List of awards and nominations received by Billy Bob Thornton
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The following article is a list of awards and nominations received by Billy Bob Thornton.
Thornton has received several awards including two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Thornton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sling Blade (1996). He was nominated for Best Actor for playing a developmentally disabled man in Sling Bade and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a man discover a plane crash in A Simple Plan (1998). He was Golden Globe Award-nominated for his roles in A Simple Plan (1998), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Bandits (2001), and Bad Santa (2003). He has also received three nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award.
On television, he portrayed Lorne Malvo in the first season of the FX television series Fargo (2014). For his performance he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. He was further Globe-nominated for playing an alcoholic lawyer in the Amazon Prime Video legal series Goliath (2016–2021) and a landman in the Paramount+ drama series Landman (2024).
Major associations
[edit]| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Sling Blade | Won | [1] |
| Best Actor | Nominated | |||
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Nominated | [2] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 1999 | Outstanding Special Class Special | Film Preservation Classics[D] | Nominated | |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2014 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Fargo | Nominated | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | A Simple Plan | Nominated | [3] |
| 2001 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | [3] |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Bandits | Nominated | [3] | |
| 2003 | Bad Santa | Nominated | [3] | |
| 2014 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Fargo | Won | [3] |
| 2016 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Goliath | Won | [3] |
| 2024 | Landman | Pending | [3] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast[H] | Sling Blade | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated | |||
| 1999 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | A Simple Plan | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Fargo | Nominated |
Miscellaneous awards
[edit]Critics awards
[edit]| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 1996 | Best New Filmmaker | Sling Blade | Runner-up | |
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Tie[A] | ||
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2003 | Best Actor | Bad Santa | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1996 | Best Actor | Sling Blade | Won | |
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Won | ||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Won | |
| Primary Colors | |||||
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Fargo | Won | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Actor | The Man Who Wasn't There | Runner-up | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2001 | Best Actor | Bandits | Won | |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | |||||
| Monster's Ball | |||||
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1996 | Best Actor | Sling Blade | Won | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2001 | Sierra Award – Best Actor | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2002 | Actor of the Year | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Tie[G] | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | 3rd Place | |
| Online Film & Television Association | 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Won | |
| 2001 | Best Actor | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | ||
| 2003 | Best Ensemble | Love Actually | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Fargo | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Nominated | ||||
| Online Film Critics Society | 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Won | |
| 2001 | Best Actor | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | ||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2001 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Bandits | Nominated | |||
| Russian Guild of Film Critics | 2002 | Best Foreign Actor | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Won | |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 1998 | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Plan | Runner-up | |
| 2001 | Best Actor | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | ||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2003 | Best Ensemble | Love Actually | Won[I] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "69th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "71st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Billy Bob Thorton - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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