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Billy Bob Thornton

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 4, 1955 (69 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Monster's Ball
  • School for Scoundrels
  • The Baytown Outlaws
  • Going Overboard
  • Homegrown
  • Jayne Mansfield's Car
  • Knots Landing
  • South of Heaven, West of Hell
  • The Smell of Success
  • Out There
  • Hearts Afire
  • A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
  • The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

Known For

  • Armageddon
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Sling Blade
  • Bad Santa
  • The Man Who Wasn't There
  • A Simple Plan
  • Monster's Ball
  • Goliath
  • Friday Night Lights
  • Landman
  • The Gray Man
  • Faster
  • Puss in Boots
  • The Gift
  • Bandits
  • Mr. Woodcock
  • Fargo
  • The Judge
  • Bad Santa 2
  • Eagle Eye
  • The Astronaut Farmer
  • Bad News Bears
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
  • The Informers

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2024
    Landman (TV Series) · as Tommy Norris
    2023
    Devil's Peak · as Charlie Mcneely
    2022
    Bonnie · as Dan Truman
    2022
    2022
    The Gray Man · as Fitzroy
    2021
    1883 (TV Series) · as Marshal Jim Courtright
    2021
    Hollywood.Con · as Boxmaster
    2020
    2019
    2019
    Harley Quinn (TV Series) · as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
    2018
    London Fields · as Samson Young
    2018
    2016
    Bad Santa 2 · as Willie Soke
    2016
    Goliath (TV Series) · as Billy Mcbride
    2016
    2016
    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot · as General Hollanek
    2015
    Our Brand Is Crisis · as Pat Candy
    2015
    Into the Grizzly Maze · as Douglass
    2015
    Entourage · as Larsen Mccredle
    2014
    The Judge · as Dwight Dickham
    2014
    Cut Bank · as Stan Steeley
    2014
    Fargo (TV Series) · as Lorne Malvo
    2013
    Parkland · as Forrest Sorrels
    2012
    Jayne Mansfield's Car · as Skip Caldwell
    2012
    2011
    Puss in Boots · as Jack (voice)
    2010
    Faster · as Cop
    2009
    My Run · as Narrator
    2009
    2008
    The Informers · as William Sloan
    2008
    Eagle Eye · as Thomas Morgan
    2007
    The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) · as Oliver Lorvis
    2007
    Mr. Woodcock · as Jasper Woodcock
    2006
    The Astronaut Farmer · as Charles Farmer
    2006
    2005
    The Ice Harvest · as Vic
    2005
    Bad News Bears · as Morris Buttermaker
    2005
    Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Grandpappy Schlorp
    2005
    American Dad! (TV Series) · as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
    2004
    Friday Night Lights · as Coach Gary Gaines
    2004
    2004
    The Alamo · as Davy Crockett
    2004
    Chrystal · as Joe
    2003
    Bad Santa · as Willie
    2003
    Love Actually · as The Us President
    2003
    Intolerable Cruelty · as Howard D. Doyle
    2003
    Levity · as Manuel Jordan
    2002
    Waking Up in Reno · as Lonnie Earl Dodd
    2002
    The Badge · as Sheriff Darl
    2001
    CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery · as Hound Dog Mcdog / Catdog's Step-Father (voice)
    2001
    Daddy and Them · as Claude Montgomery
    2001
    2001
    Bandits · as Terry Lee Collins
    2001
    Monster's Ball · as Hank Grotowski
    2000
    Down from the Mountain · as Audience Member
    2000
    1999
    Pushing Tin · as Russell Bell
    1998
    A Simple Plan · as Jacob Mitchell
    1998
    Armageddon · as Dan Truman
    1998
    Homegrown · as Jack Marsden
    1998
    CatDog (TV Series) · as Father (voice)
    1998
    Primary Colors · as Richard Jemmons
    1997
    The Apostle · as Troublemaker
    1997
    U Turn · as Darrell
    1997
    1997
    1997
    King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Boyce Hubert (voice)
    1996
    The Winner · as Jack
    1996
    Sling Blade · as Karl Childers
    1996
    Don't Look Back · as Marshall
    1995
    Dead Man · as Big George Drakoulious
    1995
    Out There · as Jailbird
    1995
    1994
    Floundering · as Gun Clerk
    1994
    Ellen (TV Series) · as The Grocer
    1994
    1994
    On Deadly Ground · as Homer Carlton
    1993
    Tombstone · as Johnny Tyler
    1993
    Blood In, Blood Out · as Lightning
    1993
    Indecent Proposal · as Day Tripper
    1993
    Grey Knight · as Langston
    1993
    Trouble Bound · as Coldface
    1992
    Hearts Afire (TV Series) · as Billy Bob Davis
    1991
    For the Boys · as Marine Sergeant, Korea
    1991
    One False Move · as Ray Malcolm
    1991
    The Dark Backward · as Patron At Sloppy's
    1990
    Evening Shade (TV Series) · as Alvin
    1990
    The Outsiders (TV Series) · as Buck Merrill
    1989
    1989
    1987
    South of Reno · as Counterman
    1986
    Hunter's Blood · as Billy Bob
    1986
    Matlock (TV Series)
    1979
    Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Timberman
    1977

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