Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
Born August 4, 1955 · Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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.
Directed (5)
Acting (106)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024
Devil's Peak
2023
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
Immediate Family
2022
The Gray Man
2022
Hollywood.Con
2021
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
A Million Little Pieces
2019
Untouchable
2019
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019
Temple of Art
2018
London Fields
2018
Bad Santa 2
2016
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016
The First Boys of Spring
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
Entourage
2015
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
The Judge
2014
Cut Bank
2014
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013
Parkland
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012
Puss in Boots
2011
Dislecksia: The Movie
2011
The Smell of Success
2011
Nashville Rises
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010
Faster
2010
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009
The Informers
2008
Eagle Eye
2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008
Mr. Woodcock
2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006
School for Scoundrels
2006
The Ice Harvest
2005
Bad News Bears
2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005
Friday Night Lights
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
The Alamo
2004
Chrystal
2004
Bad Santa
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
Love Actually
2003
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003
Levity
2003
Waking Up in Reno
2002
The Badge
2002
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002
Monster's Ball
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
Daddy and Them
2001
Bandits
2001
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000
The Last Real Cowboys
2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
Pushing Tin
1999
A Simple Plan
1998
Armageddon
1998
Homegrown
1998
Primary Colors
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
The Apostle
1997
U Turn
1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997
The Winner
1996
Sling Blade
1996
Don't Look Back
1996
Dead Man
1995
Out There
1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995
Floundering
1994
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
On Deadly Ground
1994
Tombstone
1993
Indecent Proposal
1993
Grey Knight
1993
Bound by Honor
1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
Trouble Bound
1993
For the Boys
1991
One False Move
1991
The Dark Backward
1991
Going Overboard
1989
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989
South of Reno
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
Hunter's Blood
1986