Actor
Billy Bob Thornton
113 movies as actor · 6 as director
Born Aug 4, 1955 (age 71)From Hot Springs, Arkansas, USAAlso known as Reginald Perry
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
Armageddon
1998 · Action, Sci-Fi
Love Actually
2003 · Comedy, Romance
Puss in Boots
2011 · Action, Adventure
The Judge
2014 · Drama
The Gray Man
2022 · Action, Thriller
Eagle Eye
2008 · Mystery, Thriller
Tombstone
1993 · Western, Action
Bad Santa
2003 · Drama, Comedy
Faster
2010 · Crime, Drama
The Electric State
2025 · Action, Adventure
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Crime, Drama
Dead Man
1995 · Drama, Fantasy
Billy Bob Thornton movies
Somedays
Somedays
Upcoming
Primetime
2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026
If These Walls Could Rock
2025
The Electric State
2025 · Voice (uncredited)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024 · Self
Devil's Peak
2023 · Charlie McNeely
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022
Immediate Family
2022 · Self
The Gray Man
2022 · Fitzroy
Hollywood.Con
2021 · Boxmaster
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020 · Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020 · Self
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020
A Million Little Pieces
2019 · Leonard
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019 · Self
Untouchable
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Temple of Art
2018 · Self
London Fields
2018 · Samson Young
Bad Santa 2
2016 · Willie Soke
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016 · Narrator
The First Boys of Spring
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 · General Hollanek
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016 · Self
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015 · Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Actor / Director
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015 · Pat Candy
Entourage
2015 · Larsen McCredle
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015 · Douglass
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014 · Self - Actor
The Judge
2014 · Dwight Dickham
Cut Bank
2014 · Stan Steeley
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
2013 · Self
Parkland
2013 · Forrest Sorrels
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013 · Skip Caldwell
The Baytown Outlaws
2012 · Carlos
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012 · Self
Puss in Boots
2011 · Jack (voice)
Dislecksia: The Movie
2011 · Self
The Smell of Success
2011 · Patrick
Nashville Rises
2011 · Narrator
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
2010 · Self
Faster
2010 · Cop
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009 · Self
The Informers
2008 · William Sloan
Eagle Eye
2008 · Thomas Morgan
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
2008 · Self
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
2008 · Self
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
2008 · Self
Mr. Woodcock
2007 · Jasper Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007 · Self
The Astronaut Farmer
2007 · Charles Farmer
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006 · Narrator
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
2006 · Narrator
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006 · Narrator (voice)
School for Scoundrels
2006 · Dr. P
The Ice Harvest
2005 · Vic
Bad News Bears
2005 · Morris Buttermaker
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005 · Self
Friday Night Lights
2004 · Coach Gary Gaines
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Other Voices (voice)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self
The Alamo
2004 · Davy Crockett
Chrystal
2004 · Joe
Bad Santa
2003 · Willie
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Howard D. Doyle
Love Actually
2003 · The US President
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
2003 · Narrator
Levity
2003 · Manuel Jordan
Waking Up in Reno
2002 · Lonnie Earl Dodd
The Badge
2002 · Sheriff Darl
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002 · Self
Monster's Ball
2001 · Hank Grotowski
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Ed Crane
Daddy and Them
2001 · Claude Montgomery
Bandits
2001 · Terry Lee Collins
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000 · Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
The Last Real Cowboys
2000 · Tar
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000 · Self
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000 · Brig. Smalls
Pushing Tin
1999 · Russell Bell
A Simple Plan
1998 · Jacob Mitchell
Armageddon
1998 · Dan Truman
Homegrown
1998 · Jack Marsden
Primary Colors
1998 · Richard Jemmons
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 · Self
The Apostle
1997 · Troublemaker
U Turn
1997 · Darrell
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997 · Syd / Monk
The Winner
1996 · Jack
Sling Blade
1996 · Karl Childers
Don't Look Back
1996 · Marshall
Dead Man
1995 · Big George Drakoulious
Out There
1995 · Jailbird
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
1995 · Roy
Floundering
1994 · Gun Clerk
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994 · Karl Childers
On Deadly Ground
1994 · Homer Carlton
Tombstone
1993 · Johnny Tyler
Indecent Proposal
1993 · Day Tripper
Grey Knight
1993 · Langston
Bound by Honor
1993 · Lightning
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993 · Rowdy Udall
Trouble Bound
1993 · Coldface
One False Move
1992 · Ray Malcolm
For the Boys
1991 · Marine Sergeant, Korea
The Dark Backward
1991 · Patron at Sloppy's
Going Overboard
1989 · Dave
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989 · Tommy
South of Reno
1988 · Counterman
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988 · Self - Audience Member
Hunter's Blood
1986 · Billy Bob
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
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