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Billy Bob Thornton

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Musician / Songwriter / Film Producer | * 08/04/1955 (68) | Hot Springs, Arkansas (United States of America (USA))
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Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American film actor, writer and director. He received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. For his role in A Simple Plan (1998) he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for his film roles in One False Move (1992), Dead Man (1995), U Turn (1997), Primary Colors (1998), Armageddon (1998), Monster's Ball (2001), Th..."> ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leti ...

Monster's Ball

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2001 | 3.4/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportun ...

The Man Who Wasn't There

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2001 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Crime, Drama
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Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deem ...

Sling Blade

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1996 | 3.8/5 | 2h 15min
Drama
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Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a d ...

A Simple Plan

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1998 | 3.6/5 | 2h 1min
Crime, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Billy Bob Thornton

Writers Guild of America Awards Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Edgar Awards Golden Globe Awards Saturn Awards Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Billy Bob Thornton as Actor(90)

2024 The Electric State
2023 Walk, Don't Run: The Story of The Ventures
as Charlie McNeely2023 Devil's Peak
as Fitzroy2022 The Gray Man
as Boxmaster2021 Hollywood.Con
2020 The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
as himself2020 Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Himself (archive footage)2019 Untouchable
as himself2019 ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band From Texas
as Leonard2019 A Million Little Pieces
as Samson Young2018 London Fields
2016 The First Boys of Spring
as General Hollanek2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Willie Soke2016 Bad Santa 2
as himself2015 Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High and Unemployed: Live In Austin
as Pat Candy2015 Our Brand Is Crisis
as Self / Actor / Director2015 Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
as Douglass2015 Into the Grizzly Maze
as Larsen McCredle2015 Entourage
as Dwight Dickham2014 The Judge
as Self - Actor2014 21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Stan Steeley2014 Cut Bank
as Forrest Sorrels2013 Parkland
as himself2013 Sport in America: Our Defining Stories
as Skip Caldwell2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Carlos2012 The Baytown Outlaws
2012 Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
as narration2011 Nashville Rises
as himself2011 Dislecksia: The Movie
as Jack (voice)2011 Puss in Boots
as himself2010 Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
as Cop2010 Faster
as Patrick2009 The Smell of Success
as William2008 The Informers
as Thomas Morgan2008 Eagle Eye
as himself2007 Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
as Jasper Woodcock2007 Mr. Woodcock
as Voice2006 NFL: Favre 4 Ever
as Charles Farmer2006 The Astronaut Farmer
as Dr. P2006 School for Scoundrels
as Morris Buttermaker2005 Bad News Bears
as Vic2005 The Ice Harvest
as Joe2004 Chrystal
as Davy Crockett2004 The Alamo
as Coach Gary Gaines2004 Friday Night Lights
as himself2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Other Voices (voice)2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Manuel Jordan2003 Levity
as Willie Soke2003 Bad Santa
as Howard D. Doyle2003 Intolerable Cruelty
as The US President2003 Love Actually
as Lonnie Earl Dodd2002 Waking Up in Reno
as Sheriff Darl2002 The Badge
as Claude Montgomery2001 Daddy and Them
as Hank Grotowski2001 Monster's Ball
as Ed Crane2001 The Man Who Wasn't There
as Terry Lee Collins2001 Bandits
as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)2000 CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
as Brig. Smalls2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell
as Russell Bell1999 Pushing Tin
as Dan Truman1998 Armageddon
as Jacob Mitchell1998 A Simple Plan
as Richard Jemmons1998 Primary Colors
as himself1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
as Jack Marsden1998 Homegrown
as Troublemaker1997 The Apostle
as Syd / Monk1997 A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
as Darrell1997 U Turn
as Karl Childers1996 Sling Blade
as Marshall1996 Don't Look Back
as Jack1996 The Winner
as Big George Drakoulious1995 Dead Man
as Jailbird1995 Out There
as Roy1995 The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Karl Childers1994 Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Gun Clerk1994 Floundering
as Homer Carlton1994 On Deadly Ground
as Coldface1993 Trouble Bound
as Langston1993 Grey Knight
as Johnny Tyler1993 Tombstone
as Day Tripper1993 Indecent Proposal
as Lightning1993 Bound by Honor
as Ray Malcolm1992 One False Move
as Marine Sergeant, Korea1991 For the Boys
as Patron at Sloppy's1991 The Dark Backward
as Dave1989 Going Overboard
as Tommy1989 Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
as Counterman1988 South of Reno
as Self - Audience Member1988 Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Billy Bob1986 Hunter's Blood

TV Shows/Series with Billy Bob Thornton as Actor(34)

2024 Landman
as Marshal Jim Courtright2021 1883
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)2019 Harley Quinn
as Billy McBride2016 Goliath
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Lorne Malvo2014 Fargo
as Narrator (voice)2014 Fargo
as himself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as himself2013 Norm Macdonald Live
as Oliver Lorvis2007 The Big Bang Theory
2006 VH1 Rock Honors
as Billy Bob Thornton (voice)2005 American Dad!
as himself2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as himself2003 Celebrities Uncensored
as himself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as himself2002 HypaSpace
as himself1999 The Early Show
as Boyce Hubert (voice)1997 King of the Hill
as himself1997 Classic Albums
as himself1997 The View
as himself1996 The Daily Show
as himself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Billy Bob Davis1992 Hearts Afire
as Buck Merrill1990 The Outsiders
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1986 Matlock
1979 Knots Landing
1977 This Week in Baseball
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
as himself??? Today

Movies with Billy Bob Thornton as Crew(19)

Directing/Director2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car
Writing/Screenplay2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car
Directing/Director2011 The King of Luck
Crew/Thanks2010 Small Town Saturday Night
Directing/Director2001 Daddy and Them
Writing/Writer2001 Daddy and Them
Writing/Story2001 Camouflage
Writing/Screenplay2001 Camouflage
Writing/Screenplay2000 The Gift
Directing/Director2000 All the Pretty Horses
Production/Producer2000 All the Pretty Horses
Directing/Director1996 Sling Blade
Writing/Screenplay1996 Sling Blade
Writing/Theatre Play1996 Sling Blade
Writing/Writer1996 Don't Look Back
Writing/Story1996 Don't Look Back
Writing/Writer1996 A Family Thing
Writing/Writer1994 Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Writing/Writer1992 One False Move

TV Shows/Series with Billy Bob Thornton as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2016 Goliath

Born: Thursday, 08/04 1955 (August) in Hot Springs, Arkansas (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 68 years + 265 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Malvern High School, Henderson State University
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Record Label: Vanguard Records
Spouses (current/former): Melissa Lee Gatlin, Toni Lawrence, Cynda Williams, Pietra Dawn Cherniak, Angelina Jolie, Connie Angland
Children: Harry James Thornton
Father: William Raymond Thornton
Mother: Virginia Roberta Faulkner
Other names for Billy Bob Thornton (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Reginald Perry"
"Билли Боб Торнтон"
"Μπίλι Μπομπ Θόρτον"
"빌리 밥 손튼"
"William Robert Thornton"
Billy Bob Thornton frequently works together with these people:
David Herman (100x, Actor)
Andy Samberg (38x, Actor)
Mike Barker (35x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (29x, Actor)
Alan Tudyk (27x, Actor)
Bill Hader (27x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (26x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (25x, Actress)
Chris Diamantopoulos (25x, Actor)
Will Forte (24x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (22x, Actor)
Lynne K. Eagan (12x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:334, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024