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Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Birthday: 1955-08-04 | Place of Birth: 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Bob Thornton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Gray Man

as    Fitzroy

2020
2019
A Million Little Pieces

as    Leonard

2018
London Fields

as    Samson Young

2016
Goliath

as    Billy McBride

2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

as    General Hollanek

2016
Bad Santa 2

as    Willie Soke

2015
Into the Grizzly Maze

as    Douglass

2015
Our Brand Is Crisis

as    Pat Candy

2015
Cut Bank

as    Stan Steeley

2014
The Judge

as    Dwight Dickham

2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater

as    Self - Actor

2013
The Baytown Outlaws

as    Carlos

2013
Parkland

as    Forrest Sorrels

2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car

as    Skip Caldwell

2011
The Smell of Success

as    Patrick

2010
Faster

as    Cop

2008
Eagle Eye

as    Thomas Morgan

2008
The Informers

as    William

2007
The Astronaut Farmer

as    Charles Farmer

2007
Mr. Woodcock

as    Jasper Woodcock

2006
School for Scoundrels

as    Dr. P

2005
Bad News Bears

as    Morris Buttermaker

2005
The Ice Harvest

as    Vic

2004
Friday Night Lights

as    Coach Gary Gaines

2004
The Alamo

as    Davy Crockett