
Billy Bob Thornton
3 FOLLOWERS • 66 CREDITS • AUG 4, 1955 • 69
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

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Golden Globe Awards

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Oscars

American Dad!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

King of the Hill

Classic Albums

Real Time with Bill Maher

Knots Landing

Matlock

Today

Saturday Night Live

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Celebrities Uncensored

Late Night with Seth Meyers

1883

The Outsiders

The Early Show

The Daily Show

The Big Bang Theory

CatDog

Harley Quinn

Fargo

Love Actually

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Tombstone

Untouchable

The Electric State

Bound by Honor

Out There

Going Overboard

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

Intolerable Cruelty

The Judge

Eagle Eye

Indecent Proposal

Hearts Afire

Parkland

The Gray Man

Puss in Boots

Don't Look Back

London Fields

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

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Primary Colors

Armageddon

The Ice Harvest

Faster

Pushing Tin

Bad Santa 2

Landman

Bad News Bears

Goliath

Bad Santa

Devil's Peak

Friday Night Lights

A Simple Plan
Production Credits
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