List of awards and nominations received by Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton awards and nominations

Thornton in February 2012

Totals
Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	1	3
AFI Awards	0	1
BIFF Awards	0	1
BE Awards	0	1
BSFC Awards	1	2
COFCA Awards	0	1
CFCA Awards	2	2
CIFF Awards	1	1
CFF Awards	1	1
Crime Thriller Awards	0	1
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2	2
DFWFCA Awards	0	1
DVD Exclusive Awards	0	1
Edgar Awards	1	1
Primetime Emmy Awards	0	2
Empire Awards	0	1
Fantasporto Awards	1	1
FFCC Awards	1	1
Golden Globe Awards	2	6
HWF Awards	1	1
Humanitas Prizes	0	1
Independent Spirit Awards	1	2
KCFCC Awards	1	1
LVFCS Awards	0	1
LFCC Awards	1	1
LAFCA Awards	1	1
NBR Awards	2	2
NSFC Awards	0	1
OFTA Awards	1	5
OFCS Awards	2	2
PFF Awards	0	1
PFCS Awards	0	2
RGFC Awards	1	1
SDFCS Awards	1	1
Satellite Awards	0	6
Saturn Awards	1	4
Screen Actors Guild Awards	0	3
SEFCA Awards	1	2
Teen Choice Awards	0	1
WAFCA Awards	1	1
Writers Guild of America Awards	1	1

Wins

Nominations

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Billy Bob Thornton.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	Sling Blade	Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
1997	Sling Blade	Best Actor	Nominated
1999	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

American Film Institute Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Actor of the Year – Male – Movies	Nominated

Berlin International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Jayne Mansfield's Car	Golden Bear	Nominated

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1999	Armageddon	Favorite Supporting Actor – Adventure/Sci-Fi	Nominated

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Sling Blade	Best New Filmmaker	Runner-up
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Tie^[A]

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2003	Bad Santa	Best Actor	Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Sling Blade	Best Actor	Won
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Chicago International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Sling Blade	Special Jury Prize (Director)	Won

Cinequest Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	Himself	Maverick Tribute Award	Honored^[B]

Crime Thriller Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2014	Fargo	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1999	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Won
1999	Primary Colors	Best Supporting Actor	Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2014	Fargo	Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	Won

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor	Runner-up

DVD Exclusive Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2002	The Man Who Wasn't There	DVD Premiere Award – Best Audio Commentary: New Release	Nominated^[C]

Edgar Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	Sling Blade	Best Motion Picture	Won

Emmy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
Daytime Emmy Awards
1999	Film Preservation Classics	Outstanding Special Class Special	Nominated^[D]
Primetime Emmy Awards
2014	Fargo	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Nominated

Empire Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor	Nominated

Fantasporto Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1992	One False Move	International Fantasy Film Award – Best Screenplay	Won^[E]

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	Bandits	Best Actor	Won
	The Man Who Wasn't There
	Monster's Ball

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1999	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Nominated
2002	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
2002	Bandits	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Nominated
2004	Bad Santa	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Nominated
2015	Fargo	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Won
2017	Goliath	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Won

Hollywood Walk of Fame Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2004	Himself	Motion Pictures Star	Honored

Humanitas Prizes

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	A Family Thing	Feature Film Category	Nominated^[E]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1992	One False Move	Best Screenplay	Nominated^[E]
1996	Sling Blade	Best First Feature	Won^[F]

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Sling Blade	Best Actor	Won

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Sierra Award – Best Actor	Nominated

London Film Critics' Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2002	The Man Who Wasn't There	Actor of the Year	Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Tie^[G]

National Society of Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	3rd Place

Online Film & Television Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Won
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor	Nominated
2003	Love Actually	Best Ensemble	Nominated
2014	Fargo	Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated
2014	Fargo	Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Won
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor	Won

Paris Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	All the Pretty Horses	Grand Prix	Nominated

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
2001	Bandits	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated

Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2002	The Man Who Wasn't There	Golden Aries Award – Best Foreign Actor	Won

