Billy Bob Thornton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

Aug 4, 1955(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

Transalations

English,

German,

Russian,

Portuguese,

Greek,

Polish,

Korean,

Mandarin,

Hebrew,

Mandarin

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.

Known For

68%

Armageddon

01 Jul 1998

68%

Monster's Ball

26 Dec 2001

65%

Bad Santa

26 Nov 2003

59%

The Badge

07 Sep 2002

66%

U Turn

03 Oct 1997

72%

A Simple Plan

11 Dec 1998

63%

Bandits

12 Oct 2001

58%

The Alamo

07 Apr 2004

63%

The Apostle

19 Dec 1997

75%

The Man Who Wasn't There

26 Oct 2001

64%

Indecent Proposal

07 Apr 1993

61%

Levity

16 Mar 2003

66%

One False Move

12 Oct 1991

50%

Waking Up in Reno

13 Dec 2002

62%

The Astronaut Farmer

23 Feb 2007

59%

Intolerable Cruelty

02 Sep 2003

76%

Tombstone

25 Dec 1993

50%

South of Heaven, West of Hell

28 Jan 2000

59%

The Ice Harvest

23 Nov 2005

63%

Primary Colors

20 Mar 1998

59%

Pushing Tin

23 Apr 1999

54%

Daddy and Them

26 Oct 2001

43%

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

05 Apr 1989

65%

Eagle Eye

25 Sep 2008

75%

Sling Blade

30 Aug 1996

52%

On Deadly Ground

18 Feb 1994

51%

Mr. Woodcock

14 Sep 2007

59%

Chrystal

26 Feb 2004

54%

School for Scoundrels

29 Sep 2006

58%

Bad News Bears

22 Jul 2005

81%

Bound by Honor

05 Feb 1993

68%

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

26 Mar 1994

69%

Friday Night Lights

08 Oct 2004

75%

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

03 Jan 1988

63%

Faster

23 Nov 2010

48%

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

01 Jun 1997

56%

The Smell of Success

19 Aug 2011

64%

Untouchable

20 Jun 2019

Dislecksia: The Movie

04 Oct 2011

48%

The Informers

05 Nov 2008

56%

Homegrown

17 Apr 1998

65%

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

01 May 2007

56%

Devil's Peak

17 Feb 2023

46%

Don't Look Back

13 Jul 1996

47%

Grey Knight

07 Mar 1993

60%

The Baytown Outlaws

27 Aug 2012

10%

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

30 Jan 1993

59%

Trouble Bound

09 Jan 1993

58%

Jayne Mansfield's Car

25 Jul 2013

80%

Nashville Rises

11 Mar 2011

62%

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

24 Nov 2010

45%

The Winner

13 Sep 1996

Temple of Art

31 Dec 2018

62%

Parkland

02 Oct 2013

51%

London Fields

20 Sep 2018

63%

Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton

30 Mar 2012

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

11 Feb 2011

78%

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

25 Jul 2004

54%

Into the Grizzly Maze

27 Feb 2015

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

01 Jan 2016

63%

Entourage

03 Jun 2015

74%

Immediate Family

30 Sep 2022

57%

Cut Bank

04 Oct 2014

73%

The Judge

08 Oct 2014

47%

Floundering

04 Nov 1994

The First Boys of Spring

19 Aug 2016

61%

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

15 Sep 1995

100%

(Inside Out): Warren Zevon

23 Aug 2003

63%

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

04 Mar 2016

24%

Going Overboard

11 May 1989

59%

Our Brand Is Crisis

11 Sep 2015

71%

Love Actually

07 Sep 2003

77%

CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

25 Nov 2000

62%

21 Years: Richard Linklater

07 Nov 2014

54%

Bad Santa 2

23 Nov 2016

48%

Out There

19 Nov 1995

66%

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

25 Jan 2015

63%

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

06 Jun 2000

73%

Dead Man

23 Dec 1995

Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"

16 Apr 2002

66%

Puss in Boots

27 Oct 2011

55%

Hunter's Blood

26 Sep 1986

80%

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

28 Nov 2013

39%

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

27 Feb 1998

Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman

20 Jul 2009

48%

South of Reno

22 Apr 1988

80%

NFL: Favre 4 Ever

03 Oct 2006

62%

A Million Little Pieces

30 Aug 2019

52%

Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin

09 Dec 2015

75%

ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas

01 Jun 2019

71%

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

04 Sep 2004

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

06 Oct 2022

50%

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

12 Feb 2020

70%

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

07 Jun 2005

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

11 Jun 2020

2006 St. Louis Cardinals: The Official World Series Film

21 Oct 2006

70%

The Last Real Cowboys

15 Aug 2000

56%

The Dark Backward

26 Jul 1991

50%

Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man

06 Nov 2020

69%

The Gray Man

13 Jul 2022

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

17 Jul 2008

36%

Hollywood.Con

29 Jan 2021

62%

For the Boys

22 Nov 1991

56%

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

06 Dec 2024

75%

Inside the Actors Studio

64%

The Daily Show

71%

Matlock

55%

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

58%

Today

43%

The View

63%

The Early Show

40%

HypaSpace

54%

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

73%

Hearts Afire

67%

Knots Landing

72%

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

40%

Celebrities Uncensored

80%

This Week in Baseball

70%

VH1 Rock Honors

70%

The Oscars

70%

Saturday Night Live

83%

Fargo

80%

Norm Macdonald Live

79%

The Big Bang Theory

68%

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

53%

Late Night with Seth Meyers

76%

Goliath

80%

Landman

83%

Fargo

70%

CatDog

55%

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

83%

Harley Quinn

83%

1883

77%

Classic Albums

74%

King of the Hill

70%

American Dad!

60%

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

60%

Real Time with Bill Maher

77%

The Outsiders

52%

This Morning

62%

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

65%

The Kelly Clarkson Show

55%

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

72%

Golden Globe Awards

50%

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

56%

Evening Shade