Billy Bob Thornton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-08-04 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

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 b...

Acting

1998

Armageddon

as Dan Truman

2001

Monster's Ball

as Hank Grotowski

2003

Bad Santa

as Willie

2002

The Badge

as Sheriff Darl

1997

U Turn

as Darrell

1998

A Simple Plan

as Jacob Mitchell

2001

Bandits

as Terry Lee Collins

2004

The Alamo

as Davy Crockett

1997

The Apostle

as Troublemaker

1993

Indecent Proposal

as Day Tripper

2003

Levity

as Manuel Jordan

1991

One False Move

as Ray Malcolm

2002

Waking Up in Reno

as Lonnie Earl Dodd

2007

The Astronaut Farmer

as Charles Farmer

2003

Intolerable Cruelty

as Howard D. Doyle

1993

Tombstone

as Johnny Tyler

2005

1998

Primary Colors

as Richard Jemmons

1999

Pushing Tin

as Russell Bell

2001

Daddy and Them

as Claude Montgomery

2008

Eagle Eye

as Thomas Morgan

1996

Sling Blade

as Karl Childers

1994

On Deadly Ground

as Homer Carlton

2007

Mr. Woodcock

as Jasper Woodcock

2004

Chrystal

as Joe

2005

Bad News Bears

as Morris Buttermaker

1993

Bound by Honor

as Lightning

2004

Friday Night Lights

as Coach Gary Gaines

2010

Faster

as Cop

1997

2011

2019

Untouchable

as Self (archive footage)

2008

The Informers

as William Sloan

1998

Homegrown

as Jack Marsden

2023

Devil's Peak

as Charlie McNeely

1996

Don't Look Back

as Marshall

1993

Grey Knight

as Langston

2012

1993

Trouble Bound

as Coldface

2013

Jayne Mansfield's Car

as Skip Caldwell

2011

Nashville Rises

as narration

1996

The Winner

as Jack

2018

2013

Parkland

as Forrest Sorrels

2018

London Fields

as Samson Young

2015

2015

Entourage

as Larsen McCredle

2014

Cut Bank

as Stan Steeley

2014

The Judge

as Dwight Dickham

1994

Floundering

as Gun Clerk

2016

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

as General Hollanek

1989

2015

2003

Love Actually

as The US President

2000

CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)

2014

2016

Bad Santa 2

as Willie Soke

1995

Out There

as Jailbird

2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Actor / Director

1995

Dead Man

as Big George Drakoulious

2011

Puss in Boots

as Jack (voice)

1986

Hunter's Blood

as Billy Bob

1988

South of Reno

as Counterman

2006

1991

The Dark Backward

as Patron at Sloppy's

2022

The Gray Man

as Fitzroy

2021

Hollywood.Con

as Boxmaster

1991

For the Boys

as Marine Sergeant, Korea

Production

2000

The Gift

as Screenplay

2000

1996

Sling Blade

as Director

1996

Sling Blade

as Theatre Play

1996

Sling Blade

as Screenplay

2001

Daddy and Them

as Director

2001

2013

2013

1996

1996

1991

2001

Camouflage

as Story

1996

2001

Camouflage

as Screenplay

2000

2011

The King of Luck

as Director

2022

Help Her Live

as Thanks

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