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 blues rock band.

Known For

Dan Truman

Armageddon

Hank Grotowski

Monster's Ball

Sheriff Darl

The Badge

Willie

Bad Santa

Darrell

U Turn

Jacob Mitchell

A Simple Plan

Terry Lee Collins

Bandits

Davy Crockett

The Alamo

Troublemaker

The Apostle

Ed Crane

The Man Who Wasn't There

Day Tripper

Indecent Proposal

Manuel Jordan

Levity

Lonnie Earl Dodd

Waking Up in Reno

Ray Malcolm

One False Move

Charles Farmer

The Astronaut Farmer

Howard D. Doyle

Intolerable Cruelty

Johnny Tyler

Tombstone

Brig. Smalls

South of Heaven, West of Hell

Vic

The Ice Harvest

Richard Jemmons

Primary Colors

Russell Bell

Pushing Tin

Claude Montgomery

Daddy and Them

Tommy

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

Thomas Morgan

Eagle Eye

Karl Childers

Sling Blade

Jasper Woodcock

Mr. Woodcock

Homer Carlton

On Deadly Ground

Joe

Chrystal

Dr. P

School for Scoundrels

Morris Buttermaker

Bad News Bears

Lightning

Bound by Honor

Karl Childers

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Coach Gary Gaines

Friday Night Lights

Self - Audience Member

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Cop

Faster

Syd / Monk

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

Patrick

The Smell of Success

Self (archive footage)

Untouchable

Self

Dislecksia: The Movie

William Sloan

The Informers

Jack Marsden

Homegrown

Self

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

Charlie McNeely

Devil's Peak

Marshall

Don't Look Back

Langston

Grey Knight

Carlos

The Baytown Outlaws

Rowdy Udall

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

Coldface

Trouble Bound

Skip Caldwell

Jayne Mansfield's Car

narration

Nashville Rises

Self

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

Jack

The Winner

Self

Temple of Art

Forrest Sorrels

Parkland

Samson Young

London Fields

Self

Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Douglass

Into the Grizzly Maze

Self

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

Larsen McCredle

Entourage

Self

Immediate Family

Stan Steeley

Cut Bank

Dwight Dickham

The Judge

Gun Clerk

Floundering

The First Boys of Spring

Roy

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

Narrator

(Inside Out): Warren Zevon

General Hollanek

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Dave

Going Overboard

Pat Candy

Our Brand Is Crisis

The US President

Love Actually

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

CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

Self - Actor

21 Years: Richard Linklater

Willie Soke

Bad Santa 2

Jailbird

Out There

Self - Actor / Director

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Self

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Big George Drakoulious

Dead Man

Self

Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"

Jack (voice)

Puss in Boots

Billy Bob

Hunter's Blood

Self

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

Self

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

Self

Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman

Counterman

South of Reno

Voice

NFL: Favre 4 Ever

Leonard

A Million Little Pieces

Self

Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed

Self

ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas

Other Voices (voice)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

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

Self

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

Self

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

Narrator

2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film

Patron at Sloppy's

The Dark Backward

Tar

The Last Real Cowboys

Self

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man

Fitzroy

The Gray Man

Self

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Boxmaster

Hollywood.Con

Marine Sergeant, Korea

For the Boys

Self

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Narrator

2006 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-08-04

Place of Birth

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

Also Known As

Reginald Perry