Acting
Billy Bob Thornton
- Titles
- 110movies42TV shows
- Career
Active from 1992 to 2024, busiest in 2000 and 2001 with 5 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 41top three billing
- Average score
58/100
- Highest rated
Sling Blade90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism6.9average 5.2
- Crime5.1average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Family Dynamics5.4average 4.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
- Dark Humor3.5average 2.9
- Social Commentary5.5average 4.9
- Melancholy5.1average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Wonder2.4, average 3.4
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.8
- Historical1.8, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 12
- Moral Ambiguity 8
- Social Commentary 8
- Redemption 6
- Dysfunctional Family 5
- Character Study 4
- Ensemble Cast 4
- Coming-of-Age 4
- Crime Thriller 4
- Neo-Noir 4
- Melancholy 4
- Suspenseful 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- TTom EppersonWriterThe Gift, Jayne Mansfield's Car, One False Move, Don't Look Back, A Family Thing, +2 more
Robert DuvallActorThe Judge, Sling Blade, The Apostle, Jayne Mansfield's Car, A Family Thing- BBarry MarkowitzCinematographerSling Blade, All the Pretty Horses, The Apostle, Jayne Mansfield's Car, Daddy and Them
John RitterActorHearts Afire, Bad Santa, Sling Blade, A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Lucas BlackActorSling Blade, All the Pretty Horses, Friday Night Lights
Cate BlanchettActorThe Gift, Bandits, Pushing Tin
Oliver PlattActorIndecent Proposal, Cut Bank, The Ice Harvest
Dwight YoakamActorSling Blade, Don't Look Back, South of Heaven, West of Hell
Bruce DernActorGoliath, The Astronaut Farmer, Cut Bank- MMarty StuartComposerAll the Pretty Horses, Waking Up in Reno, Daddy and Them
Glenn FicarraWriterBad Santa, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Bad News Bears
John RequaWriterBad Santa, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Bad News Bears
Movies and TV shows
102010s
1 title · average score 57
57
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)
as Skip Caldwell
2000s
4 titles · average score 64
70
Daddy and Them (2001)
as Claude Montgomery
44
Camouflage (2001)
Screenplay, Story
77
The Gift (2000)
Screenplay
1990s
5 titles · average score 74
90
Sling Blade (1996)
as Karl Childers
85
A Family Thing (1996)
Writer
42
Don't Look Back (1996)
as Marshall
74
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
as Karl Childers
80
One False Move (1992)
as Ray Malcolm