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Billy Bob Thornton
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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 Afi…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
- 2026
- 2025
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2025
The Electric State
Movie Voice (uncredited)
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2024
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties
Movie Self
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2024
Landman
TV show Tommy Norris
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2023
Devil's Peak
Movie Charlie McNeely
- 2022
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2022
Immediate Family
Movie Self
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2022
Help Her Live
Movie Thanks
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2022
The Gray Man
Movie Fitzroy
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2021
1883
TV show Marshal Jim Courtright
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2021
Hollywood.Con
Movie Boxmaster
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2020
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Movie Self
- 2020
- 2020
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2019
Harley Quinn
TV show Billy Bob Thornton (voice)
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
A Million Little Pieces
Movie Leonard
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2019
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
Movie Self
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2019
Untouchable
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Temple of Art
Movie Self
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2018
London Fields
Movie Samson Young
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2016
Bad Santa 2
Movie Willie Soke
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2016
Goliath
TV show Billy McBride
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2016
IRON WILL: Veterans Battle with PTSD
Movie Narrator
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2016
The First Boys of Spring
Movie
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2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Movie General Hollanek
- 2016
- 2015
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2015
Our Brand Is Crisis
Movie Pat Candy
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
Entourage
Movie Larsen McCredle
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2015
Into the Grizzly Maze
Movie Douglass
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2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Movie Self - Actor / Director
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Movie Self - Actor
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2014
The Judge
Movie Dwight Dickham
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2014
Cut Bank
Movie Stan Steeley
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2014
Fargo
TV show Lorne Malvo
