
Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(42)

Landman
Tommy Norris
2024

1883
Marshal Jim Courtright
2021

Harley Quinn
Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019

Goliath
Billy McBride
2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014

Fargo
Lorne Malvo
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014

Norm Macdonald Live
Self
2013

The Big Bang Theory
Oliver Lorvis
2007

VH1 Rock Honors
2006

American Dad!
Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005

Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003

CMT Music Awards
Self - Presenter
2002
HypaSpace
Self
2002

The Early Show
Self
1999

CatDog
CatDog's Father (voice)
1998

The View
Self
1997

Classic Albums
Self
1997

King of the Hill
Boyce Hubert (voice)
1997

The Daily Show
Self
1996

Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993

Hearts Afire
Billy Bob Davis
1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992

Evening Shade
Alvin
1990

The Outsiders
Buck Merrill
1990

This Morning
Self - Guest
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Matlock
Pawnshop Clerk
1986

Knots Landing
Timberman
1979

This Week in Baseball
1977

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975

The Oscars
Self
1953

Today
Self
1952

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(109)

If These Walls Could Rock
2025

The Electric State
Voice (uncredited)
2025

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Self
2024

Devil's Peak
Charlie McNeely
2023

Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022

Immediate Family
Self
2022

The Gray Man
Fitzroy
2022

Hollywood.Con
Boxmaster
2021

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Self
2020

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
2020

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020

A Million Little Pieces
Leonard
2019

Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
2019

ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Self
2019

Temple of Art
Self
2018

London Fields
Samson Young
2018

Bad Santa 2
Willie Soke
2016

IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
Narrator
2016

The First Boys of Spring
2016

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
General Hollanek
2016

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Self
2016

Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
Self
2015

Our Brand Is Crisis
Pat Candy
2015

Entourage
Larsen McCredle
2015

Into the Grizzly Maze
Douglass
2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor / Director
2015

21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
2014

The Judge
Dwight Dickham
2014

Cut Bank
Stan Steeley
2014

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Self
2013

Parkland
Forrest Sorrels
2013

Jayne Mansfield's Car
Skip Caldwell
2013

The Baytown Outlaws
Carlos
2012

Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Self
2012

Puss in Boots
Jack (voice)
2011

Dislecksia: The Movie
Self
2011

The Smell of Success
Patrick
2011

Nashville Rises
Narrator
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Self
2010

Faster
Cop
2010

Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
Self
2009

The Informers
William Sloan
2008

Eagle Eye
Thomas Morgan
2008

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Self
2008

Mr. Woodcock
Jasper Woodcock
2007

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Self
2007

The Astronaut Farmer
Charles Farmer
2007

2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
Narrator
2006

2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
Narrator
2006
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
Narrator (voice)
2006

School for Scoundrels
Dr. P
2006

The Ice Harvest
Vic
2005

Bad News Bears
Morris Buttermaker
2005

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Self
2005

Friday Night Lights
Coach Gary Gaines
2004

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self
2004

The Alamo
Davy Crockett
2004

Chrystal
Joe
2004

Bad Santa
Willie
2003

Intolerable Cruelty
Howard D. Doyle
2003

Love Actually
The US President
2003

Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
Narrator
2003

Levity
Manuel Jordan
2003

Waking Up in Reno
Lonnie Earl Dodd
2002

The Badge
Sheriff Darl
2002
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Self
2002

Monster's Ball
Hank Grotowski
2001

The Man Who Wasn't There
Ed Crane
2001

Daddy and Them
Claude Montgomery
2001

Bandits
Terry Lee Collins
2001

CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
2000

The Last Real Cowboys
Tar
2000

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2000

South of Heaven, West of Hell
Brig. Smalls
2000

Pushing Tin
Russell Bell
1999

A Simple Plan
Jacob Mitchell
1998

Armageddon
Dan Truman
1998

Homegrown
Jack Marsden
1998

Primary Colors
Richard Jemmons
1998

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Self
1998

The Apostle
Troublemaker
1997

U Turn
Darrell
1997

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Syd / Monk
1997

The Winner
Jack
1996

Sling Blade
Karl Childers
1996

Don't Look Back
Marshall
1996

Dead Man
Big George Drakoulious
1995

Out There
Jailbird
1995

The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Roy
1995

Floundering
Gun Clerk
1994

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Karl Childers
1994

On Deadly Ground
Homer Carlton
1994

Tombstone
Johnny Tyler
1993

Indecent Proposal
Day Tripper
1993

Grey Knight
Langston
1993

Bound by Honor
Lightning
1993

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Rowdy Udall
1993

Trouble Bound
Coldface
1993

For the Boys
Marine Sergeant, Korea
1991

One False Move
Ray Malcolm
1991

The Dark Backward
Patron at Sloppy's
1991

Going Overboard
Dave
1989

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Tommy
1989

South of Reno
Counterman
1988

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
1988

Hunter's Blood
Billy Bob
1986
Somedays