Billy Bob Thornton
Known for Acting · 153 credits
- Born
- 1955-08-04 (age 70)
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (42)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
American Dad!
2005
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Fargo
2014
as Lorne Malvo / Narrator (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as Boyce Hubert (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Oliver Lorvis
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Knots Landing
1979
as Timberman
Landman
2024
as Tommy Norris
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Matlock
1986
as Pawnshop Clerk
Harley Quinn
2019
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
Goliath
2016
as Billy McBride
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
1883
2021
as Marshal Jim Courtright
CatDog
1998
as CatDog's Father (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
Hearts Afire
1992
as Billy Bob Davis
Evening Shade
1990
as Alvin
The Outsiders
1990
as Buck Merrill
CMT Music Awards
2002
as Self - Presenter
Norm Macdonald Live
2013
as Self
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
The Early Show
1999
as Self
This Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
This Week in Baseball
1977
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (111)
Indecent Proposal
1993
as Day Tripper
Armageddon
1998
as Dan Truman
Love Actually
2003
as The US President
The Gray Man
2022
as Fitzroy
The Judge
2014
as Dwight Dickham
Tombstone
1993
as Johnny Tyler
Puss in Boots
2011
as Jack (voice)
The Electric State
2025
as Voice (uncredited)
Bound by Honor
1993
as Lightning
Eagle Eye
2008
as Thomas Morgan
Faster
2010
as Cop
Bad Santa
2003
as Willie
Bandits
2001
as Terry Lee Collins
Parkland
2013
as Forrest Sorrels
Dead Man
1995
as Big George Drakoulious
Entourage
2015
as Larsen McCredle
Pushing Tin
1999
as Russell Bell
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as General Hollanek
The Alamo
2004
as Davy Crockett
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Howard D. Doyle
U Turn
1997
as Darrell
Sling Blade
1996
as Karl Childers
The Informers
2008
as William Sloan
On Deadly Ground
1994
as Homer Carlton
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015
as Douglass
London Fields
2018
as Samson Young
A Simple Plan
1998
as Jacob Mitchell
Monster's Ball
2001
as Hank Grotowski
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Ed Crane
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
as Pat Candy
Bad Santa 2
2016
as Willie Soke
The Apostle
1997
as Troublemaker
Primary Colors
1998
as Richard Jemmons
Out There
1995
as Jailbird
Floundering
1994
as Gun Clerk
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
as Self
Friday Night Lights
2004
as Coach Gary Gaines
Cut Bank
2014
as Stan Steeley
Bad News Bears
2005
as Morris Buttermaker
Mr. Woodcock
2007
as Jasper Woodcock
Hunter's Blood
1986
as Billy Bob
Going Overboard
1989
as Dave
Homegrown
1998
as Jack Marsden
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Charles Farmer
A Million Little Pieces
2019
as Leonard
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
as Carlos
Nashville Rises
2011
as Narrator
The Winner
1996
as Jack
School for Scoundrels
2006
as Dr. P
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Badge
2002
as Sheriff Darl
Chrystal
2004
as Joe
For the Boys
1991
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
Waking Up in Reno
2002
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
The Ice Harvest
2005
as Vic
Untouchable
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Daddy and Them
2001
as Claude Montgomery
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
as Self - Actor
Devil's Peak
2023
as Charlie McNeely
Grey Knight
1993
as Langston
Levity
2003
as Manuel Jordan
Don't Look Back
1996
as Marshall
Trouble Bound
1993
as Coldface
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
as Roy
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor / Director
Immediate Family
2022
as Self
One False Move
1991
as Ray Malcolm
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
as Rowdy Udall
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
as Self
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019
as Self
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Skip Caldwell
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989
as Tommy
Hollywood.Con
2021
as Boxmaster
The Dark Backward
1991
as Patron at Sloppy's
If These Walls Could Rock
2025
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005
as Self
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
South of Reno
1988
as Counterman
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
as Karl Childers
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020
as Self
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
as Brig. Smalls
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
as Self
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015
as Self
The Smell of Success
2011
as Patrick
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997
as Syd / Monk
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024
as Self
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007
as Self
Somedays
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
The Last Real Cowboys
2000
as Tar
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013
as Self
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003
as Narrator
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
as Self
Temple of Art
2018
as Self
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012
as Self
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009
as Self
Dislecksia: The Movie
2011
as Self
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016
as Narrator
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006
as Narrator (voice)
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006
as Narrator
The First Boys of Spring
2016
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
as Self
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006
as Narrator
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010
as Self
About 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, T… With 153 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Billy Bob Thornton has appeared in 111 films and 42 TV shows.
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- Indecent Proposal (1993) — as Day Tripper
- Armageddon (1998) — as Dan Truman
- Love Actually (2003) — as The US President
- The Gray Man (2022) — as Fitzroy
- The Judge (2014) — as Dwight Dickham
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