Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
- Born:
- 1955-08-04
- Place of birth:
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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
Filmography
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
If These Walls Could Rock
The Electric State
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Landman
Devil's Peak
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
Immediate Family
The Gray Man
1883
Hollywood.Con
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
Harley Quinn
The Kelly Clarkson Show
A Million Little Pieces
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Untouchable
Temple of Art
London Fields
Bad Santa 2
Goliath
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
The First Boys of Spring
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Our Brand Is Crisis
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Entourage
Into the Grizzly Maze
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
21 Years: Richard Linklater
The Judge
Cut Bank
Fargo
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Parkland
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Norm Macdonald Live
The Baytown Outlaws
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Puss in Boots
Dislecksia: The Movie
The Smell of Success
Nashville Rises
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Faster
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
The Informers
Eagle Eye
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
The Big Bang Theory
Mr. Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
The Astronaut Farmer
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
School for Scoundrels
VH1 Rock Honors
The Ice Harvest
Bad News Bears
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
American Dad!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Friday Night Lights
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
The Alamo
Chrystal
Bad Santa
Intolerable Cruelty
Love Actually
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
Celebrities Uncensored
Levity
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Waking Up in Reno
The Badge
CMT Music Awards
HypaSpace
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Monster's Ball
The Man Who Wasn't There
Daddy and Them
Bandits
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
The Last Real Cowboys
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
South of Heaven, West of Hell
The Early Show
Pushing Tin
A Simple Plan
Armageddon
Homegrown
CatDog
Primary Colors
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
The Apostle
U Turn
The View
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Classic Albums
King of the Hill
The Winner
Sling Blade
The Daily Show
Don't Look Back
Dead Man
Out There
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Floundering
Inside the Actors Studio
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
On Deadly Ground
Tombstone
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Indecent Proposal
Grey Knight
Bound by Honor
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Trouble Bound
Hearts Afire
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
One False Move
For the Boys
The Dark Backward
Evening Shade
The Outsiders
Going Overboard
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
This Morning
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
South of Reno
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Hunter's Blood
Matlock
Knots Landing
This Week in Baseball
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Today
Golden Globe Awards
Somedays