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Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Actor · Born August 4, 1955 · Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

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Highest rated as cast or director

Billy Bob Thornton's 8 titles from the 1990s have a median Balasaur Score of 64, led by Sling Blade (84) and A Simple Plan (79), against 59 for those from the 2000s.

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.

Acted in 94

2020s

  1. 2026

    Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

    Movie

  2. 2025

    If These Walls Could Rock

    Movie

  3. 2024
  4. 2023
  5. 2022

    Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures

    Movie

  6. 2021
  7. 2020

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2007
  3. 2006
  4. VH1 Rock Honors

    TV

  5. 2005
  6. 2004
  7. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Other Voices (voice)

  8. Chrystal

    Joe

  9. 2003
  10. 2002

    Waking Up in Reno

    Lonnie Earl Dodd

  11. 2001
  12. Daddy and Them

    Claude Montgomery

  13. 2000

    CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

    Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Father (voice)

  14. The Last Real Cowboys

    Tar

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1998
  3. 1997
  4. 1996
  5. Don't Look Back

    Marshall

  6. 1995
  7. 1994

    Floundering

    Gun Clerk

  8. Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

    Karl Childers

  9. 1993
  10. Grey Knight

    Langston

  11. Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

    Rowdy Udall

  12. Trouble Bound

    Coldface

  13. 1992
  14. One False Move

    Ray Malcolm

  15. 1991
  16. The Dark Backward

    Patron at Sloppy's

  17. 1990

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

    Tommy

  3. 1988

    South of Reno

    Counterman

  4. 1986

    Hunter's Blood

    Billy Bob

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1977

    This Week in Baseball

    TV

Wrote 10

2000s

  1. 2001

    Daddy and Them

    Writer

  2. 2000
  3. The Last Real Cowboys

    Story

1990s

  1. 1996
  2. Don't Look Back

    Writer, Story

  3. 1994

    Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

    Writer

  4. 1992

    One False Move

    Writer

Directed 7

2010s

  1. 2016
  2. 2013
  3. 2011

    The King of Luck

    Director

2000s

  1. 2002

    Widespread Panic: Panic In the Streets

    Director

  2. 2001

    Daddy and Them

    Director

  3. 2000

Produced 2

Appearances55

2020s

  1. 2024
  2. 2022
  3. 2020
  4. Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas

    Self

  3. 2018
  4. 2016

    IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD

    Narrator

  5. What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

    Self

  6. 2015
  7. 2014
  8. 2013

    Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

    Self

  9. 2012

    Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton

    Self

  10. 2011

    Dislecksia: The Movie

    Self

  11. Nashville Rises

    Narrator

  12. 2010

    Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman

    Self

  2. 2008

    VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

    Self

  3. Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock”

    Self

  4. Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales

    Self

  5. 2007
  6. 2006

    2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season

    Narrator

  7. 2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film

    Narrator

  8. 2005

    Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

    Self

  9. 2004

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Self

  10. 2003

    Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart

    Narrator

  11. Celebrities Uncensored

    Self · 1 episode

  12. 2002

    CMT Music Awards

    Self - Presenter · 1 episode

  13. 2000

    Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    This Morning

    Self - Guest · 1 episode

  2. Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

    Self - Audience Member

Thanked in the credits2

2020s

  1. 2022

    Help Her Live

    Thanks

2010s

  1. 2010

    Small Town Saturday Night

    Thanks