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Sling Blade	Best Motion Picture Screenplay – Original	Nominated
1996	Sling Blade	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2001	Monster's Ball	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Nominated
2003	Bad Santa	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	Nominated
2015	Fargo	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Nominated
2019	Goliath	Best Actor in a Drama / Genre Series	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Himself	The President's Memorial Award	Honored
1999	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2001	The Gift	Best Writing	Nominated^[E]
2002	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	Sling Blade	Outstanding Performance by a Cast	Nominated^[H]
1997	Sling Blade	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1999	A Simple Plan	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated
2015	Fargo	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Nominated

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1998	A Simple Plan	Best Supporting Actor	Runner-up
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Best Actor	Won

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2004	Bad Santa	Choice Movie: Villain	Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2003	Love Actually	Best Ensemble	Won^[I]

Writers Guild of America Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	Sling Blade	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	Won

Notes

A ^ Tied with William H. Macy for his roles of George Parker/James Gordon/Arbogast in Pleasantville/A Civil Action/Psycho.
B ^ The other honorees included Richard Leacock, Spike Lee, and Ron Shelton.
C ^ Shared with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
D ^ Shared with Marc Juris and Jessica Falcon for episode "Film Preservation Classics with Billy Bob Thornton".
E ^ Shared with Tom Epperson.
F ^ Shared with producers David L. Bushell and Brandon Rosser.
G ^ Tied with Bill Murray for his roles of Herman Blume and Kenneth Bowden in Rushmore and Wild Things (also known as Sex Crimes).
H ^ Shared with Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, Robert Duvall, James Hampton, John Ritter, J. T. Walsh, and Dwight Yoakam.
I ^ Shared with the cast.

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v t e Billy Bob Thornton
Discography Filmography Awards
Studio albums	Private Radio (2001) The Edge of the World (2003) Hobo (2005) Beautiful Door (2007)
Other albums	Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon (2004) Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein (2010)
Films directed	Sling Blade (1996) All the Pretty Horses (2000) Daddy and Them (2001) Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
Related articles	The Boxmasters Cynda Williams (ex-wife) Angelina Jolie (ex-wife)

Awards for Billy Bob Thornton

v t e Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
1928–1950	Benjamin Glazer (1928) Hanns Kräly (1929) Frances Marion (1930) Howard Estabrook (1931) Edwin J. Burke (1932) Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason (1933) Robert Riskin (1934) Dudley Nichols (1935) Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney (1936) Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and Norman Reilly Raine (1937) Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W. P. Lipscomb, and George Bernard Shaw (1938) Sidney Howard (1939) Donald Ogden Stewart (1940) Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller (1941) George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis (1942) Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and Howard Koch (1943) Frank Butler and Frank Cavett (1944) Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (1945) Robert Sherwood (1946) George Seaton (1947) John Huston (1948) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
1951–1975	Harry Brown and Michael Wilson (1951) Charles Schnee (1952) Daniel Taradash (1953) George Seaton (1954) Paddy Chayefsky (1955) John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, and James Poe (1956) Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (1957) Alan Jay Lerner (1958) Neil Paterson (1959) Richard Brooks (1960) Abby Mann (1961) Horton Foote (1962) John Osborne (1963) Edward Anhalt (1964) Robert Bolt (1965) Robert Bolt (1966) Stirling Silliphant (1967) James Goldman (1968) Waldo Salt (1969) Ring Lardner Jr. (1970) Ernest Tidyman (1971) Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1972) William Peter Blatty (1973) Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1974) Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben (1975)
1976–2000	William Goldman (1976) Alvin Sargent (1977) Oliver Stone (1978) Robert Benton (1979) Alvin Sargent (1980) Ernest Thompson (1981) Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982) James L. Brooks (1983) Peter Shaffer (1984) Kurt Luedtke (1985) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986) Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe (1987) Christopher Hampton (1988) Alfred Uhry (1989) Michael Blake (1990) Ted Tally (1991) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992) Steven Zaillian (1993) Eric Roth (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Billy Bob Thornton (1996) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Bill Condon (1998) John Irving (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000)
2001–present	Akiva Goldsman (2001) Ronald Harwood (2002) Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005) William Monahan (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008) Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon (2011) Chris Terrio (2012) John Ridley (2013) Graham Moore (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016) James Ivory (2017) Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (2018) Taika Waititi (2019) Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020) Sian Heder (2021) Sarah Polley (2022)

