Billy Bob Thornton

Biography

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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Fargo

All Movies (112)

• Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern2026
• If These Walls Could Rock2025
• The Electric State2025 · as Voice (uncredited)
• Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties2024 · as Self
• Devil's Peak2023 · as Charlie McNeely
• Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures2022
• Immediate Family2022 · as Self
• The Gray Man2022 · as Fitzroy
• Hollywood.Con2021 · as Boxmaster
• Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man2020 · as Self
• Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine2020 · as Self
• The Ventures: Stars on Guitars2020
• A Million Little Pieces2019 · as Leonard
• Untouchable2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas2019 · as Self
• Temple of Art2018 · as Self
• London Fields2018 · as Samson Young
• Bad Santa 22016 · as Willie Soke
• IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD2016 · as Narrator
• The First Boys of Spring2016
• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot2016 · as General Hollanek
• What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt2016 · as Self
• Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed2015 · as Self
• Our Brand Is Crisis2015 · as Pat Candy
• Entourage2015 · as Larsen McCredle
• Into the Grizzly Maze2015 · as Douglass
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015 · as Self - Actor / Director
• 21 Years: Richard Linklater2014 · as Self - Actor
• The Judge2014 · as Dwight Dickham
• Cut Bank2014 · as Stan Steeley
• Sport in America: Our Defining Stories2013 · as Self
• Parkland2013 · as Forrest Sorrels
• Jayne Mansfield's Car2013 · as Skip Caldwell
• The Baytown Outlaws2012 · as Carlos
• Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton2012 · as Self
• Puss in Boots2011 · as Jack (voice)
• Dislecksia: The Movie2011 · as Self
• The Smell of Success2011 · as Patrick
• Nashville Rises2011 · as Narrator
• Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland2011
• Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm2010 · as Self
• Faster2010 · as Cop
• Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman2009 · as Self
• The Informers2008 · as William Sloan
• Eagle Eye2008 · as Thomas Morgan
• VH1 Rock Honors: The Who2008 · as Self
• Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”2008 · as Self
• Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales2008 · as Self
• Mr. Woodcock2007 · as Jasper Woodcock
• Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation2007 · as Self
• The Astronaut Farmer2007 · as Charles Farmer
• 2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season2006 · as Narrator
• 2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film2006 · as Narrator
• NFL: Favre 4 Ever2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• School for Scoundrels2006 · as Dr. P
• The Ice Harvest2005 · as Vic
• Bad News Bears2005 · as Morris Buttermaker
• Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood2005 · as Self
• Friday Night Lights2004 · as Coach Gary Gaines
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · as Other Voices (voice)
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self
• The Alamo2004 · as Davy Crockett
• Chrystal2004 · as Joe
• Bad Santa2003 · as Willie
• Intolerable Cruelty2003 · as Howard D. Doyle
• Love Actually2003 · as The US President
• Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart2003 · as Narrator
• Levity2003 · as Manuel Jordan
• Waking Up in Reno2002 · as Lonnie Earl Dodd
• The Badge2002 · as Sheriff Darl
• Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"2002 · as Self
• Monster's Ball2001 · as Hank Grotowski
• The Man Who Wasn't There2001 · as Ed Crane
• Daddy and Them2001 · as Claude Montgomery
• Bandits2001 · as Terry Lee Collins
• CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery2000 · as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
• The Last Real Cowboys2000 · as Tar
• Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration2000 · as Self
• South of Heaven, West of Hell2000 · as Brig. Smalls
• Pushing Tin1999 · as Russell Bell
• A Simple Plan1998 · as Jacob Mitchell
• Armageddon1998 · as Dan Truman
• Homegrown1998 · as Jack Marsden
• Primary Colors1998 · as Richard Jemmons
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn1998 · as Self
• The Apostle1997 · as Troublemaker
• U Turn1997 · as Darrell
• A Gun, a Car, a Blonde1997 · as Syd / Monk
• The Winner1996 · as Jack
• Sling Blade1996 · as Karl Childers
• Don't Look Back1996 · as Marshall
• Dead Man1995 · as Big George Drakoulious
• Out There1995 · as Jailbird
• The Stars Fell on Henrietta1995 · as Roy
• Floundering1994 · as Gun Clerk
• Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade1994 · as Karl Childers
• On Deadly Ground1994 · as Homer Carlton
• Tombstone1993 · as Johnny Tyler
• Indecent Proposal1993 · as Day Tripper
• Grey Knight1993 · as Langston
• Bound by Honor1993 · as Lightning
• Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun1993 · as Rowdy Udall
• Trouble Bound1993 · as Coldface
• One False Move1992 · as Ray Malcolm
• For the Boys1991 · as Marine Sergeant, Korea
• The Dark Backward1991 · as Patron at Sloppy's
• Going Overboard1989 · as Dave
• Chopper Chicks in Zombietown1989 · as Tommy
• South of Reno1988 · as Counterman
• Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988 · as Self - Audience Member
• Hunter's Blood1986 · as Billy Bob
• Somedays—

All TV Shows (46)

• Landman2024 · as Tommy Norris
• 18832021 · as Marshal Jim Courtright
• Harley Quinn2019 · as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• Goliath2016 · as Billy McBride
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Fargo2014 · as Lorne Malvo
• Fargo2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Norm Macdonald Live2013 · as Self
• The Big Bang Theory2007 · as Oliver Lorvis
• VH1 Rock Honors2006
• American Dad!2005 · as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• CMT Music Awards2002 · as Self - Presenter
• HypaSpace2002 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• CatDog1998 · as CatDog's Father (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self
• Classic Albums1997 · as Self
• King of the Hill1997 · as Boyce Hubert (voice)
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Hearts Afire1992 · as Billy Bob Davis
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• Evening Shade1990 · as Alvin
• The Outsiders1990 · as Buck Merrill
• This Morning1988 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Matlock1986 · as Pawnshop Clerk
• Knots Landing1979 · as Timberman
• This Week in Baseball1977
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee