Billy Bob Thornton

Known for ActingBorn 1955-08-04 (age 70)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.Read more

Movies & web series

CMT Music Awards

2006 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Heaven: A World Championship Season

Help Her Live

Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart

This Week in Baseball

Harley Quinn

1883

Fargo

Landman

Sport in America: Our Defining Stories

Nashville Rises

Bound by Honor

NFL: Favre 4 Ever

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Norm Macdonald Live

The Big Bang Theory

CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery

Goliath

ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas

Hearts Afire

Classic Albums

The Last Real Cowboys

Immediate Family

Inside the Actors Studio

The Man Who Wasn't There

Tombstone

Sling Blade

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

The Judge

The Outsiders

King of the Hill

Dead Man

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

A Simple Plan

Love Actually

The Gray Man

VH1 Rock Honors

CatDog

American Dad!

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

Matlock

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Friday Night Lights

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Armageddon

Monster's Ball

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead