# Billy Bob Thornton filmography

The following is the filmography of American actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter Billy Bob Thornton.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Hunter's Blood | Billy Bob | |
| 1988 | South of Reno | Counterman | |
| 1989 | Going Overboard | Dave | |
| 1989 | Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Donny | |
| 1991 | The Dark Backward | Patron At Sloppy's | Uncredited |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Marine Sergeant In Korea | |
| 1991 | Widespread Panic: Live from the Georgia Theatre | — | Short film; Director only |
| 1992 | One False Move | Ray Malcolm | Also writer |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Johnny Tyler | |
| 1993 | Blood In Blood Out | 'Lightning' | |
| 1993 | Indecent Proposal | Day Tripper | |
| 1993 | Ghost Brigade | Langston | |
| 1993 | Trouble Bound | 'Coldface' | |
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground | Homer Carlton | |
| 1994 | Floundering | Gun Clerk | |
| 1994 | Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade | Karl Childers | Short film; Also writer |
| 1995 | Dead Man | George 'Big George' Drakoulious | |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Roy | |
| 1996 | Sling Blade | Karl Childers | Also writer/director |
| 1996 | The Winner | Jack | |
| 1996 | A Family Thing | — | Writer only |
| 1997 | The Apostle | Troublemaker | |
| 1997 | U Turn | Darrell | |
| 1997 | Princess Mononoke | Jigo | Voice only (English language dub) |
| 1997 | Burn Hollywood Burn | Himself | Cameo |
| 1998 | A Simple Plan | Jacob Mitchell | |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Dan Truman | |
| 1998 | Homegrown | Jack Marsden | |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Richard Jemmons | |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Narrator | Material deleted |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Russell Bell | |
| 2000 | The Gift | — | Writer only |
| 2000 | The Last Real Cowboys | Tar | Short films; Also writer |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | — | Producer/director only |
| 2001 | South of Heaven, West of Hell | Brigadier General Smalls | |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them | Claude Montgomery | Also writer/director |
| 2001 | Monster's Ball | Hank Grotowski | |
| 2001 | Bandits | Terry Lee Collins | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Ed Crane | |
| 2001 | Camouflage | — | Writer only (credited as Reginald Perry) |
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno | Lonnie Earl Dodd | |
| 2002 | The Badge | Sheriff Darl Hardwick | |
| 2003 | Bad Santa | Willie Soke | |
| 2003 | Love Actually | President of the U.S. | |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Howard D. Doyle | |
| 2003 | Levity | Manuel Jordan | |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Coach Gary Gaines | |
| 2004 | The Alamo | Davy Crockett | |
| 2004 | Chrystal | Joe | |
| 2005 | The Ice Harvest | Vic Cavanaugh | |
| 2005 | Bad News Bears | Coach Morris Buttermaker | |
| 2006 | School for Scoundrels | Dr. P. / Dennis Sherman | |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Charles Farmer | |
| 2007 | Mr. Woodcock | Jasper Woodcock | |
| 2008 | Eagle Eye | FBI Agent Thomas Morgan | |
| 2008 | The Informers | William | |
| 2009 | My Run | Narrator | Voice only; Documentary |
| 2009 | The Smell of Success | Patrick | |
| 2010 | Faster | Detective Slade Humphries / Cop | |
| 2011 | The King of Luck | — | Documentary; Director only |
| 2011 | Nashville Rises | Narrator | Voice only; Documentary |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Jack | Voice only |
| 2013 | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Skip Caldwell | Also writer/director |
| 2013 | The Baytown Outlaws | Carlos | |
| 2013 | Parkland | Forrest Sorrels | |
| 2014 | Cut Bank | Stan Steeley | |
| 2014 | The Judge | Dwight Dickham | |
| 2015 | Into the Grizzly Maze | Douglas | |
| 2015 | Entourage | Larsen McCredle | |
| 2015 | Our Brand Is Crisis | Pat Candy | |
| 2016 | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | General Hollanek | |
| 2016 | Bad Santa 2 | Willie Soke | |
| 2018 | London Fields | Samson Young | |
| 2018 | A Million Little Pieces | Leonard | |
| 2022 | The Gray Man | Donald Fitzroy | |
| 2023 | Devil's Peak | Charlie | |
| 2024 | Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties | Himself | |
| 2025 | The Electric State | TBA | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Knots Landing | Timberman | Episode: "Letting Go" |
| 1987 | Matlock | Pawnshop clerk | Episode: "The Photographer" |
| 1988 | Circus | Billy Bob | Pilot |
| 1990 | The Outsiders | 'Buck' Merill | 10 episodes |
| 1990 | Evening Shade | Florist | Episode: "There Once Was a Boy Named Wood" |
| 1992–1995 | Hearts Afire | Billy Bob Davis | 54 episodes |
| 1995 | Out There | Jailbird | Television film |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back | Marshall | Television film; also writer |
| 1997 | Ellen | The Grocer | Episode: "The Puppy Episode: Part 2" |
| 1998 | King of the Hill | Boyce Hubert (voice) | Episode: "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men" |
| 2001, 2005 | CatDog | CatDog's Father (Frog) (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Fargo | Lorne Malvo | 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken | Grandpappy Schlorp (voice) | Episode: "Bitch Pudding Special" |
| 2014 | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Oliver Lorvis | Episode: "The Misinterpretation Agitation" |
| 2016 | American Dad! | Himself (voice) | Episode: "N.S.A. (No Snooping Allowed)" |
| 2016–2021 | Goliath | Billy McBride | 32 episodes |
| 2017 | Fargo | Narrator | Episode: "The Narrow Escape Problem" |
| 2021 | 1883 | Marshal Jim Courtright | Episode: "Behind Us, a Cliff" |
| 2022 | Harley Quinn | Himself (voice) | Episode: "The 83rd Annual Villy Awards" |
| 2024 | Landman | Tommy Norris | Main role |

## Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
| 2009 | Deadly Creatures | Wade | |

## Web

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010, 2017 | Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | Himself | Episodes: "94", "296" |
| 2013 | Norm Macdonald Live | Himself | Episode: "Billy Bob Thornton" |