Acting credits
150
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.3
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 (5)Writer (5)Screenplay (2)Story (2)Thanks (2)Executive Producer (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.
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2026 • Movie
If These Walls Could Rock
2025 • Movie
as Voice (uncredited)
The Electric State
2025 • Movie
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024 • Movie
as Charlie McNeely
Devil's Peak
2023 • Movie
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
2022 • Movie
as Self
Immediate Family
2022 • Movie
Thanks
Help Her Live
2022 • Movie
as Fitzroy
The Gray Man
2022 • Movie
as Boxmaster
Hollywood.Con
2021 • Movie
as Self
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
2020 • Movie
as Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020 • Movie
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
2020 • Movie
as Leonard
A Million Little Pieces
2019 • Movie
as Self
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Untouchable
2019 • Movie
as Self
Temple of Art
2018 • Movie
as Samson Young
London Fields
2018 • Movie
as Willie Soke
Bad Santa 2
2016 • Movie
as Narrator
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
2016 • Movie
The First Boys of Spring
2016 • Movie
as General Hollanek
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 • Movie
as Self
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016 • Movie
as Self
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
2015 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Billy Bob Thornton.
as Tommy Norris • 20 eps
Landman
2024 • Series
as Marshal Jim Courtright • 1 eps
1883
2021 • Series
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice) • 1 eps
Harley Quinn
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Billy McBride • 32 eps
Goliath
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Lorne Malvo • 10 eps
Fargo
2014 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Norm Macdonald Live
2013 • Series
as Oliver Lorvis • 1 eps
The Big Bang Theory
2007 • Series
1 eps
VH1 Rock Honors
2006 • Series
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice) • 1 eps
American Dad!
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 • Series
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
CMT Music Awards
2002 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Early Show
1999 • Series
as CatDog's Father (voice) • 1 eps
CatDog
1998 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Classic Albums
1997 • Series