Acting credits
150
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 117Series: 41Crew credits: 17
TMDB ID: 879
IMDb ID: nm0000671
Known for: Acting
Born: August 4, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.22
Wikidata: Q202735
Also known as
Reginald Perry
Other jobs
Director (7)Writer (4)Story (2)Thanks (2)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Billy Bob Thornton.
Primetime
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026 Movie
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026 Movie
If These Walls Could Rock
2025 Movie
The Electric State
as Voice (uncredited)
2025 Movie
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
as Self
2024 Movie
Devil's Peak
as Charlie McNeely
2023 Movie
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022 Movie
Immediate Family
as Self
2022 Movie
Help Her Live
Thanks
2022 Movie
The Gray Man
as Fitzroy
2022 Movie
Hollywood.Con
as Boxmaster
2021 Movie
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self
2020 Movie
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
as Self
2020 Movie
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020 Movie
A Million Little Pieces
as Leonard
2019 Movie
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
as Self
2019 Movie
Untouchable
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Temple of Art
as Self
2018 Movie
London Fields
as Samson Young
2018 Movie
Bad Santa 2
as Willie Soke
2016 Movie
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
as Narrator
2016 Movie
The First Boys of Spring
2016 Movie
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as General Hollanek
2016 Movie
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
as Self
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Billy Bob Thornton.
Landman
as Tommy Norris • 20 eps
2024 Series
1883
as Marshal Jim Courtright • 1 eps
2021 Series
Harley Quinn
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice) • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
Goliath
as Billy McBride • 32 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Fargo
as Lorne Malvo • 10 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
Norm Macdonald Live
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Big Bang Theory
as Oliver Lorvis • 1 eps
2007 Series
VH1 Rock Honors
1 eps
2006 Series
American Dad!
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2003 Series
CMT Music Awards
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
2002 Series
The Early Show
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
CatDog
as CatDog's Father (voice) • 1 eps
1998 Series
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
Classic Albums
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series