Billy Bob Thornton
Highest Rated: 100% Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Lowest Rated: 0% London Fields (2018)
Birthday: Aug 4, 1955
Birthplace: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Though he spent almost a decade struggling to make a name for himself, actor Billy Bob Thornton took matters into his own hands when he wrote, directed and starred in the career-making independent drama, "Sling Blade" (1996), which earned the then-unknown performer an Oscar for Best Screenplay and another nomination for Best Actor. Ever since his sudden rise to stardom, Thornton became a prominent leading man and supporting player whose short-lived but high-profile marriage to offbeat starlet Angelina Jolie overshadowed his exemplary work in films like "Monster's Ball" and "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001). After their divorce, Thornton receded a bit from the public eye, though he continued his streak of fine performances in "Bad Santa" (2003) and "Friday Night Lights" (2004), two wildly different films that displayed his prowess for disappearing into what ever character he played. Occasionally, Thornton incorporated his own personal issues - namely his battles with eating and obsessive-compulsive disorders, like a fear of Louis XIV furniture - into his characters, as he did in "Bandits" (2001). Despite his seemingly bizarre personal life, Thornton nonetheless maintained a steady stream of quality work that always kept him near the top of the game.
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Billy Bob Thornton
Filmography
Movies
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38% |
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Devil's Peak | Charlie (Character) | - | 2023 |
45% |
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The Gray Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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London Fields, The Director's Cut | Samson Young (Character) | - | 2019 |
27% |
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A Million Little Pieces | Leonard (Character) | - | 2018 |
0% |
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London Fields | Samson Young (Character) | $249.8K | 2018 |
23% |
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Bad Santa 2 | Willie Soke (Character) | $17.7M | 2016 |
68% |
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Colonel Walter Hollanek, USMC (Character) | $23.0M | 2016 |
36% |
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Our Brand Is Crisis | Pat Candy (Character) | $7.0M | 2015 |
32% |
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Entourage | Larsen McCredle (Character) | $32.4M | 2015 |
36% |
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Into the Grizzly Maze | Douglass (Character) | - | 2014 |
37% |
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Cut Bank | Cassandra's Father (Character) | - | 2014 |
49% |
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The Judge | Dwight Dickham (Character) | $2.7M | 2014 |
52% |
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Parkland | Forrest Sorrels (Character) | $652.4K | 2013 |
35% |
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Jayne Mansfield's Car |
Skip Caldwell (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
$14.4K | 2012 |
23% |
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The Baytown Outlaws | Carlos Lyman (Character) | - | 2012 |
86% |
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Puss in Boots | Jack (Voice) | $149.2M | 2011 |
41% |
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Faster | Humphries (Character) | $23.2M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Smell of Success | Patrick (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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My Run | Narrator | - | 2009 |
12% |
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The Informers | William Sloan (Character) | - | 2009 |
26% |
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Eagle Eye | Agent Thomas Morgan (Character) | $101.1M | 2008 |
14% |
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Mr. Woodcock | Mr. Woodcock (Character) | $25.8M | 2007 |
58% |
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The Astronaut farmer | Charles Farmer (Character) | $11.0M | 2007 |
27% |
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School for Scoundrels | Dr. P (Character) | $17.8M | 2006 |
47% |
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The Ice Harvest | Vic (Character) | $8.8M | 2005 |
48% |
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Bad News Bears | Morris Buttermaker (Character) | $32.9M | 2005 |
80% |
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Chrystal | Joe (Character) | $80.7K | 2004 |
29% |
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The Alamo | Davy Crockett (Character) | $22.4M | 2004 |
82% |
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Friday Night Lights | Coach Gary Gaines (Character) | $61.2M | 2004 |
100% |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
78% |
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Bad Santa | Willie (Character) | $60.1M | 2003 |
64% |
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Love Actually | President of the United States (Character) | $60.1M | 2003 |
75% |
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Intolerable Cruelty |
Howard D. Doyle/ |
$35.1M | 2003 |
34% |
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Levity | Manual Jordan (Character) | $209.2K | 2003 |
33% |
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The Badge | Sheriff Darl Hardwick (Character) | - | 2002 |
11% |
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Waking Up in Reno | Lonnie Earl (Character) | $261.6K | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Camouflage | Writer | - | 2001 |
86% |
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Daddy and Them |
Claude Montgomery (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 2001 |
85% |
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Monster's Ball | Hank Grotowski (Character) | $31.3M | 2001 |
81% |
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The Man Who Wasn't There | Ed (Character) | $7.5M | 2001 |
64% |
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Bandits | Terry Collins (Character) | $41.5M | 2001 |
14% |
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South of Heaven, West of Hell | Brig. Smalls (Character) | $26.4K | 2000 |
58% |
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The Gift | Writer | $12.0M | 2000 |
32% |
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All the Pretty Horses |
Director, Producer |
$15.5M | 2000 |
48% |
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Pushing Tin | Russell Bell (Character) | $8.4M | 1999 |
88% |
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The Apostle | Troublemaker (Character) | $20.8M | 1998 |
90% |
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A Simple Plan | Jacob Mitchell (Character) | $16.3M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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A Gun, a Car, a Blonde |
Syd/ |
- | 1998 |
43% |
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Armageddon | Dan Truman, NASA Administrator (Character) | $201.6M | 1998 |
44% |
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Homegrown | Jack Marsden (Character) | $271.4K | 1998 |
80% |
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Primary Colors | Richard Jemmons (Character) | $39.0M | 1998 |
93% |
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Princess Mononoke | Jigo (Voice) | - | 1997 |
59% |
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U-Turn | Darrell (Character) | $6.6M | 1997 |
8% |
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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn | Self | $43.9K | 1997 |
17% |
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The Winner | Jack (Character) | - | 1996 |
97% |
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Sling Blade |
Karl Childers (Character), Director, Writer |
$24.5M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Don't Look Back |
Marshall (Character), Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 1996 |
73% |
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A Family Thing | Writer | $10.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Out There | Jailbird (Character) | - | 1995 |
70% |
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Dead Man | Big George Drakoulious (Character) | $1.1M | 1995 |
14% |
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On Deadly Ground | Homer Carlton (Character) | $36.0M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
67% |
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Floundering | Gun Clerk (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Trouble Bound | Coldface (Character) | - | 1993 |
73% |
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Tombstone | Johnny Tyler (faro dealer at Oriental Saloon) (Character) | $55.9M | 1993 |
34% |
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Indecent Proposal | Day Tripper (Character) | $104.9M | 1993 |
93% |
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One False Move |
Ray Malcolm (Character), Writer |
$44.5K | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Going Overboard | Dave (Character) | - | 1989 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LANDMAN | Tommy Norris (Character) | 2024-2025 |
No Score Yet | 80% | 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story | Jim Courtright (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Southern Storytellers | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2009-2010 2014 2016 2018-2019 2021-2022 |
89% | 83% | 1883 | Jim Courtright (Character) | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2016 2019 2021 |
86% | 70% | Goliath |
Billy McBride (Character), Director |
2016 2018-2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Interview With Dan Rather | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 91% | American Dad! | Billy Bob Thorton (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrated | Self | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015 |
81% | 84% | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Oliver Lorvis (Guest Star) | 2014 |
100% | 94% | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Unknown (Voice) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2014 |
93% | 85% | Fargo |
Lorne Malvo/ |
2014 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2007-2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Classic Albums | Self | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2003-2005 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 72% | King of the Hill | Boyce Hubert (Guest Voice) | 1998 |
50% | No Score Yet | Hearts Afire | Billy Bob Davis (Character) | 1992-1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |