Acting
Billy Bob Thornton
Born 1955-08-04
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.
Acting
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
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015 · Pat Candy
Entourage
2015 · Larsen McCredle
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015 · Douglass
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Actor / Director
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
