Billy Bob Thornton
Born: 1955-08-04
• Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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.
Filmography
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Devil's Peak
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
Immediate Family
The Gray Man
Hollywood.Con
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
A Million Little Pieces
Untouchable
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Temple of Art
London Fields
Bad Santa 2
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
The First Boys of Spring
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
Our Brand Is Crisis
Entourage
Into the Grizzly Maze
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
21 Years: Richard Linklater
The Judge
Cut Bank
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Parkland
Jayne Mansfield's Car
The Baytown Outlaws
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Puss in Boots
Dislecksia: The Movie
The Smell of Success
Nashville Rises
No Image
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Faster
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
The Informers
Eagle Eye
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Mr. Woodcock
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
The Astronaut Farmer
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
No Image
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
School for Scoundrels
The Ice Harvest
Bad News Bears
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Friday Night Lights
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
The Alamo
Chrystal
Bad Santa
Intolerable Cruelty
Love Actually
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
Levity
Waking Up in Reno
The Badge
No Image
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Monster's Ball
The Man Who Wasn't There
Daddy and Them
Bandits
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
The Last Real Cowboys
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Pushing Tin
A Simple Plan
Armageddon
Homegrown
Primary Colors
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
The Apostle
U Turn
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
The Winner
Sling Blade
Don't Look Back
Dead Man
Out There
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Floundering
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
On Deadly Ground
Tombstone
Indecent Proposal
Grey Knight
Bound by Honor
No Image
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Trouble Bound
For the Boys
One False Move