Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Acting

Born August 4, 1955 · Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

7 films as director · Active 1996–2016

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 ear…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Directed(7)

Jayne Mansfield's Car

2013Jayne Mansfield's Car★ 5.7

The King of Luck

2011The King of Luck

Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets

2002Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets

Daddy and Them

2001Daddy and Them★ 5.4

All the Pretty Horses

2000All the Pretty Horses★ 5.7

Sling Blade

1996Sling Blade★ 7.5

Acting(155)

2026Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

2025If These Walls Could Rock

2025The Electric StateVoice (uncredited)

2024Standing on the Shoulders of KittiesSelf

2024LandmanTommy Norris

2023Devil's PeakCharlie McNeely

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

2022Immediate FamilySelf

2022The Gray ManFitzroy

20211883Marshal Jim Courtright

2021Hollywood.ConBoxmaster

2020Chuck Leavell: The Tree ManSelf

2020Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John PrineSelf

2020The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

2019Harley QuinnBilly Bob Thornton (voice)

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest

2019A Million Little PiecesLeonard

2019ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from TexasSelf

2019UntouchableSelf (archive footage)

2018Temple of ArtSelf

2018London FieldsSamson Young

2016Bad Santa 2Willie Soke

2016GoliathBilly McBride

2016IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSDNarrator

2016The First Boys of Spring

2016Whiskey Tango FoxtrotGeneral Hollanek

2016What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic ChesnuttSelf

2015Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and UnemployedSelf

2015Our Brand Is CrisisPat Candy

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2015EntourageLarsen McCredle

2015Into the Grizzly MazeDouglass

2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadSelf - Actor / Director

2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf

201421 Years: Richard LinklaterSelf - Actor

2014The JudgeDwight Dickham

2014Cut BankStan Steeley

2014The Robot Chicken: Bitch Pudding SpecialGrandpappy Schlorp (voice)

2014FargoLorne Malvo

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest

2013Sport in America: Our Defining StoriesSelf

2013ParklandForrest Sorrels

2013Jayne Mansfield's CarSkip Caldwell

2013Norm Macdonald LiveSelf

2012The Baytown OutlawsCarlos

2012Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce HamptonSelf

2011Puss in BootsJack (voice)

2011Dislecksia: The MovieSelf

2011The Smell of SuccessPatrick

2011Nashville RisesNarrator

2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2010Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon HelmSelf

2009Levon Helm: Ramble At The RymanSelf

2008The InformersWilliam Sloan

2008Eagle EyeThomas Morgan

2008VH1 Rock Honors: The WhoSelf

2008Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”Self

2008Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma TalesSelf

2007The Big Bang TheoryOliver Lorvis

2007Mr. WoodcockJasper Woodcock

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

2007The Astronaut FarmerCharles Farmer

20062006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship SeasonNarrator

20062006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series FilmNarrator

2006NFL: Favre 4 EverNarrator (voice)

2006School for ScoundrelsDr. P

2006VH1 Rock Honors

2005The Ice HarvestVic

2005Bad News BearsMorris Buttermaker

2005Mr. Thornton Goes to HollywoodSelf

2005American Dad!Billy Bob Thornton (voice)

2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf

2004Friday Night LightsCoach Gary Gaines

2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf

2004The AlamoDavy Crockett

2004ChrystalJoe

2003Bad SantaWillie

2003Intolerable CrueltyHoward D. Doyle

2003Love ActuallyThe US President

2003Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your HeartNarrator

2003Celebrities UncensoredSelf

2003LevityManuel Jordan

2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest

2002Waking Up in RenoLonnie Earl Dodd

2002The BadgeSheriff Darl

2002CMT Music AwardsSelf - Presenter

2002HypaSpaceSelf

2002Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"Self

2001Monster's BallHank Grotowski

2001The Man Who Wasn't ThereEd Crane

2001Daddy and ThemClaude Montgomery

2001BanditsTerry Lee Collins

2000CatDog and the Great Parent MysteryHound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)

2000The Last Real CowboysTar

2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary CelebrationSelf

2000South of Heaven, West of HellBrig. Smalls

1999The Early ShowSelf

1999Pushing TinRussell Bell

1998A Simple PlanJacob Mitchell

1998ArmageddonDan Truman

1998HomegrownJack Marsden

1998CatDogCatDog's Father (voice)

1998Primary ColorsRichard Jemmons

1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnSelf

1997The ApostleTroublemaker

1997U TurnDarrell

1997The ViewSelf

1997A Gun, a Car, a BlondeSyd / Monk

1997Classic AlbumsSelf

1997King of the HillBoyce Hubert (voice)

1996The WinnerJack

1996Sling BladeKarl Childers

1996The Daily ShowSelf

1996Don't Look BackMarshall

1995Dead ManBig George Drakoulious

1995Out ThereJailbird

1995The Stars Fell on HenriettaRoy

1994FlounderingGun Clerk

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Some Folks Call It a Sling BladeKarl Childers

1994On Deadly GroundHomer Carlton

1993TombstoneJohnny Tyler

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Indecent ProposalDay Tripper

1993Grey KnightLangston

1993Bound by HonorLightning

1993Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has BegunRowdy Udall

1993Trouble BoundColdface

1992Hearts AfireBilly Bob Davis

1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf

1992One False MoveRay Malcolm

1991For the BoysMarine Sergeant, Korea

1991The Dark BackwardPatron at Sloppy's

1990Evening ShadeAlvin

1990The OutsidersBuck Merrill

1989Going OverboardDave

1989Chopper Chicks in ZombietownTommy

1988This MorningSelf - Guest

1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988South of RenoCounterman

1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightSelf - Audience Member

1986Hunter's BloodBilly Bob

1986MatlockPawnshop Clerk

1979Knots LandingTimberman

1977This Week in Baseball

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1953The OscarsSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee