Billy Bob Thornton
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-08-04
Place of Birth
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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.
Also Known For
Armageddon
Jul 01, 1998
Monster's Ball
Jun 07, 2001
Bad Santa
Nov 26, 2003
The Badge
Sep 07, 2002
U Turn
Oct 03, 1997
A Simple Plan
Dec 11, 1998
Bandits
Oct 12, 2001
The Alamo
Apr 07, 2004
The Apostle
Dec 19, 1997
The Man Who Wasn't There
Oct 26, 2001
Indecent Proposal
Apr 07, 1993
Levity
Mar 16, 2003
One False Move
Oct 12, 1991
Waking Up in Reno
Dec 13, 2002
The Astronaut Farmer
Feb 23, 2007
Intolerable Cruelty
Sep 02, 2003
Tombstone
Dec 25, 1993
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Jan 28, 2000
The Ice Harvest
Nov 23, 2005
Primary Colors
Mar 20, 1998
Pushing Tin
Apr 23, 1999
Daddy and Them
Oct 26, 2001
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
Apr 05, 1989
Eagle Eye
Sep 25, 2008
Sling Blade
Aug 30, 1996
On Deadly Ground
Feb 18, 1994
Mr. Woodcock
Sep 14, 2007
Chrystal
Feb 26, 2004
School for Scoundrels
Sep 29, 2006
Bad News Bears
Jul 22, 2005
Bound by Honor
Feb 05, 1993
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Mar 26, 1994
Friday Night Lights
Oct 08, 2004
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Jan 03, 1988
Faster
Nov 23, 2010
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Jun 01, 1997
The Smell of Success
Aug 19, 2011
Untouchable
Jun 20, 2019
Dislecksia: The Movie
Oct 04, 2011
The Informers
Nov 05, 2008
Homegrown
Apr 17, 1998
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
May 01, 2007
Devil's Peak
Feb 17, 2023
Don't Look Back
Jul 13, 1996
Grey Knight
Mar 07, 1993
The Baytown Outlaws
Aug 27, 2012
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Jan 30, 1993
Trouble Bound
Jan 09, 1993
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Jul 25, 2013
Nashville Rises
Mar 11, 2011
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Nov 24, 2010
The Winner
Sep 13, 1996
Temple of Art
Dec 31, 2018
Parkland
Oct 02, 2013
London Fields
Sep 20, 2018
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Mar 30, 2012
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Feb 11, 2011
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Jul 25, 2004
Into the Grizzly Maze
Feb 27, 2015
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Jan 01, 2016
Entourage
Jun 03, 2015
Immediate Family
Sep 30, 2022
Cut Bank
Oct 04, 2014
The Judge
Oct 08, 2014
Floundering
Nov 04, 1994
The First Boys of Spring
Aug 19, 2016
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Sep 15, 1995
(Inside Out): Warren Zevon
Aug 23, 2003
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Mar 04, 2016
Going Overboard
May 11, 1989
Our Brand Is Crisis
Sep 11, 2015
Love Actually
Sep 07, 2003
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
Nov 25, 2000
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Nov 07, 2014
Bad Santa 2
Nov 23, 2016
Out There
Nov 19, 1995
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Jan 25, 2015
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Jun 06, 2000
Dead Man
Dec 23, 1995
Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
Apr 16, 2002
Puss in Boots
Oct 27, 2011
Hunter's Blood
Sep 26, 1986
Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
Nov 28, 2013
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Feb 27, 1998
Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman
Jul 20, 2009
South of Reno
Apr 22, 1988
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
Oct 03, 2006
A Million Little Pieces
Aug 30, 2019
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
Dec 09, 2015
ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Jun 01, 2019
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Sep 04, 2004
Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
Oct 06, 2022
The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
Feb 12, 2020
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
Jun 07, 2005
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Jun 11, 2020
2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film
Oct 21, 2006
The Last Real Cowboys
Aug 15, 2000
The Dark Backward
Jul 26, 1991
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Nov 06, 2020
The Gray Man
Jul 13, 2022
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who
Jul 17, 2008
Hollywood.Con
Jan 29, 2021
For the Boys
Nov 22, 1991
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Dec 06, 2024
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Matlock
Mar 03, 1986
Today
Jan 14, 1952
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Early Show
Nov 01, 1999
HypaSpace
May 13, 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Hearts Afire
Sep 14, 1992
Knots Landing
Dec 27, 1979
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Celebrities Uncensored
Jun 04, 2003
This Week in Baseball
Apr 01, 1977
VH1 Rock Honors
May 31, 2006
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Fargo
Apr 15, 2014
Norm Macdonald Live
Mar 26, 2013
The Big Bang Theory
Sep 24, 2007
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Goliath
Oct 13, 2016
Landman
Nov 17, 2024
Fargo
Apr 15, 2014
CatDog
Apr 04, 1998
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Harley Quinn
Nov 29, 2019
1883
Dec 19, 2021
Classic Albums
Apr 14, 1997
King of the Hill
Jan 12, 1997
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Real Time with Bill Maher
Feb 21, 2003
The Outsiders
Mar 25, 1990
This Morning
Oct 03, 1988
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
