Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Acting
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Known for
Acting
Born
1955-08-04
From
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Also known as Reginald Perry
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.
★6.6
MOVIE2011
Puss in Boots
as Jack (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Armageddon
as Dan Truman
★6.5
MOVIE2025
The Electric State
as Voice (uncredited)
★8.2
MOVIE1993
Bound by Honor
as Lightning
★7.3
MOVIE2014
The Judge
as Dwight Dickham
★6.9
MOVIE2022
The Gray Man
as Fitzroy
★6.2
MOVIE2015
Entourage
as Larsen McCredle
★7.1
MOVIE2003
Love Actually
as The US President
★5.8
MOVIE2005
Bad News Bears
as Morris Buttermaker
★6.5
MOVIE2008
Eagle Eye
as Thomas Morgan
★7.6
MOVIE1993
Tombstone
as Johnny Tyler
★6.3
MOVIE2013
Parkland
as Forrest Sorrels
★6.4
MOVIE1993
Indecent Proposal
as Day Tripper
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as General Hollanek
★6.4
MOVIE2010
Faster
as Cop
★5.1
MOVIE2018
London Fields
as Samson Young
★6.0
MOVIE2012
The Baytown Outlaws
as Carlos
★7.5
MOVIE2001
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Ed Crane
★6.6
MOVIE2003
Bad Santa
as Willie
★5.8
MOVIE2014
Cut Bank
as Stan Steeley
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Monster's Ball
as Hank Grotowski
★7.3
MOVIE1995
Dead Man
as Big George Drakoulious
★5.4
MOVIE2015
Into the Grizzly Maze
as Douglass
★8.0
MOVIE2011
Nashville Rises
as Narrator
★6.2
MOVIE2019
A Million Little Pieces
as Leonard
★5.2
MOVIE1994
On Deadly Ground
as Homer Carlton
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Untouchable
as Self (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Bandits
as Terry Lee Collins
★6.0
MOVIE2003
Intolerable Cruelty
as Howard D. Doyle
★6.9
MOVIE2004
Friday Night Lights
as Coach Gary Gaines
★7.2
MOVIE1998
A Simple Plan
as Jacob Mitchell
★5.7
MOVIE2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Skip Caldwell
★7.5
MOVIE1996
Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
★6.6
MOVIE1997
U Turn
as Darrell
★7.7
MOVIE2000
The Last Real Cowboys
as Tar
★3.6
MOVIE2021
Hollywood.Con
as Boxmaster
★5.5
MOVIE2023
Devil's Peak
as Charlie McNeely
★3.9
MOVIE1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE2006
School for Scoundrels
as Dr. P
★5.8
MOVIE2004
The Alamo
as Davy Crockett
★4.8
MOVIE2008
The Informers
as William Sloan
★5.3
MOVIE2020
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
★5.1
MOVIE2007
Mr. Woodcock
as Jasper Woodcock
★6.3
MOVIE1998
Primary Colors
as Richard Jemmons
★5.9
MOVIE1999
Pushing Tin
as Russell Bell
MOVIE2016
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
as Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE2007
The Astronaut Farmer
as Charles Farmer
★5.9
MOVIE2015
Our Brand Is Crisis
as Pat Candy
★5.9
MOVIE2005
The Ice Harvest
as Vic
★5.1
MOVIE2002
Waking Up in Reno
as Lonnie Earl Dodd
★5.2
MOVIE1996
Don't Look Back
as Marshall
★6.3
MOVIE2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
★5.6
MOVIE2011
The Smell of Success
as Patrick
★5.7
MOVIE1993
Trouble Bound
as Coldface
★6.7
MOVIE1992
One False Move
as Ray Malcolm
★5.4
MOVIE2016
Bad Santa 2
as Willie Soke
★5.4
MOVIE2015
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2006
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
as Self
MOVIE2026
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
★7.7
MOVIE2000
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
★9.2
MOVIE2006
2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season
as Narrator
★5.7
MOVIE1991
The Dark Backward
as Patron at Sloppy's
MOVIE2008
Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
as Self
MOVIE2008
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2001
Daddy and Them
as Claude Montgomery
MOVIETBA
Somedays
★4.6
MOVIE1996
The Winner
as Jack
★6.7
MOVIE2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor / Director
★6.2
MOVIE1995
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Roy
★8.0
MOVIE2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1991
For the Boys
as Marine Sergeant, Korea
★6.3
MOVIE1997
The Apostle
as Troublemaker
★4.9
MOVIE1988
South of Reno
as Counterman
★5.7
MOVIE2002
The Badge
as Sheriff Darl
★4.9
MOVIE1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
as Syd / Monk
★6.4
MOVIE2024
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE1986
Hunter's Blood
as Billy Bob
MOVIE2011
Dislecksia: The Movie
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2000
South of Heaven, West of Hell
as Brig. Smalls
★4.7
MOVIE1989
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
as Tommy
★2.3
MOVIE1989
Going Overboard
as Dave
MOVIE2025
If These Walls Could Rock
★5.6
MOVIE1998
Homegrown
as Jack Marsden
MOVIE2002
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
as Self
MOVIE2018
Temple of Art
as Self
MOVIE2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
★7.4
MOVIE2022
Immediate Family
as Self
MOVIE2016
The First Boys of Spring
★7.5
MOVIE2019
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
as Self
★4.9
MOVIE1995
Out There
as Jailbird
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2003
Levity
as Manuel Jordan
MOVIE2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1993
Grey Knight
as Langston
★6.3
MOVIE2012
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2013
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1994
Floundering
as Gun Clerk
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
★9.0
MOVIE2003
Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
as Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE2020
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1994
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Karl Childers
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Chrystal
as Joe
★5.0
MOVIE1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Rowdy Udall
MOVIE2022
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
MOVIE2016
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
as Self
MOVIE2006
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
as Narrator
MOVIE2009
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2010
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
as Self