Billy Bob Thornton
b. 1955 (age 71)
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Actor
Writer
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bob Thornton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.3
59th Annual CMA Awards
2025 Self
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★ 8.4
True to Texas - Let's Bring Productions Home
2025 Self
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★ 8.2
Landman
2024 Actor
Tommy Norris
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★ 6.2
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024 Actor
Billy Bob Thornton
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★ 5.8
2024 CMT Music Awards
2024 Self
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★ 6.9
58th Annual CMA Awards
2024 Self
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🎞️
★ 8.0
I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America
2024 Self
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★ 5.4
Devil's Peak
2023 Actor
Charlie
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★ 7.8
Southern Storytellers
2023 Self
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★ 6.5
The Gray Man
2022 Actor
Fitzroy
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★ 7.3
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020 Self
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★ 3.9
London Fields
2018 Actor
Samson Young
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★ 6.3
A Million Little Pieces
2018 Actor
Leonard
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★ 7.3
The Hollywood Masters
2017 Self
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★ 8.1
Goliath
2016 Actor
Director
Billy McBride
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★ 6.6
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 Actor
General Hollanek
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★ 5.6
Bad Santa 2
2016 Actor
Willie Soke
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★ 7.8
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016 Actor
Narrator
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Invincible A-List with Vince & Joan
2016 Self
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★ 6.1
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015 Actor
Pat Candy
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★ 5.3
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015 Actor
Douglass
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★ 6.4
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High & Unemployed
2015 Actor
Billy Bob Thornton
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Undeniably Donnie
2015 Self
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★ 8.8
Fargo
2014 Actor
Voice Over
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★ 7.4
The Judge
2014 Actor
Dwight Dickham
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★ 6.1
Cut Bank
2014 Actor
Big Stan Steeley
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★ 9.4
Fargo: Shades of Green
2014 Self
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★ 6.4
Parkland
2013 Actor
Forrest Sorrels
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★ 9.2
Norm Macdonald Live
2013 Self
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★ 8.6
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013 Self
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★ 6.3
The Baytown Outlaws
2012 Actor
Carlos
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★ 6.3
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2012 Actor
Director
Writer
Skip Caldwell
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★ 8.2
Dislecksia: The Movie
2012 Actor
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CINEMAsuisse: Marc Forster
2012 Self
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★ 6.6
Puss in Boots
2011 Actor
Jack
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★ 7.5
Nashville Rises
2011 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.9
The King of Luck
2011 Director
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★ 6.4
Faster
2010 Actor
Cop
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★ 7.8
Lemmy
2010 Self
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★ 7.1
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010 Self
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★ 5.2
The Smell of Success
2009 Actor
Patrick
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★ 7.0
My Run
2009 Actor
Narrator
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Festival Updates
2009 Self
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★ 6.6
Eagle Eye
2008 Actor
Agent Thomas Morgan
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★ 4.9
The Informers
2008 Actor
William Sloan
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★ 5.2
Mr. Woodcock
2007 Actor
Jasper Woodcock
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★ 8.0
Here Is What Is
2007 Self
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★ 5.9
School for Scoundrels
2006 Actor
Dr. P
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★ 6.3
The Astronaut Farmer
2006 Actor
Charles Farmer
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★ 6.5
What It Takes
2006 Self
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★ 6.2
The Ice Harvest
2005 Actor
Vic Cavanaugh
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★ 5.8
Bad News Bears
2005 Actor
Morris Buttermaker
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★ 7.2
Friday Night Lights
2004 Actor
Coach Gary Gaines
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★ 6.1
The Alamo
2004 Actor
Davy Crockett
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★ 6.5
Chrystal
2004 Actor
Joe
🎞️
★ 7.1
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 Self
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★ 5.5
The Jane Pauley Show
2004 Self
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★ 6.2
Henry's Film Corner
2004 Self
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Movie Club with John Ridley
2004 Self
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Tim McGraw: Under the Friday Night Lights
2004 Self
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★ 7.0
Bad Santa
2003 Actor
Willie
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★ 6.3
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 Actor
Howard D. Doyle
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★ 6.3
Levity
2003 Actor
Manuel Jordan
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Given a Chance... A Little Girl's Journey
2003 Self
🎞️
★ 5.5
Waking Up in Reno
2002 Actor
Lonnie Earl Dodd
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★ 6.2
The Badge
2002 Actor
Sheriff Darl Hardwick
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★ 3.5
John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros
2002 Self
Actor
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★ 2.6
Der Kabel 1 Kinotipp
2002 Actor
Hank Grotowski
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★ 7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 Actor
Ed Crane
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★ 7.0
Monster's Ball
2001 Actor
Hank Grotowski
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★ 6.5
Bandits
2001 Actor
Terry Collins
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★ 5.7
Daddy and Them
2001 Actor
Director
Writer
Claude Montgomery
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★ 4.6
Camouflage
2001 Writer
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★ 6.4
CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery
2001 Actor
Hound Dog McDog
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Extreme Close Up with...
2001 Self
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★ 6.7
The Gift
2000 Writer
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★ 5.8
All the Pretty Horses
2000 Director
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★ 4.3
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000 Actor
Brigadier Smalls
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★ 6.3
The Last Real Cowboys
2000 Actor
Writer
Tar
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★ 6.0
Pushing Tin
1999 Actor
Russell Bell
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★ 6.7
Armageddon
1998 Actor
Dan Truman
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★ 7.5
A Simple Plan
1998 Actor
Jacob
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★ 6.7
Primary Colors
1998 Actor
Richard Jemmons
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★ 5.7
Homegrown
1998 Actor
Jack Marsden
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★ 5.1
Franky Goes to Hollywood
1998 Actor
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★ 6.7
U Turn
1997 Actor
Darrell
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★ 5.2
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997 Actor
Syd
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★ 8.0
Sling Blade
1996 Actor
Director
Writer
Karl Childers
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★ 7.1
A Family Thing
1996 Writer
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★ 4.7
The Winner
1996 Actor
Jack
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★ 6.0
Don't Look Back
1996 Actor
Writer
Marshall
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★ 7.3
AMC: Film Preservation Classics
1996 Self
Actor
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★ 6.4
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995 Actor
Roy
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★ 4.6
On Deadly Ground
1994 Actor
Homer Carlton
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★ 7.5
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994 Actor
Writer
Karl Childers
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★ 6.0
Indecent Proposal
1993 Actor
Day Tripper
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★ 5.6
Trouble Bound
1993 Actor
Coldface
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★ 4.6
Grey Knight
1993 Actor
Langston
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★ 6.9
Hearts Afire
1992 Actor
Billy Bob Davis
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★ 7.1
One False Move
1991 Actor
Writer
Ray Malcolm