
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

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Golden Globe Awards

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

American Dad!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

King of the Hill

Classic Albums

Real Time with Bill Maher

Knots Landing

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

The Oscars

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Love Actually

Tombstone

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Untouchable

The Electric State

Bound by Honor

Going Overboard

Out There

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

Intolerable Cruelty

Eagle Eye

The Judge

Indecent Proposal

Hearts Afire

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

London Fields

The Gray Man

Puss in Boots

Don't Look Back

Parkland

Matlock

Primary Colors

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

The Ice Harvest

Pushing Tin

Faster

Armageddon

Landman

Bad Santa

Bad News Bears

Friday Night Lights

Bad Santa 2

Goliath

Devil's Peak

A Simple Plan
Production Credits
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