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Billy Bob Thornton

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: Acting

Born: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 1955-08-04

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Hunter's Blood	Billy Bob	55
2	1988	Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night	Self - Audience Member	75
3	1988	South of Reno	Counterman	48
4	1989	Chopper Chicks in Zombietown	Tommy	43
5	1989	Going Overboard	Dave	24
6	1991	The Dark Backward	Patron at Sloppy's	56
7	1991	One False Move	Ray Malcolm	66
8	1991	For the Boys	Marine Sergeant, Korea	62
9	1993	Trouble Bound	Coldface	56
10	1993	Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun	Rowdy Udall	10
11	1993	Bound by Honor	Lightning	81
12	1993	Grey Knight	Langston	47
13	1993	Indecent Proposal	Day Tripper	64
14	1993	Tombstone	Johnny Tyler	76
15	1994	On Deadly Ground	Homer Carlton	52
16	1994	Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade	Karl Childers	68
17	1994	Floundering	Gun Clerk	47
18	1995	The Stars Fell on Henrietta	Roy	61
19	1995	Out There	Jailbird	48
20	1995	Dead Man	Big George Drakoulious	73
21	1996	Don't Look Back	Marshall	46
22	1996	Sling Blade	Karl Childers	75
23	1996	The Winner	Jack	42
24	1997	A Gun, a Car, a Blonde	Syd / Monk	48
25	1997	U Turn	Darrell	66
26	1997	The Apostle	Troublemaker	64
27	1998	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn	Self	39
28	1998	Primary Colors	Richard Jemmons	63
29	1998	Homegrown	Jack Marsden	56
30	1998	Armageddon	Dan Truman	68
31	1998	A Simple Plan	Jacob Mitchell	72
32	1999	Pushing Tin	Russell Bell	59
33	2000	South of Heaven, West of Hell	Brig. Smalls	48
34	2000	Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration	Self	63
35	2000	The Last Real Cowboys	Tar	70
36	2000	CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery	Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)	77
37	2001	Monster's Ball	Hank Grotowski	68
38	2001	Bandits	Terry Lee Collins	63
39	2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Ed Crane	75
40	2001	Daddy and Them	Claude Montgomery	54
41	2002	Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"	Self	0
42	2002	The Badge	Sheriff Darl	59
43	2002	Waking Up in Reno	Lonnie Earl Dodd	50
44	2003	Levity	Manuel Jordan	62
45	2003	(Inside Out): Warren Zevon	Narrator	100
46	2003	Intolerable Cruelty	Howard D. Doyle	59
47	2003	Love Actually	The US President	71
48	2003	Bad Santa	Willie	65
49	2004	Chrystal	Joe	59
50	2004	The Alamo	Davy Crockett	58
51	2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade	Self	74
52	2004	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	Other Voices (voice)	71
53	2004	Friday Night Lights	Coach Gary Gaines	69
54	2005	Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood	Self	70
55	2005	Bad News Bears	Morris Buttermaker	58
56	2005	The Ice Harvest	Vic	59
57	2006	School for Scoundrels	Dr. P	54
58	2006	NFL: Favre 4 Ever	Voice	80
59	2006	2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film	Narrator	0
60	2007	The Astronaut Farmer	Charles Farmer	62
61	2007	Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation	Self	65
62	2007	Mr. Woodcock	Jasper Woodcock	50
63	2008	VH1 Rock Honors: The Who	Self	0
64	2008	Eagle Eye	Thomas Morgan	65
65	2008	The Informers	William Sloan	48
66	2009	Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman	Self	0
67	2010	Faster	Cop	63
68	2010	Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm	Self	62
69	2011	Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland		0
70	2011	Nashville Rises	narration	80
71	2011	The Smell of Success	Patrick	56
72	2011	Dislecksia: The Movie	Self	0
73	2011	Puss in Boots	Jack (voice)	66
74	2012	Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton	Self	63
75	2012	The Baytown Outlaws	Carlos	60
76	2013	Jayne Mansfield's Car	Skip Caldwell	58
77	2013	Parkland	Forrest Sorrels	62
78	2013	Sport in America: Our Defining Stories	Self	80
79	2014	Cut Bank	Stan Steeley	57
80	2014	The Judge	Dwight Dickham	73
81	2014	21 Years: Richard Linklater	Self - Actor	62
82	2015	Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead	Self - Actor / Director	66
83	2015	Into the Grizzly Maze	Douglass	54
84	2015	Entourage	Larsen McCredle	62
85	2015	Our Brand Is Crisis	Pat Candy	59
86	2015	Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin	Self	52
87	2016	What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt	Self	0
88	2016	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	General Hollanek	63
89	2016	The First Boys of Spring		0
90	2016	Bad Santa 2	Willie Soke	54
91	2018	London Fields	Samson Young	51
92	2018	Temple of Art	Self	0
93	2019	ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas	Self	75
94	2019	Untouchable	Self (archive footage)	64
95	2019	A Million Little Pieces	Leonard	62
96	2020	The Ventures: Stars on Guitars		20
97	2020	Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine	Self	0
98	2020	Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man	Self	50
99	2021	Hollywood.Con	Boxmaster	36
100	2022	The Gray Man	Fitzroy	69
101	2022	Immediate Family		73
102	2022	Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures		0
103	2023	Devil's Peak	Charlie McNeely	56
104	2024	Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties	Self	64

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1952	Today	Self	58
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
5	1977	This Week in Baseball		80
6	1979	Knots Landing	Timberman	69
7	1986	Matlock		71
8	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		56
9	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
10	1988	This Morning	Self	52
11	1990	The Outsiders	Buck Merrill	73
12	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self	54
13	1992	Hearts Afire	Billy Bob Davis	73
14	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
15	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	75
16	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
17	1997	King of the Hill	Boyce Hubert (voice)	74
18	1997	Classic Albums	Self	77
19	1997	The View	Self	45
20	1998	CatDog	Father (voice)	70
21	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
22	2002	HypaSpace	Self	40
23	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
24	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
25	2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self	40
26	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
27	2005	American Dad!	Billy Bob Thornton (voice)	70
28	2006	VH1 Rock Honors		70
29	2007	The Big Bang Theory	Oliver Lorvis	79
30	2013	Norm Macdonald Live	Self	80
31	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
32	2014	Fargo	Lorne Malvo	83
33	2014	Fargo	Narrator (voice)	83
34	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
35	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
36	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
37	2016	Goliath	Billy McBride	76
38	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
39	2019	Harley Quinn	Billy Bob Thornton (voice)	83
40	2021	1883	Marshal Jim Courtright	83
41	2024	Landman	Tommy Norris	79