaster
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
Harley Quinn
Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
A Million Little Pieces
Leonard
Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Self
Temple of Art
Self
London Fields
Samson Young
Bad Santa 2
Willie Soke
Goliath
Billy McBride
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
Narrator
The First Boys of Spring
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
General Hollanek
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Self
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
Self
Our Brand Is Crisis
Pat Candy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Entourage
Larsen McCredle
Into the Grizzly Maze
Douglass
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor / Director
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
The Judge
Dwight Dickham
Cut Bank
Stan Steeley
Fargo
Lorne Malvo
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Self
Parkland
Forrest Sorrels
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Skip Caldwell
Norm Macdonald Live
Self
The Baytown Outlaws
Carlos
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Self
Puss in Boots
Jack (voice)
Dislecksia: The Movie
Self