Billy Bob Thornton
Born August 04, 1955 (Age: 70)
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Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
2024
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as Self
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Age: 69
The Gray Man
2022
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as Fitzroy
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Age: 66
A Million Little Pieces
2019
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as Leonard
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Age: 64
London Fields
2018
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as Samson Young
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Age: 63
Bad Santa 2
2016
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as Willie Soke
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Age: 61
The First Boys of Spring
2016
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as
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Age: 61
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
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as General Hollanek
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Age: 60
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
2016
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as Self
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Age: 60
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
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as Pat Candy
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Age: 60
Entourage
2015
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as Larsen McCredle
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Age: 59
Into the Grizzly Maze
2015
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as Douglass
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Age: 59
The Judge
2014
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as Dwight Dickham
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Age: 59
Cut Bank
2014
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as Stan Steeley
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Age: 59
Parkland
2013
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as Forrest Sorrels
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Age: 58
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
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as Carlos
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Age: 57
Puss in Boots
2011
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as Jack (voice)
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Age: 56
Nashville Rises
2011
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as Narrator
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Age: 55
No Image
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
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as
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Age: 55
Faster
2010
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as Cop
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Age: 55
Levon Helm: Ramble At The Ryman
2009
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as Self
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Age: 53
The Informers
2008
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as William Sloan
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Age: 53
Eagle Eye
2008
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as Thomas Morgan
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Age: 53
Mr. Woodcock
2007
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as Jasper Woodcock
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Age: 52
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
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as Charles Farmer
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Age: 51
No Image
NFL: Favre 4 Ever
2006
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 51
School for Scoundrels
2006
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as Dr. P
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Age: 51
The Ice Harvest
2005
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as Vic
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Age: 50
Bad News Bears
2005
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as Morris Buttermaker
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Age: 49
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
2005
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as Self
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Age: 49
Friday Night Lights
2004
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as Coach Gary Gaines
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Age: 49
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Alamo
2004
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as Davy Crockett
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Age: 48
Bad Santa
2003
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as Willie
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Age: 48
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
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as Howard D. Doyle
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Age: 48
Love Actually
2003
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as The US President
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Age: 48
Levity
2003
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as Manuel Jordan
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Age: 47
Waking Up in Reno
2002
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as Lonnie Earl Dodd
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Age: 47
The Badge
2002
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as Sheriff Darl
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Age: 47
No Image
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
2002
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as Self
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Age: 46
Monster's Ball
2001
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as Hank Grotowski
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Age: 46
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
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as Ed Crane
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Age: 46
Daddy and Them
2001
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as Claude Montgomery
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Age: 46
Bandits
2001
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as Terry Lee Collins
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Age: 46
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery
2000
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as Hound Dog McDog / CatDog's Step-father (voice)
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Age: 45
The Last Real Cowboys
2000
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as Tar
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Age: 45
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
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as Brig. Smalls
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Age: 44
Pushing Tin
1999
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as Russell Bell
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Age: 43
A Simple Plan
1998
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as Jacob Mitchell
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Age: 43
Armageddon
1998
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as Dan Truman
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Age: 42
Homegrown
1998
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as Jack Marsden
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Age: 42
Primary Colors
1998
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as Richard Jemmons
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Age: 42
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998
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as Self
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Age: 42
The Apostle
1997
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as Troublemaker
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Age: 42
U Turn
1997
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as Darrell
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Age: 42
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997
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as Syd / Monk
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Age: 41
The Winner
1996
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as Jack
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Age: 41
Sling Blade
1996
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as Karl Childers
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Age: 41
Don't Look Back
1996
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as Marshall
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Age: 40
Dead Man
1995
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as Big George Drakoulious
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Age: 40
On Deadly Ground
1994
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as Homer Carlton
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Age: 38
Tombstone
1993
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as Johnny Tyler
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Age: 38
Indecent Proposal
1993
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as Day Tripper
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Age: 37
Grey Knight
1993
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as Langston
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Age: 37
Bound by Honor
1993
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as Lightning
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Age: 37
No Image
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
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as Rowdy Udall
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Age: 37
Trouble Bound
1993
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as Coldface
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Age: 37
For the Boys
1991
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as Marine Sergeant, Korea
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Age: 36
One False Move
1991
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as Ray Malcolm
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Age: 36
The Dark Backward
1991
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as Patron at Sloppy's
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Age: 35
Going Overboard
1989
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as Dave
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Age: 33
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
1989
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as Tommy
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Age: 33
South of Reno
1988
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as Counterman
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Age: 32
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
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as Self - Audience Member
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Age: 32