Acting
Billy Bob Thornton
- Titles
- 113movies42TV shows
- Career
Active from 1992 to 2024, busiest in 2000 and 2001 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 43top three billing
- Average score
55/100
- Highest rated
Sling Blade86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism6.8average 5.4
- Crime4.9average 3.7
- Dark Humor3.6average 2.8
- Class & Capitalism4.1average 3.3
- Family Dynamics5.5average 4.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
- Violence4.7average 4.2
- Situational Comedy3.1average 2.7
Rarely in their work
- Wonder2.4, average 3.4
- Uncanny1.5, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.7
- Historical1.8, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 11
- Moral Ambiguity 8
- Social Commentary 6
- Redemption 5
- Melancholy 4
- Neo-Noir Thriller 4
- Dysfunctional Family 4
- Ensemble Cast 4
- Political Satire 3
- Crime Thriller 3
- Neo-Noir 3
- Eccentric Characters 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- TTom EppersonWriterThe Gift, A Family Thing, Jayne Mansfield's Car, One False Move, Don't Look Back, +2 more
Robert DuvallActorThe Judge, Sling Blade, A Family Thing, The Apostle, Jayne Mansfield's Car- BBarry MarkowitzCinematographerAll the Pretty Horses, Sling Blade, The Apostle, Jayne Mansfield's Car, Daddy and Them
John RitterActorHearts Afire, Bad Santa, Sling Blade, A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Oliver PlattActorIndecent Proposal, Cut Bank, The Ice Harvest
Bruce DernActorGoliath, Cut Bank, The Astronaut Farmer
Lucas BlackActorAll the Pretty Horses, Sling Blade, Friday Night Lights
Dwight YoakamActorSling Blade, South of Heaven, West of Hell, Don't Look Back
Cate BlanchettActorThe Gift, Bandits, Pushing Tin
Christopher YoungComposerThe Informers, The Gift, Bandits
John RequaDirectorBad Santa, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Bad News Bears- MMarty StuartComposerAll the Pretty Horses, Waking Up in Reno, Daddy and Them
Movies and TV shows
1032020s
7 titles · average score 53
as Voice (uncredited)
TV show · as Tommy Norris
as Charlie McNeely
as Fitzroy
Thanks
TV show · as Marshal Jim Courtright
as Boxmaster
2010s
22 titles · average score 54
as Leonard
as Samson Young
TV show · as Billy McBride
as Willie Soke
as General Hollanek
as Pat Candy
as Dwight Dickham
as Stan Steeley
as Skip Caldwell
as Jack (voice)
as Patrick
as Cop
2000s
35 titles · average score 57
as William Sloan
as Jasper Woodcock
as Dr. P
as Morris Buttermaker
as Coach Gary Gaines
as Davy Crockett
as Willie
as Hank Grotowski
as Terry Lee Collins
as Ed Crane
Screenplay
Producer, Director
1990s
32 titles · average score 59
as Russell Bell
as Dan Truman
as Jacob Mitchell
as Richard Jemmons
as Jack Marsden
as Darrell
as Karl Childers
Writer
as Marshall
as Homer Carlton
as Day Tripper
as Ray Malcolm
1980s
5 titles · average score 44
as Dave
as Counterman
TV show · as Pawnshop Clerk
as Billy Bob
1970s
2 titles · average score 77
TV show · as Timberman
TV show