
Billy Bob Thornton
3 FOLLOWERS • 69 CREDITS • AUG 4, 1955 • 70
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.
Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Golden Globe Awards

The Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

American Dad!

King of the Hill

Classic Albums

Real Time with Bill Maher

Knots Landing

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Today

Saturday Night Live

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Celebrities Uncensored

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Outsiders

The Early Show

The Daily Show

The Big Bang Theory

CatDog

Harley Quinn

Evening Shade

Love Actually

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Tombstone

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Entourage

Untouchable

Bound by Honor

The Electric State

Out There

Going Overboard

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

1883

Intolerable Cruelty

Eagle Eye

The Judge

Indecent Proposal

CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

Don't Look Back

Parkland

The Gray Man

London Fields

Puss in Boots

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation

Matlock

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Primary Colors

Hearts Afire

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Faster

Pushing Tin

The Ice Harvest

Armageddon

Goliath

Bad Santa

A Simple Plan

Bad Santa 2

Fargo

Landman

Friday Night Lights

Bad News Bears

Devil's Peak
Production Credits
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