Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
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
2026Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2025If These Walls Could Rock
2025The Electric State
Voice (uncredited)
2024Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Self
2023Devil's Peak
Charlie McNeely
2022Immediate Family
Self
2022Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022The Gray Man
Fitzroy
2021Hollywood.Con
Boxmaster
2020The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
2020Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Self
2019Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
2019A Million Little Pieces
Leonard
2019ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Self
2018Temple of Art
Self
2018London Fields
Samson Young
2016What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Self
2016The First Boys of Spring
2016Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
General Hollanek
2016Bad Santa 2
Willie Soke
2016IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
Narrator
2015Into the Grizzly Maze
Douglass
2015Entourage
Larsen McCredle
