| Years Active: | 1986–present |
The following is the filmography of American actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter Billy Bob Thornton.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Hunter's Blood | Billy Bob | ||
| 1988 | South of Reno | Counterman | ||
| 1989 | Going Overboard | Dave | ||
| Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Donny | |||
| 1991 | The Dark Backward | Patron At Sloppy's | Uncredited | |
| For the Boys | Marine Sergeant In Korea | |||
| Widespread Panic Live from the Georgia Theatre | — | Short film Director only | ||
| 1992 | One False Move | Ray Malcolm | Also writer | |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Johnny Tyler | ||
| Blood In Blood Out | 'Lightning' | |||
| Indecent Proposal | Day Tripper | |||
| Ghost Brigade | Langston | |||
| Trouble Bound | 'Coldface' | |||
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground | Homer Carlton | ||
| Floundering | Gun Clerk | |||
| Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade | Karl Childers | Short film Also writer | ||
| 1995 | Dead Man | George 'Big George' Drakoulious | ||
| Roy | ||||
| 1996 | Sling Blade | Karl Childers | Also writer/director | |
| Jack | ||||
| A Family Thing | — | Writer only | ||
| 1997 | Troublemaker | |||
| U Turn | Darrell | |||
| Princess Mononoke | Jigo | Voice only (English language dub) | ||
| Burn Hollywood Burn | Himself | Cameo | ||
| 1998 | Jacob Mitchell | |||
| Armageddon | Dan Truman | |||
| Homegrown | Jack Marsden | |||
| Primary Colors | Richard Jemmons | |||
| Narrator | Material deleted [1] | |||
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Russell Bell | ||
| 2000 | — | Writer only | ||
| The Last Real Cowboys | Tar | Short films Also writer | ||
| All the Pretty Horses | — | Producer/director only | ||
| 2001 | South of Heaven, West of Hell | Brigadier General Smalls | ||
| Daddy and Them | Claude Montgomery | Also writer/director | ||
| Monster's Ball | Hank Grotowski | |||
| Bandits | Terry Lee Collins | |||
| Ed Crane | ||||
| Camouflage | — | Writer only (credited as Reginald Perry) | ||
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno | Lonnie Earl Dodd | ||
| Sheriff Darl Hardwick | ||||
| 2003 | Bad Santa | Willie Soke | ||
| Love Actually | President of the U.S. | |||
| Intolerable Cruelty | Howard D. Doyle | |||
| Levity | Manuel Jordan | |||
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Coach Gary Gaines | ||
| Davy Crockett | ||||
| Chrystal | Joe | |||
| 2005 | Vic Cavanaugh | |||
| Bad News Bears | Coach Morris Buttermaker | |||
| 2006 | School for Scoundrels | Dr. P. / Dennis Sherman | ||
| 2007 | Charles Farmer | |||
| Mr. Woodcock | Jasper Woodcock | |||
| 2008 | Eagle Eye | FBI Agent Thomas Morgan | ||
| William | ||||
| 2009 | My Run | Narrator | Voice only Documentary | |
| Patrick | ||||
| 2010 | Faster | Detective Slade Humphries / Cop | ||
| 2011 | The King of Luck | — | Documentary Director only | |
| Nashville Rises | Narrator | Voice only Documentary | ||
| Puss in Boots | Jack | Voice only | ||
| 2013 | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Skip Caldwell | Also writer/director | |
| The Baytown Outlaws | Carlos | |||
| Parkland | Forrest Sorrels | |||
| 2014 | Cut Bank | Stan Steeley | ||
| The Judge | Dwight Dickham | |||
| 2015 | Into the Grizzly Maze | Douglas | ||
| Entourage | Larsen McCredle | |||
| Our Brand Is Crisis | Pat Candy | |||
| 2016 | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | General Hollanek | ||
| Bad Santa 2 | Willie Soke | |||
| 2018 | London Fields | Samson Young | ||
| A Million Little Pieces | Leonard | |||
| 2022 | The Gray Man | Donald Fitzroy | ||
| 2023 | Devil's Peak | Charlie | ||
| 2025 | The Electric State | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 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 | |
| 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" | |
| 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[2] | |
| 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" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010, 2017 | Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | Himself | Episodes: "94", "296" | |
| 2013 | Norm Macdonald Live | Himself | Episode: "Billy Bob Thornton" |