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Acting

Billy Bob Thornton

Career: Active from 1992 to 2024, busiest in 2000 and 2001 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 43
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: Sling Blade
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 81 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Billy Bob Thornton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.6, average 2.5
Wonder
2.5, average 3.4
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7
Scare
1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Moral Ambiguity 8
Social Commentary 6
Redemption 5
Neo-Noir Thriller 4
Dysfunctional Family 4
Ensemble Cast 4
Melancholy 4
Small Town Crime 3
Suspenseful 3
Eccentric Characters 3
Satirical 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 53

The Electric State

39

as Voice (uncredited)

Landman

72

TV show · as Tommy Norris

Devil's Peak

40

as Charlie McNeely

The Gray Man

55

as Fitzroy

Help Her Live

Thanks

1883

80

TV show · as Marshal Jim Courtright

Hollywood.Con

34

as Boxmaster

2010s

22 titles · average score 54

A Million Little Pieces

46

as Leonard

London Fields

23

as Samson Young

Goliath

74

TV show · as Billy McBride

Bad Santa 2

40

as Willie Soke

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

61

as General Hollanek

56

as Pat Candy

The Judge

60

as Dwight Dickham

Jayne Mansfield's Car

49

as Skip Caldwell

Puss in Boots

71

as Jack (voice)

The Smell of Success

45

as Patrick

Nashville Rises

as Narrator

Faster

51

as Cop

2000s

35 titles · average score 57

The Informers

31

as William Sloan

Mr. Woodcock

36

as Jasper Woodcock

School for Scoundrels

45

as Dr. P

Bad News Bears

56

as Morris Buttermaker

Friday Night Lights

74

as Coach Gary Gaines

The Alamo

47

as Davy Crockett

Bad Santa

71

as Willie

Bandits

62

as Terry Lee Collins

The Man Who Wasn't There

77

as Ed Crane

Monster's Ball

72

as Hank Grotowski

The Gift

61

Screenplay

All the Pretty Horses

49

Producer, Director

1990s

32 titles · average score 59

Pushing Tin

52

as Russell Bell

Armageddon

54

as Dan Truman

A Simple Plan

81

as Jacob Mitchell

Primary Colors

71

as Richard Jemmons

Homegrown

49

as Jack Marsden

U Turn

61

as Darrell

Sling Blade

85

as Karl Childers

A Family Thing

71

Writer

Don't Look Back

44

as Marshall

On Deadly Ground

36

as Homer Carlton

Indecent Proposal

48

as Day Tripper

One False Move

80

as Ray Malcolm

1980s

5 titles · average score 44

Going Overboard

16

as Dave

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

43

as Tommy

South of Reno

52

as Counterman

Matlock

54

TV show · as Pawnshop Clerk

Hunter's Blood

55

as Billy Bob

1970s

2 titles · average score 77

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Timberman

This Week in Baseball

TV show