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Billy Bob Thornton

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1955-08-04 (69 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 156

Movies 117

self 50

TV Shows 39

Voice 6

Narrator 5

Director 4

Writer 3

Producer 1

Screenplay 1

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Billy Bob Thornton

Biography

Filmography

all 156

Movies 117

self 50

TV Shows 39

Voice 6

Narrator 5

Director 4

Writer 3

Producer 1

Screenplay 1

The Electric State (2025)

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story (2024)

Landman (2024)

Devil's Peak (2023)

Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures (2022)

Immediate Family (2022)

The Gray Man (2022)

1883 (2021)

Hollywood.Con (2021)

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man (2020)

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine (2020)

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars (2020)

Harley Quinn (2019)

A Million Little Pieces (2019)

Untouchable (2019)

ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas (2019)

Temple of Art (2018)

London Fields (2018)

The Hollywood Masters (2017)

Bad Santa 2 (2016)

Goliath (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: Live In Austin (2015)

Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)

Entourage (2015)

Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)

21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)

The Judge (2014)

Cut Bank (2014)

Fargo (2014)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories (2013)

Parkland (2013)

Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)

Norm Macdonald Live (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)

My Run (2011)

The King of Luck (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)

Small Town Saturday Night (2010)

Lemmy (2010)

Ramble At The Ryman (2009)

The Informers (2008)

Eagle Eye (2008)

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who (2008)

The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Mr. Woodcock (2007)

Here Is What Is (2007)

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation (2007)

The Astronaut Farmer (2007)

2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film (2006)

NFL: Favre 4 Ever (2006)

School for Scoundrels (2006)

VH1 Rock Honors (2006)

The Ice Harvest (2005)