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William Robert (Billy Bob) Thornton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on August 4, 1955 to William Raymond (Billy Ray) Thornton (educator, high school history teacher, basketball coach; deceased) and Virginia R. Faulkner (psychic). He has three younger brothers, James Donald (Jimmy Don), born in 1958 and now deceased... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (74 titles)
2013 Parkland (post-production)
Forrest Sorrels
 
2012 The Baytown Outlaws
Carlos
 
2012 Jayne Mansfield's Car
Skip Caldwell
 
2011 Puss in Boots
Jack (voice)
 
2010 Faster
Cop
 
2009 Deadly Creatures (Video Game) (voice)
 
2009 The Smell of Success
Patrick
 
2000-2005 CatDog (TV series)
CatDog's Father / Hound Dog McDog
Vexed of Kin/Meat, Dog's Friends (2005) … CatDog's Father (voice)
CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery (2000) … CatDog's Father/Hound Dog McDog (voice)
 
2004 Chrystal
Joe
 
2003 Bad Santa
Willie
 
2002 Waking Up in Reno
Lonnie Earl Dodd
 
2002 The Badge
Sheriff Darl Hardwick
 
2001 CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery (TV movie)
Hound Dog McDog/CatDog's Step-father (voice)
 
2000 The Last Real Cowboys (short)
Tar
 
2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell
Brig. Smalls
 
1998 King of the Hill (TV series)
Boyce Hubert
Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men (1998) … Boyce Hubert (voice)
 
1998 Homegrown
Jack Marsden
 
1997 The Apostle
Troublemaker
 
1997 U Turn
Darrell
 
1997 Princess Mononoke
Jigo (voice: English version)
 
1997 A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Syd/Monk
 
1997 Ellen (TV series)
The Grocer
The Puppy Episode: Part 2 (1997) … The Grocer (uncredited)
 
1996 The Winner
Jack
 
1996 Don't Look Back (TV movie)
Marshall
 
1995 Out There (TV movie)
Jailbird
 
1994 Floundering
Gun Clerk
 
1993 Tombstone
Johnny Tyler
 
1993 Indecent Proposal
Day Tripper
 
1993 Grey Knight
Langston
 
1993 Blood In, Blood Out
Lightning
 
1993 Trouble Bound
Coldface
 
1992 Knots Landing (TV series)
Timberman
Letting Go (1992) … Timberman
 
1991 For the Boys
Marine Sergeant, Korea
 
1991 The Dark Backward
Patron at Sloppy's (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1990 Evening Shade (TV series)
Florist
There Once Was a Boy Named Wood (1990) … Florist
 
1990 The Outsiders (TV series)
Buck Merrill
Union Blues (1990) … Buck Merrill
Winner Take All (1990) … Buck Merrill
Carnival (1990) … Buck Merrill
Mirror Image (1990) … Buck Merrill
 
1989 Going Overboard
Dave
 
1988 Circus (TV movie)
Billy Bob
 
1988 South of Reno
Counterman
 
1987 The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (TV movie)
Conductor (scenes deleted)
 
1987 Matlock (TV series)
Pawnshop Clerk
The Photographer (1987) … Pawnshop Clerk
 
1986 Hunter's Blood
Billy Bob
 
Show ShowWriter (9 titles)
2012 Jayne Mansfield's Car (screenplay)
 
2001 Daddy and Them (written by)
 
2001 Camouflage (screenplay / as Reginald Perry / story / as Reginald Perry)
 
2000 The Gift (written by)
 
1996 Sling Blade (play / screenplay)
 
1996 Don't Look Back (TV movie) (story / teleplay)
 
1996 A Family Thing (written by)
 
1992 One False Move (written by)
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
2009 Shannon's Rainbow (writer: "The Last Place They Would look")
 
2007 Weeds (TV series)
Bill Sussman (2007) (performer: "Little Boxes" - uncredited)
 
2002 Waking Up in Reno (performer: "Hang On Sloopy")
 
2001 Camouflage (lyrics: "Last Train to Trussberg")
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2000 All the Pretty Horses (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2010 Small Town Saturday Night (the director wishes to thank)
 
2009 Shannon's Rainbow (special thanks)
 
2006 Come Early Morning (special thanks)
 
1998 The Thin Red Line (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (105 titles)
2012 CINEMAsuisse: Marc Forster (short)
Himself
 
2006-2012 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode #8.231 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode #5.76 (2008) … Himself
Episode #4.284 (2008) … Himself
Episode #3.15 (2006) … Himself
 
2012 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Anderson Live (TV series)
Himself
Co-Host Monday with Rebecca Romijn (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2004-2012 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 16 May 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 2 November 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 26 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 17 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode #20.8 (2007) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 February 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #1.532 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2010-2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.6 (2011) … Himself
Episode #6.8 (2010) … Himself
 
2011 Nashville Rises (documentary short)
Narrator
 
2011 Athens Burning (documentary)
 
2010 Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (TV series)
Himself
Billy Bob Thornton (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Lopez Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2007-2010 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
Episode dated 24 September 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 12 September 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2004-2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #9.42 (2010) … Himself
Episode #7.63 (2009) … Himself
Episode #3.190 (2004) … Himself
 
1997-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Top Ten List Presenter / Himself Live - Top Ten List
Episode #18.46 (2010) … Himself
Episode #15.8 (2007) … Himself - Top Ten List Presenter
Episode dated 22 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 26 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 18 July 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 Lemmy (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Sundance Skippy (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 My Run (documentary)
Narrator
 
2005-2009 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Hollywood Ex-Wives (2009) … Himself
Angelina Jolie (2005) … Himself
John Ritter (2005) … Himself
 
2007-2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 12 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 30 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2009 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
Episode #7.18 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 April 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Festival Updates (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Dislecksia: The Movie (documentary)
 
2004-2008 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
Eagle Eye (2008) … Himself
The Making of Eagle Eye (2008) … Himself
Friday Night Lights (2004) … Himself
 
2008 Getaway (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Traveller
Episode #17.31 (2008) … Himself - Celebrity Traveller
 
1998-2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #16.146 (2008) … Himself
Episode #14.164 (2006) … Himself
Episode #12.164 (2004) … Himself
Episode #12.65 (2004) … Himself
Episode #11.220 (2003) … Himself
 
2008 CMT Insider (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 August 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 VH1 Rock Honors (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002-2008 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Billy Bob Thornton (2008) … Himself
Bruce Willis (2005) … Himself
John Ritter: In Good Company (2002) … Himself
 
2008 Pick Up the Pace: Making 'Mr. Woodcock' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Phys Ed Trauma Tales (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Movies Rock (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1997-2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 September 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 23 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 27 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
Episode dated 20 November 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 7 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2007 Here Is What Is (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 VH1 Rock Honors (TV special)
Himself
 
2007 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #6.39 (2007) … Himself
Episode #6.25 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 What It Takes (TV series)
Himself
Billy Bob Thornton (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The NFL Today (TV series)
Himself - Opening Sequence
2006 Week 03 (2006) … Himself - Opening Sequence
 
2006 The Henry Rollins Show (TV series)
Himself
Billy Bob Thornton/Daniel Johnston (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Ice Harvest: Beneath the Harvest (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Henry's Film Corner (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.9 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The View (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 July 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2003-2005 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
Billy Bob Thornton (2005) … Himself
Billy Bob Thornton (2004) … Himself
Billy Bob Thornton (2003) … Himself
 
2005 Movie Club with John Ridley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 July 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2005 'Friday Night Lights': The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Dinner for Five (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.3 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Filmography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Keanu Reeves (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Film 2013 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 GMTV (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Jane Pauley Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Tim McGraw: Under the Friday Night Lights (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Return of the Legend: The Making of 'The Alamo' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 ESPY Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 Bad Santa: Not Your Typical Christmas Movie (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Howard Doyle' (also archive footage)
 
2004 The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer: Warren Zevon Memorial
 
2004 The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
 
2003 The Sharon Osbourne Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Soundstage (TV series documentary)
Himself
Farm Aid 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Tinseltown TV (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 4 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Banzai (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (2003) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Famous (TV series)
Himself
Billy Bob Thornton … Himself
 
2002 John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Der Kabel 1 Kinotipp (TV series documentary)
Hank Grotowski
Monsters Ball (2002) … Hank Grotowski
 
2002 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
Billy Bob Thornton (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary)
Himself
Cate Blanchett (2002) … Himself
 
2002 2002 ABC World Stunt Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter (uncredited)
 
2002 Everybody Loves Raymond (TV series)
Himself
The First Six Years (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Making 'The Man Who Wasn't There' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Inside 'Bandits' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama & Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
 
1997-2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 January 2002 (2002) … Himself
Episode dated 5 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2001 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host
Billy Bob Thornton/Creed (2001) … Himself - Host
 
2001 Extreme Close Up with... (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Down from the Mountain (documentary)
Audience Member
 
2000 Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock'n'Roll (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 Inside TV Land: The Andy Griffith Show (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Short Insanity 6 (video documentary)
(segment "Franky Goes to Hollywood")
 
2000 Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
Laura Dern (1999) … Himself
Kelly Preston (1999) … Himself
 
1999 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
1999 Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997-1998 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 30 November 1998 (1998) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 25 June 1998 (1998) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 11 February 1997 (1997) … Himself - Guest
 
1998 Franky Goes to Hollywood (documentary short)
 
1998 Gomorron (TV series)
Himself
Om filmen 'Armageddon' (1998) … Himself
 
1997 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Martin Scorsese (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay & Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2012 Too Young to Die (TV series documentary)
 
2009 Buscando a Penélope (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Once, pequeño gran éxito (TV documentary)
Hank Grotowski
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Canada A.M. (TV series)
 
2007 Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The Ice Harvest: Alternate Endings (video short)
Vic
 
2004 Celebrities Uncensored (TV series)
 
1995 Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Book: "Sling Blade: A Screenplay" See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 13 Interviews  | 19 Articles  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Billy Bob Music | Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Reginald Perry

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

People think the hard thing for an actor is crying and screaming, but that's easy. What's hard is a character who never tips his hand, who toes the line all the time. The hard stuff is never telling yourself, "Hey, I better do something here." See more »

Trivia:

Claimed in a "USA Today" interview that he has an intense phobia of antique furniture. This fear has been seen on screen in both Bandits and Sling Blade. See more »

Trademark:

Houston Colt 45's hat See more »

Star Sign:

Leo