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
Bad Santa 2
2016
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as Willie Soke
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Age: 61
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
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as General Hollanek
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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
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
Faster
2010
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as Cop
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Age: 55
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
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
Friday Night Lights
2004
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as Coach Gary Gaines
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Age: 49
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
Waking Up in Reno
2002
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as Lonnie Earl Dodd
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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
Daddy and Them
2001
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as Claude Montgomery
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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
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
Sling Blade
1996
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as Karl Childers
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Age: 41
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
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
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