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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 4, 1955
Place of Birth
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As
- Reginald Perry
- Билли Боб Торнтон
- Μπίλι Μπομπ Θόρτον
- 빌리 밥 손튼
- بیلی باب تورنتون
Billy Bob Thornton
8.2 Popularity
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
5.6
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024
8.1
Tommy Norris
Landman
2024
5.5
Charlie McNeely
Devil's Peak
2023
0.0
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
7.4
Self
Immediate Family
2022
6.9
Fitzroy
The Gray Man
2022
8.3
Marshal Jim Courtright
1883
2021
3.6
Boxmaster
Hollywood.Con
2021
5.0
Self
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020
0.0
Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
Credits
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
as Self
2024
5.6
Landman
as Tommy Norris
2024
8.1
Devil's Peak
as Charlie McNeely
2023
5.5
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
0.0
Immediate Family
as Self
2022
7.4
The Gray Man
as Fitzroy
2022
6.9
1883
as Marshal Jim Courtright
2021
8.3
Hollywood.Con
as Boxmaster
2021
3.6
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self
2020
5.0
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
as Self
2020
0.0
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
5.0
Harley Quinn
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
2019
8.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
A Million Little Pieces
as Leonard
2019
6.1
Untouchable
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.4
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
as Self
2019
7.5
Temple of Art
as Self
2018
0.0
London Fields
as Samson Young
2018
5.0
Bad Santa 2
as Willie Soke
2016
5.4
Goliath
as Billy McBride
2016
7.6
The First Boys of Spring
2016
0.0
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as General Hollanek
2016
6.3
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
as Self
2016
0.0
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
as Self
2015
5.2
Our Brand Is Crisis
as Pat Candy
2015
5.9
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Entourage
as Larsen McCredle
2015
6.3
Into the Grizzly Maze
as Douglass
2015
5.4
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor / Director
2015
6.6
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
2014
6.3
The Judge
as Dwight Dickham
2014
7.3
Cut Bank
as Stan Steeley
2014
5.8
Fargo
as Lorne Malvo
2014
8.3
Fargo
as Narrator (voice)
2014
8.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
as Self
2013
8.0
Parkland
as Forrest Sorrels
2013
6.2
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Skip Caldwell
2013
5.7
Norm Macdonald Live
as Self
2013
8.0
The Baytown Outlaws
as Carlos
2012
6.0
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
as Self
2012
6.3
Puss in Boots
as Jack (voice)
2011
6.6
Dislecksia: The Movie
as Self
2011
0.0
The Smell of Success
as Patrick
2011
5.6
Nashville Rises
as narration
2011
8.0
🎬
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
0.0
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
as Self
2010
6.2
Faster
as Cop
2010
6.4
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
as Self
2009
0.0
The Informers
as William Sloan
2008
4.8
Eagle Eye
as Thomas Morgan
2008
6.5
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
2008
0.0
The Big Bang Theory
as Oliver Lorvis
2007
7.9
Mr. Woodcock
as Jasper Woodcock
2007
5.0
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
as Self
2007
6.5
The Astronaut Farmer
as Charles Farmer
2007
6.2
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
as Narrator
2006
9.2
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
as Narrator
2006
0.0
🎬
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
as Voice
2006
8.0
School for Scoundrels
as Dr. P
2006
5.5
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
7.0
The Ice Harvest
as Vic
2005
5.9
Bad News Bears
as Morris Buttermaker
2005
5.8
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
as Self
2005
7.0
American Dad!
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
2005
7.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Friday Night Lights
as Coach Gary Gaines
2004
6.9
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
7.1
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self
2004
7.8
The Alamo
as Davy Crockett
2004
5.8
Chrystal
as Joe
2004
5.7
Bad Santa
as Willie
2003
6.5
Intolerable Cruelty
as Howard D. Doyle
2003
5.9
Love Actually
as The US President
2003
7.1
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
as Narrator
2003
10.0
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
Levity
as Manuel Jordan
2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Waking Up in Reno
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
2002
5.0
The Badge
as Sheriff Darl
2002
5.7
🎬
HypaSpace
as Self
2002
4.0
🎬
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
as Self
2002
0.0
Monster's Ball
as Hank Grotowski
2001
6.8
Daddy and Them
as Claude Montgomery
2001
5.3
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Ed Crane
2001
7.5
Bandits
as Terry Lee Collins
2001
6.3
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
2000
7.7
The Last Real Cowboys
as Tar
2000
7.0
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2000
6.2
South of Heaven, West of Hell
as Brig. Smalls
2000
4.8
The Early Show
as Self
1999
6.2
Pushing Tin
as Russell Bell
1999
5.9
A Simple Plan
as Jacob Mitchell
1998
7.2
Armageddon
as Dan Truman
1998
6.8
Homegrown
as Jack Marsden
1998
5.6
CatDog
as Father (voice)
1998
7.0
Primary Colors
as Richard Jemmons
1998
6.3
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Self
1998
3.8
The Apostle
as Troublemaker
1997
6.3
U Turn
as Darrell
1997
6.6
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
as Syd / Monk
1997
4.5
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
7.7
King of the Hill
as Boyce Hubert (voice)
1997
7.4
The Winner
as Jack
1996
4.3
Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
1996
7.5
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Don't Look Back
as Marshall
1996
4.6
Dead Man
as Big George Drakoulious
1995
7.3
Out There
as Jailbird
1995
4.8
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Roy
1995
6.1
Floundering
as Gun Clerk
1994
4.9
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
1994
6.6
On Deadly Ground
as Homer Carlton
1994
5.2
Tombstone
as Johnny Tyler
1993
7.6
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Indecent Proposal
as Day Tripper
1993
6.4
Grey Knight
as Langston
1993
4.7
Bound by Honor
as Lightning
1993
8.1
🎬
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Rowdy Udall
1993
1.0
Trouble Bound
as Coldface
1993
5.9
Hearts Afire
as Billy Bob Davis
1992
7.3
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1992
5.4
For the Boys
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
1991
6.2
One False Move
as Ray Malcolm
1991
6.6
The Dark Backward
as Patron at Sloppy's
1991
5.6
Evening Shade
as Alvin
1990
5.6
The Outsiders
as Buck Merrill
1990
7.7
Going Overboard
as Dave
1989
2.3
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
as Tommy
1989
4.3
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
South of Reno
as Counterman
1988
4.3
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
1988
7.5
Hunter's Blood
as Billy Bob
1986
5.5
Matlock
as Pawnshop Clerk
1986
7.1
Knots Landing
as Timberman
1979
6.7
This Week in Baseball
1977
8.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2