Billy Bob Thornton
Actor

Billy Bob Thornton

10 Movies
2 TV Shows
12 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 12
Birthday August 4, 1955 (70 years old)
Place of Birth Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As Reginald Perry
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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 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.

Filmography (153)

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern 2026
If These Walls Could Rock 2025
The Electric State 2025
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties 2024
Landman 2024
Devil's Peak 2023
Immediate Family 2022
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures 2022
The Gray Man 2022
Hollywood.Con 2021
1883 2021
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars 2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine 2020
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man 2020
Untouchable 2019
A Million Little Pieces 2019
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas 2019
Harley Quinn 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Temple of Art 2018
London Fields 2018
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt 2016
The First Boys of Spring 2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2016
Bad Santa 2 2016
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD 2016
Goliath 2016
Into the Grizzly Maze 2015
Entourage 2015
Our Brand Is Crisis 2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead 2015
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Cut Bank 2014
The Judge 2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater 2014
Fargo 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Jayne Mansfield's Car 2013
Parkland 2013
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories 2013
Norm Macdonald Live 2013
The Baytown Outlaws 2012
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton 2012
The Smell of Success 2011
Dislecksia: The Movie 2011
Nashville Rises 2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland 2011
Puss in Boots 2011
Faster 2010
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm 2010
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman 2009
Eagle Eye 2008
The Informers 2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who 2008
The Astronaut Farmer 2007
Mr. Woodcock 2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation 2007
The Big Bang Theory 2007
School for Scoundrels 2006
NFL: Favre 4 Ever 2006
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film 2006
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season 2006
VH1 Rock Honors 2006
The Ice Harvest 2005
Bad News Bears 2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005
American Dad! 2005
The Alamo 2004
Chrystal 2004
Friday Night Lights 2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004
Bad Santa 2003
Levity 2003
Intolerable Cruelty 2003
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart 2003
Love Actually 2003
Celebrities Uncensored 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
The Badge 2002
Waking Up in Reno 2002
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2002
HypaSpace 2002
CMT Music Awards 2002
Monster's Ball 2001
Bandits 2001
The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
Daddy and Them 2001
South of Heaven, West of Hell 2000
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery 2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration 2000
The Last Real Cowboys 2000
Pushing Tin 1999
The Early Show 1999
Armageddon 1998
A Simple Plan 1998
Primary Colors 1998
Homegrown 1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn 1998
CatDog 1998
U Turn 1997
The Apostle 1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde 1997
The View 1997
Classic Albums 1997
King of the Hill 1997
Sling Blade 1996
Don't Look Back 1996
The Winner 1996
The Daily Show 1996
The Stars Fell on Henrietta 1995
Out There 1995 Dead Man 1995
On Deadly Ground 1994
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade 1994
Floundering 1994
Inside the Actors Studio 1994
Indecent Proposal 1993
Tombstone 1993
Bound by Honor 1993
Grey Knight 1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun 1993
Trouble Bound 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
One False Move 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Hearts Afire 1992
The Dark Backward 1991
For the Boys 1991
The Outsiders 1990
Evening Shade 1990
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown 1989
Going Overboard 1989
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night 1988
South of Reno 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
This Morning 1988
Hunter's Blood 1986
Matlock 1986
Knots Landing 1979
This Week in Baseball 1977
Saturday Night Live 1975
The Oscars 1953
Today 1952
Golden Globe Awards 1944
Somedays
Pick Up the Pace: Making β€œMr. Woodcock”