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor

v t e Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch (2012) Michael Douglas (2013) Billy Bob Thornton (2014) David Oyelowo (2015) Idris Elba (2016) Courtney B. Vance (2016) Ewan McGregor (2017) Darren Criss (2018) Jharrel Jerome (2019) John Boyega (2020) Michael Keaton (2021) Daniel Radcliffe (2022)

London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

1977–2000

2001–2021

Jim Broadbent (2001)
Chris Cooper (2002)
Bill Nighy (2003)
Thomas Haden Church (2004)
William Hurt (2005)
Michael Sheen (2006)
Vlad Ivanov (2007)
Heath Ledger (2008)
Christoph Waltz (2009)
Niels Arestrup (2010)
Christopher Plummer (2011)
Dwight Henry (2012)
James Franco / Jared Leto (2013)
J. K. Simmons (2014)
Michael Shannon (2015)
Mahershala Ali (2016)
Willem Dafoe (2017)
Steven Yeun (2018)
Song Kang-ho (2019)
Glynn Turman (2020)
Vincent Lindon / Kodi Smit-McPhee (2021)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
1945–1975	Ray Milland (1945) Laurence Olivier (1946) Michael Redgrave (1947) Walter Huston (1948) Ralph Richardson (1949) Alec Guinness (1950) Richard Basehart (1951) Ralph Richardson (1952) James Mason (1953) Bing Crosby (1954) Ernest Borgnine (1955) Yul Brynner (1956) Alec Guinness (1957) Spencer Tracy (1958) Victor Sjöström (1959) Robert Mitchum (1960) Albert Finney (1961) Jason Robards (1962) Rex Harrison (1963) Anthony Quinn (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Paul Scofield (1966) Peter Finch (1967) Cliff Robertson (1968) Peter O'Toole (1969) George C. Scott (1970) Gene Hackman (1971) Peter O'Toole (1972) Al Pacino / Robert Ryan (1973) Gene Hackman (1974) Jack Nicholson (1975)
1976–2000	David Carradine (1976) John Travolta (1977) Jon Voight / Laurence Olivier (1978) Peter Sellers (1979) Robert De Niro (1980) Henry Fonda (1981) Ben Kingsley (1982) Tom Conti (1983) Victor Banerjee (1984) William Hurt / Raul Julia (1985) Paul Newman (1986) Michael Douglas (1987) Gene Hackman (1988) Morgan Freeman (1989) Robert De Niro / Robin Williams (1990) Warren Beatty (1991) Jack Lemmon (1992) Anthony Hopkins (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Nicolas Cage (1995) Tom Cruise (1996) Jack Nicholson (1997) Ian McKellen (1998) Russell Crowe (1999) Javier Bardem (2000)
2001–present	Billy Bob Thornton (2001) Campbell Scott (2002) Sean Penn (2003) Jamie Foxx (2004) Philip Seymour Hoffman (2005) Forest Whitaker (2006) George Clooney (2007) Clint Eastwood (2008) George Clooney / Morgan Freeman (2009) Jesse Eisenberg (2010) George Clooney (2011) Bradley Cooper (2012) Bruce Dern (2013) Michael Keaton / Oscar Isaac (2014) Matt Damon (2015) Casey Affleck (2016) Tom Hanks (2017) Viggo Mortensen (2018) Adam Sandler (2019) Riz Ahmed (2020) Will Smith (2021) Colin Farrell (2022)